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WorldCat Resource Sharing at a glance

WorldCat Resource Sharing provides time-saving, efficient inter-library lending tools that simplify library workflows and connect information seekers to materials in 10,000 libraries in 40 countries.

Benefits

  • Connects users to materials in libraries around the world
  • Decreases costs and saves time through integrated management of request direction and deflection, fee management, custom holdings settings and user-initiated requests
  • Increases use of your collections
  • Saves time for our staff because more than 95 percent of your ILL requests will be filled through a single service
  • Simplifies user access to electronic resources through a rich and growing knowledge base of ownership data for popular electronic content collections
  • Minimizes receipt of requests you can't fill due to filtering based on your local rules
  • Enables secure, copyright-compliant  delivery of large PDF files
  • Reduces need for training because contextual help is always a click away
  • Eliminated the need to maintain software locally - Web interface means you always have the latest version
  • Connects you to leading online document suppliers including Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (GEBAY) and The British Library
  • Meets the needs to low - or high volume interlibrary loan needs and accommodates seasonal fluctuations in activity
  • Save costs with short-term access to e-books

Features

  • An established network of thousands of libraries worldwide 
  • Offers your users multiple self-service options for online ordering
  • Custom subscription pricing
  • Web-based interface with contextual help and online tutorials
  • Integration with the OCLC FirstSearch reference service
  • Basic, advanced and expert searching
  • Unmediated user-initiated ILL
  • Interaction with the WorldCat knowledge base means fast delivery of electronic articles and e-books
  • 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
  • Comprehensive usage reports provide statistics for funding justification
  • Requires only a Web browser and Internet access
  • Short-term access to e-books

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