Include Fulfillment Notes when Shipping items in Resource Sharing
It would be nice if pop-up fulfillment notes on an item record were attached to a resource sharing request when an item is shipped, much like the barcode currently does. So if a damaged book has a note saying "Underlining noted," that note would attach to the request record so that the borrowing institution could see it. This would make it easier for the people processing on either end to know whether an item shipped with damage, or a set shipped with a certain amount of items, etc.
MRW
shared this idea
Hi all,
thank you for supporting this idea.
I'm happy to inform you that starting from the August 2025 Alma Release, When the lender ships an item with a fulfillment note, the note is propagated to the borrower's side and assigned as a fulfillment note to the borrower's temporary item.
This enables resource sharing lenders to communicate important fulfillment related information about shipped items so that borrowers can take that into account when loaning to the patrons.
Read more in the Alma Release Notes.
Liza and the Product Team
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SK
commented
Hi Liza and Product Team!
it is fine that the fulfillment note is assigned to the borrower's temporary item. But I think it only works for ISO and pear-to-pear partners and not with the SNLP workflow for German libraries?
Regards,
Simone -
Jennifer Mylan
commented
I think this would be great! Currently I leave an internal note in the request and write a physical note on the book-straps to notify the borrowing library of damages, multiple pieces, or other various information. Having a message that goes to the other library, other than a general message, would be so much simpler.