Elimination of the temporary Rapido items
Rapido was designed as a classic interlibrary loan tool. The developers have therefore also adopted the tradition of temporary copies for each interlibrary loan item. In SLSP (Swiss library service platform), however, we mainly use Rapido for direct lending (via courier or postal delivery) to our users. Thanks to a shared catalogue (network zone), shared terms of use, lending and item policies, as well as a shared user pool for the entire SLSP, this was already possible without Rapido. Users ordered a copy directly to a desired pick-up library or by post to their private address without a diversion via a "lending library", as was the case with classic interlibrary loan. With the introduction of Rapido, this direct route to the customer was abolished. With the creation of temporary records for each Rapido order, which reach the customer via a Rota, numerous problems arise. Here is a (non-exhaustive) list:
- The temporary Rapido items inherit only some of the attributes of the original copy. For example, holdings that cannot be borrowed are offered for loan via Rapido because the copy guidelines of temporary copies (e.g. course reserves) are not passed on correctly.
- Closing dates are not taken into account by the Rapido items.
- The temporary item receives an artificial barcode that only exists in the system, but not as a real barcode/RFID tag. This makes many "scan in" or RFID functions impossible or leads to incorrect manipulations.
- When creating the temporary Rapido records, there is asynchrony between the Rapido item and the original item. This leads, for example, to different loan periods and renewal options.
- Rapido records are suppressed, but they still cause confusion in internal processes, e.g. in acquisitions.
- When generating statistics and analytics reports, Rapido copies often do not appear or appear twice, so that many reports and statistics have to be regenerated and closely checked.
- Due to the additional detours of the temporary item via the lending library, the borrowing library cannot see the name of the user to whom the copy was lent. This complicates many existing processes (user service, reminders, fines, replacements).
We therefore ask for the elimination of these temporary items and dummy records, in favour of direct lending to users within the network zone, even beyond the various institution zones, while maintaining the improved transparency of fees and the easy ordering option in the Rapido Tile of PrimoVE.
Hi,
As communicated during the NERS process, this enhancement cannot be pursued. It is a complete change of Rapido infrastructure and the way the product is working today.
Thanks for your Idea.
Best,
The Rapido team
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Manu Schwendener commented
Via the Rapido mailing list, about NERS 2023:
Email subject "[Rapido] Rapido/RapidILL Second Voting period Open until December 8th, 2023"
Linked file, tab "Not voteable requests w reasons"
"This request will require an infrastructure change in how Rapido operates and a complete change in how Rapido works. It is a very complex development that cannot be achieved during the NERS timeframe and even beyond NERS."