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Policies Directory overview

Find an overview of the Policies Directory.

The OCLC Policies Directory is located at https://illpolicies.oclc.org. There is also a link to the Policies Directory from WorldShare Interlibrary Loan and Tipasa.

The Policies Directory provides two main functions to enhance your workflow. First, it provides a way to search resource sharing libraries by OCLC institution symbol or name and group symbol or name. Note: The Policies Directory contains only groups profiled by OCLC.

The second function of the Policies Directory is to enable you to enter and display information about:

  • Your lending, copying and deflection policies
  • Your resource sharing supplier status
  • Your library collections
  • Your library schedules
  • Contacts at your library

Watch a video

Establish Policies in OCLC Policies Directory- Part 1 (11:56)

In this video, Borrowing and Lending libraries  will learn how to set up and/or edit their policies in OCLC Policies Directory using the Profile, Collections, Schedule, and Contacts tabs. 

 

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Establish Policies in OCLC Policies Directory- Part 2- Lending Libraries only (18:37)

In this video, Lending libraries will learn how to set up and/or edit policies for deflections, loans, and copies on the Policies Tab in OCLC Policies Directory. 

 Learn more in a training course: Introduction to WorldShare ILL