Consortia
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Consortia
Overview
Alma supports consortia by providing a platform for working together and sharing resources, while allowing members to independently and separately manage their own library needs.
Roadmap
2024 H1 | 2024 H2 |
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2024 H1
Display Logic Rules for Shared Electronic Services Managed in the Network Zone
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Members of a consortia will be able to control the appearance of Network Zone shared electronic services in the link resolver using display logic rules | The Institution Zone's display logic rules configuration will include electronic services managed in the Network Zone | Libraries will be able to provide a better service to their patrons by hiding or exposing electronic services when certain conditions are met |
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Order of Services for Shared Electronic Services Managed in the Network Zone
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Central offices that manage shared electronic resources in the Network Zone will be able to determine the preferred order of the shared electronic services in the link resolver of the members' Institution Zone | The institution will have the ability to configure whether it inherits the preferences set at the central office level or not. This configuration option allows the institution to decide whether it adopts the central office preferences or maintains its own independent settings | Consortia will be able to increase exposure of shared electronic services |
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Central Configuration by Central Office
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Today, the central office operator needs to log on to the individual Institution Zone members' environment to configure some of the policies that are determined at a central level. The consortia central office will have more centralized operational policies. |
The central office will be able to configure more policies in the Network Zone and apply them to selected members
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The central office will be able to work more efficiently, reducing time spent applying central policies |
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Control Network Zone Imports
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Today, importing records from a member to the NZ is currently allowed for all consortia members. The consortia central office Admin will be able to control which consortia members can import records to the Network Zone. |
The central office will be able to configure which Institution Zone can import bibliographic/authority records to the Network Zone
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Enhanced control will be granted to the central office, enabling them to maintain higher quality standards for the central catalog. This increased control will facilitate improved oversight and management, ensuring the catalog meets the desired quality criteria set by the central office. |
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2024 H2
Blocks Across a Network
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Fulfillment Network members will be able to share local blocks with the entire network |
Blocks will be copied not only from the source institution but also from the target institutions |
Libraries will be able to better consolidate their fulfillment services across the network |
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Real-Time Update of Linked Accounts
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Linked account updates will happen in real-time | The refresh of linked accounts across institutions will take place in real-time when the record is updated in the source institution | Libraries will be able to make use of more up-to-date user account information across the network |
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User Groups in a Fulfillment Network
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Institutions will be able to create different locally linked accounts dependent on the patron’s user group in the source institution |
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Network libraries will gain enhanced configurability in setting network-level fulfillment policies for different user types
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