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E-Resource management
---------------------

The E-Resource management tab in Koha will give you settings to enable
and configure the module for the first time.

-  Get there: More > Administration > Global System Preferences > E-Resource management

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Interface
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ERMModule
^^^^^^^^^

Default: Disable

Values:

-  Disable

-  Enable

Description:

-  This preference controls whether or not staff can use the E-Resource management module.

-  This is the main switch for the E-Resource management functionality.

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ERMProviderEbscoApiKey
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Asks: for the HoldingsIQ API key from EBSCO. If left empty, you will be
unable to connect the EBSCO knowledge base.

Description:

This preference allows libraries to integrate with the EBSCO global
knowledge base using their
`HoldingsIQ <https://developer.ebsco.com/knowledge-services/holdingsiq>`__
tool. To integrate this tool the library will need to ask EBSCO for both
an API key and a Customer ID (see below). Once correctly configured the
EBSCO knowledge base will be accessible via the eHoldings menu option in
E-Resource management.

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ERMProviderEbscoCustomerID
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Asks: for the HoldingsIQ Customer ID from EBSCO. If left empty, you will
be unable to connect the EBSCO knowledge base.

Description:

This preference allows libraries to integrate with the EBSCO global
knowledge base using their HoldingsIQ tool. To integrate this tool the
library will need to ask EBSCO for both a Customer ID and an API key
(see above). Once correctly configured the EBSCO knowledge base will be
accessible via the eHoldings menu option in E-Resource management.

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ERMProviders
^^^^^^^^^^^^

Default: Local

Values:

-  EBSCO

-  Local

Description:

This preference controls whether to show one or more sources of
eHoldings in the eHoldings menu option. Currently this allows
integration with the EBSCO global knowledge base and also the ability to
manually create eHoldings records for local sources. In the future other
knowledge bases may be added.