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Add location in the customize field of the list of loans.
When looking at the list of loans of the particular patron Alma permit to customize certain fields, but it does not allow choose location as an alternative. At our library, the location determines the group of patron to whom the items can be loaned. We propose to add the location to the list of alternatives from whose to choose. So we will can see the location in the list of loans of the patron. / Al mirar la lista de préstamos del usuario particular, Alma permite personalizar ciertos campos, pero no permite elegir la ubicación como alternativa. En nuestra biblioteca,…
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Change order of availability in "Get it" tab
We would like the order of availability in the "Get it" tab to be different. Instead of "x copies, x available, x requests" we would prefer "x available, x requests, x copies". The users frequently misunderstand and think that "copies" are available on shelf.
376 votesAs part of the June release it will be possible to: Resequence the existing labels, for example “x available, x requests, x copies”.
Add a descriptive text before, after or between each one of the labels, for example “x available, resources, x requests, x copies”.
Remove labels which are not needed, for example "x available, x copies”
For more information please see https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2020/Alma_2020_Release_Notes -
Fulfillment - temporary note on a loan
Fullfilment - temporary note on a loan
In our library system in Siena we have also public libraries (Institution REDO)
These libraries host classes to "introduce" young students to the libraries and books.When we were in Aleph these libraries created a card from the class (let's say second class of Green School) and they made loans on this card.
They used the temporary note in order to write the name of the children that took the book.So they printed a loan receipt for the teacher where there were the titles, barcodes, date of return and the names of…
6 votesLoan notes are now available for letters that contain loan information.
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Allow to configure the localization of loan status codes on institutional level
Currently it is not possible to configure a localized version of the basic loan status codes (e. g. "recalled" or "normal") on institutional level. Instead there are static translations which are set for all Alma institutions - for example (german) "Zurückgerufen" for "recalled". That specific translation, displayed in the loan list in Primo >> My Account, creates confusion among our users since the correct term in that case should be "Vorgemerkt" ("put on hold").
We need a possibility to configure the localization of loan status codes on institutional level - no matter if in Alma or in the Primo code…
148 votesCompleted as part of Alma October release, for more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/050Physical_Fulfillment#Configuring_Loan_Status_Names -
Provide ability to turn off the Related Record functionality for physical items
Provide ability to turn off Related Record functionality for physical items. I would like to be able to decide for each related field in the MARC record - 773, 774, 777, 786, 800, 810, 811, and 830 whether or not Primo will display the related record information for physical items.
There are cases where displaying related record information to the user is more confusing then helpful. 830 series fields, for example, will display "related" records that may not relate at all to a users search, especially if the series is general like: "Brill's studies in intellectual history." I would like…
451 votesNew configuration options are available for the Get It display, these options provide institutions the control of whether or not to present related holdings for patrons using Primo/PrimoVE. A more granular option provides the institutions with the option to present related records only for serials or only for monograph titles.
For more information see Alma May Release Note at:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2020/Alma_2020_Release_Notes -
Add previous user in manage patron services should be optional
This feature should be optional. We have already had a lot of reactions from our staff at the counter that they find it difficult to keep the privacy of the users when working at the counter and patrons are able to see the Alma screen with names of users recently viewed.
See the completed case here:
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/17300062-add-previous-user-in-manage-patron-services
Best,
Ann-Louise Skjager
Oslo Metropolitan University68 votes -
All items loan and hold requests history
In aleph circulation, items tab, we had an option to see all items history of loans and hold request.
In alma we have to go into each item - action - edit - history, in order to see loan history and there is no option to see the hold requests history. We suggest adding column in the list of items screen with the number of loans / requests or adding a tab in each item with the summary of loans of all items. Although we can retrieve the data thru analytics, not all the librarian can access it and it…157 votesIn the Other Details tab of physical title and all title search results, the following new loan statistics are available:
Number of loans
Number of in house use
Year-to-date loans
Last in house use date
Last Loan DateFor more information please see Alma December Release notes
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Add an option to turn off prediction of past scanned/searched patrons in Patron Services
When manually entering patron names or primary IDs in patron services (to check against lost item reports, &c), the name/s of previously searched patrons will autopopulate the search field. I end up having to do extra clicks to clear the field and search for the patron I actually want. The times that needing past scanned/searched patrons to be re-searched/scanned is exceedly rare, so the feature is more of an inconvenience than a help. I would love to be able to turn it off.
