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Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for developer portal
Currently login to the developer portal https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/ requires username and password. If a user account associated with an organisation is compromised this gives the malicious actor access to use/create API keys to do anything they want in Alma.
For example a malicious actor could create an API key which allows them to access all the user information stored in Alma.
Access to manage API keys should be locked down with 2FA, password login is not sufficient.
7 votes -
Transit Time Rules for Work Order Departments
We have work order departments in a central location providing services to multiple libraries across our state. When the department has completed their task and is ready to send the item to the distant library, Alma sets the delivery date to 24 hours when the transit time between libraries could take 72 hours. This confuses patrons who believe the item is available when it is in transit.
The Transit Time Rule set between libraries are not configured to include Work Order Departments and only the library level is available for configuration. We would like the Transit Time Rules to include…
5 votes -
Adding a facet to filter search in CZ
When searching CZ for a portfolio, can we have a facet to filter to only show those collections we have activated.
82 votes -
Make the "License ID" visible in Alma
My team was trying to investigate ways to make sets for a project regarding our licenses and thought using the License ID would be great, but it's frustrating since we can't even see what the License ID actually is unless you find it in an Analytics report and search for it. In Analytics, you can add a column to show the "License ID", but are unable to view that in Alma. I think if it's viewable in Analytics and it's also a searchable field in Alma, it would make sense to make it an option to view in Alma as…
2 votes -
Add Workflow Note to Purchase Request Screen
At the University of Cumbria, we have configured Leganto questions, and we are using it in combination with a Citation Processing Rule to create a purchase request in Alma.
When we view the purchase requests in Alma, we see the "Requester note" as we have configured this to display. This works well but we'd also like to see the "Workflow note" as well on the purchase request screen as it contains information about the purchase (e.g. library, number of copies, etc.).
The idea is for Ex Libris to allow us to enable the display the "Workflow note" on the purchase…
18 votes -
Choose users affiliated to a particular library - Bulk Change Due Date
Our situation is that we have 2 libraries (eg. Library A - Library B) in 2 different cities. Students affiliated to a particular library can borrow items (books, DVD, etc.) owned by the other library.
The problem is:
Eg. Due to COVID, library A closed and library B remain open, so students affiliated to library A can't physically return their books. I would like to bulk change due date for all loans of library A students.
HOWEVER, if I choose 'Library A' in the field 'Library' of Bulk Change Due Date feature, Alma will change due date of loans related…
7 votes -
Display loan limit for patrons at Manage Patron Services Screen in Alma
At present, there is no indication at the Manage Patron Services screen (when you go to a patron's account) of the loan limit for the patron (i.e. allowed to borrow 8 loans; of which 2 loans may be from the SL collection, etc.). This information is only available at Configuration - Fulfillment - Loan Limits.
12 votes -
Estimated price -field for following year on continuous POL
Estimated price -field is needed for databases and another continuous purchase orders for following year budget planning. There should be price fields for both current year and the following year (also possibility to split them to different funds). Estimated price -field should also to be selected on the analytics reports. Publishers may change database or journals prices a lot more than average rate.
42 votes -
More humanity in the letters: add the name of librarians who take care of the requests
Automatic processes in Alma make library staff save time and efforts, but also significantly reduce human interactions with patrons (very few emails are personally sent by librarians to patrons). Lots of Alma letters sent to patrons are nameless and only signed by generic service names like "Acquisitions Department", "Circulation Desk", "Library ABC" etc. (see @@department@@ in the Labels). Some staff members suffer from this dehumanization in the processes.
We want to give a name and a face to a request when patrons get notified and would like to enrich some Alma letters with the name of the librarian who took…
118 votes -
List the "Pick from Shelf" list, "Monitor Requests and item processes" and results from a "Requests" search in order from latest to oldest
We would find it helpful if it were possible to view requests (both active and complete) in order from latest to older without the need to export and filter
3 votes -
Add institution address information to XML for Ful Transit Slip Letter
When an item is placed in transit to another institution in an AFN, the institution name is included in the XML of the Ful Transit Slip Letter. However, no address information for the institution in included in the XML, so it's not possilble to add that information to the Ful Transit Slip Letter. SUNY has added resource sharing partner address info to our resource sharing shipping and return letters, and that has proven to be very helpful. We would like the address of the library where the item is held to be added to the XML for the Ful Transit…
41 votes -
Show count of items scanned in when using the cloud app of Bulk Scan-In
When I use the cloud app of Bulk Scan-In, I would like to see how many items get scanned in.
3 votes -
Filtering a report based on a user set
Right now if you want to filter a report on a user set...
- Run a search in Alma and save to a set
- Export the list, using Excel.
- Manipulate the needed field (e.g. of barcodes), to be stored in one row, with semicolon separating them (e.g. 365704-340;365704-350).
- Copy this list as a row to be used as a filter in Analytics
I would like Alma smart enough, when I click on filter to simply supply the user set I created.
5 votes -
New Hold Shelf Request Slip Letter for Physical non-returnable
The current hold shelf request slip letter only handles regular RS requests (books etc), but is not generated when a RS request is created and received as physical non-returnable.
We would like to see an improved functionality to support this material type, so a slip is created as with any other request that are placed on hold shelf. It could either be an improvement to the existing letter, or a new letter entirely.
9 votes -
Generate PIN as an option in the Update/Notify user job.
Please add "generate PIN" as an option in the "Update/Notify user job".
6 votes -
Make Push Selected to MDE button available for Itemized Sets
'Push Selected to MDE' (pushing records in bulk to Metadata Editor) is not available for Itemized sets, but it is available for Logical sets in the current Alma implementation. While the option to Push Selected to MDE is plainly visible in the Logical Set Results view (please see the attached screenshots), it is replaced by the 'Remove Selected' button in the Itemized Sets Members’ view. We would be very interested in having the Push Selected to MDE available for both Logical and Itemized sets. Is it possible to add the 'Push Selected to MDE' to he Itemized view and keep…
51 votes -
Show 'chapter/article title' and 'chapter/article author' in completed digitization requests and in Analytics
For copyright reasons, we need to track whether users have requested an article from an issue or a chapter from a book from which they have already received a scan.
Completed digitisation requests in Alma do not show the chapter/article title or chapter/article author, only the overall title requested. The data is not available in Analytics either.
This means that we are reliant on a local spreadsheet to track what users have already requested.
We would like to see the data available on the completed requests and in Analytics.
76 votes -
Show Interested User name directly in the PO Line list when receiving new material
Currently, for PO Lines with interested user(s), we can only see a green "V" in the PO Lines list when receiving new material in the Acquisition Department.
Since we increasingly use Purchase Requests to order new material, we almost always have IUs in the PO Lines. These IUs can either be patrons or staff members.We'd like to be able to see straightaway the IU's name(s) when receiving, either directly or when flying over this green "V".
It would save us a few clicks to be able to see quickly the Interested User's name. And it is important for us:…90 votes -
Implement auto holdings for Ebsco
Often there are many collections with Ebsco and it would be great to be able to have them on auto holding to have everything in one collection
17 votes -
Add a translation field to custom License Terms
Under Alma Configuration > Acquisitions > Manage License Terms, it is possible to add library-defined license terms. However, contrary to the "out of the box" license terms, which is provided with a translation in all supported languages, it is not possible for the library to add a translation. This is not an issue with Primo, since a label table can be used, but it affects the Alma UI, where custom terms cannot be displayed in the UI's language, and API responses, which are language sensitive for OTB license terms but cannot display a translation for custom terms.
3 votes
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