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  1. Display logic rules: always allow use of "OPEN_ACCESS" criteria

    Currently, if Alma's enableopenaccessservicesfromunpaywallapi Fulfillment setting = true, then in Display Logic Rules we gain the ability to write rule criteria that considers the presence of open access service links. If the fulfillment setting = false, that DLR option disappears.
    We assume this connection was made at a time when the Unpaywall API setting was the only way that OA services might get into Primo, so there was no need for OA services to be a criteria in DLRs when the Unpaywall API was turned off.
    However, we've found that the new Unpaywall CZ…

    3 votes
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  2. Allow multiple levels of nesting for functions in Dynamic URLs

    I am requesting the ability to nest the same or different functions multiple times (at least five, but preferably many more).

    Use Case: Sometimes it is necessary to replace multiple strings in a dynamic URL.

    For example, I need to replace three different characters for Nexis Uni:
    1) Replace + with a space
    2) Replace & with an empty string (effectively removing &s)
    3) Replace : with an empty string (effectively removing :s)

    This is what the dynamic URL would look like:
    IF(rft.atitle)
    https://advance.lexis.com/search?pdsearchterms=TITLE%28%22REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({rft.atitle},%3A,""),%26,""),+,"%20")%22%29&pdtypeofsearch=urlapi&pdstartin=snapshot&pdsearchtype=bool&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
    IF(rft.stitle)
    https://advance.lexis.com/search?pdsearchterms=PUBLICATION%28%22REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({rft.atitle},%3A,""),%26,""),+,"%20")%22%29&pdtypeofsearch=urlapi&pdstartin=snapshot&pdsearchtype=bool&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
    IF()
    https://www.nexisuni.com

    Currently, if that dynamic URL is entered in Alma, Alma returns an…

    5 votes
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  3. Check coverage dates on physical holdings by link resolver

    When there is no full-text match for an electronic title, the link resolver can bring back a bib record for physical holdings. However, since the coverage in the 866 field is not being checked, this shows records which do not match the dates desired sent by the the open URL.

    Please consider implementing a check on the coverage dates of physical holdings to make things less confusing for patrons.

    3 votes
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  4. More linking parameters for links in CDI records

    I meant to submit this as an enhancement request but missed the deadline. We need the ability to do more than say Proxy Yes/No to links in CDI records. If you are an OpenAthens library, some vendors use the Proxy and others don't and Proquest in particular doesn't. In OpenAthens Proquest URLs get no redirector and instead have a ?accountid=*** with the customer ID. We need to be able to customize CDI links depending on vendor and to put a customer ID to build the correct URL, at least for Proquest CDI URLs. Also, it seems like if there is…

    1 vote
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  6. Provide complete Factiva full text service

    The Factiva full text service is incomplete. When searching with Primo, a complete set of results from Factiva is not retrieved. it is explained that the Factiva collection does not provide full coverage from the provider, but the alternative coverage mechanism also does not work. This was not an issue when we used Summon. It will be good for users to get a complete set of results from Factiva.

    7 votes
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  7. Openurl resolver to search CDI when no full text services found in Alma

    Sometimes the Alma openurl resolver can't locate an item, but you can find it in the CDI, so could the openurl resolver search the CDI by title + authors for possible matches? Perhaps present any results as suggestions, a bit like bX recommendations, so as not to raise expectations that the correct document has been found.

    Here's an example. JSTOR has a record for a paper that was published in print in SAE Transactions, ISSN 0096-736X, 2001, Vol.110, p.86-92
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/44724287

    But the paper is published online as SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0233, ISSN 0148-7191
    https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2001-01-0233/

    It is available in SAE Mobilus…

    3 votes
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  8. Set Linking Parser Parameters at the Interface level

    It would be more efficient to set the Linking Parser Parameters at the interface level, with an option to override the parameter at the Service Link level.

    For example, I want to set our university's ProQuest clientid at the ProQuest interface level rather than have to open each of our 20+ ProQuest collections to edit the Service Link Parameters.

    35 votes
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  9. Two or more EBSCO plugins for Alma

    As we have two organizations that Alma is serving and therefore two EBSCO subscriptions it would be usefult to configure two EBSCO Integration Profiles as well. Now we have to choose which organization's EBSCO is configured to Alma and the other is not.

    We have two different API User ID's (in form custid.groupid.profileid) but now the other is ignored.

