What is an Enter My Symbol Twice Library?
Various lending libraries using OCLC to process ILL requests deem it necessary to have their symbols entered twice by a borrowing library. The reasons for this policy are many. Some libraries have staffing shortages, others have several libraries within their institution, and still others have several campuses making it necessary to ask borrowing libraries to give them more time to fill requests. Placing the library's symbol twice within the lending string gives the library the extra time needed to fill requests.
How This List was Compiled
The OCLC EMST list (which is no longer maintained) was used as a starting point in compiling this list. The OCLC ILL Policies Directory was checked for each symbol. Those libraries on the list that had no EMST notation in their policy directory were contacted either by email or by phone to verify if they are currently an EMST library. Libraries no longer in EMST status are moved to the list of No Longer EMST Libraries.
Enter My Symbol Twice Libraries
Please consult the Policies Directory for variations as noted in the key code below.
* British – request separately – put account number in borrowing notes
** Enter twice only for photocopies
+ Enter three times in lender string
++ Enter five times in lender string
! Enter twice when requesting theological materials
!! Enter twice when requesting items from branch libraries (Architecture,
Southwest Collection)
% Enter twice when requesting master's theses
A2A ADV ALM
BCC BCM BKL BMF BNY BRI* BRL
CAW CGP CIN CLE CPE CPL** CTB CUY CVL CXP CZA
DAV DBD DEH DEL DLC++ DPL
E9L EBC ECL EEJ ELW! EOW EPL EXM EXR EXW EYP
FBR FLX FUG
GRR GZG GZK GZM%
HBS HCO HPL HUH HVL
IFA IHD ILU!! IUI
JOV JOW JPL JQA JRY JTB
KCK KKV KLP
LCL+ LDC LKC LKR
MCS MDB MHR++ MOA MRB MRQ MUQ MUX MZA
NAB NJR NLD++ NOC NOG NOQ NPC NPL NTG NYG NYP++
OCO ONB ORX
PBR PHA PKL PMU PUL PULEA PWI
RCL RNC
SFR SMI SSL
TQU TXG
UAU UOJ UOP UPM UTO UUM UWO
VAK VHB VPI VPW VRC VVJ VVW VXG
WIM WIQ WJQ WXM
YGC YGI YJF YOL YUM
ZAC ZAD ZAE ZCU ZQP ZSJ ZTP ZXW ZYU
No Longer EMST Libraries
AID AUM
BLK BUF
CBL CLU COO
DHU DVP
EDU–non supplier EEM EEX EHU EYM EYW
FGY FHM FVC
G9N GTS–non supplier GZY
HDC HMS
IEF IEU IEZ–non supplier IOG IPL IUM IWU IXA
JBR JBW–is lower case JHE JQW
KKQ KLC KNV
LAV LCI LIN LLE
MDK MWN MZB
NAM
OCM OEM OQX OSU
PAX PRS–non supplier
QIP–non supplier QPI–non supplier
SAC SDE
TPH
UAB UWW
VA@ VHP VTU VVA–non supplier
WEA WIH–non supplier WJR–non supplier WRJ WVU
XKC–non supplier
YAM YGJ–non supplier YPI YSM YUS