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Add privilege to perform "Browse shelf listing" to physical inventory roles
When a user has the "Physical Inventory Operator" but no "Cataloger" role he/she can perform browse search in bibliographical and authority data but can NOT select "Browse shelf listing" - which is what one would expect.
It would be helpful for staff not working in the area of cataloging to be able to do call number browse search. There are several use cases:
.) Browse search can be very useful to look up complex call numbers of multi-volume works that are published in volumes and are further subdivided into sections. By looking at the index you can sometimes get a…16 votesHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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Add permission to remove items from sets to more Alma roles
Several of our cataloging workflows are based on multiple catalogers working off of a public Alma set of items to be cataloged. After they catalog an item, they remove it from the set. The ability to remove records from sets created by others requires the Repository Manager role. Currently we have to add the Repository Manager role to catalogers to get the "remove from others' sets" functionality, and we don't want to grant the other advanced permissions along with that role.
Please add the ability to remove items from sets created by others to additional Alma roles that are lower…3 votesThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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Searchbox jankiness
The searchbox in Alma is...odd.
When you click into it with one click, it highlights everything (instead of inserting the cursor where you clicked). Why not use the almost universal standard of 1 click = insert cursor at that point, 2 clicks = highlight that word / string, 3 clicks = highlight everything?
It's also needlessly difficult to make the dropdown disappear after having opened it when editing a record. The dropdown should disappear if you click anywhere else on the screen - as it does when not editing.
1 voteThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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246 - 2nd. indicator - Alma should include the information of the indicator.
Alma Metada editor should write the information considering the chosen second indicator before the type of title included in subfield "a"
0 - Portion of title
1 - Parallel title
2 - Distinctive title
3 - Other title
4 - Cover title
5 - Added title page title
6 - Caption title
7 - Running title
8 - Spine title0 votes -
No relation "Replaces/Replaced by" between records due to entry of invalid ISBN (020 $z)
If there are two records in Alma, one that has 020 $a u and another that has 020 $a v and 020 $z u, the both records will be related by the system with the relation: Replaces/Replaced by. The 020 $z is understood as a "cancelled" ISBN and therefore included in the job that calculates the relations.
In the vast majority of cases we know 020 $z is a false/invalid ISBN: a publisher mistakenly(!) uses the same ISBN in two different resources that have nothing to do with each other. However, according to the international rules for describing resources, the…
7 votesThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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OAI publishing profile
At the moment Alma can have only one OAI publishing profile. However this doesn't always meet customers needs.
We already have one OAI profile which we use with RapidILL to control books and is restricted to our main library via the set rules. However we have now been asked to set up another OAI profile to link to a service which would use books in two of our other libraries. At the moment this is impossible.
Could this functionality be added? I imagine it would be of benefit to other Alma users.0 votes -
R2Digital PDA: Implement automatic upload of electronic holdings
Implement automatic upload of electronic holdings for R2Digital PDA titles. Currently staff receive monthly reports that require manual adjustment to the collections for both new and archived titles.
1 voteHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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Overview of linked bibliographic records in chronological order
When cataloging, it is beneficial for catalogers to view an overview of linked bibliographic records in chronological order, rather than solely in alphabetical order. This pertains to the presentation after selecting F3 - view - bibliographic records. Currently, there seems to be no option in Alma to change this presentation. While it is possible to search from authorities outside the Metadata Editor, this process is more time-consuming.
Catalogers can work more efficiently if they can quickly determine whether an author/corporation, etc., is the correct one. Being able to promptly view the most recently published editions aids in this process.
As…
1 voteThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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Preferred term correction - $3 (materials specified) reordering
Preferred term correction reorders $3 (materials specified) in authority MARC fields gets reordered from the beginning of the field to the end of the field. $3 (materials specified) is meant to be at the beginning of the field for the purpose of display in library catalogs at the beginning. It seems that the preferred term correction is just moving it to be in numeric order. Taking time to correct this afterwards is unnecessary and should not be reordered in the first place. It should be added to the preferred term correction function not to reorder $3.
