Setting Up a Digital Branch for Integrated EContent

If multiple libraries in your system use the same Vendor Account (contract) for eContent, Polaris recommends that you set up a digital branch to represent the account. Using a digital branch will make it less likely that extensive bulk changes will be necessary after the eContent items are created. Multiple digital branches, one per multi-library vendor contract, can be created if necessary. In PAC, the materials associated with the digital branch are available according to the branch’s resource group membership.

Important:

If you plan to use a digital branch, the branch must be set up in Polaris before you activate the vendor account and start the API Consumer Service.

Note that if only one library is involved in the contract, a digital branch is not necessary; all the eContent item records are assigned to that library.