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Request for Bulk Activation of CZ Collections
Previously, I submitted an enquiry via Salesforce regarding whether Alma provides a native function that would allow customers to activate a large number of Community Zone (CZ) collections in bulk. We were informed that such functionality is currently not available.
As we may need to activate approximately several hundred collections, the current manual process is extremely time-consuming. I would therefore like to explore whether the following approach could be considered or supported.
Using Gale collections as an example, would it be possible to:
Upload a list of CZ Collection IDs and activate the corresponding collections in batch;
Subsequently run the…2 votes -
Primo Configuration API should have a method that lists all Views
Currently, the "Primo Configuration" API area contains only one method: /primo/v1/configuration/{vid}
This method assumes that you already know the View ID (VID) ahead of time. In order to develop useful tools, the API should offer a way to get the list of Views (VIDs) so that you can actually make use of this API area.
I have attempted to work around this limitation by making use of Alma Analytics. However, I discovered that Analytics does not return all of an institution's Views; in particular, it does not list any of the NDE-enabled views, which happen to be the only views…
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Music Score as Material Type when PO Line Type is in Electronic Collection or Portfolio
"Musical Score" is listed as material type only when the POL Type is in print format, but it's not available when the PO Line Type is either electronic Collection or Electronic Portfolio. We do have full text e-score from either collections or portfolios, i.e. Proquest's Music Online: Classical Scores Library, vol. 1-6. They are not books or journals. Please make electronic Musical Score available in POLs.
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Handling external content filtering and proxy domain exceptions in Alma e-resources
Hi everyone. I am fairly new to Alma and still trying to wrap my head around some specific electronic resource management workflows. Recently, our IT team updated our campus proxy and content filtering rules to better control non-academic web traffic on public terminals.
Since then, we have noticed an issue where legitimate user requests for external web domains get caught in the filter, especially when testing redirect rules for electronic packages or off-campus access. The system keeps flagging certain test URLs incorrectly in our access logs.
Has anyone else configured custom proxy exceptions or specific vendor bypass rules directly within…
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Use Online Ordering to preference ebook multi-user licenses over single user licenses.
We would like ebook links with unlimited or multi-user licenses to be preferenced (display first) over single user license ebooks in discovery configuration. We would like this to be an option in Configuration > Fulfillment > Discovery Interface Display Logic > Online Services Order
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Automatically Remove or Flag Bibliographic Records Without Inventory Created by "Link Local Portfolios to Community" Job
Current Behaviour:
When local portfolios are linked in bulk to the Community Zone using the Link Local Portfolios to Community job, the associated local bibliographic records remain in the Alma repository even after inventory has been removed. These records become bibliographic records without inventory and require manual cleanup.
Currently, institutions must:
Monitor for Bibs without eInventory
Create a set of Titles Without Inventory.
Run the Delete Bibliographic Records job against the set.
Perform ongoing monitoring to identify and remove residual records.According to Ex Libris Support, there is currently no mechanism to prevent this behaviour, and it is considered a…
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Automated linking a NZ record to the IZ based on the existence of a parent 773 link
As a system librarian, I have a problem with linking large amounts of bibliographic records from Network Zone to the Institution Zone. Those are recods that are related to other bib records by the 773 field with $w – links using the record control number and/or with $x – links using the ISSN of the bibliographic record. Those linking records, usually monographic component parts, are created and saved in the Network Zone, and are not automatically linked to their related records in the IZ, every institution has to link them one by one from the NZ to IZ.
It would…7 votes -
Searching in Resource Sharing requests by more than one parameter
It should be possible to search Resource Sharing Borrowing and Lending requests by more than one parameter for example: Requester + Title or Requester + Journal Title or Author + Title to prevent duplicate requests.
In addition, it should be possible to search by Keyword.1 vote -
Expose valid pickup locations and digitization departments via API
Problem:
The API endpoint for creating requests currently requires mandatory information such as pickup locations (physical item requests) or digitization departments (digitization request). BUT: The API does not provide a way to determine valid values for these mandatory(!) parameters.Impact:
That means, every application using this API (discovery systems, mobile apps, ...) has to implement its own logic to determine valid pickup locations or digitization department. This is cumbersome, error-prone and violates the DRY-principle ("don't repeat yourself") paradigm of programming.Solution:
Since Alma already has that logic built-in, it would be a very easy solution, if the API would expose…6 votes -
Make bulk job reports explain why individual records were skipped
When a bulk job finishes, please provide a downloadable report for records that were skipped or failed. For each record, the report could include its ID, the attempted action, the reason it was not changed, and a suggested next step where possible.
