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Flag individual articles in Alma as being unavailable.
ExLibris cannot verify accuracy between supplied metadata and a referenced database. As a result, there are times when an article is listed in Primo as available online; However, when the patron tries to retrieve the article, the database returns a not found error. This has been frustrating for our patrons.
Currently there is no way to flag an individual article as being unavailable. As a result, this becomes a recurring error for our patrons; with no option to correct.
Suggest providing a way to:
1. flag individual articles as available / not available by database
2. date and notes on…3 votes -
Add filter for presence of POL to electronic collections portfolio lists
Currently, the only way to determine which portfolios in an electronic collection have an attached POL is to export the portfolio list and check column Z "Orders" in the Excel file. You must then search each portfolio individually to act upon its POL. A filter in the portfolio list for "POL attached" would be much more efficient.
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When CZ update "Portfolio bibliographic record updated" runs, if POL is attached to portfolio & bib, automatically move POL to new bib
When we order a portfolio, the PO Line attaches to both the portfolio and the bibliographic record attached to the portfolio (this is good; it's how Alma works by design). Every week, there are numerous "Portfolio bibliographic record updated" tasks on the CZ Updates Task List. This means that the portfolio has moved to a different bib record. When "Portfolio bibliographic record updated" happens, the portfolio moves to a new bib. The POL remains attached to the portfolio (which is good!). However, the POL is not moved to the new bib record; it remains attached to the old bib record.…
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Display only one of each resource recommender type
Currenlty the default is two of the first listed Type listed in Resource Recommender displays in PrimoVE. Would like to change it so that just one of each type of Resource Recommender displays to diversify results patron sees on page.
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auto holdings for Oxford eBooks
Please consider adding Oxford eBooks to autoholdings
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Ability to exclude Primo Journal Search from display logic rules
We would like the ability to exclude the Journal Search function from display logic rules.
Why?
In the Primo view the limit of links is set to 25, and it cannot be reduced (which deserves another Idea....). The only way to reduce it is through the user of display logic rules.
However, the rules also apply to the "Journal Search" in Primo, where users actually want to see all the available full text due to differences in coverage.27 votes -
Add Thieme MedOne Opthalmology to ALMA
We pay for several Thieme collections that are in ALMA, but the Opthalmology collection is not there. Please add it to ALMA: https://medone-ophthalmology.thieme.com/
Thank you, Barb1 vote -
group settings
NZ Group Settings listing: When updating Group Settings in the NZ, once I save a change to a library's group settings, it jumps to a new position. It makes it confusing when you are updating multiple libraries and they jump around so you don't know which ones are completed and which still need updating. I've missing updating libraries because the settings move around.
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Batch Clear Local Information from Community Zone
Sometimes local information is added to a portfolio because the community zone updates are still pending. It would be helpful to have the option to clear the local coverage info as a batch process from the Community Zone Updates Task List
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Gender and Sexuality Studies Collection from the Big Ten Open Books Project
Project MUSE is pleased to host the Gender and Sexuality Studies collection of open access book titles, from the Big Ten Open Books project. Please add this collection to the ALMA community zone.
Thank you.
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Assign to
In the "Electronic Resource Activation Task List" the list can only be assigned to specific users (or unassigned so everyone can see it), it would be nice to be able to assign it to a group of people, (perhaps by user role profiles, or a new profile type of 'group user' that links other profiles together, like user role profiles) as different tasks fall on different areas of the department.
This would also be helpful in "Reading Lists Task List", as in our case it is location specific handling of the tasks.
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Add manual Cost to Portfolios
Add the ability to assign a cost to a portfolio manually in the case that cost should not be equally distributed for the portfolios in a collection and/or items that were purchased prior to Alma implementation. This cost would need to be used in Cost per use analytics calculations if there isn't a PO Cost for the portfolio
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New CZ Collection request: Springer Computer Science eBooks 2008 English/International
Create a CZ collection for Springer Computer Science eBooks 2008 English/International.
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Alma Community Zone collection for Brepols open access ebooks
Brepols Publishing publishes open access ebooks and I am interested in making them discoverable via Primo VE. Alma’s Community Zone does not have a distinct collection for this content. Information about the books, along with an option to export the titles into an Excel spreadsheet, is available at https://www.brepols.net/products?p=1&r=12&s=&v=thumbview&q=$Availability:Open%20Access;$ProductType:Book
Creating a Brepols Open Access ebooks Community Zone collection would help to facilitate discovery of these resources.
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Automatic Upload of Electronic Holdings Integration Profile ELS ClinicalKey
I would like to suggest an API integration profile for Elsevier to include ClinicalKey collections. This feature is currently available for ScienceDirect and ScienceDirect eBooks, but not for ClinicalKey.
We currently spend a significant amount of time in deleting and adding portfolios to these collections each month.
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Set "available from date" and "available until date" in import profiles
It is currently possible to set "available from date" and "available until date" in electronic portfolios either manually or with a job. But it would be useful to set these dates in import profiles too.
One use case is a collection of Swank streaming video titles. The library wants to load MARC records because the CZ records are too brief. Here are the steps the library must take:
1. Run the import profile to load the records and create electronic portfolios.
2. Create a set of the newly created electronic portfolios.
3. Run the "Change Electronic portfolio information" job on…17 votes -
Mechanism to find instances when Synchronize from CZ has failed
When you've activated a CZ collection, updates to the collection/portfolios should be pushed to your IZ/NZ by the Synchronize from CZ job, but it's a known issue that sometimes this doesn't happen. The workaround is to delete and re-activate the collection, but this relies on an end user finding and reporting the error. Until this systemic issue is resolved, it would be good if Alma would report on instances where the job has failed so the library could proactively find and fix collection/portfolio-level issues before end users discover them.
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Provide option to exclude open access titles when activating community zone collections
We have a number of auto-activate Community Zone collections for licensed content which also contain open access titles. We would like an option to exclude the open access titles. This would enable more accurate cost per use analysis and reduce duplication in our catalogue.
eg. we've noticed duplication in Springer collections because we have licensed subject collections activated but also the Springer Open Access Ebook CZ collection (having this collection active means all open access titles are available for our community, not just those for the subjects we have purchased in any given year)
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Alma overlap analysis tool to include different identifiers in one comparison
We would find it useful if the overlap analysis tool compare a list that includes different identifiers. i.e. ISSN, EISSN, ISBN, EISBN, TITLE in one comparison.
Currently it only allows you to compare overlap within just one identifier. This is very important with collections from vendors that include different kinds of material.
Being able to conduct this kind of overlap analysis is important for us in terms of making purchasing decisions and we feel that including this kind of feature in the overlap analysis tool would make this a more efficient process within Alma.213 votesDear community,
Thank you for the idea. We suggest the following high level solution:
1. In Resources menu > Overlap and Collection Analysis > Compare collection analysis, it will be possible to select multiple match methods, from the existing list of match methods, and the order in which they will be used
2. The match will work as following: Try to match by method #1. If no match was found, try to match by method #2.
3. The report will include information on the matched identifier and its value
4. Similarly, in Resources menu > Overlap and Collection Analysis > Look Up Titles, it will be possible to upload an input file with multiple identifiers columns. The possible identifiers are the existing ones, and columns format will be the same as today. The difference is that it will be possible to place multiple identifier columns, in the order they should be used.
Thaks,
Tamar Fuches
Alma team
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