The NCIP Circulation/Interlibrary Loan Interaction: Lending Agency Profile of the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) is designed to provide one coherent, agreed-upon set of behaviors, options, and parameters to support the exchange of messages between circulation and Interlibrary Loan (ILL) applications on the lending side of the interlibrary loan transaction.

This profile is designed to support the exchange of messages between a lending 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