Supply a Request to the Virtual Catalog – Staff Information System

Library staff process the pull list as they normally do. Remove the books from the shelves and check them in.

Select Ship Loans. The item will be set to status SHIPPED.
Scan or type the item barcode. In Evergreen, the item will be automatically checked out to a special Virtual Catalog patron for 56 days.
Record the loan number on a Virtual Catalog book band along with your library name in the Lending Library box.

Place a region delivery slip on the book, addressed to the proper location. The Virtual Catalog band is not a substitute for the Regional Delivery slip.
The borrowing library will receive the book and circulate it to their patron for 28 days. They will then return it back to you in the delivery system.
If you look up your title in Evergreen and see that it is checked out to the Virtual Catalog, you can find out who borrowed it by doing the following:
1. Login to the Virtual Catalog and select Request Inquiry. Search by barcode number. The status of this item may be one of the following:
  - SHIPPED – You sent the book, but if has not yet arrived at the borrowing library.
  - RECEIVED – The borrowing library received the book and is circulating it to their patron.
  - RETURNED – The borrowing library sent the book back to you. It should be arriving shortly.
  - COMPLETE – You book arrived and someone completed the loan. If it is still checked out in Evergreen, verify that you have the book and check it in.
When the borrowing library returns your book to you, hopefully with the Virtual Catalog band still in place, do the following:
1. Login to Evergreen and checkin the item. The book is now ON SHELF.
2. Login to the Virtual Catalog and select Complete Loans.
3. Enter the request number. This sets the status to COMPLETE. Complete transactions will be purged from the Virtual Catalog after 24 hours.