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Add a shortcut for the copyright character in the metadata editor.
Add a shortcut for the copyright character in the metadata editor.
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Ability to be able to report on 699 $b and $c subfields for Resource Type and Resource Subject
I would find really useful is to get a list of Electronic Collection Type =databases AND the subfields of 699 field $$a Resource Types AND/OR Resource Subject e.g. $$b. eJournal Services or $$b. Business $$c ALL . This is not supported as the 699 $b and $c subfields are not included as search index in Alma
(https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/040
ResourceManagement/040MetadataManagement/180SearchIndexes/050MARC21SearchIndexes).4 votes -
Option to create a set and download the list at Browse Bibliographic Headings results
Please add an option to create a set at Browse Bibliographic Headings results page. Please also make it possible to download a list of the records to Excel.
Thank you!
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Option to delete bib directly from results page
When viewing a list of search results for holdings or items, there is an option to delete selected holdings or withdraw selected items from the list page, without opening them to edit. Having this function for bibliographic records results as well would be very useful. For example, when we have consolidated holdings from two bibs onto one, we are left with a bib for deletion. There is no need to go through the process of opening it for editing in the MDE only to delete it. A drop down option to "delete bib" would make sense and be much more…
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Improve "MMS – build record relations" job to allow matching on CZ ISBN-10s
I may be incorrect on this, but I believe that the "MMS – build record relations" often fails to "relate" lower-quality community zone records to local records where we'd expect it to. I wonder if this might be due to the CZ records concerned having only ISBN-10s (formatted with dashes), whilst the local records have ISBN-13s.
Whilst it would obviously be ideal to improve the CZ metadata, I know this is part of a larger, incremental project. In the meantime, if I am right about the matching issue, would it be possible to tweak the job parameters to allow matching…
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Please make tabbed menus in MD Editor self-expandable when hovering over them with a mouse pointer. This would save so many mouse clicks.
Please make tabbed menus in MD Editor self-expandable when hovering over them with a mouse pointer, without clicking on them at first. This would save so many mouse clicks.
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Subject Index search: the comparison is not to contain a certain string but the entire field
PrimoVE enriches the search with terms from the 150 or 450 fields of the authority record when searching by subject index. Still, we would need the match not to contain a certain character string but to match the entire 150 or 450 fields with the subjct being searched for with an exact search in PrimoVE.
This would prevent subjects sharing part of the string (but not all) from appearing in an exact subject search in PrimoVE.For example, if we search for records on "Right to life" in Subjects index, Primo VE also retrieves records on "Right to private life"…
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Create a Collection for Audio Cine Films
Please create a package collection with portfolios for Audio Cine Films. Marc records are publicly available and can be found here: https://www.acf-film.com/en/infostream.php
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3 votes
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Search by LCCN in the external resources search in the MD editor.
The metadata editor, we would like to be able to search external resources by fields 010 and 028, the LCCN.
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Ability to select a subject after F3
In the metadata editor - the option for a "select" button next to the "view" is indeed required in "tools - Browse bib headings"
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marking & emailing ALMA Records
having the ability to mark and email records in ALMA. this is available in PRIMO but not ALMA.
if one is looking at circulation data, only available in ALMA, then makes a decision, e.g. to have the material withdrawn, one can't email the record to others who would pull the material.
one can use both but this is inefficient. one can use analytics but this inefficient for dealing with just one or a small number of records.
one can also use it for reporting cataloging problems. our experience is that technical services uses ALMA and public services uses PRIMO.
it…
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Ability to set individual item records to not publish
Would like the ability to set individual item records to not be published.
Historically, we did not create item records for individual serial issues, but created a fake item record to get usage which migrated over to Alma. These item records display to the user in Primo.
Our options to fix this would be to give them all a process type, and set that process type to not publish but many of our staff find work orders confusing and we would not like to complicate it further. Alternatively, we could move each one to a suppressed holdings record, which would…
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Bring back the Galileo portfolio holdings in the institutional bibliographic record.
There was a time in which the Alma portfolios for e-journals directly replicated the holdings for the institution that are shown through the Primo userface. Now that this is no longer the case, we're seeing more errors for deactivating and withdrawing journals that we do still have access to, despite not being able to see those available portfolios on the back-end of Alma. This is a problem.
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Working with 2 or more name authority files : Implement new Marc21 subfield $2 -
Marc21 Format change from May 2019 introduced a new subfied $2 in bib headings.
$2 contains the source of heading of term in name or name-title and title headings (http://www.loc.gov/m.arc/bibliographic/bdapndxg.html)
This subfield $2 already exists for use with 6xx headings, 2nd indicator 7. With this format change, Marc21 introduce the $2 in 100-700-800/110-710-810/111-711-811/130-730-830 fields.
In Alma, links with Name/Titles authority file can be made only with 1 unique file, unless you use the Authority Priorities. Unfortunately, Authority Priorities is not convenient to all situations.
Other linking possibilities based on $2 value would be more consistent for authority control.
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3 votes
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MARC21 local field 930 should be "repeatable" as the same as the other 9XX fields.
930 is a not special field among 9XX but Alma sets it as non repeatable unlike other 9XX fields. We should use "extension pack" to change 930 repeatable.
Don't you think 930 should be treated as the same as the other 9XX fields?3 votes -
Add a new the Resource Type facets for Kit
Currently, the facet Kit is defined as follow:
Kit – Physical LDR pos. 06 = o AND 008 pos. 33 = b AND 008 pos. 29 != a,b,c,o,f,q,sWe sometimes use Kit for electronic material with Leader 06 o (= Kit) and 008 Position 29: s and this is a "Undefined" facet in Alma.
We would like to have a new Resource type facet for kit, based on
Leader 06 o (= Kit) and 008 Position 29: s3 votes -
Merge/overlay authority records
The merging/overlaying functionality is not currently available for Authority records in Alma.
It would be very useful, especially in a cooperative cataloguing environment as SBN, where we operate; as a matter of fact, we do not use ready-made bibliographic records prepared by a national agency, but every library contributes to the general national catalogue.3 votes -
Monitor and view imports
In Alma, imports that come into the system can be available to monitor and view in two different but almost identical areas:
- The Acquisitions tab -> Monitor and View Imports:
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2: The Resources tab -> Monitor and View imports:
This page lists the different import profiles that show up in the Acquisitions area vs. the Resources area. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/040Resource_Management/060Record_Import/080Monitor_and_View_Import_Jobs
It is not very user friendly to have two different, almost identical looking areas, to check for and monitor imports like this. Especially as the import profiles themselves can be equally managed via Resources (Manage Import profiles) or Acquisitions (Manage Import…
3 votes
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