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1. Automatically Remove or Flag Bibliographic Records Without Inventory Created by "Link Local Portfolios to Community" Job

   Current Behaviour:

   When local portfolios are linked in bulk to the Community Zone using the Link Local Portfolios to Community job, the associated local bibliographic records remain in the Alma repository even after inventory has been removed. These records become bibliographic records without inventory and require manual cleanup.

   Currently, institutions must:

   Monitor for Bibs without eInventory
   Create a set of Titles Without Inventory.
   Run the Delete Bibliographic Records job against the set.
   Perform ongoing monitoring to identify and remove residual records.

   According to Ex Libris Support, there is currently no mechanism to prevent this behaviour, and it is considered a design limitation.

   Proposed Enhancement:

   Provide an option within the Link Local Portfolios to Community job to automatically handle bibliographic records that no longer have inventory after linking.

   Current Behaviour:

   When local portfolios are linked in bulk to the Community Zone using the Link Local Portfolios to Community job, the associated local bibliographic records remain in the Alma repository even after inventory has been removed. These records become bibliographic records without inventory and require manual cleanup.

   Currently, institutions must:

   Monitor for Bibs without eInventory
   Create a set of Titles Without Inventory.
   Run the Delete Bibliographic Records job against the set.
   Perform ongoing monitoring to identify and remove residual records.

   According to Ex Libris Support, there is currently no mechanism to prevent this behaviour, and it is considered a… more

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2. Option to automatically suppress Bib records when AutoHoldings portfolios are unlinked or deactivated

   The Issue:
   Currently, when using vendor AutoHoldings collections (such as Wiley, Elsevier, etc.), Ex Libris recommended best practice is to set "Automatically delete portfolios removed from service" to No. This protects institutions from permanent data loss if a title is temporarily dropped or updated by the vendor.

   However, when AutoHoldings unlinks or deactivates a portfolio in the Institution Zone (IZ), the portfolio remains in the system while becoming inaccessible. Because the bibliographic record is not automatically suppressed, patrons still encounter these titles in Primo VE as "Not Available" or broken links, leading to a poor user experience and unnecessary support tickets.

   Existing parameters like logicalsuppressnoavailinventory do not resolve this, because Alma currently treats an unlinked/inactive AutoHoldings portfolio in the IZ as "active inventory", preventing the parameter from hiding the Bib record in Primo VE.

   Suggested Solution:
   Introduce a built-in feature or automated scheduled job that allows Alma to:

   Automatically suppress Bib records from Discovery when an AutoHoldings update unlinks or deactivates its associated portfolio (without requiring complete portfolio deletion).

   Automatically unsuppress/reactivate the Bib record if the portfolio is later re-linked or reactivated by a subsequent AutoHoldings job.

   Why this is needed:
   Libraries need a way to maintain an accurate discovery catalog for patrons in Primo VE while maintaining safe, conservative collection management settings in Alma without resorting to risky portfolio deletion or manual set maintenance.

   The Issue:
   Currently, when using vendor AutoHoldings collections (such as Wiley, Elsevier, etc.), Ex Libris recommended best practice is to set "Automatically delete portfolios removed from service" to No. This protects institutions from permanent data loss if a title is temporarily dropped or updated by the vendor.

   However, when AutoHoldings unlinks or deactivates a portfolio in the Institution Zone (IZ), the portfolio remains in the system while becoming inaccessible. Because the bibliographic record is not automatically suppressed, patrons still encounter these titles in Primo VE as "Not Available" or broken links, leading to a poor user experience and unnecessary support… more

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3. Flexible and normalized comparison of portfolio coverage dates in Overlap & Collection Analysis

   Currently, Overlap & Collection Analysis compares portfolio coverage dates exactly as they appear in the portfolio coverage fields. As a result, equivalent coverage ranges are not always recognized as matches when the dates are recorded at different levels of detail or when some components are missing.
   For example, coverage such as:
   • 2.1.2016, Volume 1 Issue 1
   and
   • 2016, Volume 1 Issue 1
   may represent the same start point, but the system treats them as different because one includes a full date while the other includes only a year.
   In many knowledge bases and vendor data, coverage dates are inconsistently populated — sometimes year only, sometimes year and month, and sometimes full dates. This leads to inaccurate or misleading overlap results.
   Proposed enhancement:
   Enable configurable comparison granularity, allowing institutions to choose the precision used for matching, for example:
   • Year only
   • Year + month
   • Full date (year + month + day)
   This would allow comparisons to succeed even when some date components are not populated, and would let each library select the level of precision that best fits its collection analysis needs.
   Expected benefit:
   This will:
   • Improve matching accuracy in overlap analysis
   • Reduce false mismatches caused by different levels of date detail or missing components
   • Provide more reliable overlap calculations across vendors and knowledge bases
   • Support better collection management decisions (e.g., which collections to activate or deactivate)
   • Minimize manual normalization and data cleanup

