Best Practice Toolkit: Primo-Leganto Interoperability

What is it?

Directions at understanding the interoperability between Primo Discovery and Leganto

Why is it important to understand Primo-Leganto Interoperability? 

Leganto is fully integrated with Primo Discovery. Understanding all the possibilities of connecting and integrating these two services to fully maximize efficiency and untap their potential to enrich user experience is the toolkit's goal.

Before you start 

Make sure you have the following User Roles in Alma to make changes to Primo Discovery and Leganto 

• Discovery Administrator 

• Leganto Interface Administrator 

Primo-Leganto Interoperability 

The below list consists of the needed configurations to fully maximize the efficiency between Primo Discovery and Leganto 

• Configuring Primo as Leganto Search Repository 

• Configuring Course Reserve as Search Scope in Primo 

• Configuring Course Reserve Facets e.g., Course Name/Instructor 

• Publishing Course Reserve Enrichment in Primo 

• Searching Course Reserve in Primo Discovery Index 

• Primo Advanced Search fields for Course Information 

• Link to Course Information from Brief and Full Record Display 

• Link to Reading List from “More from the same Course” feature 

• Improve Glanceability of Course Material in Search Results 

• Course Reserves / Reading List check-list for Alma-Primo 

• Send Primo Citation to Reading List or Add to Reading List Collection from Action Options 

• Configure and Access Leganto Reading List from Primo Main Menu 

• Configuring Availability for Citations Grouped in Leganto & Primo 

• Configuring the Holdings and the Default CSS for Holdings from Primo 

• Disabling Availability Links for Primo Central Records with No Full Text 

• Enabling Primo General Electronic Services to appear in Leganto 

• Field Mapping from Primo PNX to Leganto Citations