# Network Zone Configuration

Below are the current configuration settings in the WRL Network Zone that are either pushed down to all Institution Zones, or that affect Network Zone linked bibliographic records.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-configuration-area-c" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 110.988%; height: 1818.06px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 14.4219%;"></col><col style="width: 17.9976%;"></col><col style="width: 22.5268%;"></col><col style="width: 19.7855%;"></col><col style="width: 25.2682%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="height: 57.7812px;">***Configuration***

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</td><td style="height: 57.7812px;">***Configuration***

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</td><td style="height: 57.7812px;">***Parameter***</td><td style="height: 57.7812px;">***Value***</td><td style="height: 57.7812px;">***Notes***</td></tr><tr style="height: 158.562px;"><td style="height: 158.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 158.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Cataloging &gt; Metadata Configuration &gt; MARC21 Bibliographic Profile</span></td><td style="height: 158.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Extensions</span></td><td style="height: 158.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Field 081</span>

<span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Field 590</span>

<span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Field 012</span>

<span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Field 019</span>

<span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Field 029</span>

<span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Field 891</span>

</td><td style="height: 158.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">The fields listed in the Value column are ones that have been added or edited in the WRLC NZ; these are applied to NZ-linked records in the Metadata Editor. For more information, see the [*Metadata Editor Warnings* page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/metadata-editor-warnings-marc21-bib-extensions).</span></td></tr><tr><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">aut\_name\_partial\_linking</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">true</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Allows for partial matching of authority headings in Network Zone bibliographic records. Metadata Committee agreed to set to "true" on 9/26/2025. For more information, see the [Alma Knowledgebase](https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Metadata_Management/060Working_with_Authority_Records?mt-draft=true#Partial_Linking_for_Name.2FTitle_Headings)</span></td></tr><tr><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">authority\_ptc\_ignore\_suffix</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">LCNAMES, LCSH, LCGFT</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Corrects bibliographic headings based on authority cross-references for the vocabularies listed, updating them to the preferred term and changing the field tag in the bibliographic record accordingly (such as, from 610 to 630).</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 130.578px;"><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">avid\_fuzzy\_search\_resolving</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">true</span></td><td style="height: 130.578px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">When set to **true**, enables the institution to indicate to Alma to avoid "Fuzzy matches" ("title only" matches) attempts if other information (like identifiers or author) exists in the URL.</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 326.469px;"><td style="height: 326.469px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 326.469px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 326.469px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">cdi\_consortia)inheritance</span></td><td style="height: 326.469px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">N</span></td><td style="height: 326.469px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">When set to <span class="ScreenElement">N</span>, no inheritance will occur for CDI search activations and full text activations of database type of collections from the network zone.</span>

