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Show user group in the visit card, borrowing request
When pressing more details(visit card) on patron in a borrowing request we would like to see the user group. This information provide us with information that helps us fulfill the request correctly without searching for the patron elsewhere to gather the information.
93 votesPlease note the Contact Information Pop-Up configuration (configurable from Administration > User Management Configuration > Configuration Menu > General > Contact Information Pop-Up).
This allows you to configure what’s included in the visit card, and allows adding the user group.
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Asigned_to-tabs optional in resource sharing
Our workflow requires that every member of the resource sharing team can work with all resource sharing requests. Depending on who created or edited a request the request will apear in one of the three asigned_to-tabs. The coworker who needs to edit the request next, has to check all three tabs to find the request. This causes extra work and some irritation for our coworkers. We would like the option to have only one tab, since we really don't need the others.
6 votesHi,
Please note that it is possible to prevent borrowing and lending requests from being automatically assigned by using the rs_disable_borrowing_auto_assign and rs_disable_lending_auto_assign parameters. This way, requests will always remain in the Unassigned tab, unless manually assigned.
See these parameters at https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/110General
Thanks,
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De-normalize http & https in searches for urls in Alma
Alma has normalized http & https searching so that it will not distinguish between either in a repository search. Proposing this not be normalized as these are an important part of a URL and need to be found, separate from each other.
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Have MMS IDs show up in list view
At present, from a search results list, each title must be clicked for one to find the MMS ID for a title. It would be really helpful if the ID numbers could show up on the front page for quick reference.
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The cataloging level of a record changes to the level of the user editing the record when the record is saved. Add option to disable this.
The cataloging level of a record changes to the level of the user editing the record when that record is saved. Please add an option to disable this feature. If a higher level cataloger wants to up the cataloging level on a record, they can do it manually. We're in a consortial environment, and this feature causes much frustration for our member libraries.
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History of Transactions
After a transaction (checking out/in material) has been performed, is it possible to access that transaction? There have been numerous occasions where this would be beneficial. This will allow us to access patrons records where information was not written down, but needed, in order to clear a hold or other restrictions that had been placed on their account.
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Resource Sharing - display Primary Identifier in Requester pop-up in the Request - Edit
As a librarian processing RS requests, it is useful to be able to see the patron's Primary Identifier when I am editing a request. I can copy this to quickly check a patron's account in Fulfillment.
This information used to be available and is visible in the patron pop-up in the Requests list.
4 votesHi,
The primary ID shows up in both the request form (see https://www.screencast.com/t/ExFVb1dORh5) and the requests list (see https://www.screencast.com/t/r26BrEmpg)
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Keyboard shortcut to suppress a record in MD Editor
Much like the keyboard shortcuts for saving and/or releasing a record, a shortcut to suppress (if unsuppressed) a record would be very helpful. A different shortcut to unsuppress would be useful too.
2 votesIn the new MDE, the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shif+S can be used to suppress / unsuppress a record.
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[Alma] - resource sharing form - explicitly accept conditions
In the Resource Sharing Form right now there is neither nothing remembering the user of the conditions for the ILL service nor a check box meaning their acceptance.
It would be better to have a mandatory check box to click to grant acceptance of the conditions and a link to an external webpage summarizing those conditions.
49 votesThe resource sharing form mandates the signing of a copyright declaration. The exact text of the copyright declaration is fully configurable by the institution, see https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/Copyright_Management#Configuring_Copyright_Declarations. The text can be configured to make sure the patron signs in agreement for the service’s terms of use.
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Multiple Resource Sharing Libraries
Allow an option to have multiple resource sharing libraries.
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Allow more customization on when notices are sent to Interested Users
Right now, if we add an interested user to a PO Line, they receive a notification when the book is received by the library. They often then make their way to the Access Services desk almost immediately, assuming a request was placed on the book, and anticipate checking it out. However, the title is usually still in Technical Services for end processing, copy cataloging, etc.
We would like to submit an enhancement request that this feature be more customizable, allowing us to delay the notice being sent to the interested user until the book is out of processing and has…321 votesDear community,
As stated below by Zohar Shemesh, for physical material it is possible to "keep in department" and have the letter to interested users sent only when "Done".
The description of this idea focuses on physical material. In the comments, some ideas were raised regarding electronic material.
I close this idea as the physical material part is already supported. You can open a separate idea, focusing on electronic material.
Thanks,
Tamar Fuches
Alma product manager
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Borrowing - Request completed check
We would like to propose an enhancement request for Resource Sharing - Borrowing where, when you return a book, you get the option to "Complete the request" with a box you can check, like you have when you receive an article (digital or physical non-returnable). Now the status is changed to Returned item to partner, but if you work with non Alma suppliers, this status is superfluous because there will be no Checked in on the Lending side which changes the status to Request completed.
