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Allow for separate top level collections in Alma-D
There needs to be the option for separate collections in Alma-D. For example, we are using Alma-D for both archival collections and CDL textbook collections. I would like, in Primo, to have them separate as they are two very different collections, but because everything is added as a top collection they are all lumped together.
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Digital Fulfillment (circulation and digital rights management)
As more and more of our content becomes digital and created in house, we need a way to circulate the items while maintaining control of how the item is used. For example, checking out a digital book to x users at a time (where x is the number of copies you are allowed to circulate), checking out for a set amount of time, enabling hold queues, preventing copying - all managed within our Alma/Primo system.
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Allow digital collection items to be restricted by campus in Primo like electronic portfolios
We would like to be able to limit the visibility of an item in a digital collection based on the the campuses we have set up in Alma in the same way that we can do with electronic Portfolios.
If we set up a digital collection item that is a database for example, we would like to have it only display in Primo under digital items if the current view is aligned with the campus that is allowed to see and access that digital item.
EG: We have a database "Cinahl" that we subscribe to for the RMH campus, but…
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MARC or DC format in ALMA makes any differnce in primo represenation?
While ingesting the exam papers in alma D from an institutional repository,
which format would need to be considered MARC or DC? Would DC
format will appear in Primo same as like MARC? or it will represent differently in primo?
Please let me know the Pros and Cons of both formats from all points of view.
Thanks in advance.1 vote -
Color inverted thumbnails from CYMK images
If you upload PDFs that contain images from the CMYK color model (used for printing) the generated thumbnail is colour inverted. Only images from the RGB color model are correct. Alma should generate correct thumbnails from both the RGB color model and the CMYK color model.
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Digital representation: Access Rights Policy & embargo
We would like to use the date of death of the creator in order to define a rule for embargo. This information is available in the subfield $$d from the 100/700
Currently it's possible to define a rule for embargo where Access is denied based on any of the following date:
Additional Publication Year
Fixed Date
MMS Creation Date
Publication Year
Representation Creation Date1 vote -
Alma Digital - Search By Patron/Depositor
When using the Patron Deposit form in Alma Digital, the options to search the deposits do not include searching by the depositor's name. There is the option to search by patronID(not the primary ID, but rather a database ID), but this requires someone to lookup the patronID and is not efficient.
We would like to request searching by the depositor's name be added to Alma Digital.
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Please enable searching by File Name, not only by File Label.
Now I cannot search a file by its File Name, but only by keywords or its Label. File Names are original attribute values, not given additionally like Labels. Please enable searching by File Name too.
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Link from Digital Uploader to Job History
When I've loaded recorded and files via the digital uploader I generally want check that the import profile has run correctly. It would reduce the number of clicks needed to do this if there was a link to monitor jobs from the Digital Uploader page - especially when testing loads I'm having to repeat the action many times.
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Selecting/deselecting multiple sets for OAI harvest
The configuration of the digital collections import profile allows you to declare sets, but the only current options seem to be to harvest all sets or to harvest single sets individually. There's no way to CTRL-Click to include multiple sets.
This CTRL-Click functionaity and/or set exclusion should be a feature request. For most collections, we have one or two sets that should be excluded and dozens that should not. Doing dozens of individual harvests is impractical.
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DC language values on Alma Viewer
Currently dc:language field values that conform with ISO639-2 are displayed as they are on Alma Viewer metadata section.
These 3-digit codes need to be mapped to their full language names, translated into Primo interface language, and presented on the viewer.0 votes -
Select All check box for digital files
Please provide Select All function for digital files, like a check box on the header.
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Thumbnail creation function for larger than 500mb video files
We need the function to create the item thumbnails of the larger than 500mb video files. Most of video type representations created by my institution are over 1~4GB in size but the thumbnails are not automatically created, so staff need to take a screenshot, resize, and manually upload it. High capacity videos are common in this era. Alma should set the capacity limit for related jobs higher, ideally to 5GB.
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