April 7, 2022 UPDATE: MOBIUS access for UM System users will not shut off on April 15, 2022 as previously announced. You will be able to continue requesting materials in the MOBIUS catalog using your UMKC login.
Changes are coming to the UMKC Libraries catalog and library search this spring and summer! The University of Missouri System Libraries share a library catalog, and we are all migrating to a new system at the end of the spring semester. This means that early in summer 2022, the UMKC library search bar will be the new place to search for all library materials and research sources. As with any software migration a host of other changes will occur, and some temporary workarounds will be necessary.
MOBIUS Service Interruption
Due to the upcoming software change, all campuses will temporarily suspend the borrowing and lending of materials through MOBIUS beginning April 15, 2022 and shift to other methods of obtaining materials for users. MOBIUS* is our statewide consortium of academic and public libraries that agree to share materials and you may be familiar with searching and placing request in the MOBIUS catalog. Beginning April 15, your UMKC login will no longer work in the MOBIUS catalog. Instead, we will use our Interlibrary Loan processes to borrow the books and materials you need from Missouri libraries, or libraries around the world. Find those items in WorldCat.
We will reinstate full MOBIUS services as soon as our new software allows; however, we will be without MOBIUS services for at least one year. This disruption does not impact borrowing items shared within our four campus system of Libraries.
*MOBIUS includes the Prospector system of libraries.
How this affects library users
Beginning April 15, your UMKC login will not work in MOBIUS. While you will still be able to search the MOBIUS online catalog during the service interruption, you will not be able to place requests. Instead, we will borrow items for you using our Interlibrary Loan process, even when the lending library is in Missouri.
Library users should return MOBIUS materials by May 13
- Return any book with a green MOBIUS band around the cover
- Return any book with a light blue Prospector band around the cover
- Materials you have borrowed from MERLIN libraries – UMKC Libraries, or the other three UM System libraries – are not included
- If you have questions about where your borrowed materials came from, contact the UMKC Libraries Circulation Department at circulation@umkc.edu or (816) 235-1526
If you still need the returned item for your research, place an Interlibrary Loan request for it
- Log in to your Interlibrary Loan account
- Place a new request for the item
- Note: your item may come from a Missouri library, but the request will be managed in the Interlibrary Loan system instead of the MOBIUS system
- If you need assistance requesting another copy of the item, ask a librarian via phone, chat, email, or an in person or virtual meeting
In place of searching the MOBIUS catalog
- Go to WorldCat to search not only the UM System Libraries, but libraries everywhere
- Use the “Request item through Interlibrary Loan” button in WorldCat to be directly connected to a pre-filled request form in the UMKC Interlibrary Loan system
- Note: the Interlibrary Loan team always tries to borrow locally first, so your book may come in just a few days from a Missouri library via courier service
This is the earliest change resulting from the migration that will affect you as a library user. We will let you know more about each exciting change when their implementation dates are closer. If you have any questions about this change or the upcoming ones, or if you need assistance requesting another copy of a MOBIUS item you have borrowed, ask a librarian!
Read the UM System Libraries statement on the Disruption of MOBIUS Services.