Change in ILL will be seen on Workflows

A couple of branches are trying out a new method for keeping track of ILL borrowed items (from outside SEPLSO). There will now be new “Brief Records” in our catalog for these items. They will be added by me (Linda) when an item is shipped to us, and deleted when we send it back.

Although these items will come up in a Workflows title or subject search, they are *not* SEPLSO’s items. Branches can not place holds on them.

The items will look like this in the catalog:

* ILL - The nine: inside the secret world of the Supreme Cou
OCLC 42908730 copy:1 id:42908730

And they will look like this in a patron’s checkout list:

CHECKOUTS:1($.00) display options...
* ILL - The nine: inside the secret worl due:6/29/2008,14:05

This method allows the borrowing SEPLSO branch to check the item out to their patron using the OCLC Request number (which is the Call # and Item ID in the top example above), thus eliminating the use of “dummy” bar codes and also allowing staff to see the titles of patrons’ ILL items.

If you’re interested in starting to use this method for checking out ILL’s, or have any other questions, please let me know. — Linda Wilkinson