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Portfolio loader and Multiple MMS
When we load portfolios through the Portfolio Loader, Alma attempts to find a match based on the identifier in the Community Zone, in order to get the bibliographic records for the portfolios.
When there are multiple MMS records in the CZ that match the searched identifiers, you get an error and no portfolio is loaded. Currently, there is no internal logic for the portfolio loader to choose between these records, even if some have no inventory at all.
it would be useful to implement a logic that allow to choose between records, at least in the case that some have…103 votes -
Add purchase model to more auto-holdings.
It is great to have purchase model added automatically for Ebook Central og JSTOR Books holdings, and it would be even better if we could get purchase model also when using auto-holdings for publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis and de Gruyter. We have evidence based acquisition agreements with all of these publishers and it would be very helpful if we could see which titles were in the EBA corpus and which we have purchased, either through the EBA or by earlier collection purchases.
98 votes -
replace "Do not show as Full Text available in CDI even if active in Alma" with a pair of show local / show CDI checkboxes
To avoid duplicates when we have both local portfolios and CDI records, we can rely on the "Do not show as Full Text available in CDI even if active in Alma".
Enabling this feature will show in Primo local IZ portfolios, and is very good when local records are rich and CZ records are limited/poor.
Sometimes however CDI records are richer and provide indexing at chapter level. In such a case we would like to hide IZ local portfolios and show CDI records instead.
It would be therefore useful and clearer to replace the "Do not show as Full Text…96 votes -
Consistent use of first ISBN in MARC field 020 for electronic resources in Alma
Right now which ISBN is displayed/taken for export relating to e-resources is rather inconsistent in Alma:
.) In the results list of an All Titles search the first ISBN of MARC field 020 is displayed and subsequently used for Excel export.
.) In the results list of an Electronic Portfolio search the second ISBN of MARC field 020 is displayed (if there is one) and subsequently used for Excel export.
.) In the portfolio list of an electronic collection the second ISBN of MARC field 020 is displayed (if there is one).
.) On the portfolio tab of the Electronic…153 votes -
Display “Service unavailability display message” at Collection Level in Primo
Currently, the “Service unavailability display message” is only shown at the Journal and article level in Primo. It would be highly beneficial to extend this functionality to the collection level as well. This enhancement would provide users with clearer information about service availability, improving their overall experience and reducing confusion when accessing collections.
45 votes -
Update Customer Linking Parameters in Bulk via E-Collection Quick Update Cloud App
Please add the ability to update customer linking parameters (such as the Gale location ID) in bulk via the E-Collection Quick Update Cloud App.
As Ex Libris moves away from centrally configuring linking parameters for different interfaces, it would save so much time to be able to do this in bulk via the cloud app.
33 votes -
Display NZ activated Portfolios even if Related Records Services are enabled in an IZ
In our consortial environement, we have activaded a number of portfolios on NZ level, which we would then expect to also be available in our IZs. Often this is not the case and instead of a specific article that is part of the portfolio, only the journal it belongs to is displayed under Services for Related Titles. As Ex Libris informed us, this is because Related Records Services are activated in our consortium, which leads the link resolver to display those related journals instead of checking if there is an NZ activated portfolio. Their solution to this would be to…
37 votes -
Additional Exportable Fields
When viewing electronic collection results, after a search, we would like the ability to export several additional fields: Alternative Title, General note (electronic collection), and General note (Service). This would allow our consortium to do some real-time analysis of how multiple collections are setup which would save significant time over having to click into each electronic collection individually.
41 votes -
Display Open Access Indicator based on Setting at the Portfolio Level
Currently, the Open Access (OA) indicator displays in Community Zone records when the record contains a 506 field with the following formatting:
506 0_ $f Unrestricted online access $2 star
Records in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) collection are automatically enriched with this data, but not records in any other collection. The rationale is that the OA indicator may appear on records that are not available as OA in all collections, leading to a confusing display. However, this can lead to cases where institutions do have OA access, but cannot display the OA indicator.