    15 votes
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  10. add conditions in General Electronic Services based on ebook Collection

    We request to add conditions based on ebook Collection.
    We want to be able to display additional services only for records that belong to a specific collection.

    0 votes
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  11. Use a link shortener for the permalink on Alma Services pages

    Alma Services pages offer permalinks, but these links can be very long. Primo and Summon permalinks are shortened.

    Primo example: https://primo.csu.edu.au/permalink/61CSU_INST/1hkg98a/alma990009296670402357

    Summon example: http://tinyurl.com/ybkajbbe

    Alma Services pages should offer short permalinks using TinyURL or possibly a simple link using a unique identifier like Portfolio ID or MMS ID.

    11 votes
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  12. resolver proxy

    Provide the ability to use Azure AD as a resolver proxy

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  13. Enable the customization of the label of Unpaywall API link.

    The unpaywall link displays with the label of "Unpaywall" in the ViewIt window of Primo. This may not be an intuitive description for some users.

    We would like the option to change the service label as we do for other services in Alma.

    29 votes
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  14. OADOI/Unpaywall link doesn't display where needed

    I originally posted the idea https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/16880380-add-oadoi-org-as-an-option-in-uresolver which was implemented in the Alma November release.

    It looks like it's implemented the feature exactly as I suggested – unfortunately the method I suggested turns out to be exactly wrong for the use case as I (admitted briefly) described it! :-{

    Our use case, more specifically, is that when we don’t have full text for an item but an OA version is available through Unpaywall, we want that Unpaywall option to appear very visibly for users. (Being a bit fuzzy on the relationship between uResolver, GetIt, ViewIt, and when these all appear) I…

    11 votes
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  15. Customize / brand resolver window

    We have Direct Linking turned on for articles, but there are always some cases where the article can't be found and the link takes the user to the resolver window. Our users are mystified by this window because there is no Tufts branding and they aren't at all sure where they have landed or what they are supposed to do there. Our previous resolver allowed us to fully customize this window. I asked Support about it and they said it isn't customizable. We need to be able to brand it.

    8 votes
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  16. Merge electronic services from the same vendor/interface in the viewit

    When there are multiple services in the viewit from the same vendor/interface, Alma should merge them instead of showing of the same vendor name multiple times which just confuses patrons.
    In the end the link goes to the same place - just coming from different packages from the same vendor we got

    12 votes
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  17. Use NZ records for full text links in Primo search results

    There is an issue with full text links not appearing in the Primo record when the incorrect ISSN is in the 022$y field. If the incorrect ISSN is in an IZ record, the search stops there and there is no full text link in Primo when in actuality there is full text available from the NZ. Can the NZ records be used in this case, not just end at the "bad" IZ record?
    My end goal would be that when looking for full text, the search doesn’t end with an IZ record that may or may not have the correct…

    24 votes
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  18. NZ EBSCO Link Resolver Plug-in

    Currently in the NZ, if you use the EBSCO Link Resolver Plug-in, it is applied all of the libraries using the NZ. We are not able to activate the plug-in for specific libraries in the NZ. Not all of the libraries want to use the link resolver plug-in. Also, along with being able to activate the plug-in for specific libraries, the plug-in will also need to be set up for the specific customer ID. Currently, when we have the link resolver plug-in activated in the NZ, all libraries are being filtered by all of the available EBSCO resources paid for…

    33 votes
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  19. Resolvable URL that links to the ALMA record

    From doing a search outside of ALMA, I have an MMS_id for a record I want to look at. (E.g. 9913920213502836 )

    I want to be able to share this record page with a colleague, or store a pointer to the record in a document or spreadsheet.

    The most useful approach would be to use a URL, where I could display the MMSid as the text, while pointing to the record as the URL ( e.g. www.myalmadomain/mng/action/showrecord.do?mms_id=9913920213502836 )

    Because of how the page is built, there doesn’t appear to be a single url I can use…

    6 votes
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  20. Link Resolver API Plugins

    While this would be helpful across the board, specifically with ProQuest's ownership of ExLibris it seems a logical step to add a link resolver API to increase the efficacy of the services page.

    Specifically request a Proquest Link Resolver API Plugin that would allow Alma to do a pre-check to ProQuest to see if full text is available. If the pre-check API query returns 0 matches, then the Full Text Service would be suppressed and the user would see 'No Full Text' on the Services Page. This would address certain linking issues where the services page recognizes full text is…

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