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ILLiad®

Promote ILLiad in your library

You can download, customize and print posters, table tents and bookmarks to enhance awareness and use of ILLiad services in your library. You can also download images of buttons that you can place on your website to link to your ILLiad service.

Bookmarks

Download and customize ILLiad bookmarks.

  1. Download the ILLiad bookmarks file to your desktop and save it with whatever name you wish.
  2. Open the file in Microsoft® Word.
  3. Locate the customizable fields—Your library name here, URL and Logo—for each bookmark.
  4. Position your cursor over the field containing Your library name here and URL. Click once.
  5. Highlight Your library name here and type your library name.
  6. Highlight URL and type your website URL. For both the library name and URL, you may need to manually adjust the font size to optimize readability and appearance.
  7. To insert your logo, position your cursor over the field containing Logo. Click once.
  8. Click Insert in the Word toolbar.
  9. Choose Picture and From File.
  10. Browse for your logo image. When you find it, click it and then click Insert. The image will appear in the Logo field. You may still have to manually delete the word Logo. You may need to do some manual adjusting of the image to enhance look and placement. Select a high-resolution image, or one that is 300 dpi, which is the preferred format for printing.
  11. When you are finished customizing the fields for each bookmark, perform a Save As and rename the file. At this point you may print it for proofing. When you are ready to print it for distribution, print it on heavy paper stock, card stock if possible. Use the registration marks provided in the file to cut out each bookmark.

bookmark

Button images

Download button images to use as links on you website.

  1. Right click on either of the images at the right.
  2. Click Save picture as…
  3. Navigate to where you want to save the image on your desktop, give it whatever name you want and save it.
  4. If you want to resize the image, open it in an image editor and resize it accordingly. Otherwise, leave it as it is.
  5. Upload the image to your website's content management system. Set whatever parameters are necessary to make it appear on the appropriate page and to make it function as a link to your website's ILLiad service. This may require the assistance of your website's content management personnel.

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orange button

Poster

Download and customize an ILLiad poster.

  1. Download the ILLiad poster file to your desktop and save it with whatever name you wish.
  2. Open the file in Microsoft Word.
  3. Locate the customizable field for the poster, which appears as www.your URLhere.
  4. Position your cursor over this field and click it once.
  5. Highlight www.your URLhere and type your library URL. You may need to manually adjust the font size to optimize readability and appearance.
  6. When you are finished entering your URL, perform a Save As and rename the file. At this point you may print it for proofing. When you are ready to print it for distribution, be sure to use a sufficiently heavy paper stock.

Poster

Table Tents

Download and customize ILLiad table tents.

  1. Download the ILLiad table tents file to your desktop and save it with whatever name you wish.
  2. Open the file in Microsoft Word.
  3. Locate the customizable fields—Your library name here, URL and Logo—for each table tent.
  4. Position your cursor over the field containing Your library name here and URL. Click once.
  5. Highlight Your library name here and type your library name.
  6. Highlight URL and type your website URL. For both the library name and URL, you may need to manually adjust the font size to optimize readability and appearance.
  7. To insert your logo, position your cursor over the field containing Logo. Click once.
  8. Click Insert in the Word toolbar.
  9. Choose Picture and From File.
  10. Browse for your logo image. When you find it, click it and then click Insert. The image will appear in the Logo field. You may still have to manually delete the word Logo. You may need to do some manual adjusting of the image to enhance look and placement. Select a high-resolution image, or one that is 300 dpi, which is the preferred format for printing.
  11. When you are finished customizing the fields for each table tent, perform a Save As and rename the file. At this point you may print it for proofing. When you are ready to print it for distribution, print it on heavy paper stock, card stock if possible.

table tent

table tent back

OCLC ILLiad software was developed by the interlibrary loan staff at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and has been expanded and further enhanced by Atlas Systems, Inc., the primary developer for OCLC ILLiad. Atlas Systems continues to be a vital provider to OCLC for support and development of this product.

ILLiad allows you to replace paper-based workflows, manage a high volume of requests and automate routine functions for borrowing and lending resources between libraries with integration into a variety of third-party systems. ILLiad allows your users to place and monitor their requests without librarian assistance and to get materials quickly.

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  • Available in the United States

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