ILL ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 4. BORROWER FUNCTIONS
Emailing the Lender
The Lender’s Email field on the Full Record Display serves as a link to launch the default email client for your workstation, allowing you to send the current lender an email related to the request.
NOTE: The Lender’s Email field is not shown for requests with a status of Awaiting Approval, Cancelled, Complete, ILL Review, Passed to Local System, Retry or Unfilled.
To email the lender:
- Click the Lender’s Email link on the Full Record Display.
- The default email client for your workstation opens a “new mail” form.
- The To field is pre-filled with the lender’s email address.
- The Subject field is pre-filled with the text “RE: ILL Request (request number)
- The “message” field is pre-filled with the ILL Request number, the title of the requested item, and the text “Message about this request.”
- Edit the content of the email as desired, then send the message in accordance with the standard practices for your email client.