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Include T&Cs in the Patron Deposit Status Update Letter
Include the T&Cs that the patron agrees to in the XML for the deposit status update letter, and accommodate it in the stylesheet when the resource is submitted.
They would then have a copy of what they agreed to.
I understand we could customise the letter to include this, but I'm concerned that if the T&Cs change, then there is a risk that the letter is not updated at the same time.
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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
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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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Alma Digital - Search By Patron/Depositor
When using the Patron Deposit form in Alma Digital, the options to search the deposits do not include searching by the depositor's name. There is the option to search by patronID(not the primary ID, but rather a database ID), but this requires someone to lookup the patronID and is not efficient.
We would like to request searching by the depositor's name be added to Alma Digital.
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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.
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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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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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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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Alma Digital Viewer - Enable/Disable "New Alma Viewer" for representations
Right now, you can only set rules for when a certain viewer (i.e. Alma Viewer and Universal Viewer) is displayed/not displayed. Specifically in our case, we have unchecked the "Use New Viewer" feature make things cleaner in our interface. However, overtime, another department may begin to use Alma Digital and may want to turn that feature back on (which is better suited for their resources).
For instance, if we begin to upload image files or digitized newspaper clippings, the New Viewer would work great -- but for other general content, it's not always the best option.It would be great…
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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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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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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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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.0 votes
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