[Koha-bugs] [Bug 23752] Search all z39.50 / SRU targets and resource discovery layer / open link resolver from any ILL backend

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23752

--- Comment #5 from Pedro Amorim <pedro.amorim at ptfs-europe.com> ---
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #4)
> I am not familiar with the kind of functionality the availability plugins
> can provide, so adding Pedro, maybe he can help us get an idea what we
> should do on Koha side and what would be better on the plugin end.

Hi, thank you Katrin for bringing this to my attention.
I'm not sure I understand the discussion entirely but I'll try my best to
provide a useful contribution.

I believe there are a couple of things being discussed here, one is the
Koha2Koha backend:
https://gitlab.com/koha-community/plugins/koha-plugin-ill-koha

The other the z39.50 availabililty plugin:
https://github.com/PTFS-Europe/koha-plugin-ill-avail-z3950

These 2 are not related and may be used separately. The former is a backend and
allows the creation of a request. The latter is an availability plugin and it
does not allow the creation of a request, it instead provides availability
results prior to creating the request (regardless of which backend was
selected).

The z39.50 plugin's configuration allows for selecting a set of z39.50
providers from the total configured z39.50/SRU providers in Koha.
The plugin requires the ILLCheckAvailability syspref to be enabled.
Upon submitting the create request form (OPAC, Staff, or both - optionally
configured) Koha will search the selected z39.50 providers with the metadata
submitted in the form and comeback with the results. Each z39.50 provider may
also be configured to be queried when placing the request with a partner.

(In reply to Niamh Walker-Headon from comment #3)
> Currently, since our last upgrade the availability plugin shows in the staff
> client when creating a request
> https://koha.hselibrary.ie/cgi-bin/koha/ill/ill-requests.
> pl?method=create&backend=FreeForm but a staff member can't launch a search
> from the illview screen.

You should be able to do so from the illview screen currently by clicking the
"Place request with partners button", provided the plugin has been configured
properly, i.e. at least one z39.50 provider has been configured to show
availability results in the partners interface AND is linked to a patron (using
the patron ID (borrowernumber)) whose category matches the one from the
ILLPartnerCode sys pref AND this patron has a valid e-mail address.

I hope this information helps.
We're actively working to simplify and streamline a lot of what's being
discussed here.

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