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  1. Link from Digital Uploader to Job History

    When I've loaded recorded and files via the digital uploader I generally want check that the import profile has run correctly. It would reduce the number of clicks needed to do this if there was a link to monitor jobs from the Digital Uploader page - especially when testing loads I'm having to repeat the action many times.

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  2. 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…

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  3. Digital representation: Access Rights Policy & embargo

    We would like to use the date of death of the creator in order to define a rule for embargo. This information is available in the subfield $$d from the 100/700

    Currently it's possible to define a rule for embargo where Access is denied based on any of the following date:

    Additional Publication Year
    Fixed Date
    MMS Creation Date
    Publication Year
    Representation Creation Date

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  4. 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…

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  5. Include Universal Viewer statistics in Alma Analytics

    Alma Analytics does not include file view statistics for the Universal Viewer - only the Alma Viewer is counted.
    If you have the Universal Viewer enabled then the files viewed figure in Analytics (Analytics Digital Usage reports > Digital Usage Measures table > Number of digital file views) does not include the Universal Viewer.

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  6. Thumbnail creation function for larger than 500mb video files

    We need the function to create the item thumbnails of the larger than 500mb video files. Most of video type representations created by my institution are over 1~4GB in size but the thumbnails are not automatically created, so staff need to take a screenshot, resize, and manually upload it. High capacity videos are common in this era. Alma should set the capacity limit for related jobs higher, ideally to 5GB.

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  7. Make Digital representation metadata indexed for searching in Primo

    During our current implementation of Alma Digital, we have noticed that the representation metadata is not indexed for searching in Primo. We would like this to be possible so that users are able to search using details from the representation details such as chapter title.

    Product management responded hat - The model of partial / special representations (such as chapters, issues, audio tracks etc) is designed for a multi-part entity, adding representation-level details, such as chapter numbers. However – these additional details aren’t catalogued in Primo but mainly designed to allow filtering or sorting of representations in the viewIt service.

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  8. Universal Viewer: Support for custom css

    We would like to suggest the support for custom CSS in Universal Viewer.

    There's a few minor modifications we would like to make, such as widening the right column a bit.

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  9. Viewer service rule based on search set

    It's great that Alma provides the option to add your own Viewer Services for presenting content from Alma Digital.

    We're interested in offering customized viewers to display content from some special collections, but with the current Service Availability Rules, it's not possible to limit a viewer to specific collections.

    It would be great if you could create a Service Availability Rule based on a Set, so the viewer would be shown for all members of that set.

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  10. Select All check box for digital files

    Please provide Select All function for digital files, like a check box on the header.

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  11. Allow externally hosted IIIF manifests to be added to Alma records for display in Primo Universal Viewer

    Hi there - can you allow externally hosted International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) manifests to be added to Alma records for display in Primo Universal Viewer?

    The documentation indicates you can use IIIF with Alma - https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/integrations/digital/almadigital/access/ - but, in fact, Ex Libris has clarified with our institution that IIIF only works if you use internal, Alma-D manifests. Ex Libris has said: "We looked into this and got some clarification on how IIIF manifests work in Alma. There is no option to ‘enter IIIF manifests into Alma’. Instead, Alma generates its own IIIF manifests, on the fly, from Alma bibs…

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  12. MARC or DC format in ALMA makes any differnce in primo represenation?

    While ingesting the exam papers in alma D from an institutional repository,
    which format would need to be considered MARC or DC? Would DC
    format will appear in Primo same as like MARC? or it will represent differently in primo?
    Please let me know the Pros and Cons of both formats from all points of view.
    Thanks in advance.

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  13. Patron Deposit Forms: full control over the normalization rules on all Marc21 fields

    When using NRs on Patron Deposit Forms, it is not possible to apply these rules on fixed fields. On the other hand, some rules are running in the background and set indicators or add new fields upon existence of some subfields (eg. 245 $c) that cannot be turned off.

    • Allow normalization rules for the point of import for all fixed fields (that would add the 006, 008, LDR and so on)
    • Remove all out of the box normalization rules for all fields (e.g. field 245 sets the indicators 1 | 0 and creates a 100 field with the indicators 1…
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  14. Alma Digital Viewer to be able to specify and limit the format and size of the download image

    For a representation:
    .In the Alma Viewer or Universal Viewer to be able to specify and limit the format and size of the download image.
    .In the Universal Viewer to be able to disable/hide the 'Whole Image (original format)'and 'Current View (jpg)' download options and specify and limit the size of the image available in the 'Whole image (jpg)' option.

    Or, in some other way make it possible to view a large image (representation) in the Universal Viewer and from the download link there be able to download only a small jpg of a chosen size.

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  15. DC language values on Alma Viewer

    Currently dc:language field values that conform with ISO639-2 are displayed as they are on Alma Viewer metadata section.
    These 3-digit codes need to be mapped to their full language names, translated into Primo interface language, and presented on the viewer.

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  16. Please provide more flexibility for creating video file thumbnails

    It would be great if Alma provides more flexibility for creating video file thumbnails. For example,

    1) Creating a couple more thumbnails and letting the user to choose one
    2) Taking the frame in the middle of the whole clip
    3) Giving the user a configurable option to set the timing, etc.

    Now thumbnail generation for video is taking the frame in second 1 (00:00:01) - and make it the thumbnail of the video file. Consequently many of thumbnails look alike because mostly there is a few seconds of 'opening' or fade-in effect.

    Therefore, it needs to be configurable by…

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  17. Please separate Download and Print control function

    1. There is Allow Download option on Access Rights configuration and we want it to be separated to Allow Download option(the viewer – the Download and Save As) and Allow Print option(Print button).

    Even users are not allowed to download some digital contents, still there are needs to print them out for personal researches, like ILL staff don't send the whole file but provide printed papers upon requests.

    1. Whether or not the print function is going to be separated, it would be better if there is a setting to adjust the maximum number of pages users can print, like many e-book…
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  18. Please enable searching by File Name, not only by File Label.

    Now I cannot search a file by its File Name, but only by keywords or its Label. File Names are original attribute values, not given additionally like Labels. Please enable searching by File Name too.

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  19. Digital Fulfillment (circulation and digital rights management)

    As more and more of our content becomes digital and created in house, we need a way to circulate the items while maintaining control of how the item is used. For example, checking out a digital book to x users at a time (where x is the number of copies you are allowed to circulate), checking out for a set amount of time, enabling hold queues, preventing copying - all managed within our Alma/Primo system.

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  20. alma digital

    When our MARC metadata displays in the Alma Digital viewer, a semicolon is added in the format field where a space appears in our MARC record 300 field between subfields a and b.

    We have not encountered other fields where punctuation is added or changed between what we have entered into the Alma Metadata Editor and delivery, so we're not sure why this field has this problem.

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