Collaborative Networks - July 2016 Enhancements
Enhancements to Fulfillment Networks
Institutions working in a fulfillment network can now enable patrons to pick up requested items at any institution within the network. Patrons may be offered an option to request a resource from any library, for pickup at any library within the network. This is in addition to the previously supported services for walk-in loans, for requesting pickup at the resource owning library, and for return at any library.
For detailed information, see Fulfillment Networks.
Managing Automatic Patron-Linked Account Creation
When using a shared Primo discovery across a fulfillment network, it is now possible to retrieve another institution's holdings information without copying over the patron information from the original institution and without creating a linked account.
A new user parameter, uresolver_remote_register, controls whether the other institution's holdings may be retrieved without creating a local linked patron record (see Configuring Other Settings). The parameter values are:
- Auto - A linked account will be created automatically. This is the default.
- None - There will be no option to create a linked account via the Get It page. Only holdings information will be displayed.
- Manual - The Get It window will display a link to sign in to the institution. Clicking the link will create a linked account at the resource owning institution, and allow request options according to this institution's policies.
Get It Register Link
For more information, see Requesting From Other Institutions Without a Local Linked Patron.
Held By Details Page Search Results Expanded
The results that display in the following tabs on the Held By Details page were expanded when doing a search from the Network tab of the Alma Repository Search:
- Holdings - Coverage information and number of items were added.
- Portfolios - The following information was added: service type, material type, coverage, and public note
- Representations - The following information was added: representation level, usage type (master/derivative), and representation's public note
See Held By Details for detailed information.