The Library Administration tool (referred to as LibAdmin) is a tool that connects a book in a collection in Alma to a shelf location in MazeMap. Alma is a Library Service Platform, used by all universities in Norway and in other parts of the world.
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The user goes into Oria (Oria is the name that the BIBSYS consortium use for their implementation of Primo). Primo is a Discovery tool facing the end user) for example from this entrance, and they search for a book in Oria. When they have found the book they want and the book is available in the library, the can press the button Locate as shown here:
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Before this setup works the Primo System Admin at the library needs to do some configuration. You need to configure the template for the location map link. ExLibris explains how this can be done for Primo here. You need to add this in the URL template:
https://api.mazemap.com/api/libadmin/lookupbook?location_code={location_code}&call_number={call_number}
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Go to LibAdmin and create the libraries at your campus by clicking on the + button.
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Click then on one of the libraries that you have created and you will get the possibility to create collections. Add the name of the collection, the location code in Alma and the sorting system the collection is using.
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The Location Code is found in the URL that you get up when you hold your mouse over the location button. An explanation for how to find it in the BIBSYS consortium is available in the user interface when you click on the question mark.
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After a collection is created it is possible to link this collection to shelves. This is done by clicking on the collection and then the + button. You will get a pop up and can create the title of the shelf, the sorting start and the sorting end. The sorting start end will be validated against the sorting system you are using for this collection.
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If you see that the shelf is disconnected to the Collection, you can connect them right at the LibAdmin interface
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Example Setup of NTNU:
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When you click “Locate (English) or Lokaliser (Norwegian)”, you will be directed to the map below.
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