TAB100 USER-SHARING and z303/305/z308/z353 records

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 16.02

Description:
(In 16.02-up) What values should patron records have when TAB100 USER-SHARING is set to "Y" (vs. "N")?

Resolution:
The TAB100 header says this:

Y = The library participates in a shared user environment; patrons created by this library are NOT identified in the user record (Z303-USER-LIBRARY is blank), and will display in the Patron List when a staff operator is connected to ANY library that is defined as "Y"; patrons that are identified as "belonging" to a library (Z303-USER-LIBRARY=an ADM library code) are NOT included in the Patron List..

This means, with an ADM library "STU50", that when USER-SHARING = "N" the:

Z303-USER-LIBRARY = STU50
Z305-SUB-LIBRARY = STU50
Z308-USER-LIBRARY = STU50
Z353-USER-LIBRARY= STU50

When USER-SHARING = "Y" the:

Z303-USER-LIBRARY, Z308-USER-LIBRARY, and Z353-USER-LIBRARY should be blank; and Z305-SUB-LIBRARY = ALEPH.