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Add Job Category to Staff Login Report
Add the Job category column to the Staff Login Report to facilitate the management of professional accounts
28 votes -
Add Available From/To dates (in General Tab) to Extended Export/Portfolio loader
The Available From/To fields in the portfolios general tab are currently not included in the portfolio extended export. Nor is it possible to populate the fields using the portfolio loader spreadsheet.
This makes it impossible to identify if these fields are populated in a portfolio without using Analytics. These fields should be included in Extended Export to make it easier to find, and should be available for the Portfolio Loader to make it easier to populate.14 votes -
Private labels
In acquisitions we have tagged the POL Line Subscriptions, we have put the label with the renewal month on each POL Line (In Recurring Renewal all the POL Line Subscriptions are mixed, Book Subscription, Journal Subscription, Electronic Title Subscription, etc., these labels make it faster to locate the ones we want to renew each month.
We need these labels not to be seen by other Library Services. Is it possible to have private or public labels? We would also like to group the labels into sublabels.6 votes -
Fulfilment Network - Control of the Register button display by user group of the logged-in user.
*This is for the Fulfillment Network, not AFN.
The Register button(1) is displayed even if the logged-in user is set to "Restricted Users"(2).
Primo VE checks with Alma whether the FN function is available after pressing the Register button.
We think this button control is not designed with the User experience.
This is because the existence of the register button is meaningless for users who cannot use this feature.To improve this function, the Register button should not be displayed to users who are set as Restricted Users.
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Fulfillment Networks
Fulfillment Networks - Ex Libris…72 votes -
'Manage purchase request' page report to include fields like ISBN
The ‘course instructor’s name’ and the ‘course name’ fields are not there in the ‘create purchase request’. So, we write the course instructor’s name under the Requestor tab and Librarian's name who has inputted the request on Requester Note. If there were separate fields we could have searched by the name of the Librarian also as we cannot filter by requester note.
After creating a purchase request, when we export the requests to an Excel sheet using the ‘export list’ icon on the Manage purchase request page, we don’t get fields like ISBN, Publisher, publication year, edition, etc., which are…4 votes -
Expand API access to all record fields across all record types
Libraries frequently use API access to Alma records to complete a variety of tasks, provide services, and support special projects. Currently, the types of records and fields that are accessible via APIs are limited. For example, in bibliographic records, the 024 (UPC) field data is inaccessible via the API. Please Expand API access to all record fields across all record types.
8 votes -
Add an API access for creating a task in the Electronic Resource Activation Task List
We would like to set up an automatized workflow to import records and el. inventory into Alma. It would help in the daily management of these imports, if we could create a task for the e-resource staff via the API once the import finishes.
We would like to have a way to use the API to generate a new task in the Electronic Resource Activation Task List for an electronic collection or an electronic portfolio.
1 vote -
Add Bursar Transaction ID dimension to Fines and Fees Subject Area in Analytics
Bursar Transaction ID is a critical data element when an institution uses a Bursar integration profile to export fines/fees and import payments. We recently implemented this integration and are looking at ways to reconcile Alma transactions with data extracted from our bursar. If Bursar Transaction ID were present as a dimension in Analytics, this would be much easier. It should be added.
20 votes -
Make headings and descriptions editable for PO Lines without Inventory
It is possible to create a PO Line without inventory by using the "Order without Inventory" option in the Acquisitions area of Alma. When creating such an order, Order Heading, Alternative Heading, and Description are all required fields. However, these fields are not editable after the order is created, so if you make a typo or there is a change to the name of a service (or whatever it is you are ordering), it is not possible to update that information in the heading. Ex Libris should make these fields editable after the order is created.
10 votes -
Option to remove Alma roles if staff not logged in for X days/months
Having an option to remove Alma roles if staff not logged in for X days/months will help automate the process of identifying and managing inactive accounts, saving administrative time.
We have a lot of staff that change job roles within the institution, but end up keeping their Alma roles unless someone tells us they are leaving the library department. Obviously this idea won't fix all the problems, but it would certainly help with reducing the risk of unauthorized access - particularly for any one that has an administrator role
3 votes -
Calendar update recurring
It would be useful to be able to enter the dates of recurring holidays localized by country via "Calendar Management", in order to avoid having to confirm these dates every year.