   Currently, Overlap & Collection Analysis compares portfolio coverage dates exactly as they appear in the portfolio coverage fields. As a result, equivalent coverage ranges are not always recognized as matches when the dates are recorded at different levels of detail or when some components are missing.
   For example, coverage such as:
   • 2.1.2016, Volume 1 Issue 1
   and
   • 2016, Volume 1 Issue 1
   may represent the same start point, but the system treats them as different because one includes a full date while the other includes only a year.
   In many knowledge bases and vendor data, coverage dates are… more

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4. Ability to de-activate collections with EasyActive setting

   Once you have chosen EasyActive over FullyFlexible, there is no way to switch back (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Electronic_Resource_Management/070Alma_Single_Activation_Source_for_CDI/020Single_Activation_with_the_EasyActive_Setting). However, at the time of switching there is no way of knowing what future collections will be added, and all CDI records of future collections will be returned in an unfiltered Primo search. For various reasons, we have had to switch to a default unfiltered search in Primo and now results are flooded with CDI records, some not of good quality. If there is no way to switch to FullyFlexible, then please provide an easy method to de-activate collections so that the CDI records do not display in an unfiltered search of Primo.

   Once you have chosen EasyActive over FullyFlexible, there is no way to switch back (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Electronic_Resource_Management/070Alma_Single_Activation_Source_for_CDI/020Single_Activation_with_the_EasyActive_Setting). However, at the time of switching there is no way of knowing what future collections will be added, and all CDI records of future collections will be returned in an unfiltered Primo search. For various reasons, we have had to switch to a default unfiltered search in Primo and now results are flooded with CDI records, some not of good quality. If there is no way to switch to FullyFlexible, then please provide an easy method to de-activate collections so that the CDI… more

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5. Improving Participant Management and Anonymous Feedback for Database Trials

   We recently used the Database Trials feature in Alma and would like to suggest the following improvements:

   1. Anonymous Participant Feedback
      It would be very helpful if participants could submit their feedback anonymously. Experience has shown that anonymous feedback encourages more open and honest evaluations, thereby providing a better basis for decisions regarding the acquisition of electronic resources.

   2. Improved Participant Management
      Currently, participants can be added either individually or via a set. However, once they have been added, the options for managing the participant list are very limited. Participants can only be removed one at a time. If the wrong set was accidentally added or if a set needs to be updated, it cannot be removed in its entirety.

   The following enhancements would significantly streamline the workflow:

   -Search and filter functions within the participant list.
   -The ability to remove multiple participants at once.
   -The ability to completely remove a set that has already been added.

   Benefits
   These enhancements would significantly simplify the management of database trials, particularly when dealing with a large number of participants. They would reduce administrative effort, prevent errors, and make the entire workflow for conducting and evaluating database trial accesses more efficient.

   We recently used the Database Trials feature in Alma and would like to suggest the following improvements:

   1. Anonymous Participant Feedback
      It would be very helpful if participants could submit their feedback anonymously. Experience has shown that anonymous feedback encourages more open and honest evaluations, thereby providing a better basis for decisions regarding the acquisition of electronic resources.

   2. Improved Participant Management
      Currently, participants can be added either individually or via a set. However, once they have been added, the options for managing the participant list are very limited. Participants can only be removed one at a time. If the wrong set… more

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6. Display License TOU link with CDI Link-in-Record type records

   We display license terms of use for our electronic collections as we try to be compliant with the subscriptions. We noticed that with CDI link-in-record type records, there is no link for the license TOUs. It would be nice if there was a way to link to the TOUs or add a note to be able to link to TOUs.

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7. Add publishing year field when creating new local portfolio

   The current workflow for adding the publishing year for local portfolio is not comfortable. The year can only be added when manually editing the record in the metadata editor. Furthermore, the default date is set in the "default template for creating e-journals/e-books" in the metadata editor. That means, if you create a local portfolio, it silently sets a default year. If you don't change the default year in the default template, you will accidentially have a default year from 2022 or earlier etc. (depends on what is set in the default template) because it doesn't update itself year by year.

   So the solution would be, to add a field "publishing year" in the user interface to avoid the manual adding of the publishing year in the metadata editor and to avoid the mistake of not updating the default year.

   The current workflow for adding the publishing year for local portfolio is not comfortable. The year can only be added when manually editing the record in the metadata editor. Furthermore, the default date is set in the "default template for creating e-journals/e-books" in the metadata editor. That means, if you create a local portfolio, it silently sets a default year. If you don't change the default year in the default template, you will accidentially have a default year from 2022 or earlier etc. (depends on what is set in the default template) because it doesn't update itself year by year.

