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Item Engineering a Powerfully Simple Interlibrary Loan Experience with InstantILL(2019-10-11) Paxton, Mike; Maixner, Gary; McArthur, Joseph; Baich, TinaIUPUI University Library (UL) has long recognized the need to advance open access and the crucial role resource sharing services play in bridging between the subscription-based world and an Open world. Resource sharing professionals frequently use library services to search for and retrieve known items, and thus have a key role not only in the provision of services but in demanding better discovery systems, promoting new and better discovery and delivery tools, and educating users. As services such as Primo, EDS, and Google Scholar combine with library website design to promote central indexes, it is increasingly unrealistic to expect the average user to search multiple unpromoted channels for what they need, and so libraries must work to make all aspects of discovery and delivery similarly straightforward. Resource sharing professionals can make significant inroads in improving discovery and delivery of open access and subscription content by partnering with Open projects to improve the library user’s experience when searching for known content. This paper will share how UL has taken a concrete step in this direction by working with the Open Access Button to develop InstantILL, a simple, community-owned, search tool for students and researchers to get free, fast, and legal access to articles. With a simple interface that users expect, InstantILL integrates searching library holdings, searching open access materials, and submitting interlibrary loan requests into a single action. Attendees will learn why the library chose to pursue this project, what InstantILL is and how it was designed and developed, and the results of the implementation.Item Engineering a Powerfully Simple Interlibrary Loan Experience with InstantILL(2019) Paxton, Mike; Maixner, Gary R.; McArthur, Joseph; Baich, TinaIUPUI University Library (UL) has long recognized the need to advance Open Access and the crucial role resource sharing services play in bridging between the subscription-based world and an Open world. Resource sharing professionals frequently use library services to search for and retrieve known items, and thus have a key role not only in the provision of services but in demanding better discovery systems, promoting new and better discovery and delivery tools, and educating users. As services such as Primo, EDS, and Google Scholar combine with library website design to promote central indexes, it is increasingly unrealistic to expect the average user to search multiple unpromoted channels for what they need, and so libraries must work to make all aspects of discovery and delivery similarly straightforward. Resource sharing professionals can make significant inroads in improving discovery and delivery of Open Access and subscription content by partnering with Open projects to improve the library user’s experience when searching for known content. This paper will share how UL has taken a concrete step in this direction by working with the Open Access Button to develop InstantILL, a simple, community-owned, search tool for students and researchers to get free, fast, and legal access to articles. With a simple interface that users expect, InstantILL integrates searching library holdings, searching Open Access materials, and submitting interlibrary loan requests into a single action. Attendees will learn why the library chose to pursue this project, what InstantILL is and how it was designed and developed, and the results of the implementation.Item InstantILL: Improving Interlibrary Loan UX Through Systems Integration(Atlas Systems, 2022-05-18) Paxton, MikeInstantILL is a tool that integrates discovery of library subscription content, Open Access content, and ILL requesting into a single patron-facing form. Users can search by article title, DOI, URL, or full citation; then InstantILL checks against the library's link resolver and OA databases for availability, and pre-populates an ILL request form if the item is not immediately available. The flexibility of the search box allows libraries to deploy it in a variety of contexts.Item Simplifying Content Delivery with InstantILL: Integrating Link Resolvers, OA Searching, and Interlibrary Loan Requesting(2020-03-09) Baich, Tina; Paxton, MikeWant to help users discover library AND open access content faster? Want to simplify your ILL forms and reduce the number of requests for readily available content? Come learn about InstantILL, an open source tool for integrating your link resolver, open access searching, and ILL requesting in a single interface.