Deep Link

A Deep Link connection shares a Search Profile of one Network Zone to another. This gives patrons a view of the other libraries holdings so they can request materials through Alma Peer-to-Peer Resource Sharing or a Hybrid Pod. Generally, libraries can only do a Deep Link connection with one other Network Zone, but it looks like Rapido libraries can share their information with multiple libraries, but can only take in information from one other NZ. Since Rapido libraries use the Global Title Index, they do not need these additional Search Profiles. This will be confirmed in testing in mid March. 

For the purposes of the CSU, a Deep Link connection uses all the configurations of a Hybrid Pod as well as the configurations shown below. Much of these configurations were shared with us by the folks in the SUNY system or taken from the Ex Libris Knowledgebase This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.. 

Since the CSU are only sharing holdings information, and not directly receiving it, only the Rapido library needs to configure Deep Search in a Remote Primo VE Institution, though they will need some information from the other library. Ideally, this would be done in the NZ and activated in the IZ. The Resource Sharing Manager will add the following configurations to the NZ and push them out to all libraries. In the NZ, go to  Alma Configuration > Network Zone >Discovery > Other > Primo VE Deep Search Configuration and select +Add Row. A pop up will appear where you will enter the information of the library you want to share with. Add the following information: 

• Institution Code: The partner library's institution code can be found in the libraries Resource Sharing settings at Alma Configuration > (change the library you are configuring to your designated Resource Sharing Library > Fulfillment > Library Management > Library Details and scroll down to the Resource Sharing section where a symbol is listed. Example: Fullerton is 01CALS_CSUF
• View: The view you want to share with the other library. For example, to share the CSU NZ we would put 01CALS_NETWORK:01CALS_Network
• Search Profile: select NewDiscovery

Once these configurations are pushed out from the NZ, libraries can activate them in the IZ (may take some time to distribute). Go to Alma Configuration > Discovery > Other > Primo VE Deep Search Configuration and enable the settings.