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.
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
RapidILL Listserv: https://exlibrisusers.org/postorius/lists/rapidill.exlibrisusers.org/
RapidILL ListServ Archives: https://exlibrisusers.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
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Enhancement Schedule (NERS)
The first NERS process for RapidILL and Rapido has begun! For the 2023 cycle – this is our timeline.
| Rapido/RapidILL 2023 | Actions and Events |
| August 1st | Last chance to submit new enhancement requests for this year’s voting in NERS |
| August 2nd- August 29th |
The Enhancements Team reviews, dedupes, scopes, verifies, transfers to other NERS when necessary, and sets up the vote |
| September 5th- October 17th |
First round of voting |
| October 18th- October 24th |
The Enhancements Team reviews the results, and prepares them for Ex Libris to assign complexity points |
| October 25th- November 7th |
Ex Libris adds complexity points to the top voted results. The Enhancements Team determines if a second round of voting is needed |
| November 8th- November 13th |
Extra time assigned for clarification with Ex Libris |
| November 14th – December 8th |
Update**A second round of voting will take place if there are 25 or more voteable enhancements for the first round** |
| The NERS agreement states that Ex Libris will develop the accepted enhancements within one year |
RapidILL Working Group Members
- Working Group Chair – 2022-2024
- Courtney Taulbee, [email protected], University of Kentucky, USA
- Deputy Chair
- Amanda Rudd, [email protected], U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, USA
- Education (Conference Programming) Coordinator
- Al Salatka, [email protected], University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, USA
- Enhancement Coordinator
- Martin Patrick, [email protected], Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- International Members at Large
- Deb Gilmore, [email protected], University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
- Lynne Porat, [email protected], University of Haifa, Israel
- Nicola Sikkema, [email protected], Queen’s University, Canada
- Leader at Large
- Kristine Shrauger, [email protected], University of Central Florida, USA
- Rapido Working Group Representative
- Sandra Oslund, [email protected], Bethel University, USA
- Secretary
- Wendy Ellis, [email protected], FLVC Library Services, USA
- Steering Committee Representatives
- Alex Forrest – IGeLU, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Lori Hilterbrand – ELUNA, Orbis Cascade Alliance, USA
- Ex Libris Representative: Mike Richins, USA