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Ability to amend the Reason MappingTable
Currently if an item has its due date shortened due to a Recall or a Patron Expiry the text provided to the end user, via the shortened loan due date letter, is not customisable. There doesn't appear to be a Reason Mapping table, so the text for the RECALL or PATRONEXPIRY reasons is somethign we have no control over.
It would be really useful to be able to amend these .14 votesHello All,
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Set up Trials for Database-only resources in the CZ
It would be nice to be able to set up Database-only resources as a Trial. Currently only those resources with portfolios can be set up as a Trial.
14 votesHello All,
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Add First Name/Last Name fields to Staff Login Report
Please add more fields to the Staff Login Report to help identify the staff in the list. At the moment it only reports out Primary ID which is just a staff number at my institution.
To be able to use the report more easily and effectively we need First Name and Last Name fields in the report.
Other fields could potentially be useful to some institutions such as User Group and Job Description.
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Improve Secondary Reporting Code List Table Functionaility
We use the secondary reporting code table to list our selectors and tie their names to any selections they have made in Alma. Currently, we have around 35-40 selectors and we keep them alphabetized by last name, first name. The problem is when we go to create a new user the user is placed at the bottom of the column. We then have to manually click the row up one time until we get it in the position we want. Every arrow click also refreshes the page which can lead to 10-15 minutes of clicking to get a user to…
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Dynamically set "addressFrom" field for "On Hold Shelf Letter" based on item location
A few libraries in our consortium have expressed interest in more granularity for "On Hold Shelf Letter" configuration.
In particular, the ability to have this letter dynamically show the ILL sender email address (ILL@institution.edu) for any item with a Resource Sharing (RS) location code. If an item has any other location code, show the Circulation sender email address (circ@institution.edu).
It would be ideal be able to set this type of condition in a rule similar to the way Display Logic Rules work in the Alma Configuration Menu.
Currently the circulation email address is our default and…
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POL access service subscription & other service subscription -> add expected activation date
In two POL subscription type, the expected activation date is missing :
access service subscription & other service subscription.
Thank you to add the field "expected activation date" into these 2 POL templates.14 votesHello All,
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Add the function of un-receiving items in bulk
It takes a lot of time to un-receive item one bye one; we need to find POL including un-received item and click ‘Manage item’ menu next to the item and then un-receive the item. It would be better that there is some way of proceeding the un-receiving process in bulk.
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POL and its communication must be sent to account provider email
At the moment in ALMA, if a POL has a communication:
• the POL is sent in a first notification to accound provider email
• the communication (with its file attached) is sent in a second notification to provider email.
This behavour is not logical and doesn't respond to our need.
Our request : POL and communication (with files attached) must be sent to accound provider email in one notification.
Thank you to support our request.14 votesHello All,
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Display assignee on resource sharing request search results
It would be helpful if the resource sharing request would display in the brief format the name of the staff that the request is currently assigned to. Currently, you have to go into the "History" tab of the request to find this information.
In a different area, "Reading lists", this information is readily available, and it would facilitate the workflow in resource sharing handling, too.
14 votesHello All,
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Improved history tab for lending requests to include when a request is attached to a different MMSID
As a result of lending requests sometimes being attached to an incorrect MMSID, with no clear indication as to why or how, we would like to see an enhancement to the lending request history tab to include information when this happens. This is to better analyze future cases where this error occurs.
14 votesHello All,
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Ability to customize the order of display for portfolio links in a record
When there are multiple portfolios for one title, such as a journal or newspaper, Alma allows them to be sorted by Rank, Title Asc, or Title Desc. But there are occasions when it would be optimal to custom sort the display. For example, for the title Barron's, we have three ProQuest Central portfolios displaying to the public, each with a different date range. It would be nice to be able to have them display in chronological order. Currently they display in this order: 1942-1987, 1921-1942, 1988-present. In this instance, the sort options do not help since they are all ProQuest…
14 votesHello All,
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Include games and models as Resource Types
In accordance with the MARC21 Format for Bibliographic Data, when LDR pos. 06 = r (for "three-dimensional artifact"), we're supposed to follow the "Visual materials" definition of 008, described at https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd008v.html.
Currently, the Rules Used to Create the Resource Type Field (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/010Getting_Started/050Alma_User_Interface_%E2%80%93_General_Information/Searching_in_Alma#Rules_Used_to_Create_the_Resource_Type_Field_MARC_21_KORMARC_and_UNIMARC) do not include games or models.
These would be indicated in the bibliographic record as:
LDR pos. 06 = r AND 008 pos. 33 = g (for "game")
LDR pos. 06 = r AND 008 pos. 33 = q (for "model")Could these specifications be added to this Rules list? They are currently listed as…
14 votesHello All,
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Ability to configure the subject list names of the Browse Bibliographic Headings
Currently, the Browse Bibliographic Headings subject list names the CZ vocabularies and is OTB provided and cannot be changed.
As we use only a few of this vocabulary, we would like to be to configure it and be able to choose which one appears in the list.14 votesHello All,
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Include loan and fee information in the "User Notifications Letter"
We would like to be able to use the "User Notifications Letter" for end of the school year cleanup. When seniors are graduating we want to let them know what they need to return and/or pay off in order to graduate. We can use a fulfillment job to send the User Notifications Letter to patrons in a set. However, it doesn't currently include the information about each patron's circulation activity, so we can't use it for this purpose.
Adding the loan and fee information into the xml for that letter would allow us to access it and include it in…
14 votesHello All,
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Restriction for privilege "change due date" is needed: for loaned items within scope: allowed - whereas outside scope restricted
"For dual layers it would make sense to be able to restrict the privilege "change due date" in CDO-roles for inventory outside own scope. It would be great to be able to allow to change due date only for loaned items whithin scope, but to be able to prevent it for loaned items outside scope. If it were additionally usable via the "circulate for" specification for the libraries for which "my library" is allowed to lend and book back, it would also make sense. It is very unfortunate that "change due date" can currently only be allowed in a role…
14 votesHello All,
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API for terms of use
An API to retrieve the terms of use would allow us to display borrowing rules on our website which are completely synced to our Alma configuration.
13 votesHello All,
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Barcode column can be sorted in Receiving Department Items.
We suggest that all columns can be sorted in Receiving Department Items. Especially the barcode is the necessary column to be sorted because it is used for the sequential number, so that we want to display in ascending/descending order.
13 votesHello All,
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Filter Acquisitions POL sets by fiscal period
Manage Sets is useful for quick lists of orderlines but it's not possible to filter by fiscal period. This results in large sets which take a long time to display and then need to be filtered offline in Excel.
Adding a new filter of fiscal period in Acquisitions Manage Sets could help reduce the load on Alma and produce more relevant sets.
13 votesHello All,
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Ability to see all holdings when viewing citations in a reading list
Currently a maximum of 3 Holdings is displayed for citations in a reading list. This means operators won’t see the details of all copies the library holds if there are more than 3 types of Holding. Viewing complete information is important for operators reviewing a reading list.
Furthermore, this default display of 3 Holdings is based on Availability therefore operators are likely to see information for materials held in lesser reference collections (these are always available!) rather than information for stock held in more popular lending collections.
Libraries should be allowed to set their own limit.13 votesHello All,
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Option to turn fines off for a period
Recently one of our library is trying to look at the stocks, hence, they have sent out an announcement for all patrons at the specific to return their loaned items and we informed them that their fines will be waived for that fine free period.
But after raising a Salesforce case, we realised that Alma could not turn off fines for a certain period.
Would an option to turn the fines on and off be appropriate to be added to Alma?
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