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  1. Drop-down options for loan notes

    Loan notes are currently free-text, which makes it difficult to extract meaningful data from the notes. The option to configure a drop-down menu for loan notes would improve standardization and analytics.

    21 votes
    0 comments  ·  Fulfillment - Loans  ·  Admin →
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  2. Add User Note Creation Date and Creator as query-able fields in Anayltics

    Please make it so that we can create analysis in analytics that display the creation date and creators of user notes. Both fields would be very useful filters for us.

    53 votes
    2 comments  ·  Analytics  ·  Admin →
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  3. Enable embedding fund balance graphs and data on Alma Home Screen

    Fund balance data from Analytics is inaccurate as data is piped in to Analytics on a daily basis, making fund balance widgets created in Analytics less useful for checking available balances. We would like to request the ability to quickly access up-to-the moment fund and available balances available under each fund under Acquisitions > Funds and Ledgers > Fund > Reports in home page widgets. This would enable staff placing order to check live fund balances easily on a regular basis.

    34 votes
    0 comments  ·  Acquisitions - General  ·  Admin →
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  4. List of items - when have several pages of items on a holdings, return back to active page

    I apologize if this has already been posted (I searched and searched and did not see it), but when viewing a holdings record with a list of items that have multiple pages of items (like 6-7 pages) - it would be great if Alma would default back to the page of items you were actively on, versus defaulting back to page one - every time you edit an item record on list of items page. I know that the lines on invoices that were several pages used to do the same thing (default to page one), but was fixed.

    Example,…

    99 votes
    0 comments  ·  Resource Management - Physical  ·  Admin →
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  5. Function to have a real time physical inventory

    Real-time physical inventory:
    1. Ability to choose location and general call number range
    2.Displayed by call number order including title, number of charges, number of browses and current item status (missing, work order, on loan)
    3.Capacity to mark items with different categories (determined by institution): missing, need preservation, archival box, annex bound, etc.

    40 votes
    1 comment  ·  Resource Management - Physical  ·  Admin →
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  6. Import Profiles - Match Profile add 028 - Publisher or Distributor Number to one of the match methods

    When loading records via import profiles it would be great to be able to match on the 028 - Publisher or Distributor Number. Could this be added to one of the match methods currently available or added as a new match method>

    39 votes
    2 comments  ·  Resource Management - General  ·  Admin →
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  7. Customize display of fields in Alma Article request form

    We would like to display the fields in the Alma article request form in the following order: Journal name, year, volume, issue, pages, article title, article author, and issn - and not in the order these fields are currently hard-coded (e.g. author initials splits volume and issue, and publication date is at the end of the form)

    53 votes
    4 comments  ·  Resource Sharing  ·  Admin →
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  8. Enable bulk due date changes based on a set of items listed by barcode

    We've had occasions where it would have been useful to be able to create a set of items, for example, in Alma Analytics. Then to take that set of items, e.g. a CSV or Excel file listing the barcodes, and then to update the due dates of all those items, to a new fixed value.

    This is similar to the current Bulk Due Date Change functionality, but with the addition of uploading a list of items to change.

    Regards,

    Ciaran

    The University of Manchester Library

    177 votes
    9 comments  ·  Fulfillment - Loans  ·  Admin →
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  9. Add series titles to Alma letters

    Some items are more easily identified by there series titles than by the title of the actual volume. But the series title is not exported in the xml of the letters.
    (Series title is in the 8xx $$t fields of the bib record).
    This would help to send more meaningful letters to our patrons.

    36 votes
    1 comment  ·  Fulfillment - General  ·  Admin →
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  10. Job for copying the configuration from the production environment into the Standard Sandbox

    Making testing and training in an Alma Standard Sandbox based on Ex Libris provided configuration is very difficult since this configuration may be very different from the one in the customer's production environment.