1 vote -
Allow loans/requests APIs to override blocks and limits
When using the Alma UI staff are able to override user blocks and loan/request limits when loaning an item or creating a request. With the API this is not possible. It would be helpful if the APIs had a parameter to perform a staff override in the same manner. This would allow automated loans and requests to work in scenarios where staff would have overridden the block/limit, and where it is desirable that the loan/request always succeeds.
3 votes -
New Manage Patron Services UI
In the new circulation desk UI, it would be useful if the appearance of the options: "Send loan receipt" and "Send request receipt" can be configured.
In a library that has decided not to enable these two letters, it does not make sense for them to show in the options drop-down menu.
The same thing happens with the option "add/renew patron role".1 vote -
Arcanum
Arcanum Newspapers
URL: https://adt.arcanum.com/en/collections/
Provider: Arcanum4 votes -
Search scheduled jobs
Maybe I'm missing something but when you go into Admin>Monitor Jobs , you can search in the 'Scheduled Manual Jobs', 'Running' and 'History' tabs - but can't search in the 'Scheduled Jobs' tab.
We have a lot of scheduled jobs, and every now and then have to check them for troubleshooting purposes. Sometimes it can be difficult to find the one you need when the only option is to figure out which Job Category it belongs to, and having to click through the pages.
Having a Search Bar, like in the other tabs would make things a lot easier.
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PDA import profiles for electronic titles - limit matching to specific electronic collection
The ability to limit matching of imported MARC record against existing records with portfolios in a selected electronic collection was release for repository import profiles in the Feb 2024 release in response to a previous Ideas Exchange submission:
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/15312516-repository-import-profiles-for-electronic-titlesEchoing the comments added to that Ideas Exchange post following the release, it would be really helpful if the same functionality could be release for PDA import profiles too, for the same reasons originally stated.
22 votes -
Allow access to "Roles Privileges" configuration for General System Administrator
Allow access to "Roles Privileges" configuration for General System Administrator
Ex Libris staff have the ability to remove specific privileges from Alma roles via the "Roles Privileges" configuration (User Management - Roles and Registration - Roles Privileges)
Since roles in Alma are not very fine-grained, and roles often grant access to groups of privileges that shouldn't necessarily be granted as a set, it would be very helpful for customers to have access to the "Roles Privileges" configuration.
Ideally we would have the ability to make edits ourselves, but Read-Only access would also be valuable, because it would allow us to:
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67 votes -
Add option for Due Time to be after Midnight
Our library is sometimes open until 1:00am and when it is we want the due time of our items to be when we close and not at midnight. Currently to do this the due time needs to be overridden for each relevant item by our front desk. Adding this as an option in either calendar management or as a policy option would reduce manual effort by our staff, lower the risk of mistakes being made and patrons incorrectly being charged fines, and lessen confusion among our patrons.
3 votes -
bhanlon3@jhu.edu
Please add this Vendor to the Community Zone.
Peer Community In (PCI)
https://peercommunityin.org/Vendor contact email is contact [ a.t ] peercommunityin [ d.o.t ] org
PCI is a non-profit organization of researchers offering peer review, recommendation and publication of scientific articles in open access for free.
Please create a Database Collection titled "Peer Community In"
Please add the following OA journal to the collection:
Peer Community Journal ISSN: 2804-3871
The journal is currently in the ALMA collection: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals1 vote -
Add Block for Resource Sharing Shipping from Scan-In Items
Alma allows an institution to set rsallowactionsonscan_in to false. When a staff person tries to Receive or Ship a resource sharing request from Scan-In, the staff person sees a pop-up message advising them to use Alma Receiving or Shipping.
When Scan-in Items is used on a lending request that should be shipped, a pop up message displays that “Shipping is required to be done from the dedicated screen, Are you sure you want to continue?” There is a “Cancel” or “Confirm” option. If the staff person chooses “Confirm” and scans the item barcode again then another…
38 votes
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