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Add the option to display call number in all tabs (loans, returns, requests) of the patron account.
I have just seen the added call numbers with the December Release. It is now accessible everywhere except: the requests page of a patron.
It would have been this page where the call numbers are the most useful and the most waited for. Please add it there as well.110 votes -
Allow more flexibility in Display Logic rules
We would like to be able to construct Display Logic rules that hide a service based on the absence of a service. Currently (7/8/2016), the structure of rules only allow hiding a service based on the presence of a service.
Case in point:
We provide unmediated Get It Now for a handful of publishers. Obviously, we do not want to offer Get It Now if a full text service exists. However, because Alma considers Get It Now to be a full text service (which is a discussion for another day), we cannot use a "hide Get It Now if full…109 votesCompleted as part of Alma January Release The display logic user interface was enhanced, offering more flexibility in defining display logic rules.
for more information please see Alma January Release Notes at:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/009_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes?mon=201901BASE -
temporarily unavailable
For electronic collections - under the Activation tab for Service temporarily unavailable:
Instead of selecting a date to turn the notice on, allow staff to select the date on which the notice will automatically expire, and then on that date, have Alma automatically set the temporarily unavailable button to off and blank out the reason/text box. Also, consider making that text appear in red.
Logistically, it makes more sense for the notice to automatically disappear, since there is no mechanism in Alma to remind the staff member that such a notice has been added to an electronic collection. So setting…
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New Label "Invoice" for Address Types
We would like to have the possibility to choose a specific label "Invoice" as address type. This would be used for institutional accounts as some of them have an additional Invoice address which is different than the "Home" one. Having such a label could be used for harvesting data to an external billing application.
Thank you very much!108 votes -
Alternative process for resource sharing borrowing requests rejected by last partner on rota
This idea is copied from ners request 4995 proposed solution which didn't make the cut-off in the second round of voting.
When a resource sharing borrowing request is rejected by the last partner on the rota the request is automatically cancelled. The proposed solution would mean the request isn't cancelled and then staff can add new partners to the rota or decide to cancel the request if there are no other options for fulfilling the request.
Proposed solution:
A workflow profile option will enable determining whether a rejected request (on the borrower side) will be considered automatically cancelled. Currently, the…107 votes -
Create a new an authorities search index “Matching Information” (or the like) for field 885
As Alma GND User Group we represent staff users that are tasked with data management in the Integrated Authority File (GND), the most widely used authority file in the German speaking library community.
We would like Ex Libris to introduce an authorities search index that makes the content of MARC 21 Format for Authority Data field 885 available for search purposes.
As a QA measure several different algorithms are applied to the content of GND to find potential duplicate records and mark these candidates in field 885. In cases where the confidence value does not reach a certain threshold, the…106 votesIt is now allowed to search for the Authority content in Marc field 885.
For more information, please refer to the Alma May release notes and online help.
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Customize Alma Viewer with Mashup CSS file
Use Alma's Mashup CSS file (or other CSS file) to customize the Alma Digital Viewer (default, OTB viewer).
As for today, this is not possible and there is no way to hide the login area or to customize the header.104 votesAs of March release the newly designed Alma Viewer is available to view digital resources.
For more information please see Alma Release Notes
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Add "General Notes" at the collection, service, and portfolio levels as indexable/searchable fields
Unfortunately, we have received the following case response: "Notes fields are not indexed for search as this is not within the current design/intended use for these fields."
So we hope to get support for our proposal in the Alma community.Our colleagues in the e-resources department use the "General notes" field at the collection, service, and portfolio levels.
However, it is not possible to search for theses notes:(1) In Alma itself you can search for:
Electronic Collection:
- Authentication note (Electronic Collection)
- Public note (Electronic Collection)
- Service Authentication note
Electronic Portfolio:
- Authentication note (Electronic Porfolio)
-…104 votesIt is now optional to search by General Note in the Electronic Collection search in the Alma Advanced Search.
For more information, please refer to the Alma May release notes and online help.
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Block expired patrons from placing resource sharing requests in Primo
There should be an easy way to block patrons with expired Alma accounts from placing resource sharing requests in Primo. We shouldn't have to run a script as a work-around.
Currently, there is no way to tell Alma that expired patrons cannot place resource sharing requests in Primo. Expired patrons in Alma can place resource sharing requests, even though they are unable to checkout the material. This makes for very unhappy patrons.
101 votesThe February 2017 Release includes this idea. For more details please see here:
http://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/0099_2017/110_February_2017/Alma_February_2017_Release_Notes/04Fulfillment_-_February_2017_Enhancements#Additional_Fulfillment_Enhancements
where the new check_for_expired_account, parameter is described -
Restrict borrowers from loaning multiple copies of an item they already have on loan
We would like to be able to restrict borrowers from loaning multiple copies of the same item.
For example, we would not want a borrower to be able to loan an additional copy of an item if they already have that item on loan, as this is unfair on others who would also like that item.
Although we have recalls in place, we would still like to restrict borrowers from loaning a second copy (or more) of something they already have on loan.
Kind regards,
Andrew101 votes -
"Manage purchase request" available in Analytics reports
Alma allows the export to Excel of the data found in the "Manage purchase request" option. The export is usually a slow process, which will surely slow down as the purchase requests stored in Alma increase.
