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New institutional number sequence, or reset Additional ID, to shorten hold shelf pickup number
In the April 2019 RN the feature "Additional ID for Hold Request Management" became available and it has been very useful for our library, especially since we have an open hold shelf and need anonymized hold shelf slips. By the end of 2022 we noticed that the number sequence wasn't reset when it reached 999-999-999 like we expected it to. Instead new numbers are added and we've been told that it will just continue to add new numbers and never reset. Very long serial numbers are not user-friendly, neither for the staff, nor for the patron.
To prevent long numbers,…
197 votesThe Additional ID is generated by a third party software component which we have no control of.
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Please add specific limitations for interlibrary loan requests in Primo VE between institutions.
We are a library consortium that conducts interlibrary loans through a fulfillment network. We hope that when a reader from Institution A requests a book from Institution B via Primo VE, if Institution A already has the book and it is available for loan, the request cannot be processed.
If Alma has this filtering function, it can not only save shipping costs but also reduce the waiting time for readers.
88 votesUsing the Automatic Fulfillment Network (AFN) , a request is placed from the borrower's GetIt tab in Primo as a resource sharing request. As such, local display logic rules may be used to hide the resource sharing request based on local ownership.
Fulfillment Network requests that are placed directly at the lender's GetIt tab cannot consider availability at another institution.
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make location type „unavailable“ functional: items in these locations should be shown as unavailable in Alma and Primo
We need the possibility to show items as unavailable in Primo without creating requests (work orders) for them.
Our use cases are
- items which have been restituted (via a provenance research project) and are no longer in the library
- items which are blocked for usage for years
- items which are not usable for certain reasons
All of these have to be shown in the discovery interface, although users won't get them for a long time or at all.Now, all of these items have a "green" availability status in Primo and we struggle to put information about…
174 votesNon available items must be in some process. Using work orders enables setting a description for the work order to indicate why the item is not available.
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Alma - Analytics allows to count usage statistics of full text downloads executed from the 2 download buttons visible in Primo.
We have Primo VE, for the moment Alma does not record in Analytics the downloads made from the PDF viewer. Analytics only counts downloads when using the download button outside the Primo viewer (top right).
It is required to have real statistics of downloads of digital objects, from the 2 operational buttons in Primo, i.e. the button located inside the PDF viewer and the one located outside the PDF viewer, since it is not possible to know which of the buttons the user will use.
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Reset PO and POL number every year
Dear colleagues,
Currently, the POs and POLs numbers are generated automatically and the turn of the calendar year has no effect on it.We would find very convenient that, at the start of each year, the sequence starts again.
The first PO of 2023 of would be PO-2023-1, same with the POLs POL-2023-1.
The numbers would gain in clarity.Thank your for considering this.
Kind regards,
Maxime336 votesDear community,
This story has 2 parts:
- Having the calendar year as a prefix without the need to explicitly define it in the beginning of each year
- Having the sequence to be restarted when a new calendar year begins
After checking the technical implications, we identify that this change is risky and might cause duplications and data mismatch.
Decision is that we will not implement this due to technical risks.
Best regards,
Tamar Fuches
Alma product manager
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Integration with worldshare
Have Alma and Worldshare ILL talk with each other enough that they share updates with each other. Right now, the only thing we can do is send a new request to WorldShare. All other functions have to be done in both Alma and WorldShare: receive, return, request for renewal, and cancellation.
3 votesThe missing functionality is dependent on WorldShare development. Alma's NCIP server does enable other broker systems such as ILLiad and Tipasa to communicate actions such as receive , return, renewal and cancellation. That requires the broker system (WorldShare) to implement its end of the integration.
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Manage Item Returns: Send one Return Receipt Letter for all returned items per user
Returning items via "Manage Item Returns" generates one Return Receipt Letter per returned item. This means if one user returns several items he will get several e-mails, one for each item. This is annoying for users. The problem arises especially when the drop box for returns is used and the staff scans in lots of unsorted returned items from different users.
Scanned-in returns should be collected in a cache and allocated to the users who loaned them. After pressing "Exit" and closing the scan-in-session one return receipt per user containing all returns belonging to this user should be send.
Thanks…
251 votesThere is no user session in Return Items, which is designed to enable returning items of multiple user. It is therefore technically not possible to aggregate notices for a specific user
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Add ability to prevent CDI content from appearing in Primo, by Alma Electronic Collection
With CDI we have no control over preventing CDI content from appearing in our Primo filtered search, when we have full text holdings which matches to this content.
In many cases this may be a good thing, in not needing to worry over making sure full text content is searchable.
However, it is clear that there are collections in CDI with very poor data, which causes linking to fail, and also has content which we do not want at all such as Journals and Books, as we manage the title level by our Alma records.
