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Output Location External Name in z39.50 OPAC format
Alma provides the ability to specify an External Name for a location and this is used in PrimoVE instead of the location Name. However, when item information is exposed via the z39.50 OPAC format the "shelvingLocation" contains the location Name and not the External Name. The External Name should apply in all cases where the location name is exposed outside of ALMA including z39.50.
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Add Bibliographic Details shared dimension to Physical Items Historical Events Report
Use case: What are the languages (Bib Details) for items in a certain work order status (Physical Items Historical Events)? It doesn't seem possible to report on languages from Physical Items Historical Events because it doesn't have the Bib Details shared dimension. The Physical Items report doesn't seem to have work order status. Adding the Bib Details shared dimension to the Physical Items Historical Events report would be very helpful to avoid having to feed results of one report to the other. See https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/46741807-in-alma-analytics-physical-items-subject-area
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Option to expand "sliding panel" when making an order or viewing order information.
In the interface that is slated to become standard on August 10, 2025, order information for a title is displayed on a sliding panel that has no option to expand to the entire screen. In this format, the order information that you are seeking takes up a smaller amount of the screen, visually unbalancing the screen and changing focus to one side, while leaving a darkened portion of the search screen visual that adds no helpful information. I have attached a screenshot.
In the past, this sliding panel had an arrow on the left margin which allowed you to expand…
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Add an already existing reading list from a course
When adding a reading list to a course, it would be nice if you could search already existing reading lists from the course. Right now, when you go to add a reading list, if a list already exists you get an error. But instead of being able to attach it there, you have to do a separate reading list search, identify the correct reading list, and add the course to the reading list. It feels like an unnecessarily backward process.
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Alma TPRS - allow direct delivery without showing borrower email address to the lending library.
Currently the recommended config for TPRS ALMA delivery is to make the use of Alma RS Library email address as the recipient, and library staff then mediate, upload.
i.e. UNCHECK "Supports ADD Address'.
Partner > TPRS broker > Parameters > Alternative Delivery Address > Supports ADD Address (uncheck)This workflow requires library staff from the borrowing side to pick up the article from Library email, then upload the pdf back to the original Borrowing Request to the client (using Alma Letter with Amazon server controlled delivery -i.e. x number of downloads within x number of days).
We would hope lending…
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Alma TPRS - Remote System ID number 001 is populated in Alma Request UI
Currently,
If TPRS sends their system identification number 001 e.g. "000074745018 " in their system, this 001 field vale does not get populated in the receiving side Alma's Lending request UI despite this value may be found in xml <supplierUniqueRecordId>i.e. ALMA UI > Lending Request > field Remote Record ID = empty
We would like this to be populated in the Lending request Form, so that staff can view Remote Record ID as consistantly reflecting TPRS 001 value, in both Borrowing and Lending requests. Book or Article requests.
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Remove block type from Update/Notify Users job
Currently in the Update/Notify User job you can add a block type for a set of users but you cannot remove a block type as you can for other parameters. e.g., add role/remove role.
Instead you only have the option to disable a block type which leaves behind an inactive block that may not be needed and which is marked as external data and locked, meaning you have to toggle the record to open to then manually delete one by one.
Therefore it would be useful to have an additional remove block types parameter so we can then remove in…
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Add blocks view to new UI Manage Patron Services view
It would be really useful if, in addition to the user card, system and user notes views, we could also see user blocks. Although our staff see a pop-up when they first open the patron record, once it's acknowledged and the patron view page opens there is nothing else to indicate there is an outstanding user block.
We add a manual user block when an item is made lost, and staff sometimes forget to remove this when returning the item, especially if that person does not then borrow something else but if we had this view it would be more…
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Daily fines and fee update into analytics reporting.
Not all of us are able to setup the bursar with our Student integration systems. It would be nice if fine data was updated daily with analytics reports.
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Field in the user record to serve as flag for anonymization
Create a field in the user record to indicate whether or not to include the patron in anonymization jobs based on their own choices. Ideally, this field can be controlled by the patron directly in their Primo account and we wouldn't need to manage custom forms or customize feeds from SIS systems to manage this. While user groups can be deployed to serve this purpose, for most institutions this is not the desired approach because of the complexities involved.
