📋 Functionality Description:

a) Description:

🌐 Implement a system within RapidILL that provides region-specific copyright guidance and introduces an integrated workflow to check copyright compliance during document delivery.

b) Business Reason:

This enhancement would benefit the entire RapidILL community by:

✅ Ensuring copyright compliance across different regions

🛡️ Reducing liability for both lending and borrowing libraries

⚡ Streamlining the copyright checking process

🎓 Educating end-users about their copyright responsibilities

c) User Story:

👩‍💼 As a library worker using RapidILL, I want to access region-specific copyright information and have an integrated copyright check workflow so that I can ensure compliance with copyright laws when fulfilling document delivery requests.

d) Technical Requirements:

📚 Creation of a centralized "Copyright Bible" wiki hosted on RapidILL webpages

🔗 Integration of copyright information into the RapidILL directory

🆕 Development of a new "Check Copyright" status in the lending workflow

📄 Implementation of region-specific copyright information on file delivery cover sheets

🛠️ Detailed Functionality:

a) Copyright Bible Wiki:

📖 Develop a comprehensive wiki documenting relevant copyright laws and exceptions for document supply in each member library's region

🔄 Regularly update the wiki to reflect changes in copyright laws or when new regions join

b) Integrated Workflow:

🔔 Implement a notification system in the lending workflow to prompt copyright checks

🔎 Create a directory lookup function to easily access region-specific copyright information

⚠️ Introduce a new "Check Copyright" status for mediation, with the option to include notes

✔️ Allow borrowing libraries to override the "Check Copyright" status if they confirm compliance

c) Cover Sheet Enhancement:

🖨️ Automatically include relevant copyright information on file delivery cover sheets based on the receiving library's region

⚙️ Implement a one-time configuration option for libraries to set their region for accurate cover sheet generation

d) Non-Integrated Workflow Support:

🖱️ Provide manual lookup options in RapidX for libraries using non-integrated workflows

📝 Implementation Steps:

🏗️ Create the Copyright Bible wiki

💻 Develop the integrated workflow features, including the new "Check Copyright" status

📃 Implement the region-specific cover sheet system

🔗 Update the RapidILL directory to include links to copyright information

🏫 Provide training and documentation for libraries on using the new features

🌟 Benefits:

📊 Improved copyright compliance across the RapidILL network

🛡️ Reduced liability for libraries

⏱️ Streamlined workflow for copyright checking

🧠 Enhanced end-user awareness of copyright responsibilities

🔀 Flexibility for both integrated and non-integrated workflows