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(ILL)服务在习惯和工作流程方面均发生了显著演变。本文将阐释这一演变的主要阶段:(1)首次缩减自研ILL解决方案中的服务单元数量(从8个减至5个)及操作人员数量(从15人减至10人)(2015年);(2)在新型Alma图书馆管理系统中启用资源共享(RS)功能(2015年);(3)第二次缩减ILL服务单元数量(从5个减至仅1个)及操作人员数量(从10人减至6人)(2018年);(4)为电子与数字资源订阅国际代理ILL系统(RapidILL),并将其与Alma系统集成(2020年);(5)比利时高校及研究图书馆Alma实例间开展纸质资源点对点资源共享项目(2022年),以及(临时)向全体大学用户提供免费ILL服务(2020-2022年)。这些变革旨在统一ILL操作人员的工作规范,减少与ILL相关的人工及行政操作任务,并以更公平、更快捷、更流畅的方式提供图书馆馆藏所缺失的资源。尽管所有这些变革均为逐年渐进实施,但并非均在所有利益相关方之间以协同方式部署。