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Patron-Initiated Resource Sharing in WorldCat Resource Sharing Online

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Prerequisites

WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics or equivalent experience.

Course description

OCLC’s WorldCat Resource Sharing (WCRS) system can accept requests patrons have created electronically in diverse external sources such as FirstSearch, which library staff can then finish processing both quickly and efficiently.  Come and learn how to really put WCRS to work while significantly reducing the time you spend processing borrowing request.

What you will learn

How to collect requests electronically that have been created by your patrons, then process them either mediated or unmediated by using the Review File and Direct Request.

Topics covered include

 

  1. How to set up patron-initiated resource sharing
  2.  How to use the Review File in WCRS to process mediated requests
  3.   How to set up and use Direct Request profiles in WCRS to process unmediated requests

Course details

Duration: 2 Hours

Fee:
$30.00 Western members, $75.00 Non-members

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