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Patron wants to receive particular material type through Rapido
Patrons select sometimes a particular material type, e.g. an audio book in our Primo VE. With Rapido, if patrons request their preferred media, e.g. the audio book of a title, the Rapido lending request is sometimes placed on a different material type, e.g. a physical book. This is not what patrons expect.
The lending library cannot not know which format the patron wants, and therefore sends a wrong document to the pickup library.
This happens when there are separate bibliographic records per material type in the Primo VE search result. However, in the Global Title Index (GTI), the material type…
155 votes -
Place reservations on title level instead of item level
When a user creates in Rapido a reservation on a copy that is not available, the reservation should be created at the title level. Because, if there are multiple items not unavailable, the reservation is placed on a specific item. If another item becomes available sooner, the reservation is not moved to that item. The patron has to wait for the item that was reserved when the reservation was placed, even if another item might be available sooner. For this reason, a reservation should be created at the title level instead of the item level.
75 votes -
Configurable lending request reject reasons
There are currently 25 lending request reject reasons in Rapido. That is too many, many that don't make sense for our institution and workflow. We would like to be able to configure the lending request reject reasons - add some, remove some, and rename some. There is currently no table in Alma to do this and Ex Libris cannot update this through a service request either.
The 25 lending request reject reasons as of March 2, 2023 are listed in the file included in this Idea Exchange.72 votes -
Show lending library on Receive Item screen
Sometimes multiple libraries fill a request for an item but you cannot see who the system thinks supplied the item without opening the request. Please add the lending library to the Receive Item screen so that you can ensure you are receiving the correct book from the correct library.
51 votes -
Expected arrival date
Instead of telling the patron a specific length of time, it will take to get an item, or a specific date when it is expected it would be better to have a range of time e.g. instead of 7 days, 7-10 days, and instead of 11/02/22, 11/02/22-11/04/22. This would help account for business days and delays in shipping.
41 votes -
Exclude Rapido temporary bibs from Alma's Authority Control Task List
Currently, when a patron places a borrowing request through Rapido, a temporary bib. is created and appears on the Authority Control Task List in Alma. This is problematic for the Cataloging staff who rely on the Authority Control Task List to identify authority updates needed on local records.
As a Cataloger, it is hard to identify these Rapido temporary bibs. even if they are suppressed since institutions may have other suppressed records. It is also currently not possible to exclude them from the Task List.
We would like a way to filter the Authority Control Task List to exclude Rapido…
40 votes -
Add "additional format" question to all patron forms
There is currently a checkbox titled "Allow other format" under "Request attributes" in Rapido to indicate whether a patron will accept a format other than the one requested. This checkbox is currently used only when staff are placing requests on behalf of a patron, but it would be useful to have this information for all requests. Currently, if a patron requests an ebook and we are unable to get it we have to email them to find out if they can take a physical version. This adds a lot of additional time, especially if the patron doesn’t see our first…
40 votes -
Don't require a pickup location for digital (article and book chapter scan) requests
If the Resource Sharing Request Type is Digital (article or book chapter), and the request will be delivered digitally, the request form should not require a pickup location. This is confusing to users and meaningless for the workflow.
For many single-campus/single-library institutions, this is not a problem, because a default library can be selected.
For institutions with multiple libraries, where users are not assigned a default library in the patron record, this is an embarrassing and clunky problem.
22 votes -
Add borrowing library to Change Rapido Request Terms Letter
Use case: When a rapido request can’t be fulfilled by library A and is rejected > Rota starts. If there is a change in costs, time, and so on the patron receives the Change Rapido Request Terms Letter e-mail. Theoretically, they are then allowed to cancel the request in Primo. If they are too late (which will probably be the case) they have to contact the library.
Problem: There is no contact detail of the borrowing library attached to the request in the letter XML, only the name of the IZ-level entity. Patrons do not have enough information in the…
17 votes -
Automatically populate requester email address if empty for lending digital requests
If the Requester Email field is empty on a digital request, Rapido doesn’t prevent the item from being shipped. We would like Rapido to provide a pop-up message to prevent the item from being shipped if the requester email field is empty. The pop-up message would provide the option for the staff to choose the preferred email address on the partner record or enter a different email address.
15 votes -
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…
11 votes -
Allow other roles to configure the Resource Sharing Library "Temporary Inactive for borrowing/lending" settings
Currently, only users with the "general systems administrator" role can configure the resource sharing library "temporary inactive for lending" and "temporary inactive for borrowing" settings.
It would be helpful if this privilege could be added to another role so that members of our resource sharing team can manage this without having full system administrator privileges. This would allow them to easily manage these settings to meet the department needs.
7 votes -
Create Purchase Requests from Rejected Borrowing Requests
When creating a purchase request from a borrowing request that was rejected by the last partner on the rota, staff don't see the pop-up window where they can choose to keep the borrowing request active alongside the purchase request or cancel the borrowing request. Instead, staff are taken directly to the purchase request form with their name added as the requester and the borrowing request remains active. We would prefer to choose whether to cancel the borrowing request or keep the borrowing request active alongside the purchase request. This is particularly important in situations where we have exhausted all avenues…
7 votes
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