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Enable 'School' address to be used for Personal Delivery
Currently, only addresses of the 'Home' and 'Office' Address Types can be used for Personal Delivery. Consequently, we can't use Personal Delivery and have to rely on a local workaround instead.
We would like to see 'School' addresses usable for Personal Delivery, with options in the Request Terms of Use to enable us to show only the Address Types that we use and therefore that we want our users to be able to see. E.g. we use 'Home' and 'School' but not 'Office', so we don't want our users to be able to choose that option.
Also, when the request…
10 votes -
Change physical items job -- adding notes improvement
The "Append to field" option was added in November 2023, but two additional options are still required.
'Delimiter' should be an option.
Now, the default delimiter is ";".
Some institutions use symbols other than ";" as delimiters.
For example, we use "|".
Therefore, there is a need to make the delimiter optional.Writing forward in the note
The current specification is to write backwards.
Some institutions operate writing new information in the front of the note.
There are three reasons for this.
(1)It is easier to manually add notes at the front of the note.
(2)It is easier to see…
48 votes -
Add option to Quick Cataloging Template for Publish/Don't Publish to OCLC.
Add a checkbox option to the Quick Cataloging Template for Publish/Don't Publish to OCLC. This would prevent brief records for items created by circulation staff for professor's personal copies from being sent to OCLC and added as new records.
20 votes -
Link POLs to EDI invoice lines using Identifier field
When loading EDI invoices from a vendor that do not include POL information, use the Alma Identifier field (usually the ISBN) to match the EDI invoice line to the POL.
2 votes -
Fulfilment Network - Control of the Register button display by user group of the logged-in user.
*This is for the Fulfillment Network, not AFN.
The Register button(1) is displayed even if the logged-in user is set to "Restricted Users"(2).
Primo VE checks with Alma whether the FN function is available after pressing the Register button.
We think this button control is not designed with the User experience.
This is because the existence of the register button is meaningless for users who cannot use this feature.To improve this function, the Register button should not be displayed to users who are set as Restricted Users.
Reference
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Fulfillment Networks
Fulfillment Networks - Ex Libris…72 votes -
Add school address as a configurable option for the user card
In the pop up user card that displays, for example, in the Borrowing Requests screen, you can configure the home or work address to display. Since the mandatory address in our student enrolment system Callista, is mapped to the School address in Alma, please add the School address also as a configurable field for the user card.
1 vote -
Support multiple photo_identifier_type values
Allow the photoidentifiertype to accept multiple codes. Our institution recently changed primaryIDs and our card issue office cannot retrofit their db for legacy users using the old primaryID.
1 vote -
Invoice templates
Allow a template so if I'm invoicing dozens of orders in a row for one vendor I don't need to go through a bunch of drop down menus every time- Just one vendor, default account, same invoice date, pre-paid, with a credit card, etc.
5 votes -
Attach multiple courses/sections to a reading list more quickly
We use a single reading list for many sections of a course, and also reuse these reading lists from semester to semester. Attaching courses to a preexisting reading list is a very slow process which must be done one at a time. I'd love in the reading list courses tab, when you click "Associate Course" and then "Select from List", you were given the option of a checkbox so that many course sections could be added to a reading list at once.
Alternatively, in bulk upload of courses, if you can attach a NEW course to an existing reading list,…
12 votes -
New PO Lines: Allow editing of PO Line description independent of MARC record
In the old PO Line interface, you could update the description from the MARC record but then you could edit it. For example, sometimes I want to have a title from the MARC record but then add ONE-TIME ONLY or something like that to the PO Line description. I can't do that anymore.
3 votes -
Display "Bibliographic Rank" for Electronic Collections IZ/NG
In the November 2023 Alma release, "bibliographic rank" information displays for Community Zone collections (please see attached screenshot and https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173/suggestions/39648964) but this information does not display for Community Zone collections activated in the Institution Zone/Network Zone.
This makes it more time consuming to evaluate the bib record quality of collections already activated because one would need to search for them one by one in the CZ.
Please display "bibliograpic rank" for all elections collections (CZ and local too if possible) in a library's Institution Zone and Network Zone and also make this data available in Analytics so reports can…
31 votes -
Overlap Analysis reports
These reports would and should utilize and contain within them subject headings and subject areas. It seems like it would be a very useful functionality for staff to make use of subject headings for comparison to other vendors' reports who use subject headings/terms while doing an overlap analysis. When trying to compare CZ electronic collections to our IZ collections, it would be good to know which subject coverage area and date range each matched portfolio has.
5 votes -
Different colour in left menu for shared dimensions
It would be nice to find shared dimensions in left menu in a different colour, not the same blue.
This way, it would be eassier to recognized and use them.3 votes -
Different color en left menu for shared dimensions
It would be nice to find shared dimensions in left menu in a different color, not the same blue.
This way, it would be eassier to recognized and use them.3 votes -
Ability to define a shipping address per PO line
We need the ability to define a different shipping address than the library billing address per PO line. The address should be included in the XML of all vendor-facing letters, be searchable, and be included in the Excel lists exported from the search results.
Use Cases:
- A central library manages subscriptions to journals and newspapers that are sent directly to end users by the vendor.
- Several libraries are integrated into a single Library in Alma but send orders independently to vendors, expecting delivery to their local addresses.85 votes -
Configuration of “Remote Facility” Library location
Allow an institution to override a “Remote Facility” library location from being first or last for selection to fulfill a request.
This should be an option via Configuring Transit Time Rules.
An alert could be activated to notify the operator that including a “Remote Facility” library location in transit time rules will override its designation as a first or last selection.This would be immensely helpful for institutions that require flexibility to meet the needs of their users while adapting to needs of physical facilities on campuses.
Thank you
Caroline1 vote -
Hodder Education Magazines
I found the Hodder Education Magazines collection in the community zone
GLOBAL E-COLLECTION ID: 614900000000002715
E-COLLECTION NAME: HODDEREDUCATIONMAGAZINES
The 'Type' is Database but this should be a Selective package with portfolios attached. Please see the website: https://www.hoddereducation.com/magazines?campaignid=20731573436&adgroupid=154982214693&adid=678956359353&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInoXZqrevggMVVPh3Ch3vAQx7EAAYASAAEgJ2BvD_BwE.
Please can this collection be changed to selective package with portfolios to activate.3 votes -
Integrate Primo VE with Generative AI techology
The searching capabilities of Primo VE (SearchPlus) can be enhanced by using natural language processing, semantic analysis, etc. Use natural language processing to understand user queries and provide relevant search results.
Recommend books, articles and other library resources based on input keywords, patron’s previous search history, etc. This can improve the discoverability of library resources and make it easier for patrons to find what they are looking for.3 votes -
Add "number of renewals" as a unit of measure for configuring maximum renewal period
Telling patrons that something can be renewed a maximum of one, three, or six times is much clearer than explaining a renewal period, and patrons are often caught off guard when a renewal goes through for fewer days than usual. Adding "number of renewals" as an option for configuring maximum renewal would greatly cut back on confusion.
6 votes -
monthly usage data green checkmark link to counter report
After you load usage data and look at the monthly usage data tab, the green check marks should link to the COUNTER report when you click on it.
4 votes
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