WorldCat

Tenn-Share's Group Access Capability

Tenn-Share's Group Access Capability (GAC) allows you to quickly find other Tenn-Share member libraries to borrow from on OCLC's WorldCat Resource Sharing platform. You can then use custom holdings to further narrow  down to the libraries nearest you, or other criteria (such as users of the same courier service that your library uses). The GAC also works with the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing deflection functionality.

The GAC symbol is TNSH. The group began with about 60 Tennessee libraries who participate in the Tenn-Share discount on FirstSearch. If your library is in the group you will see the group symbol in your institutional policy directory account as well as on the Lender Pending/In Process ILL request.

Interlibrary Loan

In a 2011 Conference breakout session, Tony Melvyn of OCLC spoke about how you can start to offer interlibrary loan to your patrons using WorldCat Resource Sharing. Here are the slides of his presentation.

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