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Multiple requests (Home Delivery pickup), Multiple Items, and Information Display on Scan In Page
Multiple requests with pickup as Home Delivery are placed against a title and there are one or more copies available. When staff collect the items from the shelves, they scan in the item barcode. Alma, if it can see that there are two identical requests, on the Scan in page will ask for the request ID. Staff then scan in the request ID for the first patron (with Home Delivery as pick up location) in the request list. This results in the first patron being loaned the item that was scanned in. The display on the Scan in page only…
4 votesHello All,
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Option for physical item requesting only items that are checked out.
In Alma, it seems that in the Terms of Use for requesting, you can only choose requestable and non-requestable. Is it possible to have an option to only request items that are checked out?
7 votesHello All,
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Include description column for items checked out by a patron on the patron record
We check out equipment to patrons such as laptops, cameras, etc. All the parts have the same description number. It would be very helpful when viewing what the patron has checked out not only to see the title, barcode, etc. but also the description number. If we want to know what the description is of an item currently we have to hover over the title to get that information. When downloading the items onto the excel spreadsheet we need a column for the description so that we don't have to make our own column.
9 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Add Booking Type
We need to have a "booking type" so that we can categorize types of bookings. For instance, we have bookings that require use of equipment (such as our streaming media server). We'd like to be able to make categories to organize bookings (so a booking can be created in Alma with the category "streaming" for instance. We'd need to be able to create our own categories and then select them from the booking request screen.
5 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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User statistic description in Notification data of the letter
Notification data include the code for user statistics.
But the description is more useful rather than code for it.
So every letter which has user statistic notification data should include description of it.5 votesHello All,
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Ability to export all Alma 'terms of use' for review
Post migration we've noticed alot of duplication in our terms of use, but ExLibris have confirmed there's no way currently to export all the terms of use for review.
5 votesHello All,
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block new bookings being placed 15 minutes before library closing time
If a booking for a course reserve isn’t picked up then another person can’t borrow the item overnight – can we stop booking 15 mins prior to closing time
3 votesHello All,
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Add text message notification option for patron overdue notices
Allowing patrons to request text message notifications for overdue items would better ensure that they receive the overdue reminder notices, increasing the likelihood of having the materials returned more quickly, and decreasing the number of bills and collection efforts. Text messages are received on a more timely basis, while emails are often checked infrequently and can be more easily missed. Asking patrons at check out what the best way to contact them regarding overdue items and being able to offer text message notices (at their request, since some people do not have unlimited texting on their mobile device plan) as…
2 votesHello All,
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Improve xml for FulResourceRequestSlipLetter and FulTransitSlipLetter
We would like the option to add more information to our Resource Request Slips, but are limited by data not present in the xml. Specifically we would like the following to appear:
-All request attributes
-Course Reserve information, primarily the department placing the requestThe addition of these xml fields for possible display on these slips would increase staff efficiency when sorting and processing materials arriving from other library locations.
3 votesHello All,
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Have Related Holdings assigned lower AVA lower subfield P for correct View in Primo
Currently the priority for related holdings is not being considered when writing the AVA subfield P when exporting to Primo. This is incorrect. The record itself should have a higher priority than the related records. This can cause the Primo aggregated call # display to be misleading: http://screencast.com/t/06sd3csq
In the screenshot above, if the priority was set correctly upon extract from Alma, The correct holding information would be displaying beside the Available statement in Primo
3 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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change run time of "Notifications - Send Due Date Reminders" job to 8am instead of 10am
The job "Notification – Send Due Date Reminders" seems to be sending a notice on the day that the item is due. It’s scheduled to run at 10:00am every day so picks up short term loans made that day. We would like the ability to change it to run at 8am or earlier before the Library opens as we do not want people with short hourly type loans getting a reminder
1 voteHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Create request: allow requesting of several different descriptions for a title in one request form
In order to make the request flow more efficient it would be beneficial to have an option to request more than one description for a request.
For example, if one wants to move all the DVDs in a multi-volume collection to the reserves currently he needs to go and create a request for each volume. A better solution would be to allow him to select several different descriptions and then in the background split them ionto separate requests.3 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Resource Request Monitoring screen should not only show the date but also the time when a request was made
In Alma Menu -> Resource Requests -> Monitor Requests & Work Orders we need to be able to see the time that a request was created, not just the date.
3 votesHello All,
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Why no 'last edit' history with operator and date in User Notes?
We would like to query why there is currently no way to tell who has edited a User Note; rather only the Created By and Creation Date are recorded?
Are there plans to improve this? Or if not, can this be considered for an enhancement request, in order that Fulfillment staff may add and edit notes and be able to follow the progress of such amendments from the data logged.
Currently the only way to see a trail of updates is to add freetext in the notes themselves, or else recreate a note each time an update occurs.
An enhancement…8 votesHello All,
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