1 voteThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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Delete bibliographic records - Limit Match of Bibliographic Records to a Specific Electronic Collection
In scenarios where a vendor has provided ISBNs of titles they have removed from an e-book package but it is likely that the same titles are included in other e-book packages, it would be good to be able to limit the deletion to a specific electronic collection. This feature would have to recognise to only delete bibliographic records matching a specific collection where the records do not have active portfolios belonging to other electronic collections. Use case: ability to batch delete locally held e-book records from vendor A only if they are NOT also part of vendor B’s e-book package.
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3 votesHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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In Search External Resources in the MDE, jump immediately to the view record screen if there is just one result
When searching external resources in the MDE, it feels a bit redundant to click "View" when there's just one search result. I would prefer if you skipped directly to the view record screen in such cases. Additionally, could we consider presenting the metadata that was shown in the search results screen in a pop-up or a dedicated metadata section above the marc21 record?
1 voteThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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Enhance Validation for Fixed-Length Control Fields to Control the Field Length
Alma provides a MARC21 validation task called 'Validation Fixed Fields Positions MARC21,' but it does not include a check for the length. It would be useful to include a length check and to make it configurable whether a warning/error is generated (thus also adding a new exception to the validation exception profile). This should be available for all kinds of records that have fixed-length control fields and should take into account that e.g. in 008, the correct length differs for different types of material.
1 voteThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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Ability to show special characters in the MDE and the record view screen
Sometimes, odd characters slip into a bib record that are hard to detect. It would be great if there was an option in the MDE to make them visible. For example, in Notepad++, there are options to show a CR for carriage return, to make spaces and tabs visible, etc. See: https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/views/#show-symbol - it would be nice to have such a functionality in Alma as well, both in the MDE as well as in the view record screen.
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Browse Shelf Listing - straight to edit!
If you click on a record in the list that appears when clicking Browse Shelf Listing (Alt+C) while in MDE, the record immediately opens in MDE for editing. This is not necessary and confusing because for example when you click on a record after clicking Find Matches (Ctrl+M) you get the option of View or Edit. Same should apply to Browse Shelf Listing (Alt+C)
16 votesThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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Ability to restore deleted authority records via Manage Deleted Repository
Currently deleted authority records cannot be recovered through Manage Deleted Repository. It would be useful if this option was available.
1 voteThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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The generation of new predicted items takes a lot of time
Generating new predicted items for daily, weekly, monthly newspapers takes a lot of time : up to 15 minutes for some daily newspapers with numerous supplements and issues.
No message is displayed indicating that the generation is in process, which could prevent us from launching duplicate treatments.1 voteHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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Changing the rank of holdings in Alma
When a bibliographic record contains several holdings, they are displayed in random order (as far as we know).
It would be helpful to be able to change the rank of display for holdings, especially for serials, in order to show the item availability by date for a better and more logical reading.
The option is available for Primo, we would like to be able to change this configuration in Alma too.1 voteHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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Process types and statuses in the list of predicted items
In the list of items, we would like to add to the customisation view the ability to see the date on which the process type was last modified. Currently, you have to edit each item and check the 'History' tab to get this information
Moreover, all the history disappears as soon as the item is received.1 voteHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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Add Process types and statuses in the menu “Manage in Process items”
It would be helpful to be able to search by Call number in the menu « Manage in Process items ».
The list of results cannot be filtered or sorted by modification date, by status or by the operator who did the last change.
The description of the item (Year, Volume, Number…) is also missing from the list and can only be seen by editing the item. It would be helpful for the resource management of serial publications.2 votesHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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Readability of the item availability column
The Item availability column becomes illegible if it’s more than two lines long, which is often the case for Serials. It would be helpful to be able to adjust the width of the column and it would also be helpful if there could be a line break for each new 866 zone (Marc21).
1 voteHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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