Allow to configure the localization of loan status codes on institutional level
Currently it is not possible to configure a localized version of the basic loan status codes (e. g. "recalled" or "normal") on institutional level. Instead there are static translations which are set for all Alma institutions - for example (german) "Zurückgerufen" for "recalled". That specific translation, displayed in the loan list in Primo >> My Account, creates confusion among our users since the correct term in that case should be "Vorgemerkt" ("put on hold").
We need a possibility to configure the localization of loan status codes on institutional level - no matter if in Alma or in the Primo code tables.
Completed as part of Alma October release, for more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/050Physical_Fulfillment#Configuring_Loan_Status_Names
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Herbert Spille commented
ExLibris should really show greater respect to language issues. This is a problem and an annoyance already since ALEPH times.
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we are totally agree. we have similar problem with the translation to Hebrew terms for the reader's library card
Mally