RapidILL

Name

RapidILL

Legal name

Ex Libris Ltd.

Website

https://rapidill.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

RapidILL is a cloud-based interlibrary loan management platform operated by Ex Libris Group that automates resource sharing among more than 330 academic and research libraries, handling cross-institution borrowing and lending workflows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Library Management Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro industry

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Interlibrary Loan (ILL) & Resource Sharing Operations

Education/Education Facilities & Support Services/Library, Media Center & Learning Space Operations

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Managed Application Platforms (App PaaS & Runtime Services)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Public Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)

Keywords

• Interlibrary loan services
• Library resource sharing
• Document delivery platform
• ILL management software
• Academic library solutions

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

RapidILL is a cloud-based interlibrary loan (ILL) management platform that enables academic and research libraries to automate resource-sharing workflows and efficiently borrow and lend materials between institutions. The service operates as a network connecting more than 330 member libraries, providing request routing, member management, and public statistics for cross-institution document delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Emerging players

• FOLIO: FOLIO is an open-source library services platform that includes resource-sharing capabilities. While broader than RapidILL, its growing ILL functionality positions it as an emerging alternative in academic libraries.
• ReShare (LYRASIS): ReShare is an open-source, consortium-driven resource-sharing platform developed by LYRASIS and partner libraries. It is an emerging, lower-cost alternative to commercial ILL systems like RapidILL.

Broad incumbents

• OCLC: OCLC is the largest global library cooperative, operating multiple ILL and resource-sharing platforms (WorldShare ILL, Tipasa). It is a broad incumbent that competes with RapidILL across multiple library service categories.
• Innovative Interfaces (Sierra): Innovative Interfaces provides the Sierra library services platform used by many academic and public libraries, including ILL functionality. As a broader library management incumbent, it competes indirectly with RapidILL for the ILL workflow.
• EBSCO Information Services: EBSCO provides discovery, full-text, and resource-sharing services to academic libraries, including ILL/document delivery features within its broader information services portfolio. It is an incumbent that overlaps with RapidILL's use cases.

Direct peers

• Tipasa (OCLC): Tipasa is OCLC's newer cloud-native ILL management platform designed to streamline resource sharing for academic libraries. It is a direct, more modern competitor to RapidILL in the same product category.
• ILLiad (Atlas Systems): ILLiad is the most widely used interlibrary loan management system in North American academic libraries. It is a direct functional competitor to RapidILL, serving the same ILL/resource-sharing workflow between libraries.
• OCLC WorldShare Interlibrary Loan: OCLC WorldShare ILL is a cloud-based resource-sharing platform operated by OCLC, the largest library cooperative globally. It directly competes with RapidILL for academic and research library ILL workloads.
• Relais International: Relais provides document delivery and interlibrary loan solutions for libraries, including automated request routing. It is a focused ILL competitor with comparable functionality to RapidILL.

Others

• Ex Libris Alma: Alma is Ex Libris Group's flagship library services platform and is the parent product line to which RapidILL belongs. While not a direct competitor, it is the integrated ecosystem through which RapidILL is deployed at many institutions.

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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