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Move Browse bib headings and shelf listings function away from MD Editor
Currently the Browse functions stick to MD Editor. And this poses too many restrictions to browsing. Please consider making browsing easier, and make it independent from MD Editor, and instead, incorporate browsing into normal simple and advanced repository searching.
The major disadvantages of doing browsing within MD Editor are:
1. Space constraint: the MD Editor does not have much space for results display
2. Too many parameters to choose e.g. vocabulary, IZ vs. NZ6 votesHello All,
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Add Find and replace editing command to MD Editor
Please add Find and replace editing command to MD Editor. This helps a lot when editing simple corrections, and saves the time to create normalization rules if the number of bib records to correct is just one or two.
Thanks,
Ian6 votesHello All,
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Making Alma Job Reports for Failed Record ("Total record not imported / deleted" ) more visible
We schedule our import profiles as much as we can. However, monitoring "failed record" is hard to follow:
When there are "records not imported" for whatever the reason, Alma's Monitor job History states "Completed Successfully" and
Import profile states: "File Processed" 100%
One has to look deeper into every scheduled Report to see if there are any "Total record not imported / deleted" and fix those faile records.If the data of "Total record not imported / deleted" could be pulled and displayed as one of the Columns under "Monitor jobs" - monitoring staff will only need to check reports…
6 votesHello All,
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Retain preferences in manage sets screen
When you select either private or public sets, retain the preference for the duration of the session and do not routinely default back to private. Having to re-select public repeatedly is just more repetitive clicking.
6 votesHello All,
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Mark suppressed record in Alma when suppressBibWithSuppressedHold is set to true and is deleted the last holding record.
If parameter Configuration Alma - Resources - Other settings suppressBibWithSuppressedHold is set to true, when deleting the holding record, if this is the last one, the bibliographic record is not visible in the Discovery but the record is visible in Alma (does not have the eye strikethrough).
It is not logical that you have to go manually to the MD Editor to show in Alma that this record will be hidden in Primo.
If we must manually mark hiden bibliographic record in Alma (eye strikethrough), the suppressBibWithDeletedHold parameter has no use because the task is incomplete in Alma.
What Alma…
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Export suppression status
When exporting a list of titles to Excel, it would be helpful if a title's suppressed status was exported along with the rest of the title's information. Currently, there is a visual indicator in Alma if a title is suppressed or not, but that doesn't seem to translate over when exported. Since we often work with large lists of titles and there's no way to sort itemized sets, we need to be able sort through them effectively in Excel.
6 votesHello All,
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Easier Removal from Large Itemized Sets
It would be helpful to be able to search within itemized sets and then remove undesired items in those search results. Right now the only way to find an item to remove from an itemized set is to browse through the set which can be unwieldy for large sets.
This search functionality (by title, ISSN and ISBN) already exists in other areas of Alma such as displaying a portfolio list for an electronic collection.
5 votesHello All,
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Hyper link POL in the holdings list
In the list of holdings of a BIB record, the PO Line is indicated, but it is not linked. It would be practical to have a hyperlink to get to the POL directly. The linking under "more actions" is not always very useful, because you get a list of all POL - if you have many POL for a journal, you need to remember the POL of the holding you're interested in. A hyperlink would make work easier.
5 votesHello All,
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Display all work orders when binding items
When I want to bind two items together, there is a screen which allows me to pick a work order type. But in this screen, only work orders that have been defined on the institution level are displayed. Work orders on library level are not displayed and therefore can't be chosen.
Solution: Display all work order types when binding items.
We want to create a work order type on library level for our binding workflow.
5 votesHello All,
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Designate location for Restore Temporary Shelved Items job
We've recently begun investigating Due Back Date functionality and using the Requests - Restore Temporary Shelved Items job to help manage restoring temporarily shelved items more consistently and less manually. Currently, there is no option to designate a specific temporary location for the Requests - Restore Temporary Shelved Items job to pull from, so All items in a temporary location with a due back date in the past are processed with this job.
Due Back dates are assigned to course reserve items placed in a temporary location, resources sharing items in temporary locations, and items in other temporary locations such…
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Collection Discovery should support Bookshelf (Shelf List) Browse
Collection Discovery is a nice feature in Alma, but it would be much better if it could be a virtual bookshelf browse tool of new titles in user defined disciplines.
Currently, Collection Managers can create collections of titles based on titles sets or title by title additions, but titles within these collections are displayed to users in random order, not as a meaningful collections, and with limited bibliographic information appearing.
The random arrangement is not pleasing, especially in an academic research setting. It would also be ideal to have the ability to be able to harvest out new titles to…
4 votesHello All,
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Add title column to Receive new material > Received items list
When receiving titles for a membