Reading Lists Support for Staff

It is now possible to place book requests directly from your reading list.

This is optional – you can still request purchases via your Information Specialist as usual, if you prefer. However, you may find it convenient to place orders in this way if you are working on a reading list.

Your Information Specialist will still moderate any orders that come through and will contact you if there are any issues.

Before you begin, make sure your list is published and linked to a module page on the DLE – otherwise your request(s) will not go through to the Library.

Creating your order request

• Check Primo first to make sure we do not already hold the item. Assuming that we do not, add the item you wish to request to your reading list. You can either use the Cite it! tool to import your reference from a webpage, for example, Amazon or a publisher’s website, or you can add an item manually.
• Once your item has appeared on the List, click to open it and in the Add tag field, select the Purchase requested option as shown below:-

• Collapse the item entry and make sure the Purchase requested tag then appears on your item entry, as shown below:-

It is recommended that you repeat this process to add additional tags such as Essential or Recommended. This will help your Information Specialist to prioritise orders and decide on the type of eBook licence to buy, or how many copies of a print item.

• Repeat the request creation as described above for any additional orders for that list that you wish to add
• Finally, at the top of your list click the three dots and select Send list to library:-

• You should then see an on-screen message stating List was sent to the library (there may be a few seconds delay before seeing it). Your request has been successfully submitted!
• You may need to make your list status Complete again after submitting requests, otherwise your students may not be able to access it fully. Instructions to do this can be found here.