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  1. Ability to relink multiple portfolios to another bib instead of one at a time

    I'd like to have the option to relink multiple portfolios from one bib record to another instead of one at a time. This happens when I want to use a different bib record than the one in the CZ.

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  2. Bulk add perpetual access dates

    We would like to be able to add perpetual access dates in bulk to individual portfolios. This functionality would be helpful for tracking perpetual access on packages/bundles where a large number of portfolios share a common start and/or end date.

    3 votes
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  3. Autoholdings integration for Nature (SpringerNature)

    Create an autoholdings integration profile for Nature titles. The titles are already being sent from SpringerNature, however, they get rejected due to the fact that they are not included in the Springerlink CZ Collection for autoholdings. I assume that is due to the fact they have a different base URL (www.nature.com). The tools are already there for the integration. It would be nice to have all SpringerNature titles included in the process.

    26 votes
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  4. Update primary URL and Parser Parameters using Portfolio Loader

    Currently, when using the Portfolio Loader to update links, only the override URL and override Parser Parameters can be updated. It would also be helpful to be able to update the primary URL and primary Parser Parameters using the Portfolio Loader.

    9 votes
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  5. Include Parser parameters (override) as "Local Information" in Community Zone Updates Task List

    Include Parser parameters (override) as "Local Information" in Community Zone Updates Task List for Report Type Portfolio linking parameters update

    3 votes
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  6. Saving Queries on the Community Zone

    Please, let us save queries on the Community Zone as a logical set.

    It is well understood that no one but Ex Libris is supposed to be able to run jobs on the CZ data and most likely that is why you currently cannot save a query on the Community Zone as a set. However, saving queries can often serve as just a shortcut for submitting a (more complex) query again and again, and for electronic resource librarians it is interesting to check the CZ regularly for newly added collections which are freely available, e.g., or adhere to any other…

    4 votes
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  7. Restrictions on access to electronic documentation on a user group basis

    Restrictions on access to electronic documentation can only be made in Alma on a library or campus basis.

    It would be desirable to be able to do this on a user group basis as well.

    6 votes
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  8. Add configurable Electronic Material Type field to Electronic Collections

    Electronic Material Type is only configurable at the portfolio level, not the electronic collection level. In many cases, all the portfolios in an Electronic Collection share the same material type. Electronic Material Type should thus be configurable at the Electronic Collection level and inherited by all portfolios in the collection, indexed in Alma searching, included in Alma Analytics, included in the portfolio Extended Export, and modifiable using the Change Electonic Collection Information job.

    With the addition of this field, libraries could assign appropriate Electronic Material Types to all our collections (except those that are a mix of material types, which…

    3 votes
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  9. WISO Presse

    WISO Presse is already added as a (portfolio)- selective collection to the ALMA CZ.

    Please also bring in the CDI functionality as well.
    The databases from GBI GENIOS are a very valuable resoruce within the German scientific community.

    Provider: GBI-Genios Deutsche Wirtschaftsdatenbank GmbH
    Freischützstr. 96
    81927 München
    wiso@genios.de
    +49 (0) 89 99 28 79 - 0

    Thank you very much!
    Best,
    Bärbel

    3 votes
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  10. override proxy - portfolio

    Occasionally, a portfolio will move OA in a collection. It would be great to have an option to override proxy set at the service level on the portfolio. Then, rather than having to turn off proxy at the service level and update portfolio by portfolio, you can just override proxy on each portfolio as necessary.

    10 votes
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  11. Limit task widget by library

    We have more than one library in Alma, and our acquisitions processes are completely separate. I would like to be able to limit the task widget on the Alma homepage by library and only see electronic resource activation tasks that belong to my library. For example, I only want to see the "Activation" tasks where the PO Line Owner is my library.

    1 vote
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  12. Suggestion for a Pearson eLibrary platform collection

    Unfortunately, there is no eCollection in ALMA yet for the Pearson eLibrary, which is operated by Pearson Germany for university libraries (https://elibrary.pearson.de). This new eBook platform contains important textbooks that we would like to make available to our students.

    Please add an eCollection for this Pearson eLibrary platform to our Discovery Indexes, KnowledgeBases and the Alma Community Zone.

    27 votes
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  13. Batch url checking for Portfolios in Electronic Collections

    Can Alma test all of the links in all the Portfolios in an Electronic Collection, in batch, and report back a count of successes and fails?
    AND (very importantly) give me list of the fails, so I can check/fix them?

    1 vote
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  14. Make electronic collection portfolios searchable by MMS ID

    Within an electronic collection, we would like the ability to search for portfolios using MMS ID. This would be useful for some maintenance tasks. Currently, it is only possible to search by Title, ISBN and ISSN.

    2 votes
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  15. Customizable fields for Electronic Collections

    We would like to be able to introduce custom, local fields into our Electronic Collections to help us manage workflows, reporting, and inventory management. Currently, we store a lot of information in our Internal Descriptions to help with this work. It would be great to have dedicated, customizable fields that can be defined for local uses. Ideally, the management of these fields would look like the license term management, with options for free text, controlled vocabularies, and yes/no fields. If that is too complicated, then just making a handful of "local fields" available would also be helpful ("local field #1",…

    3 votes
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  16. Show when a MMS record is Suppressed on the Electronic Collection search results

    When using the Electronic Collection search, the results list does not show whether the MMS record is suppressed. This Idea is to suggest that the suppressed icon is displayed on the Electronic Collection search results when the MMS record is suppressed from discovery.

    This is important if the Electronic Collection has CDI results - if the MMS record is suppressed from discovery, so too are all of the CDI results. So, when trouble-shooting why CDI records are not displaying as expected, it would be helpful to see the suppressed icon on the Electronic Collection search results page rather than having…

    3 votes
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  17. Option to define another set of records to be included in the Database search

    The database search in Primo includes only electronic collections with collection type “database” or electronic collections with a collection level URL and an unsuppressed bibliographic record.
    Even though you can change the electronic material type of a portfolio to “database” these titles can’t be searched through the database search. This means we have to add local database collections even though the title can be activated through the community zone.
    An example is the electronic collection “De Gruyter Databases”. I should like to be able to include these in the database search.

    52 votes
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  18. When deactivating a portfolio on a list of portfolios in an electronic collection your place in the list should be preserved

    When deactivating a portfolio on a list of portfolios in an electronic collection your place in the list should be preserved. Right now it returns you to the top of the list each time.

    1 vote
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  19. Ability to put Mailto links in electronic portfolios within a collection.

    We have vendors that have lots of individual titles that are associated with different products. We create electronic collections and add the portfolios. Users must email the provider to request an ID. While you can add a URL, you cannot add a mailto link in the general electronic service.

    1 vote
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  20. Add Statistics note 1-3 to portfolio Note tab

    The portfolio currently doesn't have enough note fields, especially for Statistics and one has to be very creative, combining reports, in order to retrieve something of value to report on.

    We make extensive use of our Statistics note 1-3 fields in the Statistics Notes section of the item record's Notes tab and use Analytics to harvest the data entered in each of these note fields for various reports required for operational and management purposes. In the same way, the portfolio record's Notes tab can benefit from a Statistics Notes section with Statistics Note 1-3 fields. These notes must be harvestable…

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