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Add Fulfillment Note to the New 2025 Manage Patron Services Table Customization
We use the Fulfillment Note field to track Lost Items by recording the patron ID, replacement cost, and billing date to our Finance department, allowing us to efficiently identify returned lost items. Additionally, we check out lost items to a dedicated patron record to facilitate tracking, reordering, or withdrawal over time. Adding this feature to the Manage Patron Services Customization Table would help ensure these notes are consistently recorded.
15 votes -
Add a parameter to turn off Borrowing Activity Letter when using renew selected or renew all
Currently, the "Borrowing Activity Letter" is sent when a staff member renews items for a patron via Manage Patron Services.
This letter is often superfluous and the behavior is not ideal for libraries with "separate _ patron _ notifications _ by _ library" set to true – it ends up sending a letter from each library where the patron borrowed material.
If we had a parameter that could turn off sending it when renew selected or renew all is used, then we would turn it off and staff could elect to send it when they felt it was useful or…
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Allow Patrons to Request Items in Work Orders
Currently, all work orders automatically make all items in that work order unavailable to patrons in the catalog. Some work orders may be for workflows or processes that can allow for items to be requested and pulled for users.
If, during the setup and configuration, work orders have the option of "allowing patron requests" or "do not allow patron requests" (similarly to how recall notices are an option), then some work orders can allow for patrons to request items so they can be pulled and delivered, based on the work order type.
3 votes -
Display of refund message of lost (overdue and billed item)
When an item has been billed for replacement. Then that item is scanned in (returned) a message pops-up that says the fee has been refunded.
I am aware that this is based on the refund ration as part of the terms of use. We have our TOU set for 100% refund.
The issue is that some fees get sent to bursars. When that happens the fee is not automatically removed (either from ALMA or bursars) upon check in. In addition the library may decide not to refund any or part of the fee that has gone to bursars.
However, when…3 votes -
Improve Library Only Note field in reading lists
We would like to propose the addition of the Library-only note field in Alma to the panel on the right side of the reading list page. We would like to propose a modification to the Library Type note in Alma to improve workflow efficiency. We would like this note to appear in the Reading List Information panel or the panel where the 'view in Leganto' link can be found, rather than in the Notes tab. This should be editable directly from the panel to allow Library staff to add comments or further information related to a list (e.g. summary of…
3 votes -
More options for configure the UI for Manage Patron services
The Left Pane of The new Manage Patron services UI includes User Information.
The display of information in this section is configurable from Configuration > Fulfillment > Patron Configurations > Patron Services User Card Fields.It would be great help for us if certain fields would also be among these.
Field: Primary ID and Field: Identifyer (Identifyer type barcode)Specially Primary ID should be able to hide for many places.
9 votes -
show on the courses page in Alma if it has a reading list
We would like a way to see on the courses page if a course was handled/ have a reading list - without entering other pages.
our librarians are not assigned a reading list - but a course, that does not yet have a reading list. They work on the Courses page and in the current state they have no way of knowing what course they already worked on.9 votes -
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.
1 vote -
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 -
Add option for Due Time to be after Midnight
Our library is sometimes open until 1:00am and when it is we want the due time of our items to be when we close and not at midnight. Currently to do this the due time needs to be overridden for each relevant item by our front desk. Adding this as an option in either calendar management or as a policy option would reduce manual effort by our staff, lower the risk of mistakes being made and patrons incorrectly being charged fines, and lessen confusion among our patrons.
3 votes -
Statistical categories display in Circulation Desk UI
It would be useful to display patron's Statistical categories in the left panel of the New Circulation Desk UI.
Thanks for support !
90 votes -
Add 245 subfield n to the letter XML node for title
Many letters display the name of the title using the node notificationdata / physitem_display / title. This field contains a subset of subfields from the MARC field 245 to display the title of the work.
We receive complains from our users regarding missing book title number in mostly textbooks. The missing number is available in the MARC field 245 subfield n and is an important part of the title. For example:
245 10 |a Prisma Physik |n 1
245 10 |a Deutsch |n Drei
245 00 |a Prisma |n 1
245 10 |a <<Die>> Sprachstarken |n 2 |b…9 votes -
add ability to edit existing display logic rules
Currently once a display logic rule is written, it can't be edited, which means one needs to write second one, or delete the first and write a new one. This is tedious and a waste of time, and the ability to edit rules would be a big improvement!
7 votes -
Add "All" tab to Patron Services screen & 2-column view ("All x" & "X of this session") to Loan and Return tabs
Patron Services area is too granular -- too many potential places to look for (or not see) information about various transactions, especially during busy times or high-stress interactions, especially for student workers. Information that patrons or staff need can too easily be missed.
An "All" tab (ahead of the "Loans" tab) may assist -- it could list ALL recent transactions in a table (including loans, returns, requests, and network activity) with the type of transaction indicated in one column.
Likewise, a two-column view in the Loans tab and/or the Returns tab could reduce the risk of a staff member missing…
6 votes -
Improve reorder functionality in Fulfillment Unit Rules
Right now, if you add a new fulfillment unit rule, it goes to the bottom of the list. If it needs to be elsewhere, you have to use the reorder arrows to quite tediously move the rule up and down (click ... reload page ... scroll to find where rule is ... click ... reload page ... ad nauseum.)
It would be SO much better if we could either
1) Drag and drop the rules (and then require clicking a save button to save the new order, and/or
2) Reorder using the row number by exporting to an external spreadsheet,…1 vote -
scan in items: Define the value of the "Register in-house use" blank by default
The value of the ‘Register In-House Use’ box is saved from session to session. This causes errors by staff who forget to activate or deactivate it as appropriate, so that statistical data may not be reliable.
We would like to propose that this field could be set to a default value (e.g. blank) and that staff should activate the tick when registering in-house use.92 votes -
Duplicate "Discovery Interface Display Logic" functionality to Configuration > Discovery
Many libraries have staff structures where discovery and fulfillment configuration are handled by different staff (who may be in different departments.) Having the "Discovery Interface Display Logic" menu in Configuration > Fulfillment means that discovery administrators must be granted fulfillment administrator roles to configure those aspects. In a "least risk" permission model, it would be much more preferable for those options to be on the Discovery Administrator menu - instead of fulfillment, or at the very least in addition to fulfillment, so that the extra role does not have to be granted.
1 vote -
Include MARC leader in General Electronic Services Bib Fields Enrichment
The addition of bib fields enrichment for general electronic services has been helpful in creating service availability rules for GESes, but there is no way to configure enrichment based upon content in the MARC record leader. This is where primary resource aspects are noted, such as record type, bibliographic level, and whether a resource is under archival control. Being able to use this criteria when displaying or hiding a service would be much easier than the convoluted and imperfect workarounds we've resorted to.
3 votes -
barcode added to "pick from shelf" list
more of a question.
Can the barcode be added to the 'pick from shelf' list'? It would be helpful when printing the item page from the list and it would also be beneficial if the item barcode was visible instead of have to hit the requests number for the barcode.
Thank you
joann20 votes -
Add "Prefer Open Access resources" option on the Online Services Order page
Configuring the Online Services Order (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/090Discovery_Interface_Display_Logic/035ViewIt#Configuring_the_Order_of_Online_Services) includes several options, including an "Additional Preferences" section where one can choose whether or not to prioritize CZ collections, source service, ID based linking services, or prefer resources with a PO Line. However, there is no option for prioritizing OA resources. In order to allow libraries to make Open Access resources more readily available to end users, in this idea, I request that a preference be added to this list, "Prefer Open Access resources." Like the other "Additional Preferences" option, there would be a radio button to select "Yes" or "No." I…
11 votes
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