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Authority creation - Populate 670 Source Data Found from open bib
When creating an authority by F3 searching from a bib record and clicking "Create authority record", no data is linked from the bib. Voyager populated bib information in new authorities to track and differentiate headings.
Please populate the 670 field (Source Data Found) in the new authority record with Title, date in $a and MMS ID in $w.
This would look like: 670 ##$a [245$a], [260/264$c] $w [001]
21 votes -
Enable case-insensitivity for indication and other rules
Indication (and other) rules in Alma are case sensitive by design. Case sensitivity of course is often desirable, to ensure most exact matching and prevent inadvertent data problems. However, in some instances, especially with indication rules, it would be very helpful and time-saving to be able to use case insensitivity, as is possible with regular expressions (ex: /i). An example of a scenario in which this would be helpful is when using an indication rule to identify records which contain a particular textual note, when that note may have been entered with varying cases: sometime all uppercase, sometimes sentence case,…
20 votes -
Put full 100 field information in search results
Please put the full 1XX field in the search results.
We have many people with the same or similar names which are distinguished by dates or other information from the 100 field. It would be very useful to have all the personal name information this display in the metadata editor and also to be available in the Excel download of the search results.
20 votes -
View actually linked bib records in 'Browse bibliographic headings'
When using the Browse bibliographic headings feature, it is not possible to diplay the list of bib records that are ACTUALLY linked to one authority. We can only see the bib records that match with the authority.
On the contrary, when using the F3 index, Alma provides an extra menu in the 'View' option of a bibliographic heading where one can choose between records that match the authority or records that are linked to the authority.
This Idea requests that the same feature be added in the Browse bib heading tool.19 votes -
reorder tags / fields in metadata editor mde using drag and drop
Sometimes repeatable field must be sorted/reordered.
For example, we have records with many 505 tags that are added overtime and we have to arrange their order so that they are properly displayed in Primo.
Right now one must copy the content of the tag to move; add a tag in the proper position with indicators etc.; paste the content; delete the source tag. Quite a long and error prone procedure.
Having the chance to simply drag and drop the fields in the mde to reorder them would be therefore a great enhancement.19 votes -
ACTL needs to be refined: Ending ISBD punctuation issue
There are many entries in ACTL that the only difference between BIB Heading Before and BIB Heading After is that the full stop is removed at the end of BIB Heading After. For example:
BIB Heading Before
Hong Kong (China). Census and Statistics Department.BIB Heading After
Hong Kong (China). Census and Statistics DepartmentThis kind of entries should be excluded from ACTL since this is not heading update at all.
18 votes -
Title search - index the 245 field on its own
My library catalogs most new material according to the international cataloging standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA). One requirement of RDA is that each work is given a unique access point. When cataloging a new work, our catalogers must search our database to determine if their 245 field value (subfields a, n, p) is unique. This is impossible for them to do with the out-of-the-box search fields in Alma when their title is only one or two words long because the Title field searches 38 MARC fields and over 100 subfields. In our database, a basic title search of the…
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Add ISO 639-3 microlanguage names to Alma title search facets
In Alma titles search facets, display the microlanguage name instead of its code. PCC recently approved the implementation of the ISO 639-3 language codes for use in MARC 008/35-37 and also 546$b.
Example: where the language facet for a title search shows...
Language
Chinese (1)
wuu (1)...the following would be more useful...
Language
Wu Chinese (1)18 votes -
Enable authority control on subdivisions
Currently, Alma creates a link between a full bib heading with an authority that has exactly the same subfields.
