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run a job physical items Enumeration
In "Run a job / update physical items" only some fields are included. Ideally, it would be best if all fields could be updated. Minimally, we would like to add • EnumerationA • ChronologyI • ChronologyJ
9 votesHello All,
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Temporary Location should include Temporary Item Policy
When we pull a volume from the Stacks and put it on the Reserves shelves, we want to change the Item Policy from the Stacks default to a much shorter loan period. When we restore the item to the Stacks we want to restore the Item Policy to what it was. As it is, we have to know what the former policy was for each item and break a large batch of items coming off reserve into multiple files for each Item Policy that is wanted.
12 votesHello All,
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Provide more output fields for the Shelf Report
When we do the Shelf Report, we wish that Alma can provide more output fields such as last loan Date, last return date，inventory date that will be helpful for us to analyse the result.
5 votesDear all, since there have been no comments clarifying the need reflected in this idea since we've set it to be reviewed in 2020, and the idea is not highly-voted, we are closing it to free your votes for other ideas.
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Alma doesn't label the header as "Holdings ID" or "Holdings MMS ID" in both the Holdings view and the Physical Item Editor view
We're concerned that Alma doesn't label the header as "Holdings ID" or "Holdings MMS ID" in both the Holdings view and the Physical Item Editor view. Having the field named differently in different views lends itself to some confusion. Currently, the Holdings level ID (PID) appears as MMS ID if you are in Holdings record view. A screen shot is attached.
4 votesHello All,
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Include item creation date in the advanced search options for item records
We have been trying to monitor progress in retrospective cataloguing projects using the advanced search, but run into some problems with options for searching in item records.
We can quite accurately produce sets for items which were last updated within a given date range, but this isn't really fit for purpose. If a cataloguer makes a correction or re-saves at a later date then this will exclude it from retrospective counts, say for the previous month or year.
Having the option to search on item record creation date would provide a much more accurate tool for reporting on work done…
10 votesHello All,
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Include in-house and loan usage details in export from physical items search results
Adding the in-house and loan usage to the export would provide easy on-the-fly stats for items, including sets built in-house. Yes I can accomplish this in analytics but in some cases it would be easier to access usage for multiple items within Alma
4 votesHello All,
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Add process type to physical item mapping in import profile
Since we do our own physical processing of new materials, we would like to be able to set the process type to "in process" automatically during batch import. Currently we have to edit each item record after import to set the process type.
The physical item mapping section of the inventory information tab should allow mapping the process type to a MARC field and subfield, like it does for other item data.
14 votesHello All,
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Creation Date should be displayed in the Item Record
Please add the item record's Creation Date to the fields displayed in the item record. An appropriate location would be the History tab. It is currently possible to find the creation date only through Alma Analytics. While the Receipt Date can be a clue to the item's date of creation, the dates are not necessarily the same. Furthermore, the Receipt Date is populated automatically only when receiving an item through Acquisitions, and inputting the date manually when creating an item in the Metadata Editor is an extra step which can be overlooked and may not be applicable (or justified by…
5 votesHello All,
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It would be helpful to have small checkboxes in the holdings records next to each line item
It would be helpful to be able to delete or move multiple line items in a holdings record at the same time as we are able to do in the inventory records. A line at a time is very time consuming when we transfer large numbers of items from one library to another.
2 votesHello All,
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Leave Library and Location blank using Browse Shelf Listing within the Metadata Editor
The August update allows Alma to limit Browse Shelf Listing to specific Libraries and Locations. This is fine when it is wanted; on the other hand, using Browse Shelf Listing directly from a holdings record (i.e. Alt+C in the Metadata Editor) defaults to limiting the search to the library and location in the holdings record (i.e. the 852 subfields $b and $c). I prefer the Library and Location fields remain blank (as they do when opening Browse Shelf Listing from the Resources tab) unless the user chooses to set limits.
6 votesHello All,
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Change Holdings area to match Items
Editing Holdings requires knowing all of the codes for your institution's locations and libraries. If the Holdings area were more like the Items area then the choices for locations and libraries would be on pull down menus. A History tab similar to the one on the Items screen would also be helpful.
Navigating within the Holdings edit screen is difficult because one has to know or look up all of the codes for the institution's libraries and locations. This difficult navigation affects all customers. The lack of a History tab makes it impossible to track changes to the library, location,…
17 votesHello All,
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call number sort in "Generate accession number" drop down menu
The call numbers are mandatory in all our items and holdings. Somes of call numbers are more used than other.
For example the call number RIA is used oftentimes while the call number DSA is littled used. Though, currently, RIA are at the end of the menu wheras DSA is at the top.
Authorizing sorted the call number would dramatically reduced search time in the long drop down menu (Tools > MARC Bibliographic > Generates accession number) and make easier the job of our librarians.1 voteHello All,
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Add Material Type column to Item List
It would be great if we could see the item Material Type when we are in the Items List.
Can we add an item Material Type column? If people don't want to see it they can eliminate from view.
This is especially helpful when there are multiple item material types with the same call number, location, and no Description. If we had a Material Type column we could tell right away which item was which material type.
Here is what it looks like now in our Alma. This title has two fiches and one CD-ROM. I can't tell which is…
1 voteHello All,
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Tools/Excel results need to include holdings ID(s) and item ID(s).
The ability of Alma to export search results to an Excel spreadsheet is one of its strong features. In order to remove the necessity of still having to run an Analytics report, all such Excel spreadsheets need to include the holdings ID(s), holdings permanent location(s), and item ID(s), in order to present a clear and full picture of the extent of the holdings of a given title. This is analogous to the Hierarchy in Voyager which was incredibly useful to us--the Excel with the additional information will be even more useful and efficient than the hierarchy has been since it…
8 votesHello All,
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Limit physical holding by year in the getit frame
Using the Primo service page, when we have print holdings for a journal the requested article is from, but not for the article date, we still see print holdings which are not related and confusing to our users.
I would expect to either not see the print holdings or have it be clear that these are not for the requested item (like having to click "more" to see them).
5 votesHello All,
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Option to change item policy in batch
User can have the option to select all the items under a holding record and change the item policy batch for them all at once.
8 votesHello All,
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Allow retention of original holdings record when the last item is moved to a different holdings record
As a user who is changing locations in item records, I would like the ability to retain the original holdings record when the last item gets moved to a different holdings record.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED: When an item is moved from one holdings record ("holdings A") to a different holdings record ("holdings B"), AND the item being moved is the last one (leaving holdings A bereft of item records), there are two different ways that Alma treats holdings A:
If the item is moved by selecting from a list of items and clicking on the "Move"…
6 votesHello All,
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Expand Validate Local Call Number Distinction task to include 050
The Validate Call Number Distinction task should include 050 call numbers and not just local 090 tagged call numbers.
Vendors are sending records with call numbers tagged 050 _4 (LC-type call number assigned by a library other than LC) which are essentially the same as a locally-assigned LC-type call number (090), only they're not included in the validation task. We are encountering lots of duplicate call numbers in our Alma database.
3 votesHello All,
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Make item record note field labels configurable
Currently the labels on the fields in the physical item notes tab are not configurable. We would like to be able to change the labels for these note fields.
1 voteHello All,
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Metadata clean up
It would be great to alter the material type of items whilst they item is still on loan, so that an item with a material type of "none" could become a book.
9 votesHello All,
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