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 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, courtney.taulbee@uky.edu, University of Kentucky, USA
- Blog Coordinator
- Kristine Shrauger, kristine.shrauger@ucf.edu, University of Central Florida, USA
- Deputy Chair
- Amanda Rudd, arudd@usna.edu, U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, USA
- Education Coordinator
- Nicola Sikkema, sikkeman@queensu.ca, Queen’s University, Canada
- Enhancement Coordinator
- Martin Patrick, martin.patrick@library.gatech.edu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Leader at Large
- Max Bowman, mgbowman@colby.edu, Colby College, USA
- Kenny Herniman, hernimanka@ccsu.edu, Central Connecticut State University, USA
- Liaisons from Related Working Groups
- Rapido – Kim Smalley, ksmalley@fitchburgstate.edu, Fitchburg State University, USA
- Rialto – Shelly Schmucker, shelly.schmucker@fsu.edu, Florida State University, USA
- Secretary
- Julie Housknecht, housknechtj@uncw.edu, University of North Carolina – Wilmington, 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. All three enhancements have been delivered!
- 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 new 2025 process and timeline are below.
| March 17 | Announce the process begins April 1st |
| April 1 | Go Live for accepting enhancement requests |
| April 30 | Last chance to submit new enhancement requests for this year’s voting in Aha! |
| May 1-30 | The Enhancements Team reviews, dedupes, scopes, verifies, transfers to other Aha! workgroups when necessary, and sets up the vote |
| June 2-30 | First round of voting |
| July 1-11 | The Enhancements Team reviews the results, and prepares them for Ex Libris to assign complexity points |
| July 14-25 | Ex Libris adds complexity points to the top voted results |
| July 28-Aug 8 | Extra time assigned for clarification with Ex Libris |
| August 11-Sept 5 | Second round of voting (if necessary) |
Current Roadmap / Action Plan
Mailing Lists
RapidILL Listserv: https://exlibrisusers.org/postorius/lists/rapidill.exlibrisusers.org/
RapidILL ListServ Archives: https://exlibrisusers.org/hyperkitty/list/rapidill@exlibrisusers.org/
RapidILL Working Group bylaws and terms of commitment
1. All members must be Ex Libris users and members of ELUNA.
2. Members serve a minimum 1-year term, while the Chair and Deputy Chair serve a minimum of 2 years.
3. Membership vacancies will be advertised through the RapidILL email list.
Annual Reports
As a newer working group, we don’t yet have reports to share but anticipate some for 2025.