For instance:650 7 $$a Sports $$x Gestion. $$2 ram
Will fully link with authority:
150 _ $$a Sports $$x Gestion (ID: FRBNF11965041)If Alma cannot match an authority with the full heading, then it attempts to link the first subfield of the heading with an authority:
650 7 $$a Sports $$x Gestion $$z France $$y 1990-2020. $$2 ram
Will (partially) link with authority
150 _ $$a Sports(ID: FRBNF13318890)
The other subfields will remain unlinked and therefore not under authority control.…
17 votes -
Add the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials to the CZ
Please consider adding this authority vocabulary to the CZ as it is used to enhance records of graphic materials such as photographs, drawings, and other visual works.
https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/downloadtgm2.html16 votes -
Manage Cataloger Roles at the Library Level
We would like the roles Catalog Administrator, Catalog Manager, Cataloger, and Cataloger Extended to be set at the Library level instead of the Institution level. We have special collections that we only want only some of our staff to edit. Assigning catalogers to one or more libraries is much more efficient than assigning cataloging levels to users and records.
15 votes -
Allow the font to be changed/enlarged in the MD Editor
In the MD Editor it is currently impossible to change the font size or type. Could this please be changed? Catalogers expect this functionality, as both Voyager Cataloging and the OCLC Connexion client allow users to change the font size and type. Thank you for considering this request.
15 votes -
Add management information when publishing authority records using OAI-PMH
We want to publish our local authority data to a third party system. Adding management information such as Creation date, Modification date, Created by, etc. would be extremely valuable. Yet, management information enrichment is available for other kind of records, but not authorities (cf. in the documentation page https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/090Integrations_with_External_Systems/030Resource_Management/080Publishing_and_Inventory_Enrichment).
Could you please add manangement information when publishing authority records using OAI-PMH?15 votes -
Contribute to CZ records : GND Authority File for 1XX/7XX Fields
A library wants to enhance CZ Bibliographic Records, one is asked by ExLibris to comply to their cataloguing standards (Alma Community Catalog: Cataloging Standards, Policies, Rights, and Responsibilities (exlibrisgroup.com)). On page 7 of those standards it is stated:
"Since we have a one record policy in the CZ, the issue of languages has been the most challenging part of the solution. The current decision is that the language of the item dictates the language for cataloging. (…) Similarly, the forms of name used as authorized access points in the record should be consistent with the language of cataloging--– LCNAF if…
15 votes -
Navigating list of records
Would like to have a forward option when working in a list of catalog records. It's cumbersome to have to go backward to go forward to the next record in the list.
15 votes -
Create a "natural language" editor to create Normalization rules
The process for creating Normalization rules is unnecessarily complex and difficult, particularly for those of us who are not familiar with Drools logic. Our previous LSP had an intuitive interface which made creating rules to change details in MARC records much less time consuming. Ex Libris would do well to create such an interface.
15 votes -
Delete Bibliographic Records Job should be able to be restricted to the different Related Record Types
The "Delete Bibliographic Records" job can be executed with "Do not delete if related to other records", but the parameter takes into account any Related Record Type to other bib records. We think it would be a great improvement if "Do not delete if related to other records" could be used to optionally select the exact Related Record Types that should be used for running the job. This selection would be very similar to the functionality for consortia "Restrict Deletion of Network Zone Bibliographic Records with Related Records " with Configuration > Resources > Collection Retention > Bibliographic Record Deletion…
14 votes -
Abilty to edit the authorities from CZ
In bibliographic records and in Browse Bibliographic Records you can check the information of the linked authority - also CZ authorities. The possibility to take the authority directly in edit mode, as you have the right to edit authorities of the CZ
14 votes -
Prevent deletion in Community Zone based on field or value in specific field.
Blocking deletion in Community Zone based on field or value in specific field. Possibility to be definded as a parameter for each CZ vocabulary.
13 votes -
Notes on bibliographic records should open as a pop-up message when a user starts editing the record.
We have the option to add notes to bibliographic records in Alma which are only visible in the metadata editor. This is found under record actions – add note. The option to add notes here is very practical, but it is easy for the cataloger to ignore the note. To make the note harder to ignore it should open as a pop-up message when you first start to edit the bibliographic record in the metadata editor. This could be added as a feature that each library could turn on or off in their configuration menu.
13 votes
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