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We would be interested in knowing if, as part of fulfillment in ALMA, there is any way to view the last few patron accounts accessed by staf
We would be interested in knowing if, as part of fulfillment in ALMA, there is any way to view the last few patron accounts accessed by staff . It would be a very useful feature when carrying out certain tasks.
By accessed by staff we mean any patron record which has been 'opened' by a member of staff on their login. On our old system we could view the last 5 patrons but even the previous 2 or 3 would be useful. We have extended the time a patron stays on the screen now but if a long query was…3 votes -
recall
Update Lending and Borrowing Status when Recalls of Resource Sharing items are cancelled
Currently, once an item is recalled in Resource Sharing, it stays in that status even after the recall is cancelled by the patron. If this could have the same functionality as regular Fulfillment (which can be configured to have the item's original return date applied if recall is dropped), that would be ideal.
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If user notes are marked "external" send an immediate notification to user's email
If user notes are marked "external" send an immediate notification to user's email
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vendor
PO Line - Communications
It is not possible to add all order communications with the vendor into one tab "Communications". All communcations that's starts from the vendor can not register here, only the communications that's starts from the library.
It is not possible to select a communication type that's not sending a email to a vendor in the communication tab.
It is very important for us that the chronology of communications is saved in one tab and not in many tabs.5 votes -
Change duplicate icons in MD editor
In MD editor, the icons for "view bibliographic record" and "view inventory" are identical. Could one of these icons be changed?
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Add a safety feature to Delete Bibliographic Record Job to include option "Do not delete if ANY PO Line is attached"
Currently there is only an option to protect Active PO Lines with this job. Acquisitions staff often place orders on bib records representing multi-volume sets. Cataloging staff then decided to use individual bib records for each volume and want to delete the set record and move POLs to the individual records. It would be very helpful to have this feature in place to protect order information.
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Export URL with FTP
You can export the URL of Portfolios via Alma Admin -> Resource Management -> REsource configuration -> Configuration Menu -> Record Export -> Export URL
But you can not do this in a sort of batch job to feed your proxy with this URL automaticly (Case 223210)1 vote -
Make Brief Levels more visible
Now that we have defined our local Brief Levels for Alma bib records, it would be very helpful if we could view the Brief Levels more readily. For example, it would be helpful to include the Brief Level as a column in spreadsheets of exported search results. And it would be very helpful to see the Brief Levels in the Receiving work bench to help with initial sorting of incoming material and identifying items most appropriate for rapid cataloging at the point of receipt.
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Add ability to automatically check-in certain items to work order department such as laptops and ipads when they are returned to the library
Add ability to automatically check-in certain items to work order department such as laptops and ipads when they are returned to the library. For example, all of our technology items are sent to the technology work order department when they are check-in so they can be wiped clean or previous user's data. We would love the ability to automatically send certain items or items from certain locations to a specified work order department on check-in saving lots of added steps for the access services staff every time a laptop or ipad is checked in.
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Option for physical item requesting only items that are checked out.
In Alma, it seems that in the Terms of Use for requesting, you can only choose requestable and non-requestable. Is it possible to have an option to only request items that are checked out?
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In advanced searching in Alma NZ for physical titles, have results say: Advanced searching not performed for physical materials in NZ.
In advanced searching in Alma NZ for physical titles, have results say: Advanced searching not performed for physical materials in NZ Currently, results from this impossible search only indicate "No records were found," making it look like the NZ does not have anything, when in fact there may be many. Perhaps search options for advance searching in the NZ should not allow physical titles as a search option. Example: condition title= Wyoming, and condition material type= Map in the NZ results in nothing, but there are over 2k hits if searching All titles instead of Physical titles, some of which…
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Multiple requests (Home Delivery pickup), Multiple Items, and Information Display on Scan In Page
Multiple requests with pickup as Home Delivery are placed against a title and there are one or more copies available. When staff collect the items from the shelves, they scan in the item barcode. Alma, if it can see that there are two identical requests, on the Scan in page will ask for the request ID. Staff then scan in the request ID for the first patron (with Home Delivery as pick up location) in the request list. This results in the first patron being loaned the item that was scanned in. The display on the Scan in page only…
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Add indicators to IZ/NZ/CZ tabs in Repository Search results to show presence of bib records and local holdings
It would save time in cataloging, acquisitions, ILL, and reference if the IZ/NZ/CZ tabs included some sort of indication that there are bib records matching the search and, where applicable, local holdings attached to those records.
