So, I checked and I will still be able to make ILL requests directly in OCLC First Search, which is what we used to do in 2010.
While we don't have access to OCLC Worldshare anymore, we do still have access to First Search because of our cataloging subscription to OCLC Connexion.
If AutoGraphics, Inc.'s ShareIt platform via the Texas Armadillo Network for Interlibrary Loan goes POOF because the IMLS decimation is made permanent, we will have to fall back on First Search to process our borrowing requests.
This will entail going back to manually creating temporary MARC bib records in POLARIS to circulate and manage the borrowed items, and manually creating the holds for patrons as well. Then going back and deleting the item records from patron's records once the item is returned.
What this means is our ILL service levels with be dropped back to 2010 levels of efficiency, which compared to last year, is very very inefficient indeed. We can't have nice things because goddamn Republican barbarians.
"Freedum YANG Worship word, you must not speak it!"
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