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Background

From AEFG Phase 4: Coordinated investigation with Discovery group. Configuring IP definitions in campus configuration can affect how search results display in Primo (see Ex Libris document: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/050Configuring_General_Alma_Functions/020Managing_Institutions_and_Libraries#Managing_IP_Definitions_for_a_Library ). Impact on electronic resources management, and any troubleshooting, should be understood for campuses wanting to explore using this configuration.

From Ex Libris documentation: “The IP ranges identify a patron's location when considering resource availability and when holdings by location in a Locations Ordering Profile.” This feature could be useful if campuses have licensed resources that are restricted to a specific group of users, for example specialized medical resources licensed solely to a medical school.

This feature could also be used in conjunction with the Locations Ordering Profile to identify holdings nearest the user. For example, if a user is searching for a physical book that is available in multiple library locations, Primo should list holdings in the GetIt section by proximity to the user.

Dependencies

• Local practices: do any libraries offer resources that are only available to specific user groups?

• If campuses need or want this feature

• The impact on off-campuses users

Questions to consider

• Do campuses have the sort of resources that are only available to certain groups of users?

• If so, are these resources IP or Proxy authenticated versus User ID and Password? (Example: WRDS)

• How is off-campus access managed for these resources?

• Do users notice the location of a physical item in order to find it?

• Do our collections have a large number of physical holdings across many campus libraries that would necessitate using this feature?

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