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Bibliographic creation date should be original load date
Currently, when you reload a bibliographic record, it updates the creation date, so you have no way of knowing when the record was loaded for the first time. This makes statistics gathering difficult. It would make more sense to have some sort of original creation date (at least in analytics), so you can see when that bibliographic record/MMSID was created in the system for the first time.
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It was very usefull to have a list on a subfield and not only on a field, especially on 606
It is desirable to have in Alma the functionality that Alpeh offered with F$, that is to retrieve, when calaoguing, the list on a subfields (not only on a field), especially on 606 (subject terms and not only subject strings)
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(Metadata editor) Make the "yes" and "no" Release All Records buttons keyboard actionable
It would be great to be able just to type Y or N in the Release All Records dialogue window, rather than having to mouseclick on "Yes" or "No."
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Add the 585 field to search index
The 585 Exhibition note is not currently indexed in Alma for searching. Would you please either add it to the Notes index or create a new index for it? Thanks.
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8 votes
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External Authority Record Search
Please add a way to search externally for authority records. At present if there are no institutional or community records that can be used, we have to go outside of Alma to find a record, and then find a way to get it into Alma. Then go back into Alma to edit or work with it.
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Ability to make the option suppress from discovery and Don't publish to WorldCat default in Metadadata Editor templates
In cases whena a library manages collections that should not be visible in PRIMO or in WorldCat, it would be of value if Metadata Editor Templates could be configured so that suppress from discovery and Don't publish to WorldCat is set as default.
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Copy text (click and drag) one time only in metadata editor
Within the metadata editor, if you want to copy text by clicking and dragging to highlight, the highlight disappears as soon as you finish dragging. You have to re-highlight the text and then you can right click on the text to copy. A small matter, but it would be nice to avoid repeating an action.
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Enable separate authority control for LC children's subject headings (6xx second indicator 1).
I have been told that the LC children's subject headings have been merged into the LC adult headings, and that therefore the only way to control those headings is to change the existing 2nd indicator 1 to 0. This is non-standard MARC coding per MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, which specifies second indicator 1 for LC subject headings for children's literature. It is my understanding that other libraries requested this change, so the activation of a separate LC children's subject headings thesaurus should be an option for those libraries that wish to continue standard MARC coding practice.
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Authority--Normalize periods in initialisms and acronyms by elimininating them, not replacing them with spaces
Currently large numbers of headings with initialisms and acronyms appear as "ambiguous" on the Authority Control Task List. When viewed in "edit" the headings appear both with and without periods. There is, in fact, no ambiguity because both forms of the heading appear on the same authority record. One form is in the 1xx field and the other is in the 4xx field. Examples are: PBS Distribution (Firm), NASA technical memorandum and JPS anthology of Jewish thought.
This is a problem because headings listed as "ambiguous" need to be manually edited to link to the authority record, one-by-one. There are…
13 votesHello All,
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Remove Automatically Created Extra Space Before Subfields in the Metadata Editor
In the Metdadata Editor, an extra space is automatically created before the first full word after a subfield. This space shows up only when you begin to type the word.
Not only is this annoying, but it also affects the functionality of the authority record search, as that extra space has to be edited out for the authority to be found either with the automatic dropdown, or with the F3 command.
I have attached an image that shows this phenomenon. Note the margin difference between all of the other fields and the 090.
Please remove the automatic space.
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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…
3 votesHello All,
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add 'append fields to a record' functionality
In Aleph, we used a lot the job p-manage-18 (load Aleph sequential record format) with the parameter: Update current records in the database - Append fields to a record.
This is no longer possible in Alma, I can only overwrite a record completely, but not add fields to a existing record.
The only way at the moment is to export an existing record (to MarcEdit for example), add the new fields there manually, and import the record again.
Usually, we have to add up to 100 new metadata fields per record, and they are all different per record, therefore I…2 votesHello All,
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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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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.
3 votesHello All,
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Authority control: ability to exclude certain fields and subfields from authority control. Prsence of 700 $i fails the link to auth file.
Presence of 700 $i in the bib record causes the heading not to link to the authority record and it reports as an unlinked heading, when in fact the rest of the 700 field does have an existing authority record.
6 votesHello All,
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Add validating MARC field and record character limits
Please add the capability when validating records to check for MARC field and record character limits (9,999 and 99,999 octets respectively, https://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/specrecstruc.html). We understand that Alma does not impose character limits on MARC fields and records, but we often exchange records with other vendors or companies. We need this feature to ensure that our data transfers properly and does not exceed data limits imposed by the MARC format.
14 votesHello All,
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normalization rules
Expand language for rules. The few terms, like removeField or prefix, just permit poor operations.
Maybe the use of another language like c++, basic or java can help.4 votesHello All,
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Missing subfields in authority records
Some of the subfields are missing from the authorities in Alma - in particular subfields for 100 and 700 MARC tags are f, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t
Please include all subfields that can be used in authorities5 votesHello All,
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Decouple the bib-level material type of Music into Scores and Sound Recordings
The bibliographic material type of Music inexplicably combines scores (Leader/06 c or d) and sound recordings (Leader/06 i or j) into a single facet. This makes no sense and makes standard statistics reporting extremely difficult as scores are usually reported with books (they are, after all, pieces of paper bound between covers) whereas sound recordings are usually reported with other media. Scores should be separated out as its own bib-level material type.
190 votes“Music” is one of the seven different distinct bibliographic material types used by the MARC standard: https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bdintro.html
This is defined as: “Music (MU) - used for printed, electronic, manuscript, and microform music, as well as musical sound recordings, and non-musical sound recordings. Material may be monographic or serial in nature”.
As adherence to the MARC standard is important to many of our customers (as also reflected in the comments to this idea), we will keep these distinct seven formats, and not add or subtract from them.
Alma also provides a “Resource Type” category, which is more granular and is based on a combination of fields – this includes the following non-musical types:
Audio nonmusical – Physical: LDR pos. 06 = i AND LDR pos. 7 = m AND 008 pos. 23 != a,b,c,o,f,q,s (MARC 21), LDR pos. 6 = i (UNIMARC) or LDR pos. 06 = i AND LDR pos.…
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