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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:

  • No Proxy
  • Use the configured Default Proxy settings; this is configured forin each IZ under Configuration > General > External Systems > Integration Profiles.Profiles. The code for the Integration Profile is PROXY_DEFAULT.

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.  

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