The RapidILL Working Group consists of a team of library professionals who provide representation of the resource sharing community to Ex Libris Product Management. The working group is charged with carrying out a yearly NERS enhancement vote in collaboration with the Rapido Working Groups, supporting the yearly ELUNA User Group Meeting, liaising with the Ex Libris Product Team, and building a strong community.
Current Members
- Working Group Chair – 2023-2025
- Courtney Taulbee, [email protected], University of Kentucky, USA
- Blog Coordinator
- Kristine Shrauger, [email protected], University of Central Florida, USA
- Deputy Chair
- Amanda Rudd, [email protected], U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, USA
- Education Coordinator
- Nicola Sikkema, [email protected], Queen’s University, Canada
- Enhancement Coordinator
- Martin Patrick, [email protected], Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Leader at Large
- Max Bowman, [email protected], Colby College, USA
- Kenny Herniman, [email protected], Central Connecticut State University, USA
- Liaisons from Related Working Groups
- Rapido – Kim Smalley, [email protected], Fitchburg State University, USA
- Rialto – Shelly Schmucker, [email protected], Florida State University, USA
- Secretary
- Julie Housknecht, [email protected], William & Mary, USA
- Steering Committee Representatives
- Alex Forrest – IGeLU, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Lori Hilterbrand – ELUNA, Orbis Cascade Alliance, USA
- Ex Libris Representative: Mike Richins, USA
Current Enhancement Process and Dates
The 2024 enhancement process for RapidILL and Rapido has completed. Three enhancements were voted for development:
- RAENH-I-1179 : Rapido to parse more volume formats for multivolume works or to provide dropdown for patrons to select multivolume work to be requested (15 dev points)
- RAENH-I-1181 : Rapido: Closing Periods: Due Dates & Renewals (30 dev points)
- RAENH-I-1253 : Reject Reasons customizable (15 dev points)
The 2024 process and timeline are below. We will update dates for the 2025 cycle as soon as they are available.
| July 1st | Last chance to submit new enhancement requests for this year’s voting in Aha! |
| July 2nd-26th | The Enhancements Team reviews, dedupes, scopes, verifies, transfers to other Aha! workgroups when necessary, and sets up the vote |
| July 29th- August 30th |
First round of voting |
| September 2nd-6th | The Enhancements Team reviews the results, and prepares them for Ex Libris to assign complexity points |
| September 7th-13th | Break for IGeLU Conference |
| September 16th-27th | Ex Libris adds complexity points to the top voted results |
| September 30th- October 9th |
Extra time assigned for clarification with Ex Libris |
| October 10th -31st | Second round of voting |
| The enhancements process agreement states that Ex Libris will develop the accepted enhancements within one year |
Current Roadmap / Action Plan
Mailing Lists
RapidILL Listserv: https://exlibrisusers.org/postorius/lists/rapidill.exlibrisusers.org/
RapidILL ListServ Archives: https://exlibrisusers.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
RapidILL Working Group bylaws and terms of commitment
1. All members must be Ex Libris and/or ALMA users
2. Members serve a minimum 1-year term (January 1st – December 31st), while the Chair and Deputy Chair serve a minimum of 2 years.
3. Membership vacancies will be advertised through the RapidILL email list
4. Membership shall not exceed more than 8 members
Annual Reports
As a newer working group, we don’t yet have reports to share but anticipate some for 2024.