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8. Add an "OA articles only" option to coverage tab in electronic portfolios.

   Several autoholdings collections for journals include titles with OA content even if there is no active subscription, meaning that our only access to the journal is for the OA content. This makes it hard to provide accurate coverage information to our patrons. While we can add a public note as a workaround, it would be nice if there was an "OA only" option (maybe a checkbox) on the Coverage tab for electronic portfolios.

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9. Make restored CZ electronic portfolios local when using the Manage deleted repository tool

   When using the Manage deleted repository tool to restore deleted CZ electronic portfolios, the restored portfolio should be restored as local, with the blue house icon.

   Currently, the restored portfolio does not become local, but instead appears as linked to the CZ (blue person icon displays), even though the CZ portfolio no longer exists. The result is portfolios in your IZ, that look like they should be CZ linked/managed, aren't. Because the portfolios appear as CZ linked, you are unable to identify the portfolio as local through filtering/reporting and take desired follow up actions. For example, if a CZ portfolio for the title were added back to the CZ collection, you are unable to link the restored portfolio back to the CZ since it isn't technically "local".

   When using the Manage deleted repository tool to restore deleted CZ electronic portfolios, the restored portfolio should be restored as local, with the blue house icon.

   Currently, the restored portfolio does not become local, but instead appears as linked to the CZ (blue person icon displays), even though the CZ portfolio no longer exists. The result is portfolios in your IZ, that look like they should be CZ linked/managed, aren't. Because the portfolios appear as CZ linked, you are unable to identify the portfolio as local through filtering/reporting and take desired follow up actions. For example, if a CZ portfolio… more

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10. Contributed collections - a Report to Contributor instead of Report to Ex Libris

    There are many collections now that are contributed by the community. Sometimes there are errors within them and as it is now, there is no way to report that and get the linking problem (for an example) fixed and the issues can be so many that a deactivation is necessary, but then the collection becomes dead and just clutter KB. My suggestion is that when a institution contributes a collection, a mandatory field is added to the workflow of contributing. This field contains an email address. That email address is then incorporated into a button so you can report to Contributor instead of the button that is there now Report to ExLibris.

    This idea has been put forward before: Email CZ Contributor ... but it's a growing problem.

    There are many collections now that are contributed by the community. Sometimes there are errors within them and as it is now, there is no way to report that and get the linking problem (for an example) fixed and the issues can be so many that a deactivation is necessary, but then the collection becomes dead and just clutter KB. My suggestion is that when a institution contributes a collection, a mandatory field is added to the workflow of contributing. This field contains an email address. That email address is then incorporated into a button so you can report to… more

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11. Add "Open Access" Electronic Access Type

    Please add "open access" as an electronic access type (like perpetual, current, current and perpetual) at both the portfolio and collection levels. With more resources being open access, it would be helpful to be able to mark them as such.

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12. Automatic Upload of Electronic Holdings (Autoholdings integration) - Walter De Gruyter Publishing

    Implement Automatic Upload of Electronic Holdings (Autoholdings integration) for Walter De Gruyter Publishing

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13. Handling external content filtering and proxy domain exceptions in Alma e-resources

    Hi everyone. I am fairly new to Alma and still trying to wrap my head around some specific electronic resource management workflows. Recently, our IT team updated our campus proxy and content filtering rules to better control non-academic web traffic on public terminals.

    Since then, we have noticed an issue where legitimate user requests for external web domains get caught in the filter, especially when testing redirect rules for electronic packages or off-campus access. The system keeps flagging certain test URLs incorrectly in our access logs.

    Has anyone else configured custom proxy exceptions or specific vendor bypass rules directly within Alma to handle these misclassifications without disrupting standard user tracking? Any advice or best practices would be greatly appreciated.

    Hi everyone. I am fairly new to Alma and still trying to wrap my head around some specific electronic resource management workflows. Recently, our IT team updated our campus proxy and content filtering rules to better control non-academic web traffic on public terminals.

    Since then, we have noticed an issue where legitimate user requests for external web domains get caught in the filter, especially when testing redirect rules for electronic packages or off-campus access. The system keeps flagging certain test URLs incorrectly in our access logs.

    Has anyone else configured custom proxy exceptions or specific vendor bypass rules directly within… more

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14. Add 'Portfolio Parser Parameters' as a Portfolio Loader matching option

    Please add 'Parser parameters' as an additional matching option for activating CZ portfolios using Portfolio Loader.

    Matching by ISBN for large ebook activations results in too many multiple portfolio matches. Since the title IDs in most vendor lists or KBART files match Alma’s parser parameters perfectly, they provide a much better unique identifier than ISBNs for ebooks.

