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Ability to delete items by scanning-in
At present items can be withdrawn/deleted in two ways:
1. Manually, an item at a time (or multiple items only if in same holding)
2. In bulk, from a set created either directly from search results or from a spreadsheet.
There is no way to rapidly delete items-in-hand.A feature in Alma to quickly delete items-in-hand, in quick succession, with the same safeguards as when using existing deletion methods.
The attached document gives more details and a mock-up of such a feature - it would be a big bonus to those of us with a lot of weeding to do!
180 votesQuick Delete Item CloudApp gives you the option to quickly delete physical items by scanning barcodes
for more information please see:
https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/appcenter/quick-delete-item/ -
"Make Toggle Missing Status Available from item editor"
To mark an item as missing, you must currently use the Toggle Missing Item option from the inline action menu, which only displays when you are viewing a list of items attached to a given bib record. However, if you search for the item using a physical item search, and only one item matches your search criteria (for example, if you search by barcode), then the item record opens automatically in the physical item editor. There is no option to toggle the missing status from this screen. Operators must remember to perform a title search, instead of a physical item…
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Add 'due date' to items list
When student put a book on hold it would be useful to see when the on loan books are due to be returned in the item list rather than having to go into each individual onloan item to see when it is to be returned. Often we have 20 items out at a time and it would be good to have a quick overview of the return date.
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Ability to Relink Holdings of In Process Items
I would like the ability to relink holdings for items that are in process. When preparing a new item in Alma, sometimes I need to relink a holding to a different bib record. Currently, Alma does not allow this unless the item is in place and gives the error message “The item is not in place and there are requests registered for this item. Please handle the requests before {0} this item.” I would like to attach the holdings to the correct bib record before putting the item in place. It would be helpful if Alma allowed relinking to occur…
40 votesAs of Alma December release you can re-link holdings to a different bib, even if there are some item requests on this bib.
For More information please see Alma December Release Notes -
Remove temporary location, not just change indication
Currently we can run a "change physical items" job to remove the "temporary item indication". This toggles the temporary location from yes to no. It does not remove the temporary location from the item record.
We would like the option to also remove the location from the item record, in addition to the option of toggling the indication.
62 votesThe ability to clear all temporary location details was added
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Add the ability to move item record(s) from one bib record to another.
Occasionally one or more item records need to be attached to a different, correct bib record, This often happens with title changes for serial records. Presently we must withdraw the item record(s) from one bib record and create new ones at the correct bib record. This is very time consuming process. It would be very helpful if there was an option to select item records and transfer them from one bib record to another.
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"View Inventory" from the Holdings Record
As Copy-Cataloger, when you are creating/editing a Holdings Record, there is no easy way to view/edit the associated Item Record(s). You can add an Item Record and edit it but you cannot view the existing one(s). Having the feature “View Inventory” active when working with the Holdings Record or having a specific feature that would allow the user to view/edit the Item Record(s) would be great when doing Database Maintenance. Thank you for your time.
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add copy number (copy ID) to list of items screen
add a column for copy id to the list of item screen
246 votesAs part of the November release Material type, item policy, and/or copy ID were added to the following areas:
Item List page
Physical Item Editor
Physical items repository search results
List of Items accessed by clicking the No. of Items link in the Holdings tab of the “Held By” Details page (for a member search in the Network tab)
data exported (the copy ID) to a CSV file when exporting physical items
the item list presented when selecting Bind Items from the List of Items page
the Manage deleted repository pageFor more information see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/040Resource_Management/050Inventory/040Managing_Physical_Resources#Working_with_the_List_of_Items -
display item tabs when creating new item record
When creating a new item in the physical item editor, the item tab "notes" should display immediately. Currently, when creating an item you must save the item first before the tabs will display and then go back into the item record to add any item notes.
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Add a button to "Add Holdings" in the List of Holdings screen.
Currently, in order to add another holdings record, we have to be actively editing either the bibliographic record or another holdings record. It would be simpler if, in the List of Holdings screen, there were a button for "Add Holdings" similar to the "Add Item" button in the List of Items screen. That would eliminate having to go back and release the record we may have opened solely for the purpose of adding a holdings record.
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Batch job for deleting holding records
After migrating to Alma we have a lot of holding records that don t have any items associated with them we would like to clean our data by deleting these empty holdings using a batch process
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