The Orbis Cascade Alliance, the consortium of libraries that is responsible for the Summit shared catalog, has changed software vendors. As a result there has been a number of modifications to Summit.
Tracking your Summit Requests
You can track your requests in Summit by accessing your Summit Account
(click on the "Proxied Insitutional Sign On" link, select "University of Washington" from the pulldown menu and then login with your
UWNetID) and Your Library Account to track the progress of
your request as it moves from one system to the other. The best course of action now is to check that the item has shipped
in the Summit catalog and then wait until you receive a notice that the item has arrived at the pickup location that you specified.
Summit status Information
Loan Periods
Most books and longer loan material will have a 6 week loan period with no renewals. Shorter loan material,
such as cds and dvds, will have a 6 day loan. Items that have been
requested will not show in your UW library account until it is received locally in 2-4 days.
What should I do if my Summit request wasn't filled?
Request the item through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - it generally takes
14 days for the item to arrive:
- Log in with your UW NetID.
- Select the "Borrow A Book" link and fill out the request form.
Please include a note saying *SUMMIT FAILED* to ensure the
success of your ILL request.
Typically, Summit requests fail because all copies in Summit libraries
are either checked out or do not circulate. The new Summit system does
not check the status of a copy until after a request has been made.
Visiting Other Summit Libraries
The ability for UW borrowers to visit other libraries and check out materials
continues, though they will need to verify their status at the remote library by
logging into their UW library account. Once the UW borrower is "adopted" in this manner
by the remote library they can request that books from other libraries be delivered to
that library. Visting patron information for all Summit libraries
Questions?
Additional information is available at the main Summit site.
Questions can be sent to the Libraries AskUs service.
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Last modified: Friday July 17, 2009 (jlward1)