<span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">All member institutions that are part of the consortium inherit full text activations for *collections with portfolios* from the Network Zone. It is not possible to not inherit Network Zone activations for these types of collections.</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 113.766px;"><td style="height: 113.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 113.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 113.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">non\_serial\_match\_profile</span></td><td style="height: 113.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">com.exlibris.repository.mms.match.CDLMatchingProfile</span></td><td style="height: 113.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Value must be the same in both the NZ and the IZ. For more information, see [*Match Profile in the Metadata Editor* page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/match-profile-in-the-metadata-editor).</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 108.172px;"><td style="height: 108.172px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 108.172px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 108.172px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">serial\_match\_profile</span></td><td style="height: 108.172px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">com.exlibris.repository.mms.match.CDLSeMatchingProfile</span></td><td style="height: 108.172px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Value must be the same in both the NZ and the IZ. For more information, see the [*Match Profile in the Metadata Editor* page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/match-profile-in-the-metadata-editor).</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 141.766px;"><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">delete\_nz\_bib\_records\_with\_relations\_new\_behavior</span></td><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">true</span></td><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">This value allows for cross-consortial checks for related records when the record is being deleted. For more information, see the [*Bibliographic Record Deletion - Related Records*](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/bibliographic-record-deletion-related-records) page.</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 141.766px;"><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">ignore\_cz\_records</span></td><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">true</span></td><td style="height: 141.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">If this parameter is set to <span class="ScreenElement">true</span>, Alma matches incoming records with any record that exists in the catalog and ignores bibliographic records that are linked to the Community Zone.</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 64.766px;"><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">network\_description\_templates\_rules\_precedence</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">true</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">For more information, see the [*Item Description Templates* page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/item-description-templates).</span></td></tr><tr><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">share\_item\_usage\_across\_network</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">true</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">When set to True in the Network Zone, then upon network search results, item usage data is shared for all network's members in the **Physical Usage** tab. </span></td></tr><tr><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">show\_version\_cataloger\_name\_for\_other\_members</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">true</span></td><td style="height: 64.766px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">When set to True in the Network Zone, the name of the cataloger will appear in the Metadata Editor when viewing previous versions of a record. </span></td></tr><tr style="height: 136.156px;"><td style="height: 136.156px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 136.156px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Description Templates</span></td><td style="height: 136.156px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Network Rules List</span></td><td style="height: 136.156px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">For a full list of all WRLC description templates, see the [*Item Record Description Policies and Templates* page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/item-record-description-policies-and-templates)</span></td><td style="height: 136.156px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">For more information, see the [*Item Description Templates* page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/item-description-templates).</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 91.375px;"><td style="height: 91.375px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 91.375px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Authority Control Rules</span></td><td style="height: 91.375px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Link BIB Headings tab</span></td><td style="height: 91.375px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">For a full list of all rules configured in the WRLC NZ, see the [*Authority Control* page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/authority-control).</span></td><td style="height: 91.375px;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 91.375px;"><td style="height: 91.375px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Resources</span></td><td style="height: 91.375px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">General &gt; Authority Control Rules</span></td><td style="height: 91.375px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Preferred Term Correction tab</span></td><td style="height: 91.375px;"><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">For a full list of all rules configured in the WRLC NZ, see the [*Authority Control* page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/authority-control).</span></td><td style="height: 91.375px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 124.969px;"><td style="height: 124.969px;"><span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Discovery</span></td><td style="height: 124.969px;"><span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Search Configuration &gt; Secondary Resource Type</span></td><td style="height: 124.969px;">  
</td><td style="height: 124.969px;"><span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">For a full list of all secondary resource types configured in the WRLC NZ, see the *[Secondary Resource Types](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/secondary-resource-types)*[ page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/resources-metadata/page/secondary-resource-types)*.*</span></td><td style="height: 124.969px;"><span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">These settings are applied to NZ-linked bibliographic records.</span></td></tr><tr style="height: 130.562px;"><td style="height: 130.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Discovery</span></td><td style="height: 130.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Display Configuration &gt; Resource Types Configuration</span></td><td style="height: 130.562px;">  
</td><td style="height: 130.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">For a full list of all custom resource types configured in the WRLC NZ, see the [Resource Types Configuration page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/discovery-primo-ve/page/resource-types-configuration)*.*</span></td><td style="height: 130.562px;"><span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">These settings are applied to NZ-linked bibliographic records.</span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fulfillment</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">network\_sending\_rules\_precedence</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">true</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sending Borrowing Request rules configured in the NZ are applied before those configured in the IZ.</span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fulfillment</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(230, 126, 35);"><span data-sheets-root="1">check\_patron\_duplicate\_borrowing\_request</span></span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">true</span></span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Enables a check to verify the request is not a duplicate of an already existing and active request. If it is a duplicate, a message apears to the user that the new request is not saved. For more information, see the [Alma Knowledgebase](https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/080General/Configuring_Fulfillment_Jobs#Configuring_Other_Settings_(Fulfillment)).</span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fulfillment</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">ill\_item\_creation\_loc\_code</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">CLSBORR</span></span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Default code of the location in which to create the temporary items for resource sharing, Works in conjunction with the [IZ Temporary Item Creation rules](https://alma-documentation-bookstack.azurewebsites.net/books/fulfillment/page/afn-institution-zone-configurations#bkmrk-temp-item-creation-r).</span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fulfillment</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">rs\_auto\_request\_lending</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">true</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Automatically place move/digitization requests for incoming lending requests that match an existing resource.</span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fulfillment</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">General &gt; Other Settings</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">rs\_default\_digitization\_department</span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">DIGI\_DEPT\_INST</span></span></td><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Name of default digitization department that handles digitization requests</span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">Fulfillment</span></td><td colspan="4"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35);">For a full list of all NZ-managed configurations for the Automated Fulfillment Network (AFN)/WRLC Consortium Loan Service (CLS), please see the [AFN Network Zone Configurations page](https://alma.wrlc.org/books/fulfillment/page/afn-network-zone-configurations "AFN Network Zone Configurations")  
  
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