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Hide recent patrons in drop-down menu and make available only upon request.
Hide recent patrons in drop-down menu and make available only upon request. Although it is convenient to be able to access recent patrons' records, exposed names can lead to fulfillment errors (staff works in wrong patron account) and breach of confidentiality.
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Placing digitization requests via Primo on holdings without items
Currently, titles with no inventory for their holdings do not appear to provide a title-level Digitization Request option in Primo.
This is a potentially huge defect in the Request functionality as many requests might well specifically be for material in that situation, e.g. older physical journal holdings where there is no item information into Alma but where there is potentially a functional need for the Digitization service. We think that if there is an Physical holding published to Primo, there should always be at least the possibility for the library to offer and configure Patron Digitization requests. This defect has…
272 votesCompleted as part of Alma December release:
Patrons can now place a general digitization request in Primo or Alma for a holdings with no items in the same way that they can place a general hold request. The new option is also available when using the Manage Fulfillment Options for the purpose of fulfilling a resource sharing document delivery request.
For more information please see Alma release notesL
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/001Alma_2018_Release_Notes?mon=201812BASE -
Improve how Alma selects libraries for internal requests
We are 1 institution on Alma/Primo, our organisation is NHS Scotland. We have libraries from different NHS regions (or health boards) each linked to a particular campus.
When a patron requests an item on Primo and selects the pick-up location they belong to, Alma checks to see if that particular library can fulfil that request.
Thereafter it will just select randomly from the list of other libraries to fulfil the request.
The issue we have is that a library from the same campus may be able to fulfil that request but Alma may select a library up to 150 miles…
135 votesWhen a hold request is created and the holdings to fulfill the request is not available in the selected pickup location, Alma now matches the holdings to the request using additional parameters
For more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes#Select_Request_Locations -
last active date
User profile - Last active date
We would like to have a field in the user profile that shows patron’s last active date, i.e. loan, request or return. This field will be useful when deciding which user profiles to purge.
308 votesYou can now view the last activity date for specific activities in the Last Patron Activity Date field of the User Details Page. The field is display only and will be available for analytics in an upcoming release. Due to privacy concerns, data will only be collected from activation of this new feature onward. If the option is disabled, all data collected in this field will be deleted for all users.
For more information please see Alma February release notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2020/Alma_2020_Release_Notes -
New letter for hold shelf slips
When a document is placed on hold shelf, a letter is sent to the user, but no letter is printed. Instead, we are supposed to re-use the FulReasourceRequestSlipLetter as a hold shelf slip, but that solution is not very elegant. This generate a lot of extra “action+print slip” manual labor. In the case of self service hold shelves, the hold shelf slip is aimed at the user and should contain very different information than the information needed by library staff to locate the document. Also, to protect users' privacy, we are not allowed to include any information that can identify…
247 votesCompleted as part of Alma December release:
New Letter for Hold Shelf Slips
When enabled, the new Ful Hold Shelf Request Slip Letter (letter code: FulHoldShelfRequestSlipLetter) is printed to the circulation desk printer when the item is placed on the hold shelf, regardless of whether a pick slip was already printed. If printing fails, the item is still placed on the hold shelf but the user receives a warning message that printing failed. This way, it is possible to configure a slip for use for on hold shelf items, that is different than the slip that is used to pick up the item from the shelf.
By default, the letter has the same attributes as the Pickup Print Slip Report Letter, but it can be configured as needed.
The letter is invoked when scanning in an item and placing it on the hold shelf and when selecting the Activate next… -
Requestable by Campus Affiliated Patrons Only
We have an idea to reduce Transit Time: We whish to be able to limit physical items to be requested by campus affiliated patrons only.
