RAPID: Reinventing ILL

 

RapidILL has been at the cutting edge of library resource sharing since its inception as an unprecedented article delivery service to the Colorado State University community following a devastating flood that damaged the CSU Libraries’ collection in 1997. Thanks to the request of the original libraries,  CSU developed Rapid as a two-way resource sharing system, and has since grown to nearly 300 libraries worldwide. Rapid focuses on a low cost, very fast and highly efficient interlibrary loan service.  Tom Delaney and Mike Richins will give an overview of the Rapid system, and share details on Rapid’s recent initiatives focusing on Open Access and a dynamic returnables project.