ILLiad Ideas
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Deliver accessible PDFs via Odyssey--i.e. run PDFs through software to OCR before delivery
Our campus wants us to deliver accessible PDFs for faculty who post files online for classes. Many libraries scan as images and deliver via Odyssey as part of the scanning process. They don't have opportunity to OCR files before delivery.
131 votes -
Have Chrome (or FireFox) be the ILLiad default browser
Several of our library's databases don't play nice with IE anymore, so when searching for an article while in ILLiad, we have to cut and paste the link into another browser before we can continue the search. This would (hopefully) be eliminated if IE were not the default browser.
131 votes -
Improve the Billing Manager!
We need a better and easier way to generate lost book invoices.
55 votes -
Maintain updates with Rapid and update to current Rapid API
Continue to work with Rapid and keep API up to date to allow Rapid & RapidR enhancements to work with ILLiad.
55 votes -
Billing Manager: send .pdf invoices via email
Billing manager is great for print invoices, but we would like a more integrated way to send email invoices through Billing Manager. Currently, we generate the invoices and then have to break them into individual .pdfs before sending via email or regular mail. It would be great if there was a one click solution to just send the invoice via email to each library.
53 votes -
Address validation for shipping
UPS and FedEx will charge for address corrections. https://www.ups.com/us/en/help-center/sri/glo-addcorr.page
https://www.franklinparcel.com/what-is-an-address-correction-charge/Would be nice to have an address validation app to check addresses and flag incorrect addresses for review before shipping to save on address correction
49 votes -
Allow staff to mass email patrons based on status or other criteria
Allow staff to send an email to ILLiad users based on status or department, etc so that they could send out one email to many people to announce updates, new services, request feedback/survey. Ex. I am going to install ILLiad 9 on Thursday and we will be down for 3 hours. I'd like to email all of the Faculty to let them know and also warn them that they will need to change password upon login.
49 votes -
Add “Accessibility Required” or “OCR Required” to the checklist under Accept Alternate Edition.
We are seeing an increasing demand for high quality OCR’d copies for accessibility needs. We need an easy way to include this information with the request when it is sent to a potential lender.
45 votes -
Add a Mark Found/Scan Now button to borrowing requests
This button is in Lending and DocDel. Often we find items online or they are delivered via Email from the lender. It would be so much quicker and easier to open the request and hit a Mark Found Scan Now button to import the document instead of going out of the request and opening the Electronic Delivery/Borrowing Scanning. It would save a number of clicks and steps and time.
43 votes -
Integrated OpenAthens Support
Build in support for OpenAthens without the use of Shibboleth or EZProxy.
40 votes -
Eliminate extranneous shipping labels for multi-piece loan transactions
For Lending Loan Shipping Labels, and Borrowing Return Shipping Labels, we only need ONE shipping label per transaction. As is, if we ship a 4-volume set under one transaction number, we get 4 shipping labels. This means that each time we print, we either have to discard extra labels, or take the time to delete the extra labels from the print document.
34 votes -
Ability to suspend patron from loans while still allowing requests for article copies.
We have users who cannot be trusted with book loans, but I still want them to be able to request articles. I'd like a way to block loans but not articles.
33 votes -
Include more high contrast skins in ILLiad
Customer requests more high contrast skin options for ILLiad. "in general if there is a dark background a light font is better. Dark on dark is difficult to read." More details and pictures in ticket 8724.
32 votes -
When processing incoming borrowing requests, allow to search on any number the same way it works to process lending returns
You receive a book in borrowing and the default search box is TN, which you almost NEVER have...you usually just have the OCLC ILL number or the not-helpful TN from the lender. In lending, there is one box from which to scan any number when processing lending returns. Would like this same feature in borrowing side.
32 votes -
Reprints Desk - allow for more streamlined use within the ILLiad client and handle payment via IFM
Add integrated Reprints Desk functionality and allow for handling payment to Reprints Desk via IFM. This was asked for by VIVA ILL Forum attendees at 2018 meeting.
32 votes -
When manually routing a request to a new status, display the name of the new status in the confirmation message
In the "Confirm Manually Change Status" box, the only message is "Are you sure you want to manually change this status?"
If this included the new status (eg "Are you sure you want to manually change the status of this request to ____?") this would improve the confirmation process and help to catch when staff accidentally click on the wrong status in the dropdown menu.
31 votes -
Would like a way to automate the resend request process
Currently, staff have to send an email to the lending library to request a resend. ILLiad doesn't necessarily know that the item has been resent and the original document conflicts with the new version. Also, the message itself for a resend is not in ILLiad or Odyssey or any other system.
28 votes -
Provide automated reminder notice when borrowed item is not picked up
We would like to send an automated email to patrons an email reminder to pick up borrowed material if they have not checked out the material a few days after getting initial notification.
26 votes -
Ability to make OCLC borrowing requests from a custom queue
The functions to create an OCLC borrowing request are not available until the request is opened from the Awaiting Request Processing queue. It would be helpful to be able to create OCLC requests from a custom queue eliminating extra steps for processing items that might routed to a custom queue for review.
24 votes -
Open Access - Streamline and automate where possible ILL staff ability to find Open Access items to fulfill requests in ILLiad
Specific interest in https://openaccessbutton.org/ integration. Making it easier to access resources like these addons try to do https://prometheus.atlas-sys.com/display/ILLiadAddons/ILLiad+OATD+Addon, https://prometheus.atlas-sys.com/display/ILLiadAddons/ILLiad+DOAJ+Addon
24 votes
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