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15. Community-Managed electronic collections: Add several portfolios to one title

    In Community-Managed electronic collections, it is not possible to contribute a second portfolio to the same title that is pointing to a different URL. Use case: Both URLs are valid, both contain copies (in part) of the journal. It would be nice, if the contribution only gets blocked, if the URL of the newly contributed portfolio is identical to the existing one.

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16. Flag AI created resources

    As an electronic resources access manager, I would like to propose functionality be created to identify when a resources was created all or partially by artificial intelligence.

    More content is being created by AI and it is getting harder and harder to detect. Gobi now has "AI-generated" as a tag under "interdisciplinary topics" when purchasing books (screenshot attached) and it would be great if Alma could do something similar to alert users when they are looking through institutions catalogs of resources.

    I am not sure if this idea is for Alma only or Alma and Primo but it would be great to find a way forward in flagging know AI generated resources.

    I also know this will not be a perfect fix but if resources can be flagged and the option to report/tag is provided it will help our users.

    As an electronic resources access manager, I would like to propose functionality be created to identify when a resources was created all or partially by artificial intelligence.

    More content is being created by AI and it is getting harder and harder to detect. Gobi now has "AI-generated" as a tag under "interdisciplinary topics" when purchasing books (screenshot attached) and it would be great if Alma could do something similar to alert users when they are looking through institutions catalogs of resources.

    I am not sure if this idea is for Alma only or Alma and Primo but it would be… more

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17. Display access model in All-titles basic search results

    When you are performing a market search, the access model shows up on the holdings records if they are either attached to the POL or have been manually added to the record. This is incredibly useful and time-saving for searching! When doing an All-titles search, you have to click into the record in order to access that information. This line for access model can be easily added to the listed metadata in the All-titles results page. See attached screenshot

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18. Add facets to left side when working with electronic collections and portfolios

    The current facets for electronic collections are limited to material type. I would like to see a facet to filter by activated/non-activated collections and portfolios. Two use cases:
    1. Activated collection, missing a few portfolios in our IZ because did not have auto add turned on. If I go to the CZ version, there is no way to easily see the unactivated portfolios in that collection so I can activate them. had to page through 17 pages to find the few titles that were not activated.
    2. Seeing unactivated collections in CZ. What if we want to see which gale collections we haven't bought yet? No way to easily see which unactivated collections are available by vendor.

    The current facets for electronic collections are limited to material type. I would like to see a facet to filter by activated/non-activated collections and portfolios. Two use cases:
    1. Activated collection, missing a few portfolios in our IZ because did not have auto add turned on. If I go to the CZ version, there is no way to easily see the unactivated portfolios in that collection so I can activate them. had to page through 17 pages to find the few titles that were not activated.
    2. Seeing unactivated collections in CZ. What if we want to see which gale… more

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19. Provide a direct link to a suppressed collection that will display for a specific audience while keeping it hidden from the main Collections

    It would be nice to be able to create a 'private' collection... where you can provide a direct link to a suppressed collection that will display for a specific audience while keeping it hidden from the main Collections page through Primo.

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20. Allow institutions to create their own local electronic material types

    At the moment, the current list of electronic material types are:

    Book
    Journal
    Dissertation
    Proceeding
    Conference
    Report
    Document - This type is sometimes used for portfolios in electronic collections in the Community Zone when the type is not otherwise know. If you see this type in a collection and believe that it is incorrect, please open a Salesforce case to correct it.
    Series
    Newspaper
    Transcript
    Database
    Wire
    CD-ROM
    Manuscript
    Sound Recording
    Map
    Other Visual Material - Includes slides and pictures.
    Musical Score
    Streaming Video
    Streaming Audio
    Data Set
    Website
    Video
    Primary (Master) Thesis
    Government Document

    It is currently not possible for libraries to create their own custom Electronic material types.

    (See: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Electronic_Resource_Management/030_Working_with_Local_Electronic_Resources/015Managing_Electronic_Resources)

    We would like to suggest that it be made possible for libraries to create their own custom Electronic material types.

    An example use case at from our institution - we add Open Education Resources to Alma and the kind of material types we would like to add include things like Lesson Plans, Course Materials, etc.

    This would be useful for all Institutions who would like more control over their electronic material types.

    At the moment, the current list of electronic material types are:

    Book
    Journal
    Dissertation
    Proceeding
    Conference
    Report
    Document - This type is sometimes used for portfolios in electronic collections in the Community Zone when the type is not otherwise know. If you see this type in a collection and believe that it is incorrect, please open a Salesforce case to correct it.
    Series
    Newspaper
    Transcript
    Database
    Wire
    CD-ROM
    Manuscript
    Sound Recording
    Map
    Other Visual Material - Includes slides and pictures.
    Musical Score
    Streaming Video
    Streaming Audio
    Data Set
    Website
    Video
    Primary (Master) Thesis
    Government Document

    It is currently not possible… more

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