When we transitioned from Aleph to Alma, we setup the UBorrow (Resource Sharing) Libraries based on the following:
Partners are created for libraries that do Borrowing (Receiving, Return), or Lending (Shipping, Check-in). There are other special cases such as FLARE, or other sharing entities, where a Partner is needed to be added in the Rota, such as ILLiad.
In Alma it is not possible to display different lists of Pickup Locations for Fulfillment(Circ) and UBorrow.
Therefore, if the pickup locations were the same, the UBorrow and Circ Desks were combined, see image below.
The Borrowing/Lending Implications for combining are below.
Example of East and North Circ Desks. Both UBorrow and Fulfillment functions can be done at these locations.
If the Pickup Locations were different between Fulfillment (Circ) and UBorrow in Aleph, the UBorrow and Circ Desks were separated. See image below.
The Borrowing/Lending implications for separating are below:
Example of separate Tampa Circ Desk and Tampa UBorrow Desk. UBorrow functions can only be done at the UBorrow Desk.