The Orbis consortium is a member of CRL and has access to borrow materials from the Center. Members will prepare the reports and investigate with the lending partner library, on their own schedule, rather than a single consortium-wide schedule. Orbis staff send email announcement of Annual Reimbursement Accounting. Members prepare and research final IO reports, Boolean files, etc. Orbis posts a consolidated list of items on the Web, for members to search.
Members search all items and work with each other to clear up problems.
Orbis updates the list as appropriate, marking titles that have been found. July 1-7 Reconcile and final adjustment. Members review corrected list. This is the final period for researching and making adjustments. Members contact each other to resolve remaining problems and report adjustments to the list, if any, to Orbis.