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Recommendation
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.
The Alma resource sharing system at each institution will be configured to send the request to the WSILL partner automatically whenever the request cannot be filled by any consortium member.
Lending to institutions outside of the consortium should not be directly affected by the SILS. Local practices vary with regard to extra-consortial lending, with some institutions (such as UCLA and SRLF) lending via VDX, and other institutions (such as UCB and NRLF) lending directly to WSILL or via Clio. These workflows do not need to change, and can be further examined post-migration in the context of upgrading VDX to Tipasa or some other new ILL broker system.
Reasoning
Historically, the UC system has used a consortial resource sharing system that attempts to fulfill requests using UC resources, and, if the resources are not found, attempts to fulfill them primarily through WorldShare ILL (WSILL). In the SILS, consortial borrowing will be done using a UC-wide Alma Automated Fulfillment Network (AFN). However, we still need a way of transacting ILL with WSILL for requests that cannot be filled using UC resources. Ex Libris Alma does not at present support direct integration with WorldShare ILL as a partner, so UC will continue to use an ILL broker (currently VDX) to broker requests to WSILL.
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