Self serve

Do you like to do it yourself?

At the GOLD/GALILEO conference last Friday, there was a presentation on customizing WorldCat.

One of the customizations allows the user (you) to request materials from other libraries.

As you search for a title, you see what you would like to read. Before this customization, you'd have to print out that record or write down the information and contact your librarian to order the book. With this direct link you send a request right from WorldCat.

The item(s) will be delivered to NMTC (if the owning library is willing to loan it- sometimes they aren’t- material might be too new or out or lost or so very rare that they don’t let it out of their sight but if they are willing and can loan it they will send it to us….) We'll contact you to let you know if it's coming and contact you again when it arrives.

You access NMTC's link to WorldCat through GALILEO. Each library can customize their view of World Cat- not everyone has opened the direct link to borrowing.