Rapido Pods
Mutual commitments within pods can include no transaction fees, delivery time, loan period, and more requests. To avoid overload on specific libraries, Rapido also allows load balance requests to ensure everyone lends and borrows equally. The pods listed on this page are designated for returnables.
For Document Delivery, as part of Rapido, you join the RapidILL pods and community. The system enables the processing of a high number of requests, with time-zone awareness, precise holdings records, load balancing, and more.
To add your library to a pod, submit a request here.
Rapido Pods and Terms
| Pod | Delivery Time | Loan Period | Cost | Allow Renewal | Allow Automatic Renewals | Maximum Renewals Allowed | Expiry Time (Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Pod | 7 days | 112 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 4 |
| Australia Pod | 7 days | 56 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 4 |
| Australia and New Zealand Pod | 12 days | 112 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 4 |
| Australia and New Zealand Pod | 12 days | 56 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 4 |
| Canadian Pod | 8 days | 42 days | 0 | Yes | No | 1 | - |
| Canadian Pod | 8 days | 120 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | - |
| Hong Kong Pod | 5 days | 30 days | 0 | Yes | No | 1 | - |
| International Pod | 15 days | 120 days | 0 | Yes | No | 1 | - |
| Minitex Courier Pod | 2 days | 120 days | 0 | Yes | No | 0 | - |
| Minitex/SCLS Pod | 5 days | 120 days | 0 | Yes | No | 0 | - |
| Minitex/SCLS Pod | 5 days | 21 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | - |
| NA Pod | 15 days | 112 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 4 |
| New South Wales Pod | 7 days | 112 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 4 |
| New South Wales Pod | 7 days | 56 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 4 |
| South East Queensland Pod | 5 days | 112 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 3 |
| South East Queensland Pod | 5 days | 56 days | 0 | Yes | No | 0 | 3 |
| UK Pod | 7 days | 90 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | - |
| US East Pod | 7 days | 120 days | 0 | Yes | No | 1 | 4 |
| US Northeast Pod | 5 days | 112 days | 0 | Yes | No | 0 | - |
| US Northeast Pod | 5 days | 30 days | 0 | Yes | No | 0 | - |
| US Pod | 7 days | 112 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | - |
| US West Pod | 7 days | 112 days | 0 | No | No | 0 | 4 |
The lending due date calculation includes the delivery shipping time to the borrower, the loan period, and the return shipping time to the lender.
For example, if the shipping time is five days and the loan period is 14 days, and the current date is May 1, 2021, then the Lending Due Date = May 25, 2021 (May 1st + 5 (shipping to the borrower) + 14 (loan period) + 5 (shipping to the lender)).
Once the resource is shipped and the shipping message is sent to the borrower, the borrowing due date will also be May 25, 2021.
The loan period is the Borrowing Due Date minus the return shipping period. In our example, May 25th - five shipping days = May 20, 2021.
Australia Pod Members
- Australian National University
- Blake Library, University of Technology Sydney
- Bond University Library
- Charles Sturt University
- Macquarie University
- Queensland University of Technology
- The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- The University of Adelaide
- University of New England
- University of Newcastle
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Sydney
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Wollongong
Australia and New Zealand Pod Members
- University of Auckland
- Blake Library, University of Technology Sydney
- Bond University
- Charles Sturt University
- The Australian National University Library
- University of Wollongong
Canadian Pod Members
- Carleton University
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- University of Calgary
- University of Regina
Hong Kong Pod Members
- Hong Kong Shue Yan University
- Lingnan University
- The Education University of Hong Kong
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- The University of Hong Kong
International Pod Members
- Brandeis University
- Carleton University
- East Tennessee State University
- Fitchburg State University
- Lingnan University
Minitex Courier Pod Members
- Bethel University
- Hamline University
- Saint Olaf College
- University of Minnesota
- University of St. Thomas
Minitex/SCLS Pod Members
- Bethel University
- Hamline University
- Saint Olaf College
- University of Minnesota
- University of St. Thomas
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
NA Pod Members
- Albion College
- Bethel University
- Brandeis University
- Carleton University
- East Tennessee State University
- Evergreen State College (Alliance)
- Fitchburg State University
- Fullerton - CSU
- Ithaca College
- Portland Community College
- Sacramento State - CSU
- Saint Mary’s College of California
- Tennessee Tech
- University of Calgary
- University of Oregon
- University of Regina
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
New South Wales Pod Members
- Blake Library, University of Technology Sydney
- Charles Sturt University
- Macquarie University Library
- The Australian National University Library
- University of Wollongong
South East Queensland Pod Members
- Bond University Library
- Queensland University of Technology
- University of New England
UK Pod Members
- Cardiff University
- London South Bank University
- Nottingham Trent University Library
- University of Derby
- University of Exeter
- University of Liverpool
US East Pod Members
- Albion College
- Brandeis
- East Tennessee State University
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
- Fitchburg State University
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- Ithaca College Library
- Mount St. Mary's University
- Musselman Library (Gettysburg College)
- Regent University
- Susquehanna University
- Tennessee Technology
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington DC Campus
US Northeast Pod Members
- Brandeis University
- Fitchburg State University
- Gettysburg College
- Hood College
- Ithaca College
- Mount St. Mary's University
- Regent University
- Rutgers University Libraries
- Susquehanna University
US Pod Members
- Albion College
- Beneficial-Hodson Library
- Bethel University
- Brandeis University
- Cal Poly Humboldt
- Cal Poly Pomona University Library
- Cal Poly University San Luis Obispo
- Central Washington University
- Chico - CSU
- Dominguez Hills - CSU
- East Bayto - CSU
- East Tennessee State University
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
- Evergreen State College (Alliance)
- Fitchburg State University
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- Fullerton - CSU
- Gettysburg College
- Hamline University
- Ithaca College
- Los Angeles - CSU
- Maritime - CSU
- Monterey Bay - CSU
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Mount St. Mary's University
- Northridge - CSU
- Occidental College
- Oregon Health Sciences University
- Portland Community College
- Portland State University
- Regent University
- Rutgers University Libraries
- Sacramento - CSU
- Saint Mary’s College of California
- Saint Olaf College
- San Bernardino - CSU
- San Diego - CSU
- San Francisco State University - CSU
- Sonoma - CSU
- Southern Oregon University
- Stanislaus - CSU
- Susquehanna University
- TCS Education System Library
- Tennessee Tech
- University of Nevada Reno
- University of Oregon
- University of St. Thomas
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Washington State University
US West Pod Members
- Cal Poly Humboldt
- Cal Poly Pomona University Library
- Cal Poly University San Luis Obispo
- Central Washington University
- Chico - CSU
- Dominguez Hills - CSU
- East Bayto - CSU
- Evergreen State College (Alliance)
- Fresno State - CSU
- Fullerton - CSU
- Los Angeles - CSU
- Maritime - CSU
- Monterey Bay - CSU
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Northridge - CSU
- Occidental College
- Oregon Health Sciences University
- Portland Community College
- Sacramento - CSU
- Saint Mary’s College of California
- San Bernardino - CSU
- San Diego - CSU
- San Francisco State University - CSU
- San José State University
- San Marcos - CSU
- Sonoma - CSU
- Southern Oregon University
- Stanislaus - CSU
- University of Nevada Reno
- University of Oregon
- Washington State University