Borrowing Request fields

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Find details about the fields which appear in borrowing requests in Tipasa.

To view borrowing request fields, click on the request ID of an existing borrowing request or create a new request using a blank workform. You can also configure your Borrower Constant Data and apply this information to a new request, editing the fields as necessary.

Note: Visible fields will change depending on the Status and Type of borrowing request.

Request

The Request tab offers information specific to the request, delivery options and billing, patron information, and request history.

Multiple Requests

The Multiple Requests accordion allows the institution to submit multiple requests for the same item simultaneously to different Lender Strings. This functionality is helpful for Book Club requests where multiple copies of a single item are needed. The Request Quantity allows for 20 different requests.

Request Details

The Request Details accordion includes important bibliographic information about the request.

Note: The format of dates and times displays in the interface based on the information about your institution contained in the WorldCat Registry. Dates and times will display to library staff in your institution's time zone and preferred format.

Field descriptions:

Field	說明
Patron Summary	Hover to see a brief summary of the Patron information appearing at the bottom of the request.
Source	The source system from which the request was generated.
Status	The status of the request.
Local ID	Any local identifier number (for example, a call number or barcode number).
Title/Journal	Title of the item [e.g., book or journal (if it is an article request)].
Uniform Title	Preferred title.
著者	Author of the item.
出版商	Publisher name, City of publication, and Publication date.
ISBN	International Standard Book Number (ten or thirteen-digit number).
ISSN	International Standard Serial Number (eight-digit number).
OCLC	OCLC Number, a unique identifier assigned to WorldCat Records.
DOI	Digital object identifier.
PMID	PubMed identifier. Enter a PMID and use the magnifying glass to retrieve citation information from PubMed. If the citation information is correct, select Apply and Save to apply the PubMed citation information to the request. PMID Search- Image:
Series	Title of Series.
Request Tags	Tags are custom labels that can be applied to active requests. Your library can use tags as a way to group and keep track of requests. Tags are only visible to your library. For more information, please see Tags.
Type	Indicates the type of request (Copy or Loan).
格式	Format of the item.
語言	Language of the item.
版本	Edition of the item.
Preferred edition	Preferred edition of the item.
Article Title	Title of the requested article.
Article Author	Author of the article.
Volume	Volume of the item.
Issue/No	Issue of the article.
Issue Date	Date of the issue.
Pages	Page numbers of the article or chapter.
Requested On/Received Date	The date the request was placed and the date the requested item was received.
Renewal Requested	Appears for requests in the Renewal Requested queue. The requested renewal date appears when specified.
Renewal GRANTED/DENIED	Indicates if a renewal request was granted or denied.
Renewals	The number of renewal requests.
Need Before	Date by which you want to receive the item. Note: To assign a period of up to 99 days, type +DD for the system to calculate a date that is 1-99 calendar days from today's date.
Return Date	Date the item was returned.
Due Date	Due date of the request.
New Due Date	The new due date after a renewal request is approved.
Verification	Source of bibliographic information.

Copyright Clearance

Libraries in the Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom can track patron acceptance of local copyright terms. To add copyright compliance and acceptance information to your request form, please see Add copyright compliance and acceptance for non-US Libraries.

Not applicable
Signature Required
Signature Obtained

Indicate your compliance for copy requests by selecting one of your country's valid codes.

地區	Copyright Compliance
台灣	CCG Conforms to CONTU Guidelines CCL Conforms to U.S. Copyright law
Australia	Australian Copyright Cleared Australian License S183 - Commonwealth S183 - State S200AB - Special case S43 - Judicial Proceedings S50 - for S49 client S50(7) - for collection, previously supplied S50(7A) - for collection, more than a reasonable portion S50(7B) - for collection electronic S50 - for collection S50 - for parliamentarian
加拿大	Fair Dealing Canadian Copyright Act 2012
New Zealand	NZ Copyright Requirements
西班牙	According to Spanish Copyright Law License Acquired None
United Kingdom	UK Copyright Cleared UK Fair Dealing

Lending Information

Under the Lending Libraries accordion, you can enter your preferred lending institutions. Up to 15 institution symbols(s) can be entered into the Lender String field.

Field	說明
Lender	The lender's institution symbol, institution name, and location.
Days To Respond	The lender's Days to Respond setting as configured in the lender's Policies Directory. Please see Days to Respond for more information.
Cost	The lending institution's fees for Copies or Loans as configured in the Policies Directory.

When the lender has replied Yes to the request, their lender-supplied information will appear under the Lending Information accordion.