For example, CRL Catalog has…522 votesThe local selection of individual data sources is not possible with the merged record and the single activation flow. We cannot change this in the foreseeable future. Content (including specific collection) related issues should be reported via the support channel.
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Idea Exchange Login
Get rid of what has been called the "magic link" login for the Idea Exchange. We'd like to go back to just a username and password. ("Magic link" is what it's been called on ALMA-L. It's where instead of asking for a username and password, you have to enter your password and wait for an email.)
31 votesThe platform used for Idea Exchange is called User Voice. User Voice has changed the authentication mechanism appx 2 month ago, to gain more security.
This is not configurable to admins and apply to all type of users by UserVoice.https://help.uservoice.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058706693-UserVoice-Authentication-Updates-
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Alma to support SIP2 response.
Please support "unavailable holds count" and "unavailable hold items fields" for the SIP2 Patron Information Response (64).
19 votesHello All,
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Postponement of the Due Date when the library is closed
We would like, when the library is closed, that a TOU allow loans to be postponed for as many days as there are closed days.
15 votesHello All,
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Ability to edit barcode after receiving borrowing request
Sometimes after receiving a borrowing request, we have a need to change the barcode. This could be because the wrong barcode was scanned in, the barcode is not responsive or another reason. However, there is currently no way to change the barcode in the borrowing request record. Staff can update the item barcode (and we do) however this doesn't affect the original barcode that was scanned in against the borrowing request. We therefore have to add a lot of physical and electronic notes to the front desk staff and to the staff who will be returning the item to the…
10 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Provide gender in search results of patron search
In the Manage Service Patron, when searching for a patron, it would be useful if the search results included the patron's gender (if it’s known) so that library staff can address the right pronoun to the user in front of them and thus avoid misgendering .
13 votesHello All,
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Suppress bibliographic records of electronic collections in NZ automatically.
Currently bibliographies of electronic collections, which we select "Mark Bib as suppressed" on the page of "Activation Wizard: Electronic Collection and Services Setup" and activated from CZ, are suppressed in IZ. But these records are in NZ and can be searched with consortium scope of Primo VE. It would be great if it is suppressed not only in IZ but also in NZ automatically. The necessary workflow looks as follows:
If held by one institution in a consortium and suppressed, suppressed from NZ.
If held by some institutions, and only one of them suppresses, not suppressed from NZ.
If held…18 votesHello All,
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Restriction for privilege "change due date" is needed: for loaned items within scope: allowed - whereas outside scope restricted
"For dual layers it would make sense to be able to restrict the privilege "change due date" in CDO-roles for inventory outside own scope. It would be great to be able to allow to change due date only for loaned items whithin scope, but to be able to prevent it for loaned items outside scope. If it were additionally usable via the "circulate for" specification for the libraries for which "my library" is allowed to lend and book back, it would also make sense. It is very unfortunate that "change due date" can currently only be allowed in a role…
14 votesHello All,
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Add "Date needed by" to Resource Sharing Borrowing Request page display
When first opening the "Resource Sharing Borrowing Requests" page, Alma shows a list of the first 20 requests by default; each request has various pieces of information, including the item's title, format, external identifier, creation date, etc. Each request also has an "Other details" button which reveals additional information like chapter title, volume, call number, etc.
However, neither the main information nor the "other details" fields show the request's "Date Needed By", which is part of the item's request form which the user fills out. The only way to view this information is by clicking "Edit" on the request, which…
11 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Allow User to Customize how many Issues are Predicted.
Area of concern: Serials Prediction in Alma.
Currently, Alma’s 853 Predictive Patterns and the 'Open Predicted Items' function, are only capable of predicting an entire year’s worth of serial issues at one time. This is often not ideal, and libraries would benefit from being able to predict more, or fewer issues, as needed.
What should be changed: As Serials Processors, we would like the option to customize how many issues are predicted at one time. This would benefit the workflow by allowing more issues to quickly be created at once; when retrospectively creating item records for pre-migration issues. It would…
8 votesHello All,
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Please add location field to the subject area "Funds expenditure"
At the moment the location field is missing in the subject area "Funds expenditure". We need this field for a report for e.g. open orders. It is only possible to create a report on the library level.
11 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Preserve the requests when edit an item and save
When modifying an item and saving, the related requests on the item might be cancelled. We hope for preserving the requests if the item was changed. Or the system can provide a selection button, and the librarian can decide whether to cancel the request or not.
8 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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Display user's loan due date in borrowing request screen
When a user who has an interlibrary loan requests a renewal of the item, staff need to check both the due date that the partner library has set, and the current due date of the loan on the user's record. This is because we can sometimes extend the due date of the loan without requesting a renewal from the partner library, since the loan due date will still be within the due date that the partner has given us. To do this check, staff need to view the borrowing request (to see the partner library's due date) as well as…
8 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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