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Advanced Search for Citations
Enable Advanced Search for Citations along with the ability to save the Advanced Search results as a set.
As we use Leganto, the number of citations in Alma continues to increase. It is becoming increasingly difficult to wade through these citations to find the ones that need attention.
For example, we are using 3 different tags to indicate if a book needs to be temporarily moved to the course reserves collection/location of the library. In this example, we frequently need to view books with these 3 tags at the same time but currently there is no way to do this…
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Provide all User Profile data via API
Please provide at least GET API access to user profile data (Config -> User Management -> Roles and Registration -> Profiles). This should be full data: for each profile, include full roles and parameters.
Currently, there is no good way to export user profile data from Alma. It does not seem to be available in Analytics; it's not in any of the code or mapping tables available via "config" APIs.
We can use the Alma UI to export each profile to Excel individually... but that is not practical at scale, and the role data we can extract from Excel is…
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Add "All" tab to Patron Services screen & 2-column view ("All x" & "X of this session") to Loan and Return tabs
Patron Services area is too granular -- too many potential places to look for (or not see) information about various transactions, especially during busy times or high-stress interactions, especially for student workers. Information that patrons or staff need can too easily be missed.
An "All" tab (ahead of the "Loans" tab) may assist -- it could list ALL recent transactions in a table (including loans, returns, requests, and network activity) with the type of transaction indicated in one column.
Likewise, a two-column view in the Loans tab and/or the Returns tab could reduce the risk of a staff member missing…
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Send email from the pol to the interested user?
Acquisitions
Sometimes we receive a response from a supplier that we want to communicate to the interested user: the high price, or the offer of another edition, etc.
We think it would be interesting to be able to communicate this information to the user without having to leave the POL. Also the information would reach the user with the POL information to which reference is made.9 votes -
Preferred email address and system messages
If a user account has no preferred email address, no letters will be sent to this user. It is possible to save a user account without preferred email, and I guess that some libraries need to be able to save email addresses without having one that is preferred. But at Uppsala university we need better messages from the system about this, otherwise some users will have no preferred email and consequently get no letters from the library.
When changing an email address, the user account is saved in two steps. First through the button "Save Email" directly after the change,…
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Scanning books with Alma Mobile to do Shelf Report
The idea is to allow staffs to scan the barcodes of a batch of books on the shelf to automatically create a list that will upload to Alma Shelf Report, so we can check misplaced books, missing books, and books that have not been added to Alma, etc. This eliminates the need to create an excel list of barcodes, a desktop laptop, and a handheld scanner. Shelf reading will become faster, more streamlined, and more accurate.
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More flexibility with Shipped Physically borrowing and lending request statuses
We have situations where we need to either alter the shipping cost of a Lending request that is at status Shipped Physically or cancel/expire a Lending request that is Shipped Physically. However, there is no way to update a request at this status that will update the partner library's system. After a request is Shipped Physically it can only be completed. We would like the ability to continue to make changes that will send through to the partner library after a request is Shipped Physically. Currently we need to do workarounds like creating 'dummy' requests to send money back to…
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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.
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Link single or selected local portfolios in a CZ collection to the community instead of all local portfolios in a CZ collection
Currently, when linking local portfolios in a CZ collection to the Community Zone (CZ) using “Link Local Portfolios to Community”, it is only possible to run the job on all local portfolios in that collection, rather than just a single portfolio or a selection of portfolios. (Linking a single portfolio only works for stand-alone portfolios, not for local portfolios in a CZ collection).
It would be useful if an option could be added to link a single local portfolio in a CZ collection to the CZ. Also, it would be helpful if the "Link Local Portfolios to Community" option in…
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monitor requests on loan
In the Alma Monitor Requests & In Processes module, add the ability to filter requests for items that are currently On Loan.
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Create functionality to remove portfolio General Note entries using the Portfolio Loader or the Change Portfolio Information Job
Currently, there isn't a way to remove General Note entries in batch. It would be ideal if there were a way to remove General Note entries using either the Portfolio Loader or the Update Portfolio Information job, instead of having to do this work manually.
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Make Display of Inventory Groups list sortable (alphabetical by one of the columns.)
Display of Inventory Groups list is not predictable or sortable
In the Electronic Service Editor > Group Settings tab, there’s no predictable, consistent order for the display of associated Inventory Groups, and there is no way to sort them.The list of groups in the Inventory ‘Available For’ Management Groups (Configuration Menu > Resources > General > Inventory Network Groups) is also in no order and is not sortable.
As a large consortium with 94 member libraries, CARLI maintains many Inventory Groups in our Network Zone. The display of the Inventory Groups are not consistent from one e-collection service editor…9 votes -
Library staff Email Notifications capability for Subscription Renewals
Although Alma allows library staff to specify the Renewal Reminder Period in number of days, there is currently no mechanism in place to allow the configuration of subscription renewal reminders to be sent via email to staff.
This would be a particularly useful tool for subscription management. Could this capability be added to the Renewal Information section please?
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Add "Prefer Open Access resources" option on the Online Services Order page
Configuring the Online Services Order (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/090Discovery_Interface_Display_Logic/035ViewIt#Configuring_the_Order_of_Online_Services) includes several options, including an "Additional Preferences" section where one can choose whether or not to prioritize CZ collections, source service, ID based linking services, or prefer resources with a PO Line. However, there is no option for prioritizing OA resources. In order to allow libraries to make Open Access resources more readily available to end users, in this idea, I request that a preference be added to this list, "Prefer Open Access resources." Like the other "Additional Preferences" option, there would be a radio button to select "Yes" or "No." I…
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Separate Default Format Settings for Book vs. Article Requests - Resource Sharing Request configuration
Separate Default Format Settings for Book vs. Article Requests - Resource Sharing Request configuration
Summary:
Currently, Alma does not allow libraries to configure different default Format values (Physical vs. Digital) for Book (Loan) requests versus Article (Copy/Scan) requests in the Resource Sharing Request form. The single “Delivery fields > Format” default applies globally to both request types even though these request types have very different workflows and downstream impacts.
Problem:
When the default format is set to Physical (helpful for book requests), article requests originating in Primo can be incorrectly submitted as Loan requests. This causes article requests to enter…
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Add a filter to remove consortia-specific e-collections from CZ search results OR remove consortia from "Interface" facet
It would really improve the CZ search experience (when looking for the right package from the large publishers of e-journal/e-book packages) if there was a way to toggle off the results from all of the consortia-specific e-collections. For large publishers like Springer, the consortial results completely overwhelm the search results.
OR, at the very least, to separate consortial names from the "Interface" facet - these consortial names aren't actual interfaces - the links in these collections go to publisher platforms. Would it be possible to tag the consortia name in some other way? In a new field?
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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.
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Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for developer portal
Currently login to the developer portal https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/ requires username and password. If a user account associated with an organisation is compromised this gives the malicious actor access to use/create API keys to do anything they want in Alma.
For example a malicious actor could create an API key which allows them to access all the user information stored in Alma.
Access to manage API keys should be locked down with 2FA, password login is not sufficient.
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Notes for display logic rules
We would like a notes tab in the Discovery Interface Display Logic rules screen. We have over thirty rules, and some are inactive. We would like a way to record some notes as a record of our decision-making for this quite complicated area.
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Show barcode field of requests in Manage Patron Services
Please add the ability to see the barcode of a requested item (where available) on the Requests tab of the Manage Patron Services screen. It is possible to see barcodes on the Monitor Requests & Item Processes screen but not this one.
9 votes
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