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link licenses to digital representations
make license linking for digital representations consistent with license linking for electronic resources
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Repository search: fulltext of digital files
We'd like to be able to search the full text of digital files in Alma's repository search. This could be useful in situations where multiple files are attached to a title; searching the full text on the title level in Primo will not guide you to the correct file, but a file-level repo search would.
We see that there is a "fulltext" search index for digital files, but it looks like that index is for the type of full text file (it doesn't search the contents of the full text).3 votes -
Prevent drag copy of pdf files from alma viewer
When Access rights indicate to “Allow View” but not download,
Alma viewer currently allows downloading the pdf by “saving as”.The digital Viewer should prevent this option.
Preventing drag copy of pdf files from alma viewer is required to manage digital content resources in alma.1 vote -
Allow for separate top level collections in Alma-D
There needs to be the option for separate collections in Alma-D. For example, we are using Alma-D for both archival collections and CDL textbook collections. I would like, in Primo, to have them separate as they are two very different collections, but because everything is added as a top collection they are all lumped together.
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Allow repeatable fields in "Add Representation form" in Alma
Allow repeatable fields in "Add Representation form" in Alma. For instance, an article may contain two or more authors. If you allow repeatable fields in "Add Representation Form", library staff can input additional contributors to the article.
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Support viewing pptx files in Alma viewer
It would be good if it was possible to view pptx files (PowerPoint/slide decks) in Alma viewer.
This could enable better access to teaching and conference resources.
10 votes -
Allow digital collection items to be restricted by campus in Primo like electronic portfolios
We would like to be able to limit the visibility of an item in a digital collection based on the the campuses we have set up in Alma in the same way that we can do with electronic Portfolios.
If we set up a digital collection item that is a database for example, we would like to have it only display in Primo under digital items if the current view is aligned with the campus that is allowed to see and access that digital item.
EG: We have a database "Cinahl" that we subscribe to for the RMH campus, but…
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Alma Digital - Allow digital object controls in Full screen view as well as the minimized view
Right now when a user views a digital object in the Alma, particularly a PDF, they have all the controls for zooming, moving to a particular page, etc., only when they they are the viewer is in a frame within the larger Primo window, with the metadata at the side etc. No functionality is available in full screen mode except to escape full screen mode. It would make for a much better experience for users if they had these functions in full screen mode as well, particularly since many of them would be reading the content on a laptop screen…
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Allow Access Rights Policies and Copyright to be applied to remote digital representations
Checking the "Remote" box when adding a digital representation causes the Access Rights Policy and Copyright fields to disappear, even when we choose to display the digital object in the Alma Viewer.
If the Alma Viewer is selected, we should be able to apply the same Access Rights and Copyright to remote files as we can to files stored in Alma. This is especially important as more CDL functionality is added to Alma.
9 votes -
Index MODS fields
The documentation on this page (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Metadata_Management/180Search_Indexes) suggests that MODS fields are not currently included in many internal search indexes. We would like to see MODS fields included in applicable internal indexes, or (if such indexing is already in place) better documentation of this indexing.
4 votes -
Display access rights' copyright statement when editing a representation
Optionally an access right policy in Alma can have a copyright statement associated with it.
When editing a representation in Alma, the existence of the copyright statement is not displayed to the user. The user can enter another copyright statement for the representation which overrides the one associated with the access rights policy.
I would expect that the copyright statement should at minimum, be displayed to the user so they do not have to guess if this is an access rights policy where they must also assign a copyright statement.
I had expected that it would show in the copyrights…
5 votes -
Alma Digital - Batch ingest make the first page always be the thumbnail
When doing batch ingest, it will auto-generated thumbnail.
Sometimes the thumbnail will generate other than first page.
When we migrate the images to Alma-D, the representation files are indicated XXX1.tiff, XXX2.tiff, XXX3.tiff, etc. The "first page" means XXX1.tiff.
