WorldShare ILL Integrates Article Exchange, Adds New Features

New features now available in OCLC WorldShare® Interlibrary Loan enable you to simplify ILL workflows and save time for your library’s ILL staff.

New features include:

• “Days to Respond” settings in the OCLC Policies Directory add efficiency to request processing
• Integration of Article Exchange workflow into WorldShare ILL
• Lender option to change loan requests to copy requests and copy requests to loan requests
• Lender printing of book stickers
• Display of links to freely available Open Access resources

Additional details are provided in the November 2013 WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Release Notes.

The next release of enhancements to WorldShare ILL will occur in February 2014. We encourage you to use the time between now and February become familiar with WorldShare ILL workflows and proceed with transitioning all your ILL to it from WorldCat Resource Sharing.