Resource Sharing

Jan 2

ALA Seeks Help to Modify DRM Rules in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy has put out a call to libraries of all types for examples of their need to circumvent DRM for the legal purposes of instruction or research. The U.S. Copyright Office reviews such examples every three years to determine circumstances under which such circumventions are permissible for the following 3-year cycle. This rule making process includes various stakeholders including ALA, and their looking for your help in providing such examples.

Please read more and contribute your examples at: http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/9657

Dec 12

Call for 2015 WiLS/RL&LL Interlibrary Loan Meeting Presentations

The ILL Meeting Planning Committee invites proposals for 45-minute breakout sessions for the 2015 WiLS/RL&LL ILL Meeting on April 1^st, 2015 in Madison, WI. Read more

Apr 9

WiLS Spring Webinars

In conjunction with our partner OCLC, WiLS is offering four webinars this Spring: Library Spotlight; OCLC Updating – A Sharing Session; Using the WorldCat Knowledge Base to Save Time and Improve Service; and Best Practices for Managing “Born Digital” Content.

Calling all Interlibrary Loan Staff!

Register today for the 2014 ILL Meeting brought to you by Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning & WiLS!

Upcoming WorldShare Management Services Learning Opportunities

OCLC is offering the following learning opportunities for WorldShare Management Services:

Are you ready to move library services to the cloud?
Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Time: 2:00 pm, Eastern (11:00 am, Pacific)
Register here>>

WorldShare Management Services Live Demonstration: Electronic Collections
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Time: 2:00 pm, Eastern (11:00 am, Pacific)
Register here>>

Dec 4

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.

Nov 14

Reminder: Use ‘MII’ to request ILL from Minitex

This note is specifically for WiLS Member libraries that have signed onto the WiLS agreement with Minitex. Please use the symbol “MII” to refer requests to Minitex. Please do not use “MNU”

“MII” is the symbol specifically designated for Minitex partners and triggers them to fill the request under the terms of the agreement. If you request from “MNU” or some other symbol in the Minitex network, you will be charged whatever that library charges non-members. Please feel free to contact Jeff Brunner (), if you have any questions about this.

Thanks!

Nov 7

OCLC WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Training: Where and When You Need It

OCLC offers self-paced training and online tutorials for WorldShare Interlibrary Loan in addition to instructor-led classes. Be sure to visit the WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Training Resources page for tutorials, recorded sessions, and training updates. Also, bookmark the WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Support page for quick access to documentation, release notes, and known issues. These resources are available at no charge, 24/7, and can be bookmarked and shared easily with staff and colleagues.

Getting Started

Prefer to get started on your own? Select the WorldShare ILL Learning Path that’s right for you.

Upcoming learning opportunities

WorldShare Interlibrary Loan: Update and Chat with the OCLC Team

This program will include an overview of new features now available in WorldShare Interlibrary Loan as well as information about plans for future enhancements to the service. You will also have an opportunity to chat with members of the WorldShare Interlibrary Loan team about effective ways to use the new service, best practices they have observed from early users – and any other topics of interest to you.

Date: November 14, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time [UTC -5] Register to attend this webinar here

Nov 5

We’re looking for experts!

WiLS is happy to announce that we are now recruiting experts for our “Experts Connection” service. We’re looking for smart, talented people in the Wisconsin library community that are interested in sharing their knowledge and expertise with others for paid projects.

New Schedule for Transition to WorldShare Interlibrary Loan

In response to requests from many members of the OCLC resource sharing community, OCLC have extended access to WorldCat Resource Sharing through May 19, 2014. The new transition schedule provides additional time for ILL staffs to fully learn the new WorldShare ILL service while retaining access to WorldCat Resource Sharing.

New WorldShare ILL transition dates are:

End of placing new requests in WorldCat Resource Sharing: April 14, 2014
End of access to WorldCat Resource Sharing: May 19, 2014

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