Resources - Electronic Configuration

Configuration of CDI Settings for Shared Electronic Collections

CDI settings for electronic collections in the Network Zone are individually configured for each Institution Zone that has access to a specific collection. 

CDI Inheritance Parameter

In order for each IZ to inherit the configured CDI settings for NZ shared e-collections, the cdi_consortia_inheritance parameter must be set to Y (for Yes) in the Configuration > Resources > General > Other Settings page.

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Notes on CDI

Resources

  1. Single Activation with the Fully Flexible Setting
  2. Single Activation with the Fully Flexible Setting - Consortia
  3. CDI - Setting CDI Attributes (ODIN)

Current WRLC NZ settings


Collections with Book or Journal linking level and Linkresolver

CDI Tab : for each IZ listed in the Group Settings tab for this particular collection, the settings should be as follows

  1. CDI Search Activation Status = Active (this setting actually doesn't matter because all full text collections that are active in Alma will be searchable by default, regardless of what their search activation status is)
  2. We subscribe to only some titles in this collection = Yes
  3. Do not show as full-text available in CDI even if active in Alma = Check for Yes


Collections with Book or Journal and Link in record
  1. CDI Search Activation Status = Active (this setting actually doesn't matter because all full text collections that are active in Alma will be searchable by default, regardless of what their search activation status is)
  2. CDI-only full text activation = Do not check
  3. We subscribe to only some titles in this collection = No
  4. Do not show as full-text available in CDI even if active in Alma = Check for Yes



Collections with Article or Issue linking level and Linkresolver
  1. CDI Search Activation Status = Active (this setting actually doesn't matter because all full text collections that are active in Alma will be searchable by default, regardless of what their search activation status is)
  2. We subscribe to only some titles in this collection = Yes
  3. Do not show as full-text available in CDI even if active in Alma = Do not check



Collections with Article or Issue linking level and Link in record
  1. CDI Search Activation Status = Active (this setting actually doesn't matter because all full text collections that are active in Alma will be searchable by default, regardless of what their search activation status is)
  2. CDI-only full text activation = Do not check
  3. We subscribe to only some titles in this collection = No
  4. Do not show as full-text available in CDI even if active in Alma = Do not check



Database Collections with Link in Record
  1. CDI Search Activation Status = Active (this setting actually doesn't matter because all full text collections that are active in Alma will be searchable by default, regardless of what their search activation status is)
  2. CDI-only full text activation = Do not check
  3. Do not show as full-text available in CDI even if active in Alma = Do not check

Configuration of Shared Electronic Collections in the Network Zone

A number of electronic collections are managed by the WRLC Consortial Network Zone Manager in Alma's Network Zone; for a full list, see the Shared Electronic Collections page

These collections are a little different than electronic collections in an Institution Zone, for the following reasons:

1. All bibliographic records and electronic portfolios exist in the Network Zone. You can search for the shared electronic collections and shared electronic portfolios in Alma by doing a Network Zone search. All shared collections have "(WRLC)" in the collection name.shared-e-resources5.PNGshared-e-resources3.PNG

2. Access to the collections is given to specific Institution Zones. This is configured for each shared collection in the Network Zone under a special tab called Group Settings.shared-e-resources1.PNG

3. There are two available Proxy settings for Institution Zone access to shared electronic collections:

Electronic Collections in the Network Zone CANNOT use any other proxy integration profile that is NOT the default proxy integration profile. 

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4. CDI settings for electronic collections in the Network Zone are individually configured for each IZ that has access to a specific collection. For more information about the CDI settings used for NZ e-collections, please see the Configuration of CDI Settings for Shared Electronic Collections page.