New ILL program

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The O'Grady Library has switched from iLLiad to a new interlibrary loan program (ILL), one that should be cleaner and easier to use.* iLLiad will stay online through April 12 to allow users to download any PDFs still in the system and to save their search histories.

Below is a quick video with Stefanie Gorzelsky, one of the librarians, highlighting some of the advantages of the new system.

Below is a short video that shows the new ILL landing page and also shows how you can set it up to give you text alerts when items come in.

Below is a short video on request screens and email notifications, which are slightly different from iLLiad.

* For anybody interested, the new program is called Tipasa, but we will simply use "interlibrary loan" or ILL instead of referring to the product name.

One Less Password to Remember!

Interlibrary loan just got a bit easier!

Scot Harrison, Dean of the O'Grady Library, announced that ILLiad, Saint Martin's interlibrary loan management system, has been updated to accept your standard SMU login information rather than requiring a separate username and password.

Now when you click a link in Saints search or any of the academic databases to request an item or click the direct link to ILLiad on the library's homepage, you will be taken to the login screen below:

From here, simply enter your regular SMU login information.  

Your ILLiad requests and history should be readily available to you.  First-time users will be taken to a new registration screen and will need to provide a minimum amount of information.  If you have any questions please contact Stefanie Gorzelsky, the circulation manager, or Joyce Hall, interlibrary loan processor.