For consortia with Network Zones, the centralized management of electronic resources is an integral function of the NZ. However, the Alma Browse Bibliographic Headings functionality used for the Primo VE Browse Search indexes omits e-resources available to an institution via the NZ.

Within the Metadata Editor, staff can select either 'Institution' or 'Network' when using the Browse Bibliographic Headings function. Selecting 'Institution' includes records from the IZ level, which omits anything where electronic access has been distributed to that institution from the NZ. Selecting 'Network' includes all records from the NZ level, regardless of the institution's physical holdings or electronic access.

The Primo VE Browse Search uses the Alma Browse Bibliographic Headings 'Institution'-level index. As a result, our end users (students, faculty, reference librarians, etc.) who browse headings are not viewing the complete set of resources available. This is a particular problem for ebooks, as there are several large collections from major publishers/platforms (Oxford, JSTOR) that are managed in the NZ on our behalf by our consortium.

We want a setting in between the two existing options, which would include all IZ records AND the NZ records "Available for" the institution, and which would be used for the Primo VE Browse Search. This setting would allow staff to review the headings of all pertinent records, physical and electronic, within Browse Bibliographic Headings, and enable end users to access the same set of resources from the Primo VE Browse Search.

An example of the gap for our end users:

Browsing for the subject "Jewish wit and humor–History and criticism" yields 16 results:
https://wrlc-gu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=Browse:%20Jewish%20wit%20and%20humor%20History%20and%20criticism.&sortby=author&vid=01WRLC_GUNIV:01WRLC_GUNIV&mode=browse&browseQuery=Jewish%20wit%20and%20humor--History%20and%20criticism&browseScope=subject.1&innerPnxIndex=-1&fn=BrowseSearch&docCount=16&browseParams=%7B%22headingType%22:%22SUBJECTS%22,%22vocabularyCode%22:%22LCSH%22,%22normalizedValue%22:%22jewish%20wit%20and%20humor%20history%20and%20criticism%22,%22numberOfResults%22:%2216%22,%22displayValue%22:%22Jewish%20wit%20and%20humor%20History%20and%20criticism.%22,%22sourceCode%22:%22TOPICAL_TERM%22,%22isPrefered%22:false,%22originatingSystem%22:null,%22browseType%22:%22SUBJECTS_WITH_MARC21_6XX%22,%22isGlobal%22:true,%22originatingSystemId%22:null,%22family%22:%22MARC21%22,%22recordProvenance%22:%22INSTITUTION%22%7D

An advanced search for the same "Jewish wit and humor History and criticism" subject yields 18 results: https://wrlc-gu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=sub,exact,%22Jewish%20wit%20and%20humor%20History%20and%20criticism%22,AND&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=MyInstitution&sortby=rank&vid=01WRLC_GUNIV:01WRLC_GUNIV&lang=en&mode=advanced&offset=0

The two 'extra' results in the search by subject are ebooks from NZ JSTOR collections.