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Add webhook event for Resource Sharing lending request
Actually we can intercept a RS borrowing request via webhooks in two ways, via a new request event or via a new item event (using a RS location filter), but there seems to be no events for lending request until the resource is located and the temporary RS location is applied. We need a specific webhook event that occur when a RS lending request is created.
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Allow loans/requests APIs to override blocks and limits
When using the Alma UI staff are able to override user blocks and loan/request limits when loaning an item or creating a request. With the API this is not possible. It would be helpful if the APIs had a parameter to perform a staff override in the same manner. This would allow automated loans and requests to work in scenarios where staff would have overridden the block/limit, and where it is desirable that the loan/request always succeeds.
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Option to remove Alma roles if staff not logged in for X days/months
Having an option to remove Alma roles if staff not logged in for X days/months will help automate the process of identifying and managing inactive accounts, saving administrative time.
We have a lot of staff that change job roles within the institution, but end up keeping their Alma roles unless someone tells us they are leaving the library department. Obviously this idea won't fix all the problems, but it would certainly help with reducing the risk of unauthorized access - particularly for any one that has an administrator role
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Provide fulfillment configuration utility information in an API response
Currently, testing configurations requires manually pasting information into the Fulfillment Configuration Utility and then reviewing output.
It would be much more helpful if an API could accept a list of users and barcodes and return the output of the fulfillment configuration utility - names of the matched rules, or names + policy values. That would allow for much more robust and efficient testing of configuration.
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Display Renewal Notes in the new Unified PO Line List
Along with the other notes that now appear in the new Unified PO Line (Vender, Activation, and Receiving) that was recently released, it would be great if Renewal notes also appeared in the Badges and Icons section when they were listed. Our staff currently use it to denote when they need to not renew an order, so having it displayed from the main list would be helpful for them to quickly parse out what needs to be handled.
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Ability to queue borrowing requests for a temporarily inactive partner
Hi,
For resource sharing, we use Alma partners with the ISO profile type that are part of the Libraries Australia Document Delivery (LADD) network.When partner libraries suspend themselves from LADD services, their Status updates in Alma to Inactive.
However, sometimes a Library is the only possible lender of material. In these cases, we would prefer to wait until the Library becomes Active again, instead of trying to source a partner overseas (for us in Australia, time-consuming and much more expensive, plus challenges with postal delays). At present, we add a Note to the request that it is to be…
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Option to NOT receive ticket updates 'Report to ExLibris'
Add a 'Report to ExLibris' option to NOT receive ticket updates.
Use case: I report that an ebook title in a huge Open Access collection is, in fact, not open access. I view this as a standard cleanup task. We've likely already suppressed the record from our catalog and don't need to track the ticket or receive updates. It generates many unnecessary emails.3 votes -
New Database Request: International Commercial Arbitration (ICMA)
Hello,
Can we please get this database added to Alma? It is called, "International Commercial Arbitration (ICMA)," from Oxford Legal Research Library.
ICMA combines texts covering key arbitral bodies and jurisdictions with officially recognized and endorsed works detailing the rules governing specific arbitral bodies.
Collection-level URL:
https://academic.oup.com/international-commercial-arbitrationThank you.
Katie Tapia-Lynch
Wayne State University3 votes -
Make ISSN field clickable
When searching in ALMA for e.g. a journal based on MMS ID and get a result, I miss being able to click on ISSN and get a new search result with all titles that match the ISSN.
3 votes -
Out of Stock Orders - Rialto
Out of Stock Orders (adding here as per response when posted on Rialto Idea Exchange by Clarivate staff)
When a Rialto item is not currently in stock it doesn’t reflect on the Order (POL) and the status is Sent. Is there something that could be done so that the Rialto status reflects in Alma’s order status? Otherwise, these orders will continue to have the status ‘Sent’. Potential issue during FY close as these orders will encumber into the next FY. Great if it will be published and/or if only a few orders with this status however not so if not.…
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Ability to pin and fix the facet in authorities search
It would be great if the search facet in the authorities search could be pinned and fixed, so you don't have to click and expand the facets every time you want to filter on a specific vocabulary
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Collection - report who added title and when
When adding titles to Collections (Resources\Manage Collections) it would be helpful if it reported who and when a title was added to the collection. Report of this via Analytics would be preferable but displaying in Alma would be a start.
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Generate item-level request for reading room materials
Currently, if there is one copy of an item in general stacks and another in a reading room location, assuming both are available, Alma will prioritize the stacks copy for requests and the request form will be based on the stacks request TOU. Some institutions use reading rooms for Special Collections materials, so the items may not be interchangeable and if a patron requests the reading room copy, we want the request to be specific to that item and the form to follow the reading room request TOU (limiting the pickup location).
Giving the items unique descriptions forces item-level requests,…
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Requests Operator role in a profile
When you set "requests operator" role in a profile, the Scope and Circulation Desk are mandatory.
It'll be better not to record scope and circulation desk in the profile so they can be set when using the profile.
Currently if you want to set the scope on another library than the one defined in the profile, you have to suppress the circulation desk, then change the scope, then set the circulation desk.3 votes -
Manage Purchase Requests - facet by 'Assigned to:' and display Library notes
Add to the facets the option to filter by 'Assigned to:'
Also the option to see the notes tab details when viewing all Manage Purchase Requests 'in review' .
We can see the requestor note but not any Library notes from the Manage Purchase Requests screen to make this information easier to review.3 votes -
Be able to restrict certain libraries to particular user groups only
We need to restrict who can access one of our libraries by user groups. We need to restrict one of our libraries to only be used by users with a certain user group. We want to restrict who can collect a hold request by user group for one of our libraries.
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More options for scheduling integration profile jobs
For our local purchasing processing, we really need to be able to schedule invoices to be exported to the FTP server every Monday evening at 5:00 pm. This is not currently an option. This is specifically the Export Invoices For Payment job in the Integration Profiles.
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"Make Embase available in CDI"
Access URL: https://www.embase.com
Could you please try to contact Elsevier again regarding this.
3 votes -
serial type
Be able to lookup bibliographic titles by serial type (Fixed field 21 SrTp: Type of continuing resource), especially for monographic series type m. Our serials desk wants a way to easily find these so when they receive materials they can separate the standing orders from the subscriptions. They could also generate reports from the data parsed in Analytics to assist their students during the receiving process.
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New PO Lines: Allow editing of PO Line description independent of MARC record
In the old PO Line interface, you could update the description from the MARC record but then you could edit it. For example, sometimes I want to have a title from the MARC record but then add ONE-TIME ONLY or something like that to the PO Line description. I can't do that anymore.
3 votes
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