Borrowing from WSILL will be through the VDX broker. VDX implementation will be accomplished using the Alma “Supplier of last resort” partner configuration in combination with a CDL service that adapts the email sent by this ILLiad partner to VDX.
Lending to WSILL will continue to be done as it is currently, and managed within VDX, or outside VDX, depending on preferred practices at individual institutions.
R = Fulfillment & ILL A = Fulfillment & ILL C = I = Discovery FG, PPC, ICs
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To integrate Alma with VDX we will implement a possible solution that integrates the Alma “supplier of last resort” configuration to VDX. This solution requires configuring a special WSILL partner within the Alma resource sharing system. This partner will send an email to a CDL-managed ILLiad VDX Email Adapter (IVEA), which will create a borrowing request in VDX. VDX will then send a lending request to WorldShare ILL to find an outside partner who can fill the request.