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WorldCat Resource Sharing at a glance

WorldCat Resource Sharing helps OCLC libraries create, send, manage and track interlibrary loan requests and document orders.

Benefits

  • Realize increased use of your collections
  • Achieve higher fill rates of 95 percent or more
  • Shorten turnaround time with user-initiated requests, automated deflection and fulfillment and re-use of common data
  • Reduce need for training because contextual help is always a click away
  • No software updates—Web interface means you always have the latest version
  • Handle document ordering through several online document suppliers including CISTI and The British Library

Features

  • An established network of thousands of libraries
  • Custom subscription pricing
  • Designed for low- and high-volume interlibrary loan needs
  • Web-based interface with contextual help and online tutorials
  • Integration with the OCLC FirstSearch reference service
  • Compliance with the ISO ILL standard
  • WorldCat offers basic, advanced and expert searching
  • Unmediated ILL through Direct Request
  • Deflection options automatically skip lenders who cannot provide requested items, saving time and getting items to users more quickly
  • Policies Directory lets you review other OCLC libraries' lending rules and set your own
  • Fee Management simplifies billing with lending partners
  • Usage reports provide statistics for funding justification

Requirements

  • System: Windows 2000 or Windows XP (Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows ME are also supported)
  • Hardware (minimum): 450 MHz Pentium
  • Web browser: Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.X (recommended); Netscape 7.0 or higher; JavaScript must be enabled
  • Memory: 64 MB RAM (minimum); 128MB or more (optimum)
  • Internet connection; High-speed (DSL or above) recommended

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