We would like all this information to be available in Analytics so that we can manage it in a simpler way.101 votesThe new Purchase Requests subject area was added to Alma Analytics aspart of Alma September release. Using the fields of this subject area you can create reports concerning purchase requests and answer the following business questions:
How many purchase requests were made in a time range?
How many purchase requests were assigned to a user?
How many purchase requests have a PO line?
How many purchase requests were made per status?
For more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes -
Prevent Download Pictures (Alma Digital) when Download is not allowed
Prevent Download Pictures (Alma Digital) when Download is not allowed
When Access rights indicate to “Allow View” but not download, Alma viewer currently allows downloading the picture by “saving as”.
The digital Viewer should prevent this option.101 votesThe functionality to prevent downloads of digital images that is configured by clearing the Allow Downloads checkbox when creating digital access rights rules (Configuration > Fulfillment > Copyright Management > Access Rights > Add Access Rights > Add Rule) was enhanced. The user cannot save images using the Save As function of the browser.
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Add option to configure Process Types for Physical Items
Alma Process Types and the associated Base status of 'Item not in place' are hardcoded, as are the automated workflows within Alma and the flow-through to Primo for the availability to be set to 'Not Available'.
This is extremely limiting and there are scenarios when a Library might want their physical resources to still be discoverable in Primo ie not suppressed, but also be marked as Unavailable, such as if there were a temporary mould outbreak. This ensures that users are aware that we hold resources already, so they don't waste time submitting purchase requests or thinking that we have…100 votesLibrary staff now have better control over process types: placing and removing institution-level work order types using the Change Physical items information job, searching by work order type and excluding a specific work order type from discovery. The work order types were enhanced to streamline workflows, allowing handling in bulk and without scanning items in.
his is especially useful when the library needs to mark a large set of items as unavailable in a way that's reflected in discovery
For more information please see Alma May Release Notes
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Pop up user notes
Currently, we only have block notes pop up when scanning patron ID in "manage patron services". It would be lovely if a specific user notes (which can be added manually by staff) like "circulation" notes can be popped up to warn the staff like the patrons' email address is incorrect or this is a distance student etc. Please feel free to ask more question re this idea
99 votesUser notes can now be defined to appear as pop-up notes in Manage Patron Services so that the librarian can inform the patron of any important messages. When a user note is created, a new check-box is available, Pop up note. When selected, the note will display as a pop-up window when the operator enters Manage Patron Users. If a block message also exists for the user, both messages will display in the same pop-up window.
For more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes -
View cancelled requests
it would be useful for Fulfillment staff to have a way to track when users cancel requests, eg to explain why an item is coming off the holdshelf early, or to prove to a user that the reason why their hold has never been satisfied is because they cancelled the request. Perhaps a record should go into the Requests tab on the user's Fulfillment activities and into the item's History tab?
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Add NLM Classification to Analytics
We would like to see NLM classification as an option in Analytics. We have a substantial Health Sciences Library and Med Center, and this would be quite useful for this area of reporting.
98 votesNLM Classifications were added to Analytics.
A new sub-folder titled “NLM Classifications” is available in the Other Classifications dimension table.
For more information please see here
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Add oadoi.org as an option in uresolver
https://oadoi.org/ has recently launched with an open API. It automates linking to an open access version of articles using the DOI (eg finding them in subject repositories or institutional repositories). From a very quick tiny-sample experiment, this could fill about 50% of recent articles that show in Primo for us as "no full-text available".
At least one library has worked to make this available in their installation of SFX - see https://devtools.mpdl.mpg.de/projects/vlib/wiki/SFXTargets/oaDOIgetFullTxt Could something like this be added as an option to Alma's uResolver?
The desired behaviour is that oadoi.org displays as an option if the API's value of is…
97 votesNovember release includes a new linkresolver service for Unpaywall Open Access articles.
The service is disabled by default, in order to enable it set the customer parameter enable_open_access_services_from_unpaywall_api to true.
Some information regarding the way the service works:
1. If an incoming OpenURL contains a DOI, Alma link resolver will call Unpaywall API.
2. If the API will return a URL to the PDF of the article the service will appear.
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configure automatically library in portfolios accordingly to library set up at electronic collection level
At the moment, the Library input in an electronic collection is not pushed in the field Library in the relative portfolios.
We want the Library in portfolios the same as Library in electronic collection... automatically, without using the job Change electronic portfolio information > Set owner.97 votesLibrary set on the level of the collection is now inherited to the Portfolio level with no need to explicitly indicate so on every portfolios
This functionality is NOT enabled by default, for more information please see ‘Limiting Actions Related to Portfolios and E-collections According to User Role’s Scope’
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes?mon=202110BASE -
Collection level access model setting
Please create a setting where we can choose the ebook access model at the collection level. We have many ebook collections where we know everything in them is the same access model, usually unlimited (UA). It would be helpful to be able to set this at the collection level so every portfolio in that collection will have the access model display in Primo.
97 votesAs of February 2024, users can define an access model at the collection level where all portfolios inherit. This is particularly beneficial for libraries with auto-activated collections, as it ensures that each new addition seamlessly inherits the access model.
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Remove notices from patron accounts
We try so hard to anonymize. It would be nice to be able to purge patron "attachments" after a certain amount of time.
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