Sync Locate Profiles for Partners Copied from the RSD
Currently the system does not support the synchronization community partners' locate profiles. Updates initiated by the Edit Resource Sharing Library row action (e.g. changes to contact information) are reflected in the partner records downloaded by other institutions. However, if a partner profile is copied from the RSD and a change is later made to the locate profile, this change is not reflected in systems where the partner was previously copied. Locate profiles copied from community also cannot be manually edited. Therefore, institutions that have copied the partner before the change was made, will need to either:
- delete their existing partner profile and copy the partner into their system again, or
- duplicate the locate profile and manually update the locate settings in the new locate profile, then update the community partner profile by manually selecting the new locate profile
This behaviour significantly reduces the benefit of downloading partner records from the RSD. We would like the system to be improved so that when a partner makes changes that impact any of the information in the RSD, including the locate profile, this information is updated on the partner record downloaded by other institutions. This is the behaviour that we expected, based on the Ex Libris documentation: Contributing to the Resource Sharing Directory - Ex Libris Knowledge Center (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/050Resource_Sharing/General_Resource_Sharing_Topics/Contributing_to_the_Resource_Sharing_Directory)
Marie Song
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