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The ability to share private jobs/sets individually without going public.
It would be very helpful to be able to share sets with specific individuals or with members of a particular department, without making them fully public. This would be especially useful when testing sets or presenting work to a supervisor or department head.
1 vote -
Support CID: resource_sharing_request_id in Letters
The Internal Identifier (XML resourcesharingrequestid) is the required file name for the batch automatic delivery of digital lending requests via the Automatically Ship Rapido Digital Requests job. The Internal Identifier is 17 characters. Supporting CID: resourcesharingrequestid within print slip letters XSL would allow the Internal Identifier to be scanned by a barcode scanner during the digitization workflow of physical materials instead of an operator manually typing in a 17 character identifier which increases errors and is time consuming.
3 votes -
New URL for psychotherapy.net
www.psychotherapy.net is now library.psychotherapy.net. Please change the URL in all collections to ensure access. Example:
Psychotherapy.net Full
Collection ID: 615450000000000871
MMS ID: 9917875822400041
Thanks in advance and kind regards,
Pascal Hauenstein1 vote -
Post Alert when import job reaches Manual Handling Required
Please add an alert to the Real-Time Notifications list, targeted to users with privileges for running import profiles, when an import job is paused with the status "Manual Handling Required."
Import profiles run manually or on a schedule may reach a paused state with status Manual Handling Required, commonly for multiple matched records that require merges, and sometimes with validation errors. Because these jobs don't run to completion, they don't appear on job history. Because these jobs are paused, they don't appear in the list of running jobs. If a user is not aware that the job is paused, import…
4 votes -
Display access model in All-titles basic search results
When you are performing a market search, the access model shows up on the holdings records if they are either attached to the POL or have been manually added to the record. This is incredibly useful and time-saving for searching! When doing an All-titles search, you have to click into the record in order to access that information. This line for access model can be easily added to the listed metadata in the All-titles results page. See attached screenshot
3 votes -
Allow merge rules for authority import profiles
It would be very useful allowing custom merge rules in Alma authority import profiles for ensure controlled, automated updates of authority records,
especially in a cooperative cataloguing environment.
Configuring these rules to selectively merge, keep, or add specific MARC fields during import, would ensure enhancing data quality for both local
and network zones.8 votes -
"Interface name" field separate from Vendor records
Have an option for the "Interface name" field in local electronic collections to be independent of Vendor records. Our vendor records are itegrated with multiple systems outside of Alma (such as our HR software, Workday). We would like to use the "Interface name" field for display purposes/logic, and possibly reporting in Analytics, but we're limited with it only be populated by Vendor records.
4 votes -
l.burns@hw.ac.uk
isc Collections AIP American Institute of Physics 2024-2025-2026 Extension
Can you please let me know when this will be added to Alma to allow activation.
Thank you.
Lynn Burns1 vote -
Overlap analysis report - add a column for local versus CZ
Sometimes we have local portfolios attached to CZ collections. In the output overlap analysis reports that include IZ titles, it would be helpful to have a column which indicated whether the analyzed portfolio is a local portfolio or a CZ portfolio.
3 votes -
Alma Fulfillment - field MARC 740 should be visible
While searching in ALMA Fulfillment, the MARC field 740 should be immediately visible in a dedicated panel, without having to scroll all the way down to the MARC view. This happens in Primo where you can see the several titles of each volume of a specific work. Some books have several volumes, and despite having a general, collective title, sometimes each volume has its own title (and authors, etc.). This information should be easily seen in the results without having to search through the MARC view. Yes, I know this information is searchable and can be retrieved, but for the…
1 vote -
Alma Fulfillment should have more facets
The Facets Menu in Alma Fulfillment (Patron Services) needs more facets, especially AUTHOR, COLLECTION/SERIES and PUBLISHER/EDITOR. Honestly, the few facets provided in the various search types are insufficient. These should be flexible configurable.
1 vote -
Allow CZ records to preserve or support local subject access for non-english indexing
We would like Alma to support a stable and sustainable solution for managing local subject access in Community Zone records.
Currently, when CZ records are updated, subject fields (65X) may be overwritten or removed. Although local fields can now be recovered in local indexes, this doesn't solve the core issue: subject access in our language is lost from the standard 65X fields, and this information becomes invisible to our consortial members.
We manage a large and continuously growing volume of electronic records, and the loss of controlled subject access has a significant impact. We have already identified more than 6.000…
103 votes -
Request to Enhance the Purchase Requests API
We would like to request several enhancements to the Purchase Requests API.
First, when sending a purchase request API call from the library website to Alma, we would like the API to allow submission of the request date or request month and to return responses that reflect this information.
Second, the Purchase Requests API currently returns a maximum of 100 records. We request that these returned records be sorted in descending order by request date.
Finally, we would like the maximum number of records returned by the Purchase Requests API to be increased from 100 to 500.
10 votes -
Add "Any" as selectable format for Resource Sharing requests
The Resource Sharing request form does not allow a blank default (at least for books).
And you cannot have different default values for Article and Book requests.Having the option "Any" available would give flexibility and allow to have no default value.
3 votes -
Alma - Standardize Cross-Field Validation Across Configuration Dialogs
Request:
Implement dynamic dependency handling within Alma "Add Row" dialog boxes to support Proactive Error Prevention.The interface should only present users with valid input field combinations, ensuring that logically impossible configurations cannot be constructed.
While this request originated from a ticket regarding the Exclude Process Types from Publishing dialog, it identifies a broader need for platform-wide consistency in how Alma handles field relationships.
Functional Gap:
Currently, the "Exclude Process Types from Publishing" dialog treats [Process Type] and [In Process Type] as independent fields.The Problem: Users can construct combinations that the system knows are invalid.
The Result: The user…
4 votes -
New Content
Add "V&P Online" collection to Alma, it's already in Serial Solutions.
Code 1.W
Last Full Update 04/16/2014
Last Partial Update 06/20/2024
Provider Vita e Pensiero
Titles 25
Titles are selectable No
Status Not Tracked
CDI
checkmark66% View coverage
Default URL http://www.vitaepensiero.it/riviste.html
Default Database Name V&P online3 votes -
acquisition vendor analytics expansion: all URLs
We would like to see more complete vendor information in Analytics in general, however this specific request is for inclusion of all URL types, along with both their description and note fields.
The use case is that we are hindered from fully using all the fields within Alma when we cannot run reports on that information in order to back it up. The backup is necessary due to the lack of an "are you sure" popup for the Delete action. Also, administrative and statistics login information needs to be available to all acquisitions and e-resources staff, however it needs to…
19 votes -
Persistent User Group Data in Borrowing Requests Subject Area
We would like to request that the Borrowing Requests subject area in Analytics captures and stores the patron's information (specifically the User Group) at the time of the transaction, rather than pulling the current status from the user record.
Currently, historical reports on borrowing requests reflect the requester's present-day group. If a student who made a request three years ago is now a staff member, or if their record has been deleted, the historical data is either overwritten or lost. This makes the data entirely out of context and renders historical analysis and longitudinal reporting impossible.
In the Fulfillment subject…
52 votes -
Shipping Cost Lender Rules - Partner Organization Type
It would be great if ‘Partner Organization Type’ could be added as a parameter in the ‘Shipping Cost – Lender Rules.’ This would allow us to set the Partner Organization Type for new partners instead of having to select each new partner individually.
5 votes -
Add a 'Save Workspace' Option in Alma?
I don't know about others, but I would like an Alma option to return to where I left off on logout, rather than having to burrow back in from the same landing page every time, in both Alma and Analytics.
This is minor friction, but after 8 years of this, I have to say it chafes.
2 votes
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