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Patron management

Access your library's patron accounts for viewing, editing, and approving in Resource Sharing for Groups.
  • Patron approval
    Learn how to turn on patron approval in Resource Sharing for Groups to provide you with the ability to manually approve newly registered interlibrary loan patrons and verify that the patron is in good standing with your library before processing their interlibrary loan request.
  • Create patron accounts
    Learn how to create a patron account and find information about the basic user data fields.
  • Manage patron accounts
    Learn how to approve and block patrons as well as how to link a patron account to a borrowing request.  Find information about patron ILL statuses and how to turn on patron approval in Resource Sharing for Groups.
  • Search for patrons
    Learn how to search for patrons in Resource Sharing for Groups and find information about the patron search results screen.