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SWIFT-Prospector Staff-Initiated Borrowing: Quick Reference Guide

Placing Requests in Prospector

Navigate to the Prospector catalog in your web browser (https://encore.coalliance.org), and complete a search for the title or ISBN of the requested material.

Click the Request it button for the selected title.

Select your library from the With which institution are you affiliated? drop-down menu in the window that opens:

Input your Staff Card Number in the Request Verification screen:

If your request was successfully placed, you will receive the following confirmation:

Receiving Requests in the RSB Client

Launch the Resource Sharing Broker (RSB) Client using the Innovative Millennium icon and Enter your Username and Password.

Within the RSB client, select Not My Item Check-In from the menu on the left, key in or scan the received item’s barcode and click Search(The letter “b” may need to be typed in before the barcode, if receiving a message that the number is not recognized.)

Within the confirmation Message window, select to print a holdshelf slip by clicking Yes. If you do not wish to print a holdshelf slip, click No

At this point, the system knows that this item is at the requesting library, and on the holdshelf waiting to be checked out to the patron. If you had multiple items to receive, you could continue with the next barcode(s).  

When you are done receiving items, click Close (upper right hand corner).

Next, check out the item to the Staff library card by selecting Patron Check-Out from the menu on the left.  Key in Staff library card barcode and click Search. A message will pop up indicating how many items are “ready for pickup” (received but not yet checked out to the patron record). Click OK to dismiss the message.

Key or scan the item barcode.  You will receive a message indicating that the item status has been updated. Click OK to dismiss the message and proceed.

Returning Requests in the RSB Client

Launch the Resource Sharing Broker (RSB) Client using the Innovative Millennium icon and Enter your Username and Password.

Within the RSB client, select Not My Item Check-In from the menu on the left, key in or scan the received item’s barcode and click Search.

Within the confirmation Message window, click CHECK-IN

You will be given the option to print a transit slip. Click Yes if you want to print a transit slip (optional).  Click No if you do not want to print a slip.

Until the item is checked in back at the lending library, the item continues to appear in the INN-Reach tab of the patron record, with Returned status:

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