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Enable local extensions on MARC 79X and 89X
OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards sets out tags 79X (790-799) and 89X (896-899) as valid for local uses. These ranges should be available for network zone members to use as well. Adopting these ranges will allow catalogers to directly adapt records from WorldCat into a network and add local extensions without having to remap from the OCLC-supported field to a field in Alma, such as a 9XX.
Catalogers primarily use these fields to enter details such as authors with local affiliations (e.g., current faculty members), dissertation advisors or members of dissertation committees, and the college within the institution supervising the…
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New option to 'Linking level' menu for Electronic service
I would like to add a new option to the 'Linking level' dropdown menu in the Electronic Service Editor (e.g. Working paper)
This feature will enable you to benefit when searching in Discovery using the 'Resource Type' filter.12 votes -
MD editor save marc tags chronologically
Upon save any MARC tags that are in the wrong chronological order are saved in the correct order.
13 votes -
System Events Subject Area: Add "Record was Created", "Record was Updated", "Record was Deleted" for Holdings PIDs
Currently, the System Event subject area does not track the creation, update, or deletion of holdings records. Adding this functionality would provide valuable insight into how often these actions are performed by staff. This data would support performance reporting and make it also easier to identify the number of modified records when metadata corrections are needed.
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Augment the X-Exl-Api-Remaining header to include the threshold figure
The Alma API includes the X-Exl-Api-Remaining header in responses, e.g.:
X-Exl-Api-Remaining: 192522
It would be helpful if the value for this header additionally included the threshold figure, a.k.a, the total number of requests, e.g.
X-Exl-Api-Remaining: 192522,200000
In the above example, the threshold is 200'000.
This would allow external monitoring scripts to dynamically determine the percentage of requests used for the day. Currently determining this has to based on a static threshold manually added to the script, and would need a script update if the threshold changes (due to an increase or decrease in the number of user licences).
Alternatively the…
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Use same format for all dates in Analytics
When combining different subject areas (I use the button “Combine results based on union, intersection, and difference operations”, and I am using union) I find that it is not always possible to combine dates.
For example: The date "Event Start Date"."Event Start Time" from Physical Items Historical Events cannot be combined with "Loan Date"."Loan Date" from Fulfillment.
This is due to differences in date formats.
It's hard to predict which parts of Analytics a library would want to combine. So I suggest that the date formats be standardised across Analytics6 votes -
Enable us to display items in an "Unavailable" location type as Unavailable in Primo
We need the ability to show items that are assigned to a location with Type = UNAVAILBLE to show as unavailable in Primo
The primary use cases that prompt this idea are:
1. A library is closed for renovation and the items are inaccessible to staff and patrons, but the items must still be discoverable so that patrons can be directed to Resource Sharing in Primo.
2. Portions of a collection are temporarily inaccessible to staff and patrons, and the items are assigned to a temp location, but must still be discoverable so that patrons can be redirected to Resource…279 votesDear colleagues,
Thank you for raising this idea.
This was part of the CERV cycle in 2025, but did not make it to the final list.
During the analysis, 3 possible approaches were discussed, each has a different estimation and effort:
Option 1: New dedicated process type
- It will be possible to mark specific items as "unavailable", similarly to the way it is possible to mark them as "missing"
- Items marked as "unavailable" will be considered as "not in place"
- The new "unavailable" option will appear as a possible process type in all the places where there is a list of process types, including configuration options such as Fulfillment Unit Rules
Option 2: Mark a location as "unavailable"
- It will be possible to mark a location as "unavailable"
- All items in this location will be considered as "not in place"
- The difference from option 1 is that when an item…
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Allow the keyword function to search up permanent call numbers directly
If I enter a call number into the keyword search box, it will often show no results despite showing results when the search category is switched to "permanent call number." Inputting an OCLC into the keyword search consistently yields accurate results, so why can't it do so with call numbers?
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Support CID: resource_sharing_request_id in Letters
The Internal Identifier (XML resourcesharingrequestid) is the required file name for the batch automatic delivery of digital lending requests via the Automatically Ship Rapido Digital Requests job. The Internal Identifier is 17 characters. Supporting CID: resourcesharingrequestid within print slip letters XSL would allow the Internal Identifier to be scanned by a barcode scanner during the digitization workflow of physical materials instead of an operator manually typing in a 17 character identifier which increases errors and is time consuming.
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New URL for psychotherapy.net
www.psychotherapy.net is now library.psychotherapy.net. Please change the URL in all collections to ensure access. Example:
Psychotherapy.net Full
Collection ID: 615450000000000871
MMS ID: 9917875822400041
Thanks in advance and kind regards,
Pascal Hauenstein1 vote -
Make Existing Record Primary When Merging via Search Resources
When merging records through Alma’s Search Resources, make the existing Alma record the Primary and the incoming external record the Secondary.
Currently, when bringing in external records, Import and Integration Profiles treat the existing Alma record as Primary, but Search Resources makes the external record Primary. This inconsistency forces libraries to maintain two opposing sets of merge rules, depending on how the record enters Alma.
Making the Alma record Primary in Search Resources would align the behavior with other workflows. This could be configurable or at least opt-in so libraries can adjust their merge rule settings in the External Search…
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l.burns@hw.ac.uk
isc Collections AIP American Institute of Physics 2024-2025-2026 Extension
Can you please let me know when this will be added to Alma to allow activation.
Thank you.
Lynn Burns1 vote -
create a new item status for items "lost on shelves"
Currently items can be marked as Missing (if not found in the Library), or Lost (if long overdue on user's account). Missing books are regularly checked on, but some of them cannot be tracked within a reasonable time for users, and the search becomes more of an in-house task than fulfilment of an immediate customer need.
However, it is not possible to distinguish between items marked missing relatively recently and still actively searched for (e.g. because we could not find them immediately when requested by users), and those which were not found after several checks, for a long time, even…5 votes -
Job “Withdraw Physical items” and holding of related records
With the “Withdraw Physical items” job, Alma does not provide the option of preventing the deletion of holding and bibliographic records when there are Holding of related record. We would like an additional option “Delete holdings; delete bibliographic records that have no other holdings and that have no Holding of related records”.
37 votes -
Overlap analysis report - add a column for local versus CZ
Sometimes we have local portfolios attached to CZ collections. In the output overlap analysis reports that include IZ titles, it would be helpful to have a column which indicated whether the analyzed portfolio is a local portfolio or a CZ portfolio.
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Alma Fulfillment should have more facets
The Facets Menu in Alma Fulfillment (Patron Services) needs more facets, especially AUTHOR, COLLECTION/SERIES and PUBLISHER/EDITOR. Honestly, the few facets provided in the various search types are insufficient. These should be flexible configurable.
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Limit number of resource sharing partners in a borrowing request's rota
We sometimes see instances where a problematic resource sharing requests are sent to dozens of partners before they're cancelled or go unfilled. It would be very helpful if we could somehow limit the number of partners that appear in a request's rota. Since we would always want to include a lender of last resort like ILLiad or WorlsShare ILL as the final partner, it would probably be best to allow us to limit the number of partners from a specific rota template that can be added to a rota.
73 votes -
Drop line breaks while compiling XML for import profile
Many of our vendors upload MARC files to an FTP server and the files are processed by our import profiles. When there are line breaks in the files (usually in a note field that is copied into the MARC from another source), the file is treated as invalid MARC. This error is identified after all the files for that profile have been combined, so the import job kicks out valid MARC files in addition to the ones containing errors. Since these are being uploaded by the vendor, we often don't notice that there is a problem until a staff member…
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Add 245 subfield n to the letter XML node for title
Many letters display the name of the title using the node notificationdata / physitem_display / title. This field contains a subset of subfields from the MARC field 245 to display the title of the work.
We receive complains from our users regarding missing book title number in mostly textbooks. The missing number is available in the MARC field 245 subfield n and is an important part of the title. For example:
245 10 |a Prisma Physik |n 1
245 10 |a Deutsch |n Drei
245 00 |a Prisma |n 1
245 10 |a <<Die>> Sprachstarken |n 2 |b…66 votes -
Marine Corps University Press ebooks and journals
Add Marine Corps University Press open access ebooks and the following journal titles to the Community Zone:
Journal of Advanced Military Studies: JAMS
Marine Corps History
International Perspectives on Military Education: IPME
China: Military Studies Review
MCU Insights
Expeditions with MCUPThe starting URL is https://www.usmcu.edu/MCUPress/
2 votes
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