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Hide recent patrons in drop-down menu and make available only upon request.
Hide recent patrons in drop-down menu and make available only upon request. Although it is convenient to be able to access recent patrons' records, exposed names can lead to fulfillment errors (staff works in wrong patron account) and breach of confidentiality.
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Allow Online Services Order to include electronic collections with public name overrides
Currently the Online Services Order documentation includes the following note: "This feature will not order electronic collections that have a value in the Public name (override) field. To use this feature, you must remove the override." Overrides are important for simplifying Primo/Primo VE display so that users are not faced with overly complicated resource descriptions. Online Services Order is a critical tool for improving linking behavior. We need this tool to accommodate electronic collections with public name overrides.
70 votesPublic name override was not taken in consideration in the online services order sorting, this issue is fixed as of Alma January release
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Add previous user in manage patron services should be optional
This feature should be optional. We have already had a lot of reactions from our staff at the counter that they find it difficult to keep the privacy of the users when working at the counter and patrons are able to see the Alma screen with names of users recently viewed.
See the completed case here:
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/17300062-add-previous-user-in-manage-patron-services
Best,
Ann-Louise Skjager
Oslo Metropolitan University68 votes -
Add the option to display call number in all work benches in circulation and in all relevant user notifications.
Many libraries are using call numbers as a primary identifier in fulfillment workflows and in communication with the users.
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Check for attachments in the Digitization Process
When managing Digitization Requests, there is no control in the last step (when files or URLs are attached) that a file or URL has effectively been attached or correctly uploaded. If operator clicks on 'Done', the request is completed without any alert!
If no file or URL has been attached when the operators clicks on Done, the requester receives a letter with no attachment or URL for download. Waste of time and bad service provided...
There should be a control before clicking on Done, at least one file or one URL should be attached before the request gets completed. At…59 votesIn the August 2019 Release the following change was done:
In the digitization process, a new confirmation message displays when neither a file nor a URL was supplied.
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Returning items from the patron services - return tab of the wrong patron
If a book loaned from a patron it has returned through Patron services - Return Tab of a wrong patron, Alma does not block the action. The system send return email receipt to the wrong patron who did not loan the book.
The system should stop the action as the operator, for mistake, has returned the book from the patron services of a patron who did not loan the item.56 votes -
Sort record type and date columns in Library calendar opening hours
Every year we need to reset our calendar events, exceptions and sometimes we even tweak our standard opening hours.
This job would be much easier if we could sort the entries in our opening hours screen (Fulfillment > Library management > Opening hours) by record type, valid from (date) and valid to (date).
56 votesCompleted as part of Alma October release, for more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/050Configuring_General_Alma_Functions/020Managing_Institutions_and_Libraries#Configuring_Institution.2FLibrary_Open_Hours -
On the Monitor Request page order the owning library and pick up location facets by A-Z
We would like the libraries listed in the Owner and Pick up Location facets in the Resource Request Monitoring page to be ordered by A-Z as we have a long list of libraries and this would make it easier to scan the list and find them. The Owner and Pick up Location are ordered by A-Z in the Borrowing Requests page already and this is much easier for us.
52 votesAs of teh January 2019 release, the values of the pickup location and owning library facets are sorted alphabetically on the Requests Monitoring page.
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Overdue and lost loan job for "no item policy" only
We need an option to configure an Overdue and lost loan job only on items that dont have an item policy.
Most of our material have no item policy and we dont have an option to only send an overdue notification on those books. Now we also have to send to every other item policy.
In particuly this leads to overlapping overdue notifications when we have material with short loan or ILL-loans.This would be fixed with a new option to check "no item policy" in the overdue and lost loan configuration page.
46 votesIndeed, this was done in the May Release.
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Blocks by location
We would like to be able to apply blocks to Patron's borrowing by Location or Library, so that a block applied to a Patron for, say, Library / Location A would still allow them to borrow items from Library / Location B. Alma seems designed for multiple locations and Libraries, and yet the Blocks are currently applied across all locations.
