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Remove copyright symbol from Alma representation public notes in Primo
Remove the copyright symbol from the beginning of the public note of an Alma representation displaying in Primo.
The copyright symbol appears when the representations access right has a copyright notice.
This doesn't make sense as public notes may not concern copyright, irrespective of access right.
Alternatively provide the option to turn off the copyright symbol.
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Allow Personal Delivery to be fulfilled from any library circ desk
Scenario: When an item belonging to another library that has an active home delivery request is returned or scanned in at another library's circulation desk, the item is put in transit to the owning library for the request to be fulfilled. The home delivery request should be fulfilled from any loans desk regardless of which library the item belong to.
We are multi campus institution with libraries 100s of kms apart. We require the personal delivery requests to be fulfilled from any of our libraries, instead having to return the items to the owning library.
A Salesforce was raised (SF…16 votesA new configuration on the library will allow other libraries to handle personal delivery for that library’s items. This will take into account the scan-in library’s ability to handle personal delivery (having a primary circulation desk that supports personal delivery).
For more information please see Alma November Release Notes
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Add Counter5 - IR_A1 - Journal Article Requests to Alma/Analytics
We suggest to add a support to the report Counter5 - IR_A1 - Journal Article Requests.
We want to be able to harvest it via Sushi and also to be able to build reports in Analytics based on it.17 votesIn December 2020, Alma introduced support for SUSHI harvesting of multimedia reports, IR_A1 included.
Alma product management team.
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Ability to edit "subscription from date", "subscription to date", and "additional information" fields on closed invoices
For some institutions, this data did not migrate, and for others, there are invoice operator errors that need to be fixed. This is vital to subscription management. We need this.
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Remove the gender field
Entirely remove the gender field (from staff-facing patron data form) or allow us to grey it out so it is not collected. There is no need to collect gender information about library patrons. This is a matter of equity and inclusion.
2 votesIt is now possible to configure the fields that appear in the patron registration and the Edit User forms.
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To add the "primary identifier" to the export list of the user set
We would like to add the "primary identifier" to the export list of the user set.
We will use the excel file with "primary identifier" to establish the User set, but not all the primary identifier can be loaded into the user set. So
We would like to add the "primary identifier" to the export list of the user set in order that we could know which primary identifier can not be loaded into the User set.198 votesIt is now possible to include primary identifiers as part of the exported list when using Alma's Export option from the user list. An Extended Export option will generate an Excel file similar to the existing "all fields" export, adding the primary ID as a column.
for more information please see Alma January RN
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Order lines - Simple / Advanced search: missing "PO line owner"
Our colleagues are desperately missing the field "PO line owner" when searching for PO lines.
In Simple search the field "PO line owner" is provided at least as an filter option in the results list.
But the results list of the Advanced search does not provide filter options. :-(74 votesAn additional search field “Owning Library” was added to Alma advanced search when searching by PO Line.
For more information please see Alma December Release notes -
Add Expiry Date as optional field to display in Profile Role list
We depend on Profiles (Config > User Management > Profiles) to assign multiple roles to many new student hires each semester. We set all student roles to expire at the end of each semester and renew roles each semester for returning workers. We started adding Expiry Dates to roles in frequently-used student Profiles to gain efficiency. We must update the Expiry Dates in each role in a profile in advance of the next round of student staff onboarding. Profiles that are applied less frequently do not get this Role-Expiry Date treatment.
The problem is that the Profile Roles list display…
3 votes“Expiry Date” has been added as new column to User Profile’s Roles page.
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Enable the ability for DARA recommendations to be assigned to individual staff members
It would be useful if DARA recommendations could be assigned to individual staff members in the same way Electronic Resource Activation's can be. This would enable one staff member to distribute DARA tasks to all relevant staff members in a most direct way
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Allow overlap analysis tool to include print as well as e
We would find it useful if the overlap analysis tool could also compare against print holdings, as well as electronic. Currently it only allows you to compare overlap within electronic titles, however the functionality of the tool is useful in that you can upload a file containing a list of identifiers, set up the overlap and leave it to run.
The only way to conduct print and e overlap analysis in Alma at the moment is to use the Title level overlap analysis dashboard in Analytics, which includes various overlap reports and includes both print and electronic. However, we have…
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In Process Items_Move items in batches to the next work order
In the page of “Manage In Process Items”, we would propose
1) Adjust the number of each page so that more items can display on the page. That would be the maximum the staff can tick “Done” at one time.2) Given above, ideally we'd want to move a pack of items by jobs to the next work order.
