Managing ILL requests
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-Click on the ‘Manage request’ button in the final column. Depending on the current status of the request you may see some or all of the following buttons:
+Click on the ‘Manage request’ button in the final column. Depending on the current
+status of the request you may see some or all of the following options:
- Edit request
- Mark completed
- used when the ILL request has been fulfilled.
-
+- Edit item metadata
+
+ - Depending on the backend used for the request you may be able to edit,
+ add or delete some or all of the request metadata. For example, if the
+ metdata has originated from a requestor using the FreeForm backend this
+ may need to be edited, whereas metadata from an external recognised source
+ such as BLDSS should not.
- Display supplier metadata
- Displays any extra metadata that might have been provided by your ILL
supplier that has not been included in the standard request fields.
+- Comments
+
+ - It is possible to add comments to an ILL request and these can be used
+ by ILL staff to keep track of work undertaken. Comments are read only and are
+ stored in chronological order. They display the borrower details and date of the
+ comment. If present, the number of comments is displayed in the List
+ requests view.
+Request statuses
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The full list of ILL statuses are: