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  1. Have the ability to sort by: Storage location ID when scanning a tray of Items.

    When processing books we put new barcodes in an item record in the storage location id input box so we can locate them within our facility and preserve the original barcode. When we are done processing a tray of items we verify all the items are in the tray by placing the tray barcode followed by an asterisk (ex. 00000000*) in the search bar. Alma then pulls all the records that are linked to the tray.
    The problem is that they are ordered by call number instead of the storage location id. This makes it dificult for us to verify…

    3 votes
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  2. Communicate patron cost avoidance resulting from library circulation services.

    Add the availability of information in the FulLoanReceiptLetter.xsl Alma letter to include the value of the current loan (i.e. item list price) and also the sum value of the history of loans to date, for the patron. This would allow the letter to be customized to tell the user the amount of cost avoidance achieved by using library services to gain access to circulated items. For example, text might be added like this:
    "You just saved $XXX.XX by using your library. You have saved $X,XXX.XX this past year."

    1 vote
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  3. Relocate cursor to barcode scan field in "Scan In Items" after checkbox selection

    Circulation staff report problems when scanning in a large number of items:

    1. If a user clicks a checkbox or radio button in the scan in items interface, Alma does not direct the cursor to the barcode field.
    2. If the user then scans an item without clicking into the barcode field first, Alma delivers an error because the carriage return at the end of the scan submits the form, but no barcode was registered.
    3. If this error is not noticed by a staff member who has a lapse of attention, they could continue scanning and miss multiple items in a row…
    5 votes
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  4. Ability to Modify Purchase Request Role

    Our Library would like to be able to allow the purchase request form be limited by role, so that only some subset of our staff may begin the purchase request process.

    26 votes
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  5. Shopping cart color change depending or open or closed orders.

    Currently the shopping cart, indicating order/s, is green. It would be helpful if all the orders were cancelled or closed if the cart were another color, say red. If the order or even 1 order of may are active then the green cart.

    7 votes
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  6. Overdues

    An alert function when items have gone overdue. Currently the requester will get sent overdue e-mails, but the library is not notified. When you have thousands of requests it is imposisble to search through.

    12 votes
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  7. Sort Invoice Lines by Description

    When viewing "Invoice Lines" in "Invoice Details" it would be highly useful to be able to sort invoice lines by Description A-Z. Currently you can only sort by Line no., Price/Total Price and Status.

    2 votes
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  8. Add 880 field to the Bibliographic Details dimension table in Analytics

    In MARC bibliographic records, the 880 field is used for non-Roman script equivalents of other fields in the bib record. CJK (Chinese, Japanese & Korean) libraries, for example, may use the 880 to record the non-Roman script equivalent of the Romanized characters in a 245. We would like the 880 field to be searchable in Analytics so we can create new book lists in the CJK scripts. New book lists are very popular with our users and we would like to be able to present these lists in the CJK scripts.

    52 votes
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  10. Use Pieces field from item record to trigger a confirmation pop-up at checkout or return

    Use the Pieces field from item records to trigger a confirmation pop-up at item checkout or return when that item has two or more pieces. Taking measures for prompting staff to add notes manually item-by-item or creating sets and running jobs to populate fulfillment notes for items that have 2,3,...9,10,...39,40,... pieces are both impractical. Not having a pieces confirmation at checkout feature is a frequent complaint on the Alma Listserv.

    24 votes
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  11. Improve z39.50 tab in ILLiad to search individual volumes of serials/monographs

    Improve z39.50 tab in ILLiad to search individual volumes of serials/monographs. Currently searching z39.50 will turn up one random volume from multi-volume set

    13 votes
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  12. Alma Studio

    Having an Alma Studio (like the Primo Studio) would be great for customizing the Alma interface.

    1 vote
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  13. Add Primary Identifier or Item Barcode to patron-delivered letters

    Patrons receive many letters from us (summaries of their loans, fines, check out, check in, etc.) When someone wants me to do something about their account, they just write me back saying "fix this". So, I need to look up their account. But unfortunately, it can be difficult to figure out who the patron is. Either there are multiple people with the name listed or someone has their name changed in a way that isn't reflected in the letter.
    If you could add their primary identifier within all their letters, that would save me a couple of steps. And it…

    4 votes
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  14. General Mail Attachments

    Could the General Mail facility be amended to allow staff to add attachments to an email sent to a patron via the USer Management screen?

    1 vote
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  15. Make "Previous User" list include patrons whose accounts have been opened by scanning a barcode

    It would be ideal for the previous user list to include patrons whose accounts have been opened by scanning their barcode, not just those whose have been opened by typing in their name. The current functionality makes it non-useful for our staff

    15 votes
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  16. Recovered missing/lost item notification

    When an item marked lost (or missing) is checked in on Alma (i.e. found), we would like a notification (via email or otherwise) be sent automatically to the circulation supervisor.

    43 votes
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  17. Analytics - Ability take indicators and subfields into account when adding local (hol) parameters

    At the moment it is not possible to take indicators and subfields into account when asking Ex Libris to add local (hol) parameters for Analytics.
    That's very unfortunate as it can lead to an extremely cluttered output for the field that makes it impossible to use.

    As "normal" bibliographic fields however are filtered by subfields we'd like ExL to make this possible for the local parameters, too.

    24 votes
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  18. Request for Improved linking to courses associated with a title from the ‘All Titles’ citation list

    As Library staff I want to be able to link to an associated Course code without the multiple clicking that is currently required.

    What is required:
    We are requesting that the result of an All titles search immediately displays with a “Courses” hyperlink for each title that would result in the courses list displaying on the next page.
    The Courses hyperlink would preferably display where the Orders and Requests hyperlinks currently display on the citation list page.

    Reasons:
    This would have the benefits of
    • Immediate identification of an associated course
    • Providing a 1 link click (rather than multiple…

    3 votes
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  19. Let every institution to configure due dates according loaning library (no only owning library).

    We often loan items not in the owning library but in another one. In these cases, Alma assigns the due date according to the calendar of the owning library.
    This causes that sometimes the due date is a closed day in the library where item will be returned (not owning library).
    It would be good for us to configure Alma in order to assign due dates according to the calendar of the loaning library, not the owning library.

    22 votes
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  20. Allow option to abort import once it has been submitted

    Once an import has been submitted, there should be an option to abort or cancel the import.

    Sometimes mistakes are made. The wrong import profile is chosen, the wrong file is chosen. Often the mistake can be noticed very quickly, but there is no choice but to wait until the entire import file is loaded. And by then the damage is done, it can be very tedious in Alma to undo certain mistakes (portfolios imported to the wrong collection for example).

    Alma offers the action option to "abort" once a job has been submitted. This same option should be available…

    36 votes
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