3) Sort out “Barcode”
245 votesAs of the May 2022 release, library staff have better control over work orders including:
* Searching by work order type
* Placing and removing institution-level work order types using the Change Physical items information job
This enables easy bulk processing of work orders.
See demo here.
More information in the release notes
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Remove Assigned To column from file exported from Manage Purchase Requests as not populated
When exporting the purchase requests to Excel from Manage Purchase Requests, the Assigned To column is not populated in the output file. Ex Libris have confirmed that this is by design and Assigned To information is not exported.
If this information is not included in the export, then the redundant 'Assigned To' column should be removed from the file, as this is misleading for staff.
0 votesWhen exporting to excel a list of purchase requests, the assignee column is now populated.
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Add Authority records data to Analytics
It is very necessary to obtain productivity reports about the amount of authority record created in a period and the user who created that record. Also, to know how many LOCAL authority records exist by type (names, subjects, subdivisions, etc.)
91 votesThe Local Authorities subject area is now available in Alma Analytics. Using the Local Authorities subject area you can create reports and dashboards for Local Authority records that are defined locally in the institution.
For more information please see Alma October Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes?mon=202110BASE -
Convert to Resource Sharing Request - Needs to be able to work even if an item is in transit to the request.
Currently we have set up a Scan and Send process. However, dependant on how many staff we have able to digitize items on a given day. We will convert some requests to Resource Sharing. However, it is not possible to do this if an item is already in transit to the request.
1 voteAs of July release institutions can convert ‘Hold’ requests to ‘Resource Sharing’ requests if the pick-up location is personal delivery and the resource sharing library supports personal delivery.
for more information please see Alma July release notes:
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Support MODS for remote digital repository
While Alma itself supports MODS as a metadata scheme, MODS is not supported as metadata import format for remote repositories.
We need to see this support before we can add remote digital content to Alma collections, as the current option of importing DC is too poor.14 votesAs of February 2024, Alma supports OAI-PMH harvest of MODS repositories.
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"All" tab for searching in Task List (Borrowing and Lending
We can see the "All" tab in the Reading Lists Task List for Leganto. Would like similar for Borrowing and Lending for Alma RS instead of having to go through Assigned to me, Unassigned and Assigned to Others. More efficient to search in one place when multiple people manage RS.
47 votesThe new UI for Resource-Sharing Borrowing Requests and Lending Requests Task Lists has been released in August 2022, see the 'Borrowing Requests and Lending Requests' section in the release notes. Among other features of the new UI, activity status information is a facet , enabling searching for requests by specifying multiple activity statuses.
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Make Alma link resolver compatible with EndNote's "Find Full Text" feature
EndNote offers a "Find Full Text" feature that allows users to locate full text for citations saved to their library. The feature can be configured to work with your institution's link resolver. However, according to EndNote customer support, the Alma link resolver is not currently compatible with this feature. This enhancement would allow Alma customers to locate full text for EndNote citations via openURL.
286 votesEndnote 20.3 " Find Full Text" can now be configured to locate and download full text for references using Alma's link resolver.
Instruction for setting the integration can be found in the following blog
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Free text input option for Rep Label in Global representation Changes job
Currently there is no option to remove Rep Label or create a rule that can make it void on the "Global Representation Changes" job. Please provide with Free text input option for Rep Label in Global representation Changes job, like Public Note.
66 votesCompleted in March release. Added support for setting representation label as:
- Empty
- Constant string
- Bibliographic field (MARC or DC)
- Regular expression on BIB field
Label can either be set manually in representation resource editor or via batch job.
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Analytics Local Parameter mapping to Dublin Core fields
We can map MARC tags to Analytics Local Parameters up to 10 but not to Dublin Core fields. Please allow Local Parameter mapping to DC fields too.
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Include Attachments Tab Data in XML Output of Invoice Export
Currently, when you send invoices to your S/FTP server, only data from the Summary tab and Invoice Lines tab are included in the XML output.
We would like the data from the Attachments tab to be included in the XML output as well for our upcoming integration with Workday. Workday requires a URL for the attached invoice and the Attachments tab is the place to store this.
These data also do not appear to be available via the API. Adding these data to both places would be ideal.
47 votesThe invoice and license APIs include expand parameters for attachments. A GET API will return the number of attachments for invoices and licenses.
For more information please see Alma December Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes
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