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Customize search indexes for any Holdings field and subfield
The current Holdings indexes skip several valid fields, such as the 347 and 562 fields. The ability to index these fields (especially the 562 field) would help find records with local information that is only recorded in the holdings record.
Additionally, the ability to index any field and subfield combination would allow libraries to use custom subfields within a valid, relevant field (e.g., a 541$g for a non-public Gift Of note).
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pick from shelf Ability to see multiple libraries
Make it possible to see and pick from shelf options from multiple libraries without changing physical location in Alma. Currently, to view pick-from-shelf options from multiple libraries, you must change your physical location. It would be better if we could see all pick from shelf requests in one place.
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NACSIS-CAT Could App: Enable English output in NOTE field when converting 336/337/338 fields for records with 040 $$b eng
Currently, when converting 336/337/338 fields to a NOTE field in Alma --> NACSIS-CAT mappings, the output uses Japanese vocabulary regardless of the cataloging language. For records with 040 $$b eng, we request that the NOTE field be generated using English vocabulary to match the cataloging language.
Example:
Expected output for 040 $$b eng:
336 $$a text $$2 ncrcontent
337 $$a unmediated $$2 ncrmedia
338 $$a volume $$2 ncrcarrier
→ NOTE: Content Type: text (ncrcontent), Media Type: unmediated (ncrmedia), Carrier Type: volume (ncrcarrier)Current output:
→ NOTE: 表現種別: text (ncrcontent), 機器種別: unmediated (ncrmedia), キャリア種別: volume (ncrcarrier)This enhancement would ensure consistency…
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Sending On Hold Shelf Letter
When scanning a barcode in Fullfilment - Checkout/Checkin – Returns items
• Printing the Ful Resource Request Slip Letter
• Change of document status in “Hold shelf”But no print On Hold Shelf Letter
The operator can place the request on the reservation shelf but the reader is not notified
Can the action “Returns items trigger the printing of the letter “On Hold Shelf Letter” ?
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Create report in analytics for citations with no usage
It would helpful in the leganto student usage area of leganto to be able to generate a list of citations in a reading list with no engagement. Currently you can only report on citations with student usage.
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Make the physical_condition field in the item record available in the xml of the Loan Receipt Letter
We would like to display information in the Physical Condition field of the item record in the Loan Receipt email. To do so we would need this to be available in the XML. Can this please be included?
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Move API management into Alma admin functional area
Management of APIs is currently managed via the developers network portal, which does not support institutional SSO, and barely supports MFA (email-only tied to one email address).
Moving the management of the Alma/Exlibris APIs into the Alma/LMS admin interface would bring the management of the Exlibris APIs into an environment that supports SSO and more granular permissioning in line with current Exlibris/Alma best practice, and ensure access is consistent with each institutions authentication/authorisation requirements. This would also require Exlibris to create roles specifically for API management/administration.
This would provide a more secure and better experience for Exlibris customers, and provide…
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Display statistics note labels in Analytics
Controlling item statistics notes is optional in Alma. We have controlled our statistics notes and would like to have the option of displaying the more human-readable descriptions in Analytics reports rather than the raw codes. This is how for instance statistical categories work in Analytics--you can display the code or the description. Institutions that have not controlled statistics notes could have null descriptions, or the description could be the code.
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Separate_patron_notifications_by_library (extend to all Patron facing letters!!)
The following letter/emails are supported by the Separatepatronnotificationsbylibrary feature :
However, two important patron facing emails are missing here!
- the patron welcome letter!! -> This is the FIRST letter you send to a patron. In times of spam and phising preferably coming from a (the same) sensible library from address as the other letters.
- reset pw letter!! -> Same here - please make sure this has the same from address. You need to be able to trust this email!
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Support "History" of "Interested User" in POL
The "Interested Users" area of POLs in Alma currently doesn't have any "History" support; if an operator attempts to determine when or how changes were made to a POL's interested user or the notification settings for an interested user, there is no history to track changes to those fields. Having "History" support for this field would be helpful for maintaining consistency within the POL and for troubleshooting when unexpected changes are made.
3 votes
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