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Alma Resource Sharing Guide

This guide explains the various components of FLVC's current resource sharing processes also known as UBorrow.

Different Types of Resource Sharing

Different Types of Resource Sharing

UBorrow

  • FL40 sharing of print material, and media on an opt-in basis.
  • Shipping costs covered by FLVC via TBLC Delivery
  • Traditional ILL 
    • Back-end system is institution dependent (ILLiad, Tipasa, Worldshare ILL)
    • Some institutions use ILS to track loans:
      • Borrowing - create a temp item record for incoming item and lend to patron
      • Lending - create library patron records to lend items to
    • Shipping costs covered by library if to/from library non TBLC Delivery participant

 

FLINShareIT

  • Statewide with participating public libraries, private academic libraries & some FL40 libraries
  • Print material 
  • Alma integration currently available for Borrowing
  • Alma integration for Lending in progress
  • Shipping costs covered by FLVC via TBLC Delivery

 

RapidILL

  • FL40 University Libraries in use
  • FL40 College Libraries, implementation to start late Jan 2024
  • E-articles, Book chapters, Print journals
  • Borrowing and Lending requests available

 

Resource Sharing with Consortia outside of FL via Alma Peer-to-Peer

  • UCF Pilot site
  • Setup in Progress 
  • Print Material
  • Shipping costs covered by the library