[Wactclc-alma] Current issue with Alma link resolver and Ebscohost ebook collections

[Guidry, Wade]

There seems to be an issue currently with Alma link resolver, when it attempts to resolve a link to an Ebscohost ebook collection (Academic, Community College, etc).

The link resolver attempts to use an incorrect database code (like n9h), instead of nlebk.

We already have a couple of tickets open on this, and the issue popped up yesterday on Alma-L.

The temporary fix is to add the following URL as a parser override for affected collections:

url=https://search.ebscohost.com & shib=$$SHIBBOLETH & customer_id=$$CUSTOMER_ID & athens_id=$$ATHENS_ID & u_shib=$$U_SHIBBOLETH & sso=$$SSO & dbase=nlebk

The parser override can be added by going to the collection in Alma, selecting 'Edit Service', and then adding the override url on the 'Linking' tab.

Wade Guidry
WACTCLC
Library Consortium Services Manager
wadeg at bigbend.edu<mailto:wadeg at bigbend.edu>
http://www.wactclc.org<http://www.wactclc.org/>
509.760.4474

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