Working Copy Rapido February 2024 Release Notes

Main Features

(URM-205914) Conditional Terms of Use for Digital Requests

February 2024 Fulfillment and Resource Sharing URM-205914

Lenders filling digital requests can now indicate whether the supplied document has terms of use.  If shipping terms of use are applied, the request requires manual handling by the borrowing staff. Terms of use can indicate requirements such as supplying the document as a physical non-returnable printout for copyright compliance. This new option enhances copyright control by enabling the lender to specify to the borrower that the document cannot be shared with the patron. As a lender, you can enable the relevant terms from Configuration > Fulfillment > Resource Sharing > Shipping Terms of Use. By default, only the NONE term is enabled.

Shipping Terms of Use

When a term of use is selected, an alert is added to the request indicating that The request has a loan condition, and the Shipping Terms Of Use condition appears on the right pane Request information.

Loan condition alert

Request information Shipping Terms Of Use

For more information, see Conditional Terms of Use for Digital Requests and Shipping Items Digitally.

Additional Enhancements

• February 2024 Rapido URM-207190
  (URM-207190) Staff can now change the owning library and pickup location after a request is created. When selecting the Convert request type action, the Owner and Requested Pickup Location fields are now editable.

  If the Owner only contains one option, the field is not editable.

  When changing the Owner, the Requested Pickup Location updates accordingly.   If a value is set for the rapido_default_digital_request_owner (Configuration > Resource Sharing > General > Other Settings) parameter (empty by default), that value is added to the Requested Pickup Location. If the value of the Requested Format is changed to Digital, the Owner automatically updates to the default digital owner.
  
  Editable Owner and Requested Pickup Location fields

  For more information, see Associating Pickup Locations with Resource Sharing Members and Converting a Borrowing Request Type.

• February 2024 Fulfillment and Resource Sharing URM-195923
  (URM-195923) Long addresses on the patron Library Card PERSONAL DETAILS tab are now displayed on multiple lines. 
  
  PERSONAL DETAILS - Long Address
• February 2024 Fulfillment and Resource Sharing URM-181532
  (URM-181532) To better manage requests, notes can now be activated or dismissed from the task list right pane.
  
  Activate/dismiss notes
• February 2024 Fulfillment and Resource Sharing URM-159646SF: 05319596 06448628 06672584   Idea Exchange
  (URM-159646) Rapido now handles the check in of items in temporary locations that were shipped when fulfilling a lending resource sharing request. When checked back in, the item is now restored to the temporary location where it was previously shelved. This enables libraries to ship items or fulfill resource sharing requests even if they are shelved at temporary locations.
• February 2024 Rapido URM-196899
  (URM-196899) When enabled, the Level Of Service field can now be displayed on request forms.

  This feature is only relevant for lender-only institutions.

  
  Level Of Service options
  When LEVEL_OF_SERVICE_PHYSICAL or LEVEL_OF_SERVICE_DIGITAL (Configuration > Resource Sharing > Request Forms > Rapido Request Forms Customization) codes are enabled (disabled by default), the values set in the Level of Service table (Configuration > Fulfillment > Resource Sharing > Levels of Service) are displayed on the request form. Additionally, library staff can select a Default Value for the Level of Service.
  
  Level of Service codes

  The Level of Service information appears on the right pane in the Request information.

  
  Request information Level of service

  For more information, see Request Forms Level of Service.

• February 2024 Rapido URM-198725
  (URM-198725) Billing fields can be enabled or disabled on the Self Registration Form Customization. The Enable direct charge functionality must be checked on the Borrower Self Registration form (Configuration > Resource Sharing > Configuration > Borrower Self Registration) for the Enable Direct Charge Functionality section to be visible on the corresponding partners created by self registration.  on the Resource Sharing Partner form. Additionally, the field names can modified as necessary.
  
  Self Registration options

  When a Maximum Request Cost is added to the self registration form, these fields are then populated on the user's Resource Sharing Partner (Fulfillment > Resource Sharing > Partners) details.

  
  Maximum Request Cost field

  When the contact billing address is different than the contact address, users can deselect the Use contact address as billing address on the self registration form and then enter the relevant details for the billing address.

  
  Contact billing fields

  For more information, see Enabling Direct Charge Functionality.

• February 2024 Rapido URM-198746
  (URM-198746) When a note is configured on the discoveryOrganizationSelfRegistrationMessage.html or discoveryIndividualSelfRegistrationMessage.html (Configuration > Resource Sharing > Request Forms > Note to Patron) files, you can now include a note to the patron on the Self Registration form for individuals or organizations.

  Multiple languages are supported for the message.

  
  Note to patron

  For more information, see Configuring Messages to Users.

• February 2024 Rapido URM-198745
  (URM-198745) The Rapid partner is now viewable from the task lists. When rapido_show_rapid_partner (Configuration > Resource Sharing > General > Other Settings) parameter is set to true (default), the Rapid Partner field is displayed in the Request information on the right pane. Additionally, requests can be faceted using the Rapid Partner facet.

  This functionality is especially useful if more than one Rapid Partner is defined.

  
  Request information Rapid Partner

  For more information, see Rapid Partner Visibility.

• February 2024 Fulfillment and Resource Sharing URM-206639
  (URM-206639) To enable third party integrations to better support and manage requests, the Pickup Location, library Name, and library ID are now automatically transferred when sending requests to WorldShare and Tipasa as partners of last resort requests. Additionally, when Send requester information (Fulfillment > Resource Sharing > Partners > Parameters tab) is checked, other patron details such as their email address, username, first name, and last name are also included when sending the request.
  
  EXPORT TO THIRD PARTY Send requester information

  For more information, see Integrating Rapido and Tipasa and Integrating Rapido and WorldShare.

Resolved Issues