This means that e.g. books in a specific collection in a specific library, is only requestable by the patrons affiliated with that specific library.
Explanation:
Our most requested physical items is in the Compulsary Readings Collection. This collection consists of identical titles, and every campus library has this collection. The items are requested a lot, and by patrons on all campuses.
Result: These items fly back and forth between campuses, and spend lot of time…242 votesRequest, loan and booking fulfillment unit rules now have the option to define a rule that applies only to patrons of a given campus to enable limiting resources to students of the same campus only. The Patron Affiliated Campus rule appears in the input parameters of the Fulfillment Unit Rules Editor.
For more information please see November Release Notes at:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes?mon=201911BASE -
Add ability to expand holdings on Reading Lists in new Alma UI
In the classic Alma UI holdings were visible for all titles on a reading list as a default.
In the new UI holdings are hidden and staff need to click on the Physcial, Electronic or Digital links for each title in the reading list to see what the holdings are - there is no way to expand all holdings on the reading list without clicking many times.
We would like to see the expand option that is available on the main result screen added to Reading lists so that staff can set holdings to always show rather than having to…
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Sort record type and date columns in Library calendar opening hours
Every year we need to reset our calendar events, exceptions and sometimes we even tweak our standard opening hours.
This job would be much easier if we could sort the entries in our opening hours screen (Fulfillment > Library management > Opening hours) by record type, valid from (date) and valid to (date).
56 votesCompleted as part of Alma October release, for more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/050Configuring_General_Alma_Functions/020Managing_Institutions_and_Libraries#Configuring_Institution.2FLibrary_Open_Hours -
Fines Transfer Indication in Fines and Fees Details Screen
We would like to see some form of indication when our patrons' fines/fees transfer from their Alma patron record to their SIS financial account. Currently, in our system, after 32 days outstanding fines are automatically transferred from the patron's library account to our Financial Services office. We have discovered that Alma does not provide any indication of this happening in the Fines and Fees Details screen. The fine simply shows a status of "closed" and a status date presumably when the fine transferred. There is no status of "transfer" or other indication that this happened. This creates confusion when staff…
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Remember last selection for "Automatically Print Slip?" in Scan In Items
Some of our staff need to change the "Automatically print slip" radio button to Yes each time they enter a Scan In Items workflow to pass items to another department. Other staff do not.
We would like Alma to remember an operator's last setting for this radio button, enabling every operator to have an optimal workflow.6 votes -
Status for returned items changed to Awaiting shelving then changed to item in place after specified period
When an item is returned at the Library Desk Alma instantly changes the status to "Item in place", leading a user looking at that status in Primo to believe that the item is on the shelf. However when an item is returned at the Library Desk it is not instantly returned to the shelf - often it is placed on a returns trolley and reshelved later in the day or the next day.
What would be more useful would be for Alma to automatically assign a status of 'awaiting shelving' to an item when it is returned, and then after…
208 votesTime to reshelve (hours) is now available on the Organization Unit Details (when configuring a library), Circulation Desk, and Reshelve Without Transit Rules Editor pages. When configured, items that are marked as reshelf or reshelf without transit, will be displayed as Awaiting Shelving, instead of Item in Place, for the period of time configured. The item is considered as available, but appears as being reshelved in Alma and Primo so students and librarians know not to search for it on the shelf. Alma removes the ‘Awaiting Reshelving’ indication when the configured time since the item return has passed.
You can configure Time to reshelve once for the entire library, or override for a specific circulation desk.
For more information please see August Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes?mon=201908BASE#reshelving_items -
Automatically remove block (because of overdue item) when the item due date has been renewed
When books with a block due to overdue date has been renewed, the block has to be removed manually. We would like to see that this happens automatically. The block is added because of the overdue status, so we were surprised that those blocks were removed automatically when the book isn't overdue anymore. Is this possible to add in Alma?
13 votes
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