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Running Authorities-Preferred Term Correction job as a report
We would appreciate the ability to run the "Authorities-Preferred Term Correction" job as a report so we could see what changes it would make and then decide if we would want to run the job.
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Add in the configuration the ability to make the search default of the authorities to be in CZ all the time.
Hello,
When searching in the authorities, Alma jumps from IZ to CZ and vice versa in different menus.
For institutions that do not maintain local authority file, it is frustrating that the search needs to be changed to CZ when Alma “decides” it should be in the IZ.
If there was a check box in the configuration that would enable us to choose that the search default in the authorities would be in the CZ all the time, it would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.
Dafna1 vote -
traditional Chinese be transcribed into simplified in MDE
Can bib. records in traditional Chinese be transcribed into simplified Chinese in MDE by one click or by normalization rule? like what MS word can do.
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Urgently needed hotkey of remove subfield
I really need a hotkey to remove subfields. Oh, please save my backspace button.
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Add parameter to keep bib records with digital contents while deleting inventory to Withdraw physical items job
Currently the Withdraw physical items job does not check for the presence of digital contents (or inventory), and there is not an option to delete the item and holdings records, while keeping the bib records with digital representations attached to. Please consider. Thank you!
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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)1 vote -
Collect statistics about CZ Authorities records
We are looking for a way to collect statistics of GND authority records created by our Institution via Alma in the Community Zone.
This could be done via Analytics (for exemple by adding an CZ Authorities subject area) or another reporting tool.
Among other things, we would like to know which user has created or modified an authority record in the CZ.1 vote -
attachments tab for any item
Is it possible to have an attachment tab added at the physical item editor level? So that we can attach files for anything regardless of whether the item has a POL, or is in a collection.
For example, we have an old kit purchased prior to our alma migration, so we have no POL/invoice, nor is it in a local collection. So at present we have no way to attach a pdf copy of the guide that goes with the kit. Guides go missing all the time. We do keep a physical master, but it would be nice to just…
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Ability to open links in metadata editor in a new window
The "Go to link" feature for URLs in the Metadata Editor should give the option to open the link in a new window.
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Mouse cursor after save
In the Meta data editor after "save", the cursor goes to the LDR field. It would be nice if the cursor will go to the search of Alma.
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Controlled Vocabulary: Deploy Changes the from Controlled Vocabulary Registry Screen
As a catalog administrator, I want to deploy controlled vocabulary changes from the controlled vocabulary registry screen with a deploy button so that don't lose time with navigating to another screen.
Currently, controlled vocabularies that are managed in the controlled vocabulary registry must be deployed in a separate step by going to Alma configuration > Resources > Metadata management > e.g. MARC21 Bibliographic > Deploy.
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Controlled Vocabulary: Display locally managed controlled vocabularies in the Controlled Vocabulary Registry
As a metadata administrator, I want one place in the Alma configuration that shows me all controlled vocabularies so that I can view and modify them more easily.
Currently, locally managed controlled vocabularies (that are linked locally to just one specific field) aren't displayed in the controlled vocabulary registry. This makes it tedious to look them up, view and modify them. To do so, you currently have to go to the specific field and subfield in the metadata configuration. This costs a lot of clicks and feels tedious.
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Merge rules: Make primary and secondary records configurable
For merge rules, it is currently fixed which of the two records involved is primary and secondary. However, for certain scenarios, it would be very handy to have the possibility to change that default configuration (a) as default for the specific rule, and (b) when applying the merge rule in the metadata editor. For example, if you want to use external search to enrich your record on the left pane with the record on the right pane. This functionality would also facilitate the re-use of merge rules (say, you want the same kind of fields to be retained for an…
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Metadata Editor: add filter sort by type XSL
It would be helpful when searching for shared norm rules to be able to sort by type XSL. Right now when looking for a rule to copy and customize we have to pick thru a list of several hundred, because the majority are drool.
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Ability to restore deleted authority records via Manage Deleted Repository
Currently deleted authority records cannot be recovered through Manage Deleted Repository. It would be useful if this option was available.
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Ability to show special characters in the MDE and the record view screen
Sometimes, odd characters slip into a bib record that are hard to detect. It would be great if there was an option in the MDE to make them visible. For example, in Notepad++, there are options to show a CR for carriage return, to make spaces and tabs visible, etc. See: https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/views/#show-symbol - it would be nice to have such a functionality in Alma as well, both in the MDE as well as in the view record screen.
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Enhance Validation for Fixed-Length Control Fields to Control the Field Length
Alma provides a MARC21 validation task called 'Validation Fixed Fields Positions MARC21,' but it does not include a check for the length. It would be useful to include a length check and to make it configurable whether a warning/error is generated (thus also adding a new exception to the validation exception profile). This should be available for all kinds of records that have fixed-length control fields and should take into account that e.g. in 008, the correct length differs for different types of material.
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In Search External Resources in the MDE, jump immediately to the view record screen if there is just one result
When searching external resources in the MDE, it feels a bit redundant to click "View" when there's just one search result. I would prefer if you skipped directly to the view record screen in such cases. Additionally, could we consider presenting the metadata that was shown in the search results screen in a pop-up or a dedicated metadata section above the marc21 record?
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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.
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