Welcome to Agentic Interlibrary Loan thatchecks the library's own shelves before it borrows.
A third of loan requests are for things the library already has. Risely's agents check the shelves first, source the rest from the fastest lender, and keep the requester told. A librarian approves every request that leaves.
The loan queue sources live
request 2 of 3
1962 conference proceedings
sourcedthe library does not hold it, so the network answers
· own holdings checked first · not held
· lender network searched · three lenders hold it
State flagship library
averages 4 days
fastest · requested
Regional partner
slower this season
fastest · requested
Coastal consortium
long queue this term
fastest · requested
It goes to the fastest lender, and the requester is told the date.
no second email neededThe first lender checked is the library itself.
A third of requests are for things the library already owns or licenses. Risely's agents catch those in minutes, and the link goes out with no loan opened.
Journal article · thesis prep
owned itA third of requests are for things the library already has. Catching those alone pays for the workflow.
The lender is chosen for speed instead of habit.
Three lenders hold the 1962 proceedings, and one of them actually ships fastest. Risely's agents request from that one and tell the requester the date.
1962 proceedings · three lenders hold it
reading speeds
State flagship library
averages 4 days on this format
Regional partner
slower this season
Coastal consortium
long queue this term
Habit picks the lender it always picks. The route reads the speeds instead.
The requester hears the truth about arrival.
Submission, sourcing, shipping, and the expected date sit on the requester's own screen. The silence that used to fill the gap between asking and arriving is gone.
What the requester sees
Every stage sits on the requester's own screen, so nobody emails twice to ask.
The hard finds reach a librarian with the trail attached.
When no lender holds the rare item, the request routes to the special-collections librarian with every search already logged. The expert starts where the machine stopped.
Rare regional archive item
to a librarian· own holdings searched · not held
· lender network searched · no lender holds it
· variant titles and editions tried · still nothing
Routed to the special-collections librarian with the whole search trail attached.
The librarian starts where the machine stopped, which is the correct division of labor.
One lender goes quiet. The route re-runs.
A slow lender, a recalled item, a request that turns out to be licensed already. Any of them changes the route, and every one runs the same way.
A lender goes quiet
the proceedings sit unshipped
The route re-runs
the next-fastest lender is asked
The requester sees the new date
before a second email
The loan closes on arrival
the record updates itself
The repeat feeds the board
borrowing becomes buying evidence
What changes, and how it runs.
The owned third never becomes a loan
The link goes out in minutes with no loan opened.
Every loan takes the fastest route
The lender is chosen on shipping speed rather than habit.
Staff time goes to the hard finds
Routing runs itself, and the rare item reaches the specialist.
The technical read
Connects read-only to the ILL system, the catalog, and the lender network to start
A librarian approves every request that leaves
Every action lands on an append-only log
Runs alongside what you have. Nothing rips out.