Over the last few years, the interlibrary loan (ILL) service of the University of Li\`ege Library has evolved considerably, both in terms of habits and workflows. In this article, we will explain the main stages of this evolution: (1) first reduction in the number of ILL units (from eight to five) and involved operators (from 15 to 10) within the homemade ILL solution (2015); (2) use of the resource sharing (RS) functionality in the new Alma library management system (2015); (3) second reduction in the number of ILL units (from five to only one) and in involved operators (from 10 to six) (2018); (4) subscription to an international broker ILL system (RapidILL) for electronic and digital materials and its integration with Alma (2020); (5) project of peer-to-peer resource sharing for print materials between Alma instances of university and research libraries in Belgium (2022), and (temporary) free ILL service to all University users (2020-2022). The aim of these changes is to harmonise the practices of ILL operators, reduce the quantity of manual and administrative operations and tasks devoted to ILL and supply materials that do not belong to the library collections in a fairer, faster and more fluid way. While all of these changes have been implemented gradually over the years, not all of them have been deployed in a concerted manner among all stakeholders.
翻译:近年来,列日大学图书馆的馆际互借服务在工作习惯和流程方面均发生了显著变化。本文将阐释这一演变的主要阶段:(1)2015年,在自主开发的馆际互借解决方案中,首次减少馆际互借单元数量(从八个减至五个)及操作人员数量(从15人减至10人);(2)2015年,在新型Alma图书馆管理系统中启用资源共享功能;(3)2018年,第二次减少馆际互借单元数量(从五个减至仅一个)及操作人员数量(从10人减至六人);(4)2020年,订阅面向电子与数字资源的国际经纪馆际互借系统(RapidILL)并实现其与Alma的集成;(5)2022年,启动比利时大学与研究图书馆Alma实例间纸质资源的对等资源共享项目,以及(2020-2022年)向所有大学用户提供(临时)免费馆际互借服务。这些变更旨在统一馆际互借操作人员的实践,减少用于馆际互借的手工及行政操作与任务数量,并以更公平、更快速、更流畅的方式提供不属于图书馆馆藏的资源。尽管这些变更均历经数年逐步实施,但并非所有变更都在利益相关者之间以协同方式部署。