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Overdue fine
Overdue fines should not only be configurable for a time period of 1 hour or 1 day maximum, but also for 1 week and 1 month.
6 votes -
Improving ‘PO Line Summary’
When creating a "PO Line", it would be interesting to add other options in "Acquisition Method" and "Material Type" in the PO Line Summary
1 vote -
Prevent GOBI API from matching activated CZ records in IZ
Problem - The matching method used in the API will ink to the CZ bib records if it is in the IZ. The match methods are not flexible in the API integration profile when compared to something like import profiles that allow ignoring the record from the Community Zone and creating a local record.
We would like the API to always create a local bib even if a matching CZ record exists in the IZ. Or, at least make this an optional setting.
6 votes -
Borrowing Renewal Workflow (non-ISO): Letter to patron in case of a not accepted Renewal Request
If a Renew Request was accepted, a letter (Ful Borrowing Info letter) is sent to the patron.
However, if a Renew Request was not accepted, no letter is sent to the patron.That's what we found in the documentation:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/050Resource_Sharing/Borrowing_Requests_(New_Layout)/Managing_Borrowing_Renewals_(New_Layout)
"5. If the request is renewed, a message is sent to the patron and a renewal fee may be charged. The letter is the Ful Borrowing Info letter. To configure the letter, see Configuring Alma Letters. A resource sharing renew fee is set as part of a fulfillment policy; see Adding Fulfillment Policies. If the request is rejected by the…28 votes -
Add warning to "Scan In Items" and "Shipping Items" for certain item policies
We would like to suggest the implementation of a pop-up for "Scan In Items" and "Shipping Items" to alert staff when they are about to process an item with a restrictive item policy (e.g. 63, 67, 68, etc.).
For example, when a request is placed at the title level and there are multiple items with differing item policies, this pop-up would be helpful to avoid processing the wrong item.
69 votes -
Improve Loan Activity Letter so that it does not duplicate information
Loan Activity Letter lists loans and overdue loans separately. Thus, when a user only has overdue loans, they appear twice.
I propose that in the event that a user only has overdue loans, these loans apeears only once.2 votes -
Allow public display of the AcqWorkOrder type to be customized
Currently, when items are in processing under the AcqWorkOrder type, the public display reads, "Acquisition technical services," and cannot be changed. I would like the ability to customize this label as we can with other work orders.
9 votes -
Pick From Shelf Notification for Staff
We would like to have the ability to have "Pick from shelf" send email notifications to certain staff members when a patron requests a book be put on the hold shelf for them to pick it up. This would be easier and more efficient for us, than periodically logging into Alma and clicking on "Pick from shelf" to see if anything is there. Thank you.
16 votes -
Duplicate Title Analysis should include match option for Unique OCLC number match method
The Duplicate Title Analysis job and report currently include matching on only one attribute at a time, rather than on all of the attributes that might be covered by a given match rule. For instance, matching on system number provides only matches between 035$a in different records, while the Unique OCLC number match method covers both 035$a and 035$z. As a result the duplicate title analysis report is missing records that would otherwise be found by an import profile or the match method in the network zone.
26 votes -
Allow comparison with specific collection(s) with uploaded files in Collection overlap analysis –
When we upload a collection title list with coverage for collection overlap analysis, Alma doesn’t allow us to select a specific collection to compare with. It only allows us to compare with the entire IZ, which is not always the goal. If we can select specific collections to compare with when we use Alma collections, it should not be too difficult to do the same comparison when using an uploaded title file.
15 votes -
Items with fulfillment notes cannot be checked out on self checkout machines
Currently items with Fulfillment Notes loaned through the Automated Fulfillment Network (AFN) cannot be checked out on the self checkout machines. Locally owned items with fulfillment notes can be checked out through the machines. Having the ability to checkout all loans on the machines regardless of notes will streamline the process for patrons and service desk staff. It will also eliminate the confusion that occurs when users encounter this situation during the time of checkout.
5 votes -
Allow libraries to edit addresses for resource sharing partners downloaded from the resource sharing directory or created by Rapido
SUNY libraries are using several resource sharing partners that were either downloaded from the Alma resource sharing directory or created automatically by our participation in a mixed Rapido pod. Unfortunately, we cannot edit the shipping addresses for these libraries. SUNY uses a courier for in state delivery, and that courier needs addresses to be formatted in a very specific manner. Also, some SUNY libraries supplement their partner address records with additional information to help streamline the shipping process. Our inability to edit partner address records has forced us to devote a lot of time to editing the shipping and return…
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Adding a physical holdings drop down to the request brief result would help in person enquiries.
Case - Currently, when a user requests an item. If the user then comes to the libary and asks a college librarian to update them about how long before the item is ready to collect. If they search for the request and no item has been return that can fulfill the request. It takes 2/3 extra clicks to go via the 'view title in search' and find out the current availability of the items within that record.
Solution - It would better if it was possible to click on a drop down of all physical holdings on that bibliographic record…1 vote -
Linking several Electronic Collections to one PO line from within the order
In Alma it's possible to link several Electronic Collections to one PO line. This is very helpful for us. To do so you can just write the PO line number in the field PO Line in the Acquisitions and License Information in the Electronic Collection Editor. But there is no way to do it vice verse, to link the order to multiple electronic collections from within the order. This would be very important for us, especially for those cases where the Electronic Collection is not in our IZ but in the NZ, so that we are not able to edit…
145 votes -
Allow for recurring monthly allocation
We have restricted funds where we get a monthly endowment. It would be nice to have a recurring entry feature where the allocation would be set up at the beginning of the year to apply an allocation once a month. Alternatively, the ability to process a monthly allocation and then duplicate it for the following 11 months would be an improvement. Many accounting platforms have "recurring journals"- we'd like something similar.
6 votes -
Have Alma/Primo support the ability to account for coverage dates in physical inventory.
Currently we have a display logic rule in place for articles - so if the item is available in our institution we do not provide a Resource Sharing option for the patron. So - if we do have the item - but not the complete item - (all the dates available) - we need to have the Resource Sharing option available for that patron. The display logic rule doesn't consider coverage dates for the display. Resource Sharing request is suppressed for any citation, including those that are outside of the date/volume range held by the library, we would like the…
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Pop-ups for invoice alerts
We noticed, that certain invoice alerts won’t pop up upon saving the invoices. This way, quite relevant alerts, such as “Invoice contains vendor account which differs from one or more linked PO lines” or “Invoice using different vendor than poline POL-***” will be unnoticed.
We would find it very helpful, if these alerts would pop-up upon saving the invoices.
44 votes -
Implement AutoHoldings for Alexander Street Press
Implement auto holdings (autoholding, auto load, autoload) for Alexander Street Press Academic Video Online, as is already available for ProQuest, Elsevier, Ovid, and Springer, and Wiley.
8 votes -
Add Storage Location ID to the list of customized fields on the Manage Item Returns screen
We have thousands of items in our collection that are primarily organized by the storage location ID, rather than call or accession number. For these materials, routing and reshelving activities would be more efficient if staff have the option to add the Storage Location ID to the list of customizable fields on the Manage Item Returns screen.
26 votes -
Ability to edit request priorities
We would like the ability to edit, i.e. rename or translate, the names of the request priorities in the Manual priority drop-down menu in the request queue. It is not entirely obvious which to choose, and we would like to be able to eg. number them from 1. to 8. It was suggested to us by Ex Libris support that we promote this question through Idea Exchange.
3 votes
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