This would help library staff distinguish records that need correction from records that were intentionally left unchanged, without opening each record individually.
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Consortia Dashboard for Normalization Rules
It would be helpful for Alma consortia to have a centralized dashboard where Network Zone administrators can view Normalization Rules configured at both NZ and IZ levels.
The dashboard could display:
• Normalization rule name and NZ/IZ ownership
• Corresponding normalization processes
• Import profiles or other workflows using the rule
• Last modified date
• Filters for institution, rule, and process
• Identify conflicting normalization rules or processesA key use case would be troubleshooting normalization of incoming bibliographic records. When an unknown or unexpected MARC record transformation occurs, it can be challenging to determine whether normalization is happening…
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Ability to de-activate collections with EasyActive setting
Once you have chosen EasyActive over FullyFlexible, there is no way to switch back (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Electronic_Resource_Management/070Alma_Single_Activation_Source_for_CDI/020Single_Activation_with_the_EasyActive_Setting). However, at the time of switching there is no way of knowing what future collections will be added, and all CDI records of future collections will be returned in an unfiltered Primo search. For various reasons, we have had to switch to a default unfiltered search in Primo and now results are flooded with CDI records, some not of good quality. If there is no way to switch to FullyFlexible, then please provide an easy method to de-activate collections so that the CDI…
43 votes -
Color coded pop-ups
It would be great if the various pop-ups in Alma on return or scan in would be color coded for additional indication of what needs to happen to an item.
Example - Transit item could be a green box, and a fulfillment note could be yellow.
3 votes -
Allow Saved Excel Export Profiles Without Changing Alma’s Screen View
Alma should allow users to create and select saved Excel export profiles that are separate from the Customize view used for the Alma screen display.
The current problem is that if I customize and save a limited view to make an Excel export smaller, my normal Alma screen view also stays limited. That is not what I need. I need my regular full screen view for daily work, but I also need a separate smaller export profile for reports.
Staff should not have to limit their everyday Alma display just to create a clean, narrow Excel export.Example:
• For…12 votes -
Job to update 'Retention note' needs to provide 'append to field' option
We need to be able to add to existing Retention Notes via the ‘Change Physical items information’ Job, without losing what was already in the note.
Idea is to add the ‘append to field’ condition option, when running a Job to update field ‘Retention Note’.
In the physical item editor, the Retention Note is a free-text field. It can be updated via a job, but the conditions for this field are missing the option to ‘append to field’ i.e. there is no ability to retain any text already in the field, and add to it via the job.
ALMA> Admin>…
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Sort options and filters on item sets (from an imported file)
Why are there no sorting options on Sets?
I would like to sort according to the data within the set such as barcodes or title or call numbers. And i would like the list to not re-order once an item is removed from the set.
Sets are frustrating to work with.0 votes -
Integrated peer-to-peer chat and collaboration network within Alma
Establishing direct and agile communication between institutions using Alma would significantly improve daily workflows and collaborative problem-solving. Currently, exchanging specific information with librarian colleagues at other universities regarding day-to-day Acquisitions tasks (workflows, vendor issues, best practices) is complex and inefficient. Relying on traditional email often leads to dead ends, as we frequently do not know the right contact person, or responses are delayed.We propose that Ex Libris implements an integrated chat or messaging feature within the Alma platform. This tool would allow users to easily find and connect with peers in the same functional areas (like Acquisitions) across other user…
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Chat entre instituciones usuarias de Alma
Considero que un chat entre instituciones usuarias de Alma sería una manera muy agil y eficaz de intercambiar información y aprovechar nuevas maneras de trabajar. Poder intercambiar informacion con otras universidades usuarias de alma sobre temas cotidianos de nuestro trabajo en Adquisiciones enriquecería nuestras experiencias. A dia de hoy la información puntual con nuestros compañeros bibliotecarios en otras universidades es complejo, a veces no sabemos a quien dirigirnos y a veces el proceso del correo es lento o no se contesta. Exlibris puede ser quien consiga el medio para favorecer esta comunicación. (No
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Convert "request communicated to storage" to resource sharing
When a request has the status of "Request Communicated to Storage," there should be an option to convert the request to a Resource Sharing Request.
If an item cannot be located in the ARS, it stays at the "Request Communicated to Storage" status until the item is marked missing or the request is cancelled. When the item is marked missing, the request is also cancelled. There should be a way to convert these to Resource Sharing first, as we do with other items that can't be located.
1 vote
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