45 votesCompleted as part of Alma February release
For more information, see Fulfillment Library Independence as well as this recording from the Jan. 18th webinar.
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In Repository Search, display "Due Time" field for checked-out items
The "Due Date" field already displays for checked-out items in a "Physical items" search but "Due Time" doesn't even though many institutions check out hourly items for which the "Due Date" field isn't really useful.
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Booking calendar - hourly
We would like to enable users to book rooms and equipment on the hour / half hour. Booking to the minute, as in the current booking calendar, is not suitable. Would it be possible for an alternative calendar to be made available or to have the facility to modify the existing one?
35 votesA new booking policy in the Terms of Use, Booking Resolution, allows you to define the allowed resolution of your booking request
Available only for Primo customers
For more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes -
Daytime options for automated Alma notice jobs which involve patron notifications
We recently had a call from a distressed parent who had been woken by a late night notification due to an Alma notice being sent to them.
Whilst appreciating that jobs are scheduled later to catch lower utilization of the system, would it be possible to have some options for all jobs which feature patron-facing notifications to be run between 9.00am and 9.00pm e.g. Courtesy Notices and Handle Loan Renewals job.
32 votesIt is now possible to use functions in XSL version 3 or lower for letters configuration.
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Add User Statistical Categories as a Parameter in Fulfillment Units Rules
We would like the ability to add user statistical categories as input parameters when configuring Fulfillment Units. This will allow us to apply additional terms of use (TOUs) to certain subsets of User Groups.
Right now, we are able to configure Fulfillment Unit rules based on User Groups (i.e. Student, Staff, Community Member, etc.). However, there are certain subsets of users within these groups (for example, a student that is part of a scholarship program, learning community, or major) that we would like to apply different TOUs to. We can identify these users with Statistical Categories and if we could…
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Sort of holdings by location (A-Z) in Primo GetIt
Holdings in Primo Getit are sorted by "their proximity to the patron, according to the library IP address." [1]. This results in a random list (see screenshot).
We want a sort by library location (A-Z), because this is more intuitive in cases where many holdings exist, e.g. printed journals are distributed at many locations among the university, see example [2].
[1] https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/100Discovery_Interface_Display_Logic#Configuring_Locations_Ordering_Profiles
[2] https://primo.fu-berlin.de/FUB:FUB_ALMA_DS2192219470000288328 votesAdded as part October Release 2018 , please see additional information at:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/Alma_2018_Release_Notes#Sort_Holdings_by_Location_in_Primo_Get_It -
Ability to change the default for reading room to NOT FINAL
The default for the reading room is currently set to "final" check in. We wish to change this to "Not Final" to help avoid a scenario where Resource Sharing items inadvertently being returned to their home campus when users are not finished with them. Most of our librarians that use the Reading Room function would like the setting configurable so that they can select the option that best suits their workflow needs.
26 votesIdea is implemented as part of August release.
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Requests in queue - notice to patrons
When you have more request for an item than you have items, the new requests are automatically queued, but the requester do not get any message about this, and unless they check their Oria account they have no way to find out when they can expect to receive their item.
We propose a function that automatically sends email to patrons if their requests have been queued. This must include their position in the queue.
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Add ability to expand holdings on Reading Lists in new Alma UI
In the classic Alma UI holdings were visible for all titles on a reading list as a default.
In the new UI holdings are hidden and staff need to click on the Physcial, Electronic or Digital links for each title in the reading list to see what the holdings are - there is no way to expand all holdings on the reading list without clicking many times.
We would like to see the expand option that is available on the main result screen added to Reading lists so that staff can set holdings to always show rather than having to…
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Replace copyright statement for digital representations
The copyright statement should display at the front of the digital representation for the patron before they download the contents. The copyright statement is not visible unless the patron clicks on the Copyright Symbol on top right corner of the page of the digital representation. To make the copyright statements meaningful, it should appear before the representation.
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Digitization requests
By default, digitization requests are considerered as "Full". We would like customers to be able to choose between "Full Digitization" and "Partial Digitization" by default when creating a Digitization request. Alma administrators should be able to define a default digitization request type.
17 votes
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