Field	說明
Use ILL Fee Management (IFM)	The lender's use of ILL Fee Management (IFM) is indicated here.
Lending Notes	Notes from the lending library regarding the terms of the loan.
Return Via	The lending library's preferred method for returning loaned materials.
Return To and address fields	The return mailing information for the lending library.

Borrowing Library

The borrowing library information is where the borrowing library enters their information regarding the Electronic Delivery setting, Shipping information, and Billing Information.

Electronic Delivery

Choose your method of electronic delivery. You can set your Preferred method of delivery as well as an Alternate method. This information is configurable as constant data as well.

Field	定義
Article Exchange	Delivery via OCLC Article Exchange.
Electronic	Delivery via email
ILLiad Odyssey	Delivery via ILLiad Odyssey software.

Note: Electronic Delivery is defined in the Contacts tab of the OCLC Policies Directory. Log in to the Policies Directory to make changes.

Shipping

Borrowing libraries can set the preferred shipping information. This information is configurable as constant data as well.

Field	說明	Configurable as Constant Data?
Shipping Information	Complete mailing address and contact information:	是
Ship Via	Preferred method of shipment.	是
Group Affiliations	Enter the symbols, names, or acronyms of your reciprocal, local, or OCLC's Profiled Groups to display to lenders. Example: LVIS	是
Borrowing Notes	Additional information needed to clarify the request.	是

Billing

Borrowing libraries can set the preferred billing information. This information is configurable as constant data as well.

Field	說明	Configurable as Constant Data?
Bill Information	Complete the billing address and contact fields. Click Copy From Shipping Info to use the same information from the Shipping and Contact Info fields. Otherwise, provide new information.	是
Billing Notes	Additional billing information, if needed.	是
Use ILL Fee Management (IFM) for payment	Select the ILL Fee Management (IFM) check box to enable IFM. For more information on IFM, see Interlibrary Loan Fee Management (IFM).	是
Maximum Cost	Maximum amount (in US dollars) that you will pay for the item. Type the amount you will pay, and check the IFM check box to apply IFM. Note: This reflects the total cost, not the cost per page If you will not pay, leave the check box empty and type *0.00* in the box. Note: If you do not provide a value, you are responsible for whatever the Lender charges. If both the IFM and Maximum Cost boxes are empty, the Lender is able to specify a Maximum Cost amount when the request is returned to you. You automatically agree to pay the specified amount when you update the request.	是

Patron

Add the appropriate patron and link to their Tipasa account to allow the patron to receive email notifications and track the request in My Account. See Link a patron to the request for more information.

Field	說明
Name	The patron's name. For best results, use the format: last name, first name, middle name or initial. If necessary, add descriptive text to differentiate patrons with similar names Do not enter patron identification numbers in this field. Use ID instead. Examples: Butterworth, Ada Esther Smith, Bob, CompSCi Dept.
ID	A number used for patron identification
Status	Patron's status (within the library, company, school, etc.), selected from a list of customized statuses. For information on how to customize the list, see 11. Field Values.
Department	The Department associated with the patron. For more information on adding Department, see 11. Field Values. Be consistent in the use of department names.
Patron Contact information	Enter the patron's address, phone number, or fax number.
Email	Patron's Email address.
Pickup Location Name	The patron's selected preferred pickup location name as defined in the ILS locations setting within the CIrculation Integration module of the OCLC Service Configuration. See ILS locations for more information.
Pickup Location Code	The patron's selected preferred pickup location code as defined in the ILS locations setting within the CIrculation Integration module of the OCLC Service Configuration. See ILS locations for more information.
Notes	Any relevant information about the request or the patron. This field cannot be reused.

Information about the patron can also be added as constant data or edited on the workform directly.

Request History

The Request History tab provides details about the history of the borrowing request.

Field	說明
Copied From	If the current request was created from an existing request, a link to the original request ID appears.
Automation History	Lists status resulting from Automated Request Manager activity, patron validation, and copyright management.
Supplier History	Lists the OCLC symbol of each lending library who engaged with the request, including their response and the date of the response.
ILL Fee Management (IFM) History	Log of all Interlibrary Loan Fee Management related history, if IFM has been used for the request.
Notification Log	Log of all email and SMS notifications sent related to the request.
Circulation History	For WorldShare Management System libraries with Circulation Integration enabled. This section confirms if a temporary item is created, provides barcode information, and tracks the history of the request. Please see WorldShare Circulation Integration for more information about enabling this functionality.
ISO Log	Contains information on ISO transactions with external ILL systems using the ISO 18626 protocol. The ISO 18626 protocol allows non-OCLC libraries to request from WS-ILL libraries and vice versa. The ISO log gives details about the ISO transactions including the date and time of the transaction, the status, the OCLC symbol of the external library, and the request ID in the non-OCLC system. The log also includes the cause of any errors that may have occurred.

