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Note:  If there is no language about "resource sharing" or "interlibrary loan" in the license, the assumption is "LendableInternational" would be acceptable -- not limiting Interlibrary loan in any way. 

The spreadsheet [WILL UPDATE WITH INFORMATION FROM ANN ROLL] contains some of the NZ collections with the lending status.

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If libraries do not have licenses term set up in the IZ but want to get started adding license terms, templates can be copied from the NZ to the IZ. Libraries can use those templates to generate IZ licenses with the interlibrary loan status in the Terms of Use and lending notes supplied by the NZ license. The terms of use will be copied from the NZ to the IZ. Libraries may need to update these terms if local subscription terms are not the same, but in most cases, they are the same. The licenses need to be linked to the collection for the Analytics reports to work. Licenses linked Linking licenses to e-collections is shown in option two above.

While this option does have a few more steps, it does help in the long run as future collections will need to have the RapidILL lending status in the collection and the best way to determine this status is to have the lending terms in the license.

There was a document recently shared on the Alma listserv with step-by-step instructions on to create a license and attached for creating licenses and attaching to the POL and collections. These excellent instructions are great instructions from Anjana  H. Bhatt, MSIRM & MLIS, University Librarian (Electronic Resources) Wilson G. Bradshaw Library, Florida Gulf Coast University.

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After creating a spreadsheet with the list of collections and lending status, the Internal Description of the Electronic Collectionselectronic collections, at the collection-level, will need to be updated. There is a cloud application that is easy to add to Alma and update the Internal Description for a list of collections. Highly This is highly recommended if your library has existing notes in the Internal Description field of the collection. The Quick E-Collection Update app is easy to install and use.

If your library has not added any notes to the Collectioncollection-level Internal Description, there is job, Change Electronic Collection Information, in Alma that can be run on a set, to add the RapidILL lending note to the Internal Description.

Both options are available in the attached document.

View file
nameElectronic Collection Update for RapidILL.docx

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