Archive: The storage environment that automatically or manually houses all concluded, fulfilled, or unfulfilled borrowing and lending requests for historical tracking.
Article Exchange (A.E.): An external delivery method used outside the direct platform workflow to transmit requested documents.
Borrowing Environment: The dedicated interface where borrowing libraries search for references, initiate new requests, and track pending items.
Borrowing: A TALARIA core module and environment used by libraries to submit, track, cancel, or update requests for items from other institutions.
Cancel Requested: A status indicating that the borrowing library has requested a cancellation on an item that the lender has already accepted to supply.
Cannot Fulfill: An action button and menu that allows a lending library to decline a request by selecting from a list of standardized rejection reasons.
Check Document: A verification icon and step used to confirm that a received digital file or URL has been successfully opened, downloaded, and verified.
Document Delivery: The process of supplying or distributing requested academic and scientific documents between libraries.
File: An electronic delivery method where lenders upload a digital document directly into the system to fulfill a request.
I Will Supply: The primary acceptance icon used by a lending library to take over an incoming request and change its status to active fulfillment.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL): Services and protocols concerning the borrowing and lending of materials between different library institutions.
ISIL (International Standard Identifier for Libraries): An ISO 15511 standard identifier used to uniquely identify libraries and related organizations.
Lending: A TALARIA core module and environment used to manage the supply and fulfillment of materials requested by other libraries.
Link Resolver: A tool connected via the Library Profile to check local library holdings against bibliographic references.
New Request: The tab and starting point used within library permissions or the borrowing environment to initiate a brand-new acquisition query.
Not Fulfilled: A request status indicating that the lending library was unable or chose not to supply the requested material.
Open Access (OA) Integration: A feature integrated with the OA button API to check and provide direct links to open access versions of resources.
OpenURL: A protocol used to import new bibliographic references directly from major online databases or publishers’ websites.
Orphaned Requests: Requests sent to “ALL libraries” that are visible on a community board until an available library claims and accepts them for supply.
Pending Requests: The administrative section containing the list of all active requests that have been received, broadcasted, or taken over, awaiting final fulfillment.
Pick-up Desks: Designated physical locations managed by Delivery Operators for printing and handing out non-digitally delivered documents to patrons.
Progressive Web App (PWA): Web technology used by TALARIA to ensure a responsive, secure, and app-like browsing experience across platforms.
Received: A status assigned to a request once it has been successfully delivered and processed by the borrowing library.
Requested: The active status of a borrowing request after submission while it is awaiting acceptance, broadcasting, or fulfillment by a lender library.
Resource Sharing (RS): Collaborative exchange of materials and documents among library communities.
RSCVD: A library platform interface and resource-sharing network utilized alongside systems like TALARIA to facilitate document requests and collaborative fulfillment.
TALARIA: An open-source resource-sharing and document delivery management software developed under the HERMES project.
URL: A digital delivery method requiring the lender to insert a direct web link to the requested material.
User dashboard: After logging in, the user is redirected to their dashboard from where the user can manage their roles and libraries.
Will Supply: The lending status activated immediately after a library clicks “I will supply,” indicating commitment to processing and fulfilling the request.