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Make the site compatable for minimizing the window.
When minimizing the window to half screen or less the words and links overlap and squish together instead of adjusting to screen wideness, ive never seen a website do this before and it gets really annoying when working on 2 windows pulled up side by side.
4 votes -
Make patron info updateable in Primo flag more granular
Currently the only control on allowing patrons to update info via Primo is either on or off:
http://screencast.com/t/kcSIvkkR3gWould like the ability to say for example only Visitors user group can update info via Primo.
18 votes -
Improve xml for FulResourceRequestSlipLetter and FulTransitSlipLetter
We would like the option to add more information to our Resource Request Slips, but are limited by data not present in the xml. Specifically we would like the following to appear:
-All request attributes
-Course Reserve information, primarily the department placing the requestThe addition of these xml fields for possible display on these slips would increase staff efficiency when sorting and processing materials arriving from other library locations.
3 votes -
Add facet for publication year for Electronic Titles results list
When you do an All Titles search or a Physical Titles search in Alma, you get filters for Material Type, Language, and Publication Year, but when you do an Electronic Titles search, you only get filters for Material Type and Language. We very much need all the same functionality for searching electronic titles as we do for print. Please support electronic resources the same way as print.
3 votes -
Customization of invoice line summary display
The notes field on the invoice lines summary display currently displays a tick if there is anything is written in the notes field of the invoice line. It would be more convenient if we could customize/configure what we can view so that we can see the content of the notes field without having to go in and view the individual invoice line.
27 votes -
import profiles -- need the option to leave suppression codes "as is"
When creating an import profile, the “set management tags” option is to either suppress record/s from publish/delivery, or to not suppress. This is for the entire file.
We need a third option to leave the existing suppress status unchanged for replaced and merged records. (We had this option in Voyager, and it worked well)
Rational: All GPO weekly brief Marcive records are loaded suppressed. When the monthly bib records overlay the weekly brief records, the suppress status needs to remain as is. “If” the bib record is suppressed, the cataloger will unsuppress at the point of cataloging
24 votes -
Not so much an idea more like a request
I would love to see more keyboard shortcuts like "Alt+B" throughout the system. Like in voyager I would love to able to use keyboard instead of the mouse. It would make my workflows so much more comfortable and faster.
9 votes -
2 votes
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Fulfilment find patron
Fulfilment - enter patron name & select from list - should not have to additionally click 'Go'/enter to display record
43 votes -
Alternative way to withdraw items from ALMA
It would be useful to have a withdraw items button displayed when a library needs to withdraw items from its collection. When viewing items from the search results page, instead of clicking Actions and choosing withdraw item from the drop down menu - can we have a button next to the existing move items button for a quick withdrawal of items.
Regards,
Heather.1 vote -
Improve ME Browse Call Numbers Tool
When editing a holding record in the Metadata Editor, the Browse Call Number tool shows the call number from the current holding record in a shelf list display. However, the resulting list starts with the call number in your holding record and shows the following call numbers. What we need is to see the call numbers both before and after the one we're working on. Request the list show at least 2-3 call number prior to the one we're working on, plus those following.
43 votes -
Improve the ease of reordering the Online Services Order and General Electronic Services Order tables
Currently, items in the General Electronic Services Order and Online Services Order tables need to be moved using up and down arrows. This can be very time-consuming if the tables contain numerous items. It would significantly improve the ease of use i, the items in this list could be resorted either through drag-and-drop or by moving a given item to a numbered slot in the table (similar to the Netflix interface).
30 votes -
Set standard opening hours in advance
If the Library decides to change the standard opening hours of the Library for the coming year you currently have to wait until the first day of new hours to be able to input them as standard hours into Alma.
It would be nice if Alma allowed you to enter new standard opening hours in advance and to set a date in which they would come into effect. That way you wouldn't have to schedule to change them on the first day of the new hours.
An example would be if new standard hours were decided on by Library Management…
11 votes -
make permissions on changing address data more granular (email/domestic)
Aleph allows to set an option to allow users change their "address" data via Primo OVP. This allows users to edit the phone number and email in Primo, but also their domestic address. Often, the change of the domestic address must be prevented, because it is the address where a possible court order is directed to.
We want to allow users to change their email and phone number but need to disallow the change of the domestic address. Therefore, we propose that Primo and Aleph/ALMA must be designed to work in a way that allows setting permissions on each field…
22 votes -
Add the Amount Paid in Current FP field to invoicing
Presently there is a field which displays in the PO Line Summary for continuous orders which details how much has been spent on that PO line in the current financial year - useful for items which are subscriptions but paid for individually, such as Law looseleaf subscriptions. If this field could appear when entering an invoice on the Invoice Line Details that would be a great help in deciding whether to disencumber these orders, particulary towards the end of the financial year.
7 votes -
Change Financial Year dates after they have been set
It doesn't look as if it is possible to change the start and finish dates of any financial year in Acquisitions Configuration > Fund And Ledger Fiscal Period table mapping tables once the year has been created, unless it is deleted completely.
Can it be made possible for the start and (in particular) the end dates to be edited having already been set and saved, if so required?
Being able to do this would be of particular benefit around the time of a financial year rollover, especially if an institution cannot be certain that all financial transactions for the outgoing…
17 votes -
Add percentage figures to the Fund Balance graph
When a fund is selected, the Fund Balance graph shows Expended, Encumbered and Allocated amounts. Can it be made possible to display those expended and encumbered amounts together with the percentage figure of each as a proportion of the allocation? It would also be great if we could see the number of items each at expended and encumbered status here.
6 votes -
Automatically Associate Certain Payment Methods (e.g., Credit, JV, Deposit) with Prepaid Functionality when Creating Invoices
We would like the ability to automatically associate certain Payment Methods (Credit Card, JV (Correction), Deposit Account, etc.) with Prepaid functionality when creating Invoices. 1) This would save time. 2) Most institutions do not want certain payment methods going to their ERP, but occasionally forget to check the Prepaid box. Setting this up systematically would serve as a fail-safe for such situations.
14 votes -
Add searching by ISSN in the E-activation task list
Would like the ability to search by ISSN in the e-activation task list added
5 votes -
When add local coverage dates remind to change Which coverage statement will be applied?
When local coverage dates are added the system should remind you to chose Which coverage statement will be applied?.
A small annoying feature of Alma, is the number of times we add amended local coverage dates to and electronic portfolio and forget to change the radio button to apply the local dates. Could a reminder be added when ever you add local dates?
8 votes
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