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Vendor Communication will not send without PO Line Attached
As an Alma Administrator at Kettering University, we would like the ability for the 'Acquistions>Vendors>Communications tab' area to send emails to vendors without a PO line attached. Currently, correspondence will not be sent if you try to email a vendor without an associated PO Line. This will help us keep vendor correspondences more streamlined and structured, eliminating the need to download personal emails to PDF format and upload them.
Not all communications we have with a vendor will be order-based. Does anyone know of any fixes or backend settings allowing those to be sent? We were informed at the Support…
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Add "Rule details", "Terms of use", and "Fulfillment Policy" as shared descriptive dimensions with Fulfillment subject area
We would find it very useful to be able to report on fulfillment activity as tied to configuration. For example, we'd like to be able to report on items that allow unlimited renewals versus items that allow renews but limit the time frame.
From what I can tell, only the loan length is included in the Fulfillment subject area, but the terms of use information is in the Configurations (Limited) subject area. But, we cannot do a multiple subject report without them being shared dimensions in Fulfillment. It would be very helpful if they could be added.
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Ability to make bulk bookings in Excel and import (similar to updating calendars in Excel)
We use the booking feature for student study rooms, but occasionally some (though not all) of these rooms need to be booked off for special events, i.e., convocation, reserving time for reference interviews, etc.
Our library could benefit from the ability to create these bulk bookings in Excel (copying/duplicating rows) as we would when updating our hours of operation.
Excel columns might include the barcode for the room, the barcode for the special patron account we use to block off rooms as needed, dates, start/end times, and a yes/no for whether the booking may override normal booking rules/restrictions.
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Update Email Records Letter XML to use tags instead of metadata
Currently, the EmailRecordsLetter.xsl file has to use the <metadata> tag in EmailRecordsLetter XML. This prevents libraries from being able to customize the display of the emailed record.
EmailRecordsLetter XML should have tags similar to other letters, like <title> and <mms_id>. This would enable libraries to customize and create a professional, modern email.
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add "Return Selected" to actions currently available for moving items checked out
Along with "Renew Selected" in the patron loan page, add "Return Selected" to enable a single or global return of a loan or loans.
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Analytics re-fresh (ETL) time should be reevaluated
I understand that an ETL is run at the same time for all the institutions in a specific data center. Institutions in a specific data center should be from a similar geographic area. If that is not possible, the servers should be grouped by geographic regions spanning approximately 3-4 hours time differences.
The time of the ETL run should be optimized across clients in the given geographical area. For example, if the clients are largely from the United States, the ETL could run close to midnight Eastern, which would be close to 9 PM Pacific.
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Pop-up message for activating / deactivating the patron’s identifier using the slider
To activating or deactivating the patron’s identifier, it can be done by toggling the slider to “blue color” (i.e. ON) or “gray color” (i.e. OFF) under the tab ‘Identifier’ of the patron account in Alma. The attachment shows the screen capture. Once, the slider is toggled, the identifier will be activated or deactivated immediately. The “Cancel” button on top right-hand corner (“red rectangle”) has no effect to turn it back to the old value after toggling the slider.
The patron’s identifier is an essential part of the login credentials for user authentication in Primo. After login, patron can manage the…
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Show holdings across schools within a consortia easily and quickly in one place in Circulation module.
When I am at the Circ desk and a patron needs to know if a book is available and circulating at another school within our consortia, it would be helpful if I could see holdings across schools in one place easily and quickly. This would remind me to suggest trying to get a book at another school and let me see easily if he or she can.
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Alma Resource Sharing Due Date for External Systems
Currently if an external system is used for acquiring a physical item for a borrower when the item is received in Alma Resource Sharing the due date is left blank even when a TOU and Fulfillment Unit Rule is in place to determine the due date of the item. The TOU/FUR does not activate until the item is loaned by the patron via circulation. Due to this the Due date does not populate in Alma resource sharing or on a book band/label as it does for items filled via Rapido or Peer to Peer requests. We would like the due…
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Implement Organizational SSO into Alma Login Systems
I would find a way to offer integration for organizational SSO systems into Alma login webpages, such as this one (https://mdc-flvc-psb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/mng/login). Other business systems, such as Zoom, offer this, so it would be prudent for Alma and other ExLibris systems to do so as well. That way, if a library worker is unable to get to their normal SSO page for the organization's website, they can still access Alma to serve patrons. Thanks for the opportunity to share my idea! :)
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Improving Usability for Searching Long Titles
When searching for items with long titles in Alma, the clear text icon overlaps the text being entered. It would be more user-friendly if this icon were positioned to the side, next to the search icon.
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bhanlon3@jhu.edu
Please add this Vendor to the Community Zone.
Peer Community In (PCI)
https://peercommunityin.org/Vendor contact email is contact [ a.t ] peercommunityin [ d.o.t ] org
PCI is a non-profit organization of researchers offering peer review, recommendation and publication of scientific articles in open access for free.
Please create a Database Collection titled "Peer Community In"
Please add the following OA journal to the collection:
Peer Community Journal ISSN: 2804-3871
The journal is currently in the ALMA collection: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals1 vote -
Search scheduled jobs
Maybe I'm missing something but when you go into Admin>Monitor Jobs , you can search in the 'Scheduled Manual Jobs', 'Running' and 'History' tabs - but can't search in the 'Scheduled Jobs' tab.
We have a lot of scheduled jobs, and every now and then have to check them for troubleshooting purposes. Sometimes it can be difficult to find the one you need when the only option is to figure out which Job Category it belongs to, and having to click through the pages.
Having a Search Bar, like in the other tabs would make things a lot easier.
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New Manage Patron Services UI
In the new circulation desk UI, it would be useful if the appearance of the options: "Send loan receipt" and "Send request receipt" can be configured.
In a library that has decided not to enable these two letters, it does not make sense for them to show in the options drop-down menu.
The same thing happens with the option "add/renew patron role".1 vote -
Calendar update recurring
It would be useful to be able to enter the dates of recurring holidays localized by country via "Calendar Management", in order to avoid having to confirm these dates every year.
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Please add African Research Journal of Medical Sciences
African Research Journal of Medical Sciences aims to be the premier source of research and reviews for the scientific communities we serve. The journal aspires to be one of the top-ranking research and innovations in the medical sciences in Africa and around the world and seeks to disseminate high-impact publications.
If this journal listed in the ExLibris database It will disseminate around the world. We request all the members please vote for our Idea.
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Add an API access for creating a task in the Electronic Resource Activation Task List
We would like to set up an automatized workflow to import records and el. inventory into Alma. It would help in the daily management of these imports, if we could create a task for the e-resource staff via the API once the import finishes.
We would like to have a way to use the API to generate a new task in the Electronic Resource Activation Task List for an electronic collection or an electronic portfolio.
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Enable forcing barcode number for new items
When cataloguing a new item, we wish to force cataloguers to add barcode number before save. If some libraries do not want that, forcing the barcode field could be optional.
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Ability to add labels while creating set
It would be very useful to be able to add labels to sets when they are created. Currently you have to save your set and only then you can add a label.
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