Users
How are users with multiple affiliations supported with respect to authentication, permissions, etc.?
Can member institutions of the network share their users?
A consortium that shares other aspects of their resource management, such as managing a shared catalog, may also manage a single shared user file. In this scenario, the user file is managed once and is accessible to all consortia members that need to make use of it.
Sharing a single user file is not mandatory for implementing shared fulfillment between institutions. Consortia members may manage their user files independently of one another, sharing a specific patron’s information on a ‘just in time’ manner – when the patron requests or borrows an item from another institution. When sharing patron information is done in this manner, institutions may hide some user types from having their information being shared with other institutions.
Another applicable model is based on an ILL model, allowing resources of different institutions to be shared without sharing any patron information.
Does Alma support centrally managed role profiles?
Role profiles and role assignment rules may be created by the Network Zone and distributed automatically to the member institutions. The job, 'Distribute network user management changes to members', will copy the profiles and assignment rules from the Network Zone to its members. The member institutions will have view permission to the records but will not be able to edit or delete them.
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