Generate item-level request for reading room materials
Currently, if there is one copy of an item in general stacks and another in a reading room location, assuming both are available, Alma will prioritize the stacks copy for requests and the request form will be based on the stacks request TOU. Some institutions use reading rooms for Special Collections materials, so the items may not be interchangeable and if a patron requests the reading room copy, we want the request to be specific to that item and the form to follow the reading room request TOU (limiting the pickup location).
Giving the items unique descriptions forces item-level requests, so the correct TOU is applied, however it can clutter the records. I propose either configuring Alma to only create item-level requests when it comes to reading room materials, or add a field that can be toggled in the item record to mark it as unique so that requests for that item will always be item-level, even if other items exist on that record.
Erica Mosher
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Manu Schwendener commented
+1