Roadmap

This roadmap is currently informed by the OpenRS community’s commitments to MOBIUS and its focus on building a community of resource sharers and developers who want to create open tools for the library community as a whole. Further updates will be made as new requests and commitments are made.

Last updated: April 2026

• Development and Go Live for MOBIUS

  May 22, 2024

  • Union Catalog
    • Automated bib/instance harvesting from source catalogs
    • Data transforms and normalization
    • Deduplication, instance selection and consolidated holdings
    • Patron search application API + OPAC
  • Resource requesting
  • Patron authentication & eligibility, pickup at any member
  • Standard circulation capabilities (hold, loan, cancel, renew, patron empowerment)
  • Supports FOLIO, Sierra, Polaris
  • Administration, reconciliation capabilities and circulation exception reports
• Post Go Live Updates for MOBIUS

  • Additional ILS/Platforms
  • Analytics
  • More record clustering refinements
  • On-site borrowing
  • Lender of last resort
  • Network to network resource sharing

  ILL

  • Core ISO18626 capabilities are available now.
  • Installed, project managed and supported by EBSCO and k-Int.
  • Tested and approved by EBSCO, K-Int and the OpenRS Community
• Rollout of Further Connectors

  Up Next for Development

  • Alma
  • Horizon
  • Symphony

  Not Yet Scheduled

  • Evergreen
  • Koha
  • WMS
  • WISE
  • Public
  • Follett
  • Apollo
  • Voyager
  • Library Solution
  • CarlX
  • Verso
  • Destiny
  • Evolve
  • Atriuum Public
  • Alexandria
  • ResourceMate
  • Destiny
  • CircPlus
  • TIND
  • Oasis Public
  • Liberty Special
  • Web Academic
  • Simplicity
  • Insignia
• Direct Consortial Borrowing (DCB)

  April 14, 2026

  Levels of Participation

  Adapters:

  • Koha is next to be developed (funded by Colorado Alliance)

  Foundation:

  This tier will allow the user to access the following workflows,

  • Borrow and supply workflow
  • Import records
  • Status updates
  • DCB Admin
  • Admin for libraries

  They act as the foundation for resource sharing inside DCB. They will be able to participate in the DCB shared index and wide area circulation model. This functionality will use the standards made available to use by the LMS. 

  DCB to ILL Connection:

  • Moves requests into ILL
    • Items not found in the union catalog
    • Connecting to other networks 
    • Users with ILL with no foundation or adapter
  • Status updates  

  DCB Setup

  This is to improve the workflow for setting up and maintaining DCB.

  • Mappings
  • Host LMS
  • Pickup locations
  • Library/Agency 
  • Audit step

  Post Go Live Updates for MOBIUS

  • Continued record clustering refinements
  • Network-to-network resource sharing (DCB to ILL Connection)
  • Reporting Dashboard
  • Circulation reporting
  • Error handling and maintenance
• Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

  April 14, 2026

  Z39.50 and Directory Groups:

  • Z39.50 is a server protocol to search and retrieve data from other libraries, vendors, or services that have a Z39.50 server. This will allow ILL to search the catalog of an external library to build the rota of possible libraries an item can be loaned from. 
  • Institution groups allow the user to group together different institutions. ILL will search the catalogs in that institution group. Institution groups can be put into an ordered list called the Group queue. If an item is not found in the first institution group, it will go to the next institution group in the group queue. 

  Digital lending:

  • Digital lending workflow to help the user assign and track copyright as well as request and supply articles, book chapters, and eBooks. 

  Email requesting:

  • Requesting from collections that do not have an LMS or ILL service. This is done using emails with embedded links that update the status inside the ILL app for accepting, shipping, and receiving an item from a borrower.  
• Beyond 2026

  Directory:

  For more information on this project, see this news article.

  The Role of Intermediaries in ISO 18626 Networks

  Looking for partners for new Adapters

  • Horizon (Sirsi Dynix)
  • Symphony (Sirsi Dynix)
  • Evergreen (Open source)
  • WMS (OCLC)
  • WISE 
  • Public
  • Follett
  • Apollo
  • Voyager
  • Library Solution
  • CarlX
  • Verso
  • Destiny
  • Evolve
  • Atriuum Public
  • Alexandria
  • ResourceMate
  • Destiny
  • CircPlus
  • TIND
  • Oasis Public
  • Liberty Special
  • Web Academic
  • Simplicity
  • Insignia