LinkUK

LinkUK (formerly V3. online) is the interlending system that serves 78 libraries throughout London and the South East, the West Midlands and South Wales. The LinkUK service, provided by OCLC, is on track to be integrated with UnityUK in 2008. UnityUK and LinkUK are coming together to deliver the first national resource sharing service for the UK.

LinkUK's 7 million bibliographic records,with over 17 million individual holdings are now integrated with the UnityUK union catalogue.

Integration Update: June 2008

Nearly all LinkUK libraries have been trained in using UnityUK and the majority are using UnityUK to respond to incoming requests. A growing number of LinkUK libraries are already using UnityUK for requesting. All LinkUK libraries will move over to using UnityUK for requesting and responding when ILL Fee Management goes live in UnityUK (planned for autumn 2008).

Integration Soundbites

"The integration of the two services is a huge step forward for resource sharing and I welcome the opportunity to be a part of its evolution."

Linda Saunders , Chief Librarian at Sandwell and Dudley.

"All of us at Bromley can see the potential that the new service will offer, particularly its capability to streamline and speed up the ILL process for all members."

Jennifer Cox, Stock Services Librarian at Bromley.

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