Borrowing mediation rule to consider Item Policy/TOUs
Rapido currently considers a title available for request if it is part of a configured participating set.
When a borrowing mediation rule is configured with parameter ownership + availability, borrowing requests are intercepted if the IZ owns the title and that its related item is available. The problem is that requests are intercepted even when items do not have a loanable policy in the IZ in question (e.g. on-site use only). Indeed, the availability parameter of the rule considers "item in place", and not the presence of an item in any of the Rapido participating sets.
We would like the borrowing mediation rules to have a new parameter in which we could exclude item policies. This would prevent Rapido requests to be intercepted in such cases, hence allowing them to be automatically forwarded to a proper lending library.
Thank you very much in advance!
Renaud Arlettaz
shared this idea
The January 2025 Rapido release allows libraries to define participating items for the fill locally workflow. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Rapido/Release_Notes/2025/Rapido_2025_Release_Notes?mon=202501BASE
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Mellifluo Laure
commented
Dear Meghann,
Thank you for this good news. However, we would like to use the rule "Self Owned, Available and Requestable" with the action "Cancel Request". Unfortunately, it seems that it doesn't work with this action. Is there a way to use the rule "Self Owned, Available and Requestable" to cancel physical requests for self-owned physical documents in open stacks (not requestable for pick-up on-site)? Thank you in advance for you explanations. -
AdminMeghann Weldon
(Admin, Ex Libris)
commented
The January 2025 release added a new mediation rule parameter and configuration for defining items for which the fill locally action should apply. Libraries can now define participating items in combination with the mediation rule parameter. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Rapido/Release_Notes/2025/Rapido_2025_Release_Notes?mon=202501BASE