My thought is a simple count added after the tab title -- local holdings / bibs.
Additionally it would be helpful to shade or highlight the active tab, making it very quick to recognize in which zone you are working.
Finally, on NZ and CZ results lists, it would be helpful 1) highlight the local holdings so that they stand out more obviously in…
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Expand options for repository search for item barcodes
It would be nice to be able to have more options in the advanced search when searching by barcode. Currently, the only options are "contains keywords", "contains phrase", and "is empty".
It would be useful to be have the same dropdown options that are available when searching on other identifiers, such as the MMSID. Specifically, the >, >=, <, <= options would be very useful.
Sample situation: I would like to create a set of all items that have not been moved to our new barcode system. Our new barcodes have 8 digits, and our old barcode numbers only have…
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Better clarity of which holding an item belongs to.
We would like the item details page to include the holding ID number, or the holdings page to include the item barcodes. Or some other solution to this confusion. When we migrated to Alma, a number of records were created with multiple identical holdings, one for each item. This causes confusion when we want to move items between holdings as there is no way of knowing which item is connected to which holding – the order they appear on the page is not the same for items & holdings.
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Option for whether or not to carry forward Funds and Ledgers in a rollover
This concerns the Financial Year Rollover rules for rolling over the Funds and Ledgers.
It has become evident after each annual rollover we perform that these rules are carried forward to the new Fiscal Period in their entirety, without any option not to.
This is frustrating for us, because as an institution we set our expenditure limits on a fund by fund basis. However, we appreciate that this may not be the case for other institutions.
As such, would it please be possible to press for an additional option applied to the rollover job for Funds and Ledgers, whereby we…
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Stop the difference in the item display between Alma and Primo when the description field is filled in
I would like to see all monograph items display as such in the Primo location tab.
Currently if an item (even if tagged elsewhere as a one time monograph) contains anything in the Items description field Primo is treating the item as a serial.
For an explanation of how Primo does this see the following knowledge center article: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Knowledge_Articles/Difference_in_the_item_display_between_Alma_and_Primo_when_the_description_field_is_filled_inThis is a problem as it prevents users from easily seeing the availability information.
See for example the attached screenshot where the number of available titles does not display.Please change the logic in Primo so that it does not treat…
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Better presentation of Resource types in limiting search, left panel
I have a suggestion related to Resource types, limiting search. Sometimes the group Undefined is too big. If you search "Mozart" (in NZ-instance), there are more than 2000 Undefined. Most of these are component parts. An improvement would be to use:
Component parts (Text): LDR pos. 06 = a AND LDR pos. 7 = a
Component parts (Musical sound): LDR pos. 06 = j AND LDR pos. 7 = a
It is easy and you don't have to consider 008 here.If you need any changes here, you may do so, or let me suggest something.
Maybe it is not…7 votes -
Fix split editor display when 856 field is present
I have noticed that when there is a really long URL in the 856 field on a bibliographic record, the right pane in split editor view does not display correctly. You have to pull the left pane over as far as you can to see the contents of the right pane. Even after moving the left pane over you still cannot see the right pane very well. This makes editing a holdings record while looking at the bibliographic record very difficult. Please see the attached image "8561" to see how the record appears in split view before moving the…
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repository search sort by collection name (asc/desc)
Ability to sort searches in the repository by collection name (ascending & descending) when searching by titles & portfolios. This sort feature is only available right now when searching for electronic collections; this feature, when turned on, applies to the other searches you can do (i.e. electronic portfolios) but only if one searches by collection first. Would like the sort feature to be available for all searches in the repository, not just for collections.
2 votes
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