Resource Sharing and Interlibrary Loan Management System

The vendor required to provide resource sharing and interlibrary loan management system solution will support all libraries and affiliated branches across academic, public, school, special, and state agency institutions throughout the region.
- Solution should address these core functions:
•    Support for the full request lifecycle of returnable and non‑returnable materials.   
•    Support centralized broker and hub models and multi‑site lenders within a consortium or network, including prioritization and tiered request options.  
•    Provide options to push unfillable requests to external partners or networks without manual data re-entry. 
•    Create a union catalog where patrons can discover items and place and manage requests with robust support for varied authentication options from multiple sources.  
•    Support patron authentication and library authorization to licensed electronic database resources such as e-books, journals, and educational databases - directly within the discovery layer - where supported by content providers.   
•    Deliver a web‑based staff interface to view, edit, and manage requests, patrons, and records.  
•    Offer standard reports and reporting UI to track borrowing, lending, and document delivery activity and outcomes across the network.