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Improve Alma Link Resolver’s performance with Pubmed IDs (PMIDs)
Improve Alma Link Resolver’s performance with Pubmed IDs (PMIDs) such that it is as good or better than Serials Solutions’ 360 Link performance with Pubmed IDs. Areas where this is currently a problem include translation of OpenURL data from Pubmed over to Illiad through Alma Linker and Primo, item level linking between Pubmed, Alma Linker and Cochrane Library, and probably many other areas.
134 votes -
Display logic rules should work on Primo users NOT logged in
Display logic rules currently only work if a user logs in Primo. Also, the rules only work to hide a service (not show a service). Also, Primo New UI does not allow forcing users to log in.
So, we have a scenario where we want CCC Get It Now articles to display only for our Faculty user group. However, the article links are displaying to everyone (guest) - until the user logs in and then the links are hidden for everyone except our faculty. Because everyone starts out in Primo as guest, this defeats the purpose of the rule.
Another…
64 votes -
Make Alma resolver better at locating books and book chapters without ISBN
Alma resolver incorrectly matches to other books with the same title if the open URL does not contain an ISBN.
Alma is not fit for purpose as an open url resolver for Books when an ISBN is not available.
Other resolvers such as SFX and 360 link use all the information in the openurl eg author and publisher and date. Alma resolver only uses the Book title which causes numerous false matches.
See example in attached file
54 votes -
Link to next higher level when Alma can't match to article or chapter
When Alma cannot successfully link to an article because of no exact match is found, it would be helpful for Alma to use alternative metadata, such as the page number, to target. It would also be useful to users to be taken to the next higher level of the publication, e.g., the journal issue page. If there is uncertainty about the issue, then users should be taken to the journal page.
This problem frequently arises for short pieces and book reviews. For example, some journals publish book reviews in a section entitled, "Book Reviews", rather than as separate articles. In…44 votes -
Set Linking Parser Parameters at the Interface level
It would be more efficient to set the Linking Parser Parameters at the interface level, with an option to override the parameter at the Service Link level.
For example, I want to set our university's ProQuest clientid at the ProQuest interface level rather than have to open each of our 20+ ProQuest collections to edit the Service Link Parameters.
35 votes -
NZ EBSCO Link Resolver Plug-in
Currently in the NZ, if you use the EBSCO Link Resolver Plug-in, it is applied all of the libraries using the NZ. We are not able to activate the plug-in for specific libraries in the NZ. Not all of the libraries want to use the link resolver plug-in. Also, along with being able to activate the plug-in for specific libraries, the plug-in will also need to be set up for the specific customer ID. Currently, when we have the link resolver plug-in activated in the NZ, all libraries are being filtered by all of the available EBSCO resources paid for…
33 votes -
Enable the customization of the label of Unpaywall API link.
The unpaywall link displays with the label of "Unpaywall" in the ViewIt window of Primo. This may not be an intuitive description for some users.
We would like the option to change the service label as we do for other services in Alma.
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Use NZ records for full text links in Primo search results
There is an issue with full text links not appearing in the Primo record when the incorrect ISSN is in the 022$y field. If the incorrect ISSN is in an IZ record, the search stops there and there is no full text link in Primo when in actuality there is full text available from the NZ. Can the NZ records be used in this case, not just end at the "bad" IZ record?
My end goal would be that when looking for full text, the search doesn’t end with an IZ record that may or may not have the correct…24 votes -
Show Service temporarily unavailable message even if Direct linking is enabled
The Service temporarily unavailable message is only visible if direct linking is not enabled.
It would be useful if activating the message, would automatically disable Direct linking for that particular service
22 votes -
For general electronic services links at the item level, allow the item id to be used in the URL
When a General Electronic Service is added as an item-level service, the URL template may be configured to make use of the a bunch of Holdings and item-level information, for exampe, the barcode. But the item id is not included as a possibility. Please add this as an option.
21 votes -
Provide complete Factiva full text service
The Factiva full text service is incomplete. When searching with Primo, a complete set of results from Factiva is not retrieved. it is explained that the Factiva collection does not provide full coverage from the provider, but the alternative coverage mechanism also does not work. This was not an issue when we used Summon. It will be good for users to get a complete set of results from Factiva.
7 votes -
Allow multiple levels of nesting for functions in Dynamic URLs
I am requesting the ability to nest the same or different functions multiple times (at least five, but preferably many more).
Use Case: Sometimes it is necessary to replace multiple strings in a dynamic URL.
For example, I need to replace three different characters for Nexis Uni:
1) Replace + with a space
2) Replace & with an empty string (effectively removing &s)
3) Replace : with an empty string (effectively removing :s)This is what the dynamic URL would look like:
IF(rft.atitle)
https://advance.lexis.com/search?pdsearchterms=TITLE%28%22REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({rft.atitle},%3A,""),%26,""),+,"%20")%22%29&pdtypeofsearch=urlapi&pdstartin=snapshot&pdsearchtype=bool&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
IF(rft.stitle)
https://advance.lexis.com/search?pdsearchterms=PUBLICATION%28%22REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({rft.atitle},%3A,""),%26,""),+,"%20")%22%29&pdtypeofsearch=urlapi&pdstartin=snapshot&pdsearchtype=bool&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
IF()
https://www.nexisuni.comCurrently, if that dynamic URL is entered in Alma, Alma returns an…
5 votes -
Openurl resolver to search CDI when no full text services found in Alma
Sometimes the Alma openurl resolver can't locate an item, but you can find it in the CDI, so could the openurl resolver search the CDI by title + authors for possible matches? Perhaps present any results as suggestions, a bit like bX recommendations, so as not to raise expectations that the correct document has been found.
Here's an example. JSTOR has a record for a paper that was published in print in SAE Transactions, ISSN 0096-736X, 2001, Vol.110, p.86-92
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44724287But the paper is published online as SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0233, ISSN 0148-7191
https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2001-01-0233/It is available in SAE Mobilus…
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3 votes
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Check coverage dates on physical holdings by link resolver
When there is no full-text match for an electronic title, the link resolver can bring back a bib record for physical holdings. However, since the coverage in the 866 field is not being checked, this shows records which do not match the dates desired sent by the the open URL.
Please consider implementing a check on the coverage dates of physical holdings to make things less confusing for patrons.
3 votes -
Display logic rules: always allow use of "OPEN_ACCESS" criteria
Currently, if Alma's enableopenaccessservicesfromunpaywallapi Fulfillment setting = true, then in Display Logic Rules we gain the ability to write rule criteria that considers the presence of open access service links. If the fulfillment setting = false, that DLR option disappears.
We assume this connection was made at a time when the Unpaywall API setting was the only way that OA services might get into Primo, so there was no need for OA services to be a criteria in DLRs when the Unpaywall API was turned off.
However, we've found that the new Unpaywall CZ…3 votes -
More linking parameters for links in CDI records
I meant to submit this as an enhancement request but missed the deadline. We need the ability to do more than say Proxy Yes/No to links in CDI records. If you are an OpenAthens library, some vendors use the Proxy and others don't and Proquest in particular doesn't. In OpenAthens Proquest URLs get no redirector and instead have a ?accountid=*** with the customer ID. We need to be able to customize CDI links depending on vendor and to put a customer ID to build the correct URL, at least for Proquest CDI URLs. Also, it seems like if there is…
1 vote
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