To avoid both of…
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Add Electronic Service Information Update Job
Electronic Portfolios and Electronic Collections each have an Information Update job in Alma. Electronic services need the same functionality because they are also affected in bulk by changes.
Job Name: Change Electronic service information
Job Description: Update Electronic service information for a set of Electronic services
Job Content Type: Electronic Service
Job Type: Information UpdateUse Case: ProQuest began requiring a value for the CLIENTID parameter in the Linking Parser Parameters section of all ProQuest electronic services. With over 50 ProQuest electronic collections activated, that meant that over 50 electronic services had to be manually edited one at a time…
45 votes -
When creating a new local portfolio generates a new bib record, the portfolio's material type should determine the bib's material type.
ExL documentation states, "When creating a new bibliographic record, the portfolio material is not taken into account. Thus, when you add a local portfolio and set a specific electronic material type, a bibliographic record is also created, but with 'Book' as the material, regardless of the portfolio's material. When adding ISSN, the material remains to be 'Book'. "
This is imprecise and creates issues for discovery: when I create a new portfolio for a Kanopy video and select Electronic Material Type=Streaming Video, the bib record is encoded for a book. So in Primo, the video's Resource Type shows as book,…
38 votes -
Autoload collections – Better identification
Autoload collections are not always clearly identified in Alma. The default name of the collection does not always mention this information and there is no specific tag which can be searched or displayed in the CZ releases reports. This can be the source of useless changes by EIO or creation of cases.
We do not want to add terms like ‘AutoHoldings’ or ‘Autoload’ in the public name of the collection as this is not an useful information for end-users on Primo.It would thus be very useful to tag these collections with the mention ”Autoload” in the Alma collection search…
45 votes -
Add new Hein collection
We've received an automated message from Hein saying that their new "National Defense University Press Publications" collection has been added to the existing "Military and Government" collection and is available free of charge through our HeinOnline Core subscription. We have the CZ instance for Military and Government (615470000000000459) activated, but I don't see a separate collection for the NDU set. Please (a) confirm that Hein will feed the NDU titles into 615470000000000459 or (b) provide the NDU titles as a separate CZ collection for activation. https://help.heinonline.org/kb/heinonline-database-title-listings/
5 votes -
Add Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - German Medical Collections
Please create Alma CZ collections for:
Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - German Medical Collection 20251 vote -
Implement Automatic Upload of Electronic Holdings for Perlego eBooks
Implement auto holdings (autoholding, automatic upload of e-holdings) for Perlego eBooks.
This will allow for automatic update of the collection based on most recent institutional holdings file received from Perlego.
As is already available for ProQuest, Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, and other publishers.
22 votes -
Create functionality to remove portfolio General Note entries using the Portfolio Loader or the Change Portfolio Information Job
Currently, there isn't a way to remove General Note entries in batch. It would be ideal if there were a way to remove General Note entries using either the Portfolio Loader or the Update Portfolio Information job, instead of having to do this work manually.
6 votes -
Allow Alma users to choose the match routine when using the ‘Link to Community’ tool to link portfolios to a community zone collection.
The ‘Link to Community’ match routine for matching local portfolios to the CZ is too restrictive. We would like to be able to use our local bibliographic records and have them link to portfolios in the CZ, however, the match rate is dependent on what metadata is available in the CZ records, which are often brief and do not contain the ISSN/ISBN match point that Ex Libris has selected for that collection in the CZ.
Alma users should be able to choose the match routine when using the ‘Link to Community’ tool, similar to how we can choose the match…61 votes -
Automatic Upload of Electronic Holdings (Autoholdings integration) - American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Implement Upload Electronic Holdings (Autoholdings) integration for American Mathematical Society (AMS), as is already available for ProQuest, Elsevier, Ovid, Springer, Project MUSE, JSTOR
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Search and reporting option base on subscription model
Currently, there's an option to search portfolios with Purchase Model - e.g. JSTOR DDA Buy, or ProQuest Subscription.
But it's impossible, at least from what we tried, to search further with the information under 'Proquest Subscription Electronic Collection Name". It's odd to have a field (screenshots below) but unable to use the information to search, e.g. University Press Ebook Subscription.3 votes -
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