50 votesBorrowing Workflow Profile has an option for ‘Lender check in’.
If you remove that from the workflow profile that is linked to the request’s partner, returning an item will immediately consider the request completed, without waiting for a lender check in confirmation.
Workflow profiles are attached to the partner record, so you can set up this type of workflow for some partners and a different one for others
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Anonymize resource sharing requests when rejected by last partner in rota
A borrowing request that is rejected by partner is considered as a completed resource sharing request, and therefore is included in the anonymization job that deletes user information in a RS requests (Fulfillment job > Anonymize resource sharing requests). This causes several problems for how the BIBSYS Consortium handles resource sharing:
1) A borrowing request that is rejected by partner is not considered as complete in the way the consortium handles resource sharing. Even when the last partner in the rota rejects the request, we still want the borrowing request to be active. If no partner within the consortium can…
3 votesHi,
The March 2018 release includes new options for resource sharing – you can choose whether a resource sharing request will remain in an active status even if it has been rejected by the resource sharing partner. See here for more details: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/10_March_2018/Alma_March_2018_Release_Notes/05Resource_Sharing_-_March_2018_Enhancements#Workflow_Options_for_Rejected_Resource_Sharing_Requests.
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Please add Silverchair as a SUSHI vendor
A lot of publishers have migrated their platform from Highwire Press to Silverchair. It would be nice if Ex Libris can add Silverchair as a SUSHI vendor, so we can harvest the electronic resources for all the publishers in one COUNTER report in each month, similar to Highwire.
4 votesDear Colleague,
Silverchair is one of many certified SUSHI vendors which Alma knows to integrate with and harvest usage data automatically.
Thanks,
Noam Fass | Alma product management team
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Create combined IZ and NZ file for Google Scholar
We would like to be able to publish our IZ electronic portfolios and NZ electronic portfolios available for us in one file to Google Scholar. Google Scholar publishing is very problematic for consortia with electronic inventory set up at both the IZ and NZ level. Right now, even though most of our electronic holdings info is set up in the NZ, only our IZ holdings file gets published to GS. In Salesforce, we've been told that (unlike in the SFX days) there is no way to combine the two files for all e-resources available at an institution. As a result,…
12 votesPlease see comment by Asaf Kline about existing functionality.
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Update exchange rates more often
The exchange rates for foreign currency invoices are not updated very often. I understand that the Alma network team manually update them weekly or less often. It would be better for consistent financial reporting if the exchange rates were linked to an international standard or at least give libraries the ability to update the exchange rates manually every day themselves. The out-of-date exchange rates are causing massive reconciliation headaches with the Finance department as we try to work out how many thousands of dollars are out of synch. Alma Analytics is only as good as the data it collates and…
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Ability to suppress the structure of a Digital Collection from Discovery (Primo)
When a Collection is created in Alma the structure is visible in Discovery (Primo). We would like to suppress from Discovery the structure of a Collection in Alma. For example, we've created a Collection for which the structure is internal. We don't want to make it visible or accessible by users. As an example, please check out the Collection Discovery page: http://labordoc.ilo.org/primo_library/libweb/action/collectionDiscovery.do?menuitem=5&vid=41ILO_V1&colayout=grid&inst=41ILO
The collection we want to suppress from Discovery is “ILO Digital Inventory”. To manage collections internally and control what is being visible in Discovery may be useful to other Libraries. If only Alma could have a box that…1 vote -
Extension Indexing for Alma-D
Publish the complete amazon S3 repository URL of a file contained as a digital object, so that Primo could fetch the data with a file splitter.
28 votesFull text indexing is supported for image and textual formats in Prim o. The full-text can either be ingested with the files or generated in Alma Digital.
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reporting codes
We find the information available from reporting codes really useful, but staff often forget to apply them when creating a PO. We'd like to have the option of making reporting codes a required/compulsory field
6 votesCurrently when a PO line is saved without having at least one of the ‘reporting code’ fields populated, an alert is added to the PO line and a confirmation message states this to the user upon saving of the PO line.
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More order type options for Additional Orders
We would like more order types to choose from when creating additional orders on a portfolio using the “Additional Order” button. Particularly, Electronic Book - One Time and Electronic Title - One Time.
Currently there are only a limited number of order types available when creating an order via this method. This creates inefficiencies, because using the Additional Order button is the easiest, quickest and neatest way to create an additional order on a portfolio.
An example of where this change would be helpful is when purchasing additional copies of a limited-user ebook. Because we don’t have the option of…
356 votesTo address the need of "Electronic Book - One Time order via the Additional Order function", Alma supports the "Additional Order" purchase type (when creating additional order for PO line type "Electronic" the "License upgrade" option will appear), this will support the flow of purchasing additional copies of a limited-user ebook.
For more information see:
Noam Fass | Alma product team
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