The Oregon Tech Library is a part of the Orbis-Cascade Alliance. 38 colleges and universities in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho form this consortium. You may request items through "Summit" (the resource sharing program between the members of the Orbis-Cascade Alliance) as an Oregon Tech student and they will be delivered to the Klamath Falls campus or Portland-Metro (Wilsonville) campus libraries in 5-7 business days. Or if you are near another member institution in The Alliance, you may go there and check out items as a "Visiting Summit Borrower."
The Oregon Tech Library also lends materials to the other 37 member libraries of the Alliance, meaning if you are traveling, taking classes online through Oregon Tech, you may, as a "visiting Summit Borrower," have materials sent to these institutions for your research needs.
Students and Faculty can request materials through Summit by either inquiring at the Library's Help Desk, contacting a librarian or staff member. The staff member assisting you can submit the request for you via Primo or the Library's Circulation system.
As a patron, you can easily submit your Summit requests through the library catalog.
Clicking on the sign-in link and logging in with your OIT credentials (first name.last name and password) will allow you to submit requests for services like interlibrary loan and Summit:
This book which in the search results said "Check Holdings," is a book the Oregon Tech Library does not have, but can be requested via Summit. You can make the request, by clicking on the "Place Summit Request," link which will open the short request form shown here:
If you are a Portland Metro student, switch the "pick up library" to that campus, or if on the Klamath Falls Campus leave the "pick up location" as is and click "Request."
Your request will be sent to the Summit partners who have the book. If they "fill" the request, it will arrive at the Oregon Tech Library between 2-5 days. You will receive an e-mail from our system confirming its arrival, and you may come by the library to pick it up at the Help Desk for check out.
If you have any questions, please contact the Library at (541) 885-1772, or libtech@oit.edu.
