Hello DOCLINE® Libraries,

If you are going to be away from your library, take certain steps to assure that your users are aware of your absence. You likely update your voicemail message, initiate a hold for your email and repost hours of operation. You can do the same thing for your DOCLINE account.

Use the electronic DOCLINE Hold Request form to make use of a vacation mail like feature for your DOCLINE account. Placing your library on hold means that requests will no longer route to your institution. If you are a Loansome Doc library, your users will not be able to request items from you until you return. If they have a secondary library selected, the system will automatically choose the active DOCLINE library.

Hello DOCLINE® Libraries,

DOCLINE 3.1 was released on April 26, 2007 with the added ability to edit mail delivery options. Borrowers can review the Borrowing Preferences to improve routing. When electronic delivery is needed, borrowers should select the preferred delivery method. So if you have “mail” selected but you really want “email pdf” this is your opportunity to say so. There is no longer any need to rely on the comments field. Lenders are moving to electronic delivery methods so borrowers can receive requests quickly.

For detailed information and screenshots on this change take a look at the notes: DOCLINE 3.1 Release Notes

DOCLINE® was initially implemented in March 1985 as a command line, character based system for placing and routing interlibrary loan requests among the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. In fiscal year 1987, borrowers entered 788,105 interlibrary loan requests into DOCLINE and there were 1,435 participating libraries.
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The GMR is once again offering the NLM classification poster to our Network Members. If you would like one in your library please send an email to gmr at uic.edu requesting a classification poster. Please include your LIBID in your communication. If you are interested in the NLM Classification scheme, you can look at it online at http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/class/

LinkOut has a new homepage that provides an easy-to-use framework to access LinkOut Help, the help manual for LinkOut. The new homepage also contains frequently updated information, like FAQs and provider and journal lists, links to Tutorials, and, for librarians, direct links to tasks in the Library Submission Utility. (more…)