IGeLU 2023 Conference and Developers' Day
September 11–14, 2023
Leuven, Belgium
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- 9-10 September: pre-Conference meetings (at the KU Leuven Faculty of Social Science)
- 11-13 September: IGeLU 2023 Conference + Ex Libris Knowledge Days
- 14 September: Developers' Day + Ex Libris Knowledge Days + Ex Libris Primo VE Workshops
Except for sessions marked as "Physical session only (no live streaming)", all sessions are accessible to physical and virtual participants.
From Fee to Free: How our library moved from a paid to a free ILL service
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Physical session (+ live streaming with Zoom)
Session Abstract
Since summer 2022, our interlibrary loan service has become free of charge for ULiège students, faculty, and staff members. A feasibility study, started in 2019, was completed 3 years later. In March 2020, because of COVID-19, ILL service had become temporarily free for the ULiège community. This was a great opportunity for a real two-year pilot phase. Thanks to the length of the pilot, solid statistics and usage data were obtained and the ILL operators had two years' experience in a free context. Additionally, changes in our workflows such as a new subscription to RapidILL, peer-to-peer resource sharing between Alma institutions and more automation in some tasks have reduced our ILL charges. As a result of the feasibility study, the two-year pilot, some changes in our workflows, and based on reactions of users and ILL staff, it was decided to keep a free ILL service for the ULiège community, with some safeguards to prevent abuses and avoid uncontrolled costs.
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Strategy
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RapidILL / Rapido
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![[photo]](https://5d67d7d2fab6aa2c003d-a12b070af57c9bbc32c5a41a66298b76.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/1798/profile_30ab0eec13853b733b36f1f7f65bf611.png "Fabienne Prosmans, Fulfillment and ILL Manager, University of Liège")
Fabienne Prosmans, Fulfillment and ILL Manager, University of Liège
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![[photo]](https://5d67d7d2fab6aa2c003d-a12b070af57c9bbc32c5a41a66298b76.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/1923/profile_99e61b6fc04cca6d94dc214198183a1e.png "François Renaville, Head of Library Systems, University of Liège")
François Renaville, Head of Library Systems, University of Liège
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François Renaville, Head of Library Systems, University of Liege
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dbad1fbf14bb862a9459b0fa066439c.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Mark Dehmlow, Interim Associate University Librarian for Digital Scholarship, Services, and Technology, University of Notre Dame")