We tried to use job called "Thumbnail generation", which use for generating thumbnail for each digital file in the manage set.
However, this job can only generate thumbnail randomly.The Alma-D experts said if thumbnail doesn’t exist in representation level, Alma-D will take the smallest PID sorted in ascending order as the thumbnail automatically.
Is it possible to…
10 votes -
Expanded XML for Delivery Registration Status letter
In setting up the Delivery Registration Status Letter used by Controlled Digital Lending we've found the item information available in the XML to be incredibly sparse. Currently the only information about the item is the Primo URL and title (only subfield a).
We'd like to see the XML for this letter expanded to include at least the author, edition, and publication information. Ideally, the XML for this letter would have somewhat comparable item information to what can be found for Fulfillment letters sent to patrons about physical items (e.g., On Hold Shelf Letter, Ful Cancel Request Letter, etc.).
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Add copyright statements to the job Generate Representation from Existing Bib
The August 2021 Alma release introduced the option for Access rights policies and Copyright Statements - Digital to be managed independently (we really like this thank you).
However, the Generate Representation from Existing Bib job does not have options for Extracting Copyright Statements from a subfield, nor a Default copyright statements field from a field in the bib record, or for setting a default copyright statement.Please enhance this job so that we can generate representations, ingest the files and set the copyright statement all in one go, rather than have to either edit the reps manually, or if they…
7 votes -
Customize Alma Digital viewer login menu with Mashup CSS file
Use Alma's Mashup CSS file (or other CSS file) to customize the Alma login menu used by Alma Digital Viewer.
As for today, this is not available and appeared as inconsistent (colors, font, size, accessibility...etc), with other pages inside
Alma. There is no way to provide any additional help information for the user on the login screen other than just the labels,
and the use of the labels are limited by the OTB CSS configuration.10 votes -
Link to viewer from record in Collections lobby for digital records
We'd like the option to link directly from the record in the collections lobby to the viewer. We think users are largely interested in getting directly to the resource for digital collections and as the metadata can be displayed in the viewer going to the full record screen before the viewer is an unnecessary step.
7 votes -
Enable withdrawing digital representations job based on rep ID and/or file ID
We have been using Alma Digital for our e-reserve for a couple of years now, and have a need to withdraw representations that are no longer required for courses.
Since we have different chapters or extracts attched to the same digital title, we need to be able to target via a representation ID or a file ID. Being able to use a set of Digital Files for the job would make this possible.
Without that the job "Withdraw Digital Representations" would remove all of the reps attached to that title.
None of the other available parameters help us identify specific…
28 votes -
Add multiple Terms and Conditions for different deposit forms
Add multiple Terms and Conditions for different deposit forms.
We're using patron deposit forms for different material types (syllabi, theses, archival materials). There's only one "file" under Config > Resources > Deposit > Terms and Conditions
All we can do is edit a single "terms and conditions file" for all deposits. Documentation is found at the link below and seems to allude to multiple files, but support says there's only one to customize.3 votes -
Extend Title: Open Access search field to include Dublin Core records
At present when using advanced search the Title: Open Access field only retrieves MARC records. We need it to retrieve Dublin Core records as well.
The documentation (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/010Getting_Started/050Alma_User_Interface_%E2%80%93_General_Information/Searching_in_Alma) states that it looks for this in the MARC record: 506 0_ $f Unrestricted online access $2 star
It should also look for "dcterms:accessRights Unrestricted online access" in Dublin Core records and any other appropriate DC fields that might contain that text.
This would make it much easier for us to define sets suitable for contributing to other databases via OAI-PMH.
Since we are now using the new boilerplate digital…
11 votes -
Color inverted thumbnails from CYMK images
If you upload PDFs that contain images from the CMYK color model (used for printing) the generated thumbnail is colour inverted. Only images from the RGB color model are correct. Alma should generate correct thumbnails from both the RGB color model and the CMYK color model.
1 vote
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