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35 results found
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Claims for non-supplied items
Ability to configure non-supplied Alma requests that were sent to Rapid to automatically update to status Claimed
12 votes -
Search Holdings in Rapid Interface
The Search Holdings feature for books is very limited, it doesn't include the Author or Publication Date. Conducting the same search under Borrowing>New Request is inconvenient as there are four required fields.
11 votes -
Separate Mapping List into book chapter lending and whole book lending rules
Please consider adding could the ability to separate the mapping list between chapter lending and whole book lending. More of our collection is available for chapter scanning than whole book Rapid Returnables lending. For example, we could scan a chapter of a reference book but we would not provide the entire book via Rapid Returnables. We have put in place the more restrictive lending rules as there's no way to distinguish between chapter scanning and whole book lending in the mapping .
10 votes -
Changing daily quota of Lending requests
It should be possible to change the daily quota of Lending requests independently, and not via Support
see Idea: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/935109-rapidill/suggestions/45302506-ability-to-throttle-the-number-of-lending-requests9 votes -
One Pod for all RapidILL customers
As RapidILL has time-zone and load-balance algorithims in place, it seems that the multiple Pod system is somewhat redundant.
6 votes -
Require members to send OCR'd files
RapidILL members should be required to send OCR'd PDFs.
6 votes -
Region-Specific Copyright Guidance and Integrated Workflow for RapidILL
📋 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…
5 votes -
Priority by language (not just by time-zone and load-balance)
Rapid should prioritize the language of requests, so that requests in languages such as Hebrew and Arabic would be sent to libraries specializing in these languages, before other libraries.
4 votes -
Sending article information from a link resolver
We would like to pass article information to RapidILL's "New Request" form through a link resolver service such as 360Link, so that we can easily make new requests.
4 votes -
RapidILL Toolkit for Improving Scan Quality
📋 Functionality Description:
a) Description:
🛠️ Develop a comprehensive guide and set of tools to help both lending and borrowing libraries edit and improve scans produced for RapidILL.
b) Business Reason:
This enhancement would benefit the RapidILL community by:
🎯 Improving overall scan quality and accessibility
🤝 Enhancing customer care for end-users
⚖️ Balancing speed with quality in document delivery
🔧 Providing resources for libraries with varying equipment capabilities
c) User Story:
👩💼 As a library worker using RapidILL, I want access to best practices, tools, and guidelines for producing and editing high-quality scans, so that I can provide better…
4 votes -
Add RapidILL fields to Electronic Collections
Instead of having to enter the RapidILL lending statuses in the internal notes field of electronic collections we would like to have checkboxes added to the electronic collection that would indicate if the collection is LendableInternational, LendableCountry, or Lendable Local
3 votes -
Routing request to libraries with a subscription to A journal and not to those with an open access platform in their catalog
Now orders are directed to libraries with access only to an open access platform that many times in practice do not provide articles instead to libraries that have a subscription to the journal.
The result is that many times after the order has passed through many libraries it is finally rejected. Since there is synchronization between the journal IDs (issns, oclc) you can't write an oclc that appears only for subscribers.3 votes -
Rapidill discrepancy between the date in Alma and on Rapidill web input.
We are getting requests come through Alma that are lacking information compared to their web version counterparts. In both of these cases in the Alma version we have only got the year of the article which is why we have marked them as a ‘bad citation’ and referred them back to the requester. However, when looking at the Web instance a few minutes later which is not enough time for the request to have been updated, we can see the date information in full. Granted it is in the ‘year’ section however, the concatenation could be causing problems with other…
3 votes -
Export monthly borrowing/lending summary reports
Under Tools > Statistics > Lending Summary/Borrowing Summary, the statistics shown on the screen can drill down to monthly level but when I clicked on Excel, the file does not breakdown to monthly level. We had to resort to copy and paste from the screen into an Excel file and format it. It would save staff time if the export includes the monthly statistics.
2 votes -
Allow manual editing when Rapid set the request on "local holdings" but the article is in volumes we don't hold
For requests of articles or proceedings from items we have in stock - but for different years. A function to confirm we don't hold that specific issue/year would be beneficial
1 vote
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