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• How to Reply to a SUNLINK e-ILL Request

The SUNLINK e-ILL request will be sent to your school or district email account (the account you indicated in your applicaiton). Use the "reply" function in your email software to let the borrowing school know whether or not you can loan the material. This reply should be made within 24 hours.

All SUNLINK schools are eligible for e-ILL. However, because access and connectivity vary greatly across the state at this time, and because SUNLINK e-ILL is a voluntary program, schools must apply to be a SUNLINK e-ILL school. Media specialists with limited email experience should probably not apply.

Remember that when you apply and are accepted as a SUNLINK e-ILL school, you agree to:

send and receive interlibrary loan requests by email;

check your SUNLINK email account at least once a day;

prepare email ILLs yourself or delegate this task to a professional staff member (just as you would never share your personal email password, students and teachers should never be given SUNLINK usernames or passwords--ILL is a professional responsibility);

inform the SUNLINK office when you leave a school, so that your email address can be removed, and the account turned off. The account can also be reset if the new media specialist wishes to remain a SUNLINK e-ILL school;

observe all SUNLINK interlibrary loan policies and procedures.

To apply, fill out the online form at

http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/e-ill/apply.html

Applications will be processed throughout the year.

When your school is accepted, an email message with directions, usernames and passwords will be sent to the email address indicated on the application (the email address must be the media specialist's school or district account). If this email bounces or goes unanswered within a reasonable amount of time, your account will not be activated and you will have to reapply. PLEASE DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS before you submit your application to be sure it is accurate.

SUNLINK will also add a little envelope icon to all of your school's holdings. The envelope icon identifies you as an active e-ILL school.