Borrowing Request Process
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Resources from Other College Library search
Blank Form
Search Alma using the Network Zone
Fulfillment > Resource Sharing > Borrowing Requests
Create Request >from Search > Repository
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Search for the title from the Network Zone:
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Select the title by clicking on the item:
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Click Select on the right-hand corner
Enter/modify the requester information
If you want to select a specific Partner or Rota, you can do so at this step,
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Click:
Cancel - to cancel what you have entered and return to previous screen.
Save and Edit - to save the request, keep the form open, and add tabs to it in which you can add more details to the request
Save - to save the request and close the form
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Get It Form from Page 1+
Patrons can use Page 1+ to place a resource sharing request.
The patron must be signed into Page1+ (look for My Account, My Library Card, etc.),
Change the search criteria to All Page1+ Libraries (or whatever your library has labelled that search scope),
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Search a title or topic to see what other Ontario College Libraries have access to by browsing to see what is available or refine the search by selecting a specific college:
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Once a patron locates an item they want:
Select Resource Sharing (or whatever your library has labelled that request) under the How to Get It section,
Fill out the form with the required information (pickup location is mandatory)
Click Send Request.
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Search Alma using the Network Zone
Library staff can put in a request in Alma using the Network Zone Search.
NOTE: If an institution did not catalogue in the Network Zone, then items will not appear here. (As of June 2024, the project to move all records from Institution level to Network Zone level has been put on hold.)
Fulfillment > Resource Sharing > Borrowing Requests
Create Request > Manually
Select Book or Article
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Fill in the Resource Sharing Borrowing Request Form
Click:
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>from Search > Repository
Search for the title from the Network Zone:
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Select the title by clicking on the item:
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Click Select on the right-hand corner
Enter/modify the requester information
If you want to select a specific Partner or Rota, you can do so at this step,
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Click:
Cancel - to cancel what you have entered and return to previous screen.
Save and Edit - to save the request, keep the form open, and add tabs to it in which you can add more details to the request
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Save - to save the request and close the form
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For more information, see Manually Adding A Request
Get It Form from Page 1+
Patrons can use Page 1+ to place a resource sharing request.
The patron must be signed into Page1+ (look for My Account, My Library Card, etc.),
Change the search criteria to All Page1+ Libraries (or whatever your library has labelled that search scope),
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Search a title or topic to see what other college libraries in Ontario have access to
Browse to see what is available or refine the search by selecting a specific college from the Facets:
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Once a patron locates an item they want:
Select Resource Sharing (or whatever your library has labelled that request) under the How to Get It section,
Fill out the form with the required information (pickup location is mandatory)
Click Send Request.
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Will get a blue box on the right-hand side confirming that the request was made.
The request has NOT been sent to a partner, it is waiting to be approved and sent from Borrowing Requests. See Approve a Request for further steps.
Blank Form from Alma using Manual Input
Fulfillment > Resource Sharing > Borrowing Requests
Create Request > Manually
Select Book or Article
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Fill in the Resource Sharing Borrowing Request Form:
Resource Information – The more information about the item the better,
Request Attributes – May want to state a different Delivery Location if needed.
Request Costs – Leave blank.
Click:
Cancel - to cancel what you have entered and return to the previous screen,
Save and Edit - to save the request, keep the form open, and add tabs to it in which you can add more details to the request,
Save - to save the request and close the form,
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Will get a blue box on the right-hand side confirming that the request was made.
The request has NOT been sent to a partner, it is waiting to be approved and sent from Borrowing Requests. See Managing Borrowing Requests for further steps.
For more information, see Manually Adding A Request
Managing Borrowing Requests
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