This profile, referred to as the OCLC Circ/ILL Borrowing Agency Application Profile is designed to provide a coherent agreed-upon set of behaviours, options, and parameters that support the exchange of NCIP messages between the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Application and a circulation application operating together on the borrowing side of an Interlibrary Loan transaction.

This profile is designed to support the exchange of messages between a borrowing agency’s circulation and Interlibrary Loan (ILL) applications. Because ILL and circulation share many of the same functions such as tracking loaned items, sending overdue notices to users, etc., libraries are seeking applications that eliminate duplicate record-keeping and streamline functions, and thus, reduce workload for their staff.

Submitted by: Ed Davidson, OCLC
Revised: 16 February 2011