    Currently Ex Libris is offering two types of Sandboxes for Alma:
    (1) "Standard" - by default included in Alma subscription pricing. This sandbox contains Ex Libris provided data and configuration
    (2) "Premium" – for addition subscription fee – this sandbox includes a full copy of the customer's data and configuration

    Refresh of the Alma sandbox environment is possible up to once a quarter, upon request. In the…

    177 votes
    5 comments  ·  Other  ·  Admin →
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  11. Re-loan should not cause automatic renewal of items already on loan

    When loaning an item to a patron, who has this item already on loan, the system automatically renews the loan (if possible). An option in configuration is needed to suppress this automatic renewal for the following reason: too many errors occur, when the item is automatically renewed. If the patron intends to return the item and the circulation desk operator by accident scans the item for loan, then the item is back in the library stacks but by accident renewed for the patron (who will get claimed!).

    30 votes
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  12. We would like the ability to manage course reserves reading lists and courses in bulk. Currently, it appears that we can only delete them o

    This is about allowing Course Reserves course and reading lists to be able to be managed in sets and deleted in bulk.

    We would like the ability to manage course reserves reading lists and courses in bulk. Currently, it appears that we can only delete them one at a time and have thousands of old outdated ones. This could either be done in the Mange Fulfillment Sets or just Manage Sets and then we would want a way to delete them too with a job.

    65 votes
    1 comment  ·  Fulfillment - General  ·  Admin →
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  13. Definition of local search indexes on the level of indicator and subfield

    We need a possibility to define local search indexes on the level of MARC indicator and MARC subfield.

    19 votes
    1 comment  ·  Resource Management - General  ·  Admin →
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  14. Enable labeling enumeration and chronology fields

    It can be difficult to recall the meaning of enumeration and chronology fields, e.g., Enumeration A, Enumeration B, Chronology I, etc.). It would be helpful if general system administrators could change the labels of these that show to staff, for example, change Enumeration A to Year.

    42 votes
    3 comments  ·  Resource Management - General  ·  Admin →
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  15. Make citation information mandatory in digitization requests

    The patron form for digitization does not make page numbers, or any citation information mandatory. This would be helpful for patrons who do not provide complete information.

    77 votes
    2 comments  ·  Fulfillment - Requests  ·  Admin →
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  16. Maintain patron information with missing items

    When a patron places a request for an in place item, but the item is not located, we toggle the missing status for the item. This disconnects it from the patron record. It needs to remain attached so when the item is located it can still be held for the patron.

    39 votes
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  17. Add the source field to Analytics

    It would be useful to be able to report on the Source field from Resource Sharing requests in the Borrowing Request subject area of Analytics. Then we could analyse the channels that users' Resource Sharing requests are coming in from.

    47 votes
    3 comments  ·  Analytics  ·  Admin →
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  18. Narrow Withdraw Items job functionality to Physical Items sets

    1. Restrict the Withdraw Items to functioning with Physical Items (barcode) sets. (Currently it will run with sets of Physical Titles and effectively perform as if the job DELETE BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS were run with the “Delete all associated inventory resources” parameter selected.)

    2. Include OCLC number in the Excel Export for Physical Items (currently only Physical Titles sets export with the OCLC number, but those sets function erroneously in the Withdraw Items job)

    35 votes
    0 comments  ·  Resource Management - Physical  ·  Admin →
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  19. Display both charges payable and total charges owed.

    At present the main page of a user's account displays the total amount of charges payable, but does not show a total for charges that are still accruing - e.g. fines on books that are currently overdue.

    This would be useful information to see, and could be displayed so:

    Total Owed (Amount Payable): £10.00 (£5.00)

    OR

    Charges Payable: £ 5.00
    Charges Pending: £ 5.00
    Total: £10.00

    Or similar.

    37 votes
    0 comments  ·  Fulfillment - General  ·  Admin →
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  20. Allow staff to override if an item type is not requestable

    We would like some books (like a reference book) to be non-requestable for a student. However, we would like for staff to be able to put in a request on a student's behalf for a reference book, or perform an override when appropriate.

    237 votes
    9 comments  ·  Fulfillment - General  ·  Admin →
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