Automation History messages

Messages that appear in Automation History

Message	定義
Request moved to Review	The request matched an automation and moved to Review.
No best matching automation	An error was found in the request or no automations exist.
Request contains improperly formatted patron max cost	The request had an incorrect patron max cost and no automation matched to the request.
Age of bibliographic item is indeterminate	The item's age could not be ascertained and no automation matched to the request.
No matching automation. Reason: No automations exist	An error was found in the request or no automations exist.
No patron linked to request For libraries using Tipasa and RS4G	No patron was linked to the request when the automation had an action of Send Request to Lenders with Patron management turned on.
Unapproved patron linked to request For libraries using Tipasa and RS4G	An unapproved patron was linked to the request when the automation had an action of Send Request to Lenders with Patron management turned on.
No matching bib	The request did not match a bibliographic record.
No lenders or not enough lenders	The automation matched with an action to send to lenders or build a lender string, but the specified minimum number of lenders was not met.
Matched with previously requested title, cleared as Fair Use (CCG) Tipasa only	For institutions using US copyright management, the requested title matched with a previously requested title that has fewer than 5 uses in the past year and was published within the past 5 or 6 years, depending on configuration.
Issue date could not be determined Tipasa only	For institutions using US copyright management, there is no date in the Issue date field.
Title more than 5 years old, no copyright evaluation needed. Tipasa only	For institutions using US copyright management, the requested article was published more than 5 years ago.
Matched with previously requested title, but copyright use count limit reached Tipasa only	For institutions using US copyright management, the requested article matches a previously requested title with 5 or more uses. The request is stopped for copyright review before sending to lenders.
No single copyright match found Tipasa only	For institutions using US copyright management, the journal title containing the requested article does not exist within the institution’s list of copyright titles. The request is stopped for copyright review.
Direct request processing failed.	Automation could not process the request. The request is sent to Review.
Held by your library, so producing as Document Delivery Tipasa only	The automation sent the item held by the institution to Document Delivery.
Held by your library	The item was held by the institution and automation sent the item to Review. No lender string is built.
No OCLC number found in request	The OCLC number was not included in the request and was not used for bibliographic matching to the item in the request.
No lenders or not enough lenders	The automation built a lender string, but the minimum number of lenders specified in the Custom Holdings Path was not reached. The request moves to Review.
Produce option off	The automation has the action of Build Lender String. The request moves to Review after building the lender string.
Holdings path not found	The automation specifies a Custom Holdings Path to build the lender string, but the Custom Holdings Path no longer exists.
Holdings path has no institutions	The automation included a Custom Holdings Path which does not contain any members.

Purchase

Use the purchase tab to review item prices and see links to vendor sites such as Get It Now (if you subscribe to the service).

Field	說明
Request Summary	Find a summary of the bibliographic details of the requested item, including Need Before date, Title/Journal, Author, Publisher, and ISBN/ISSN number.
Patron Summary	Find a summary of the patron details of the request, including Name, ID, Status, Department, Address and Notes.
Purchase Options	Find links to vendor websites and pricing information for the item.

Staff Notes

The Staff Notes tab allows you to keep notes that are viewable and searchable only by your library staff. Staff Notes can be added to active and closed requests. The number on the tab indicates how many Staff Notes currently exist for a particular request.

Edit and add Staff Notes

All staff users within an institution can add, edit and delete notes. Any staff member may edit any existing notes. The original author displays in the left column with the most recently-edited-by user name appearing just below the note.

Note: Only staff with the WorldShare ILL Admin role will be able to see the name of the author of the staff notes. Staff with the WorldShare ILL User role will see a date and time stamp for when the note was created/updated along with the name of the library.

The most recently added note will display at the top of the Staff Notes tab. Edited notes display based on the updated date and time.

Add a note

Note: There can be up to 500 notes per request.

From the request, select Note from the Actions panel.
Add the text of your note to the Add Staff Note text box.
- There is a 500 character limit for each note.
Click Add.
- To remove any text added to the Add Staff Note box, click Cancel.

Edit a Staff Note

From the request, click on the Staff Notes tab.
Next to the desired Staff Note, click on the button.
Select Edit.
Make the desired edits in the text box.
Click Update to save your changes.

A message appears confirming the note successfully saved.

Delete a Staff Note

Caution: Deleted notes are not retrievable.

From the request, click on the Staff Notes tab.
Next to the desired Staff Note, click on the drop-down.
Select Delete.
A message appears asking you to confirm deletion of the Staff Note.
Click Delete.

A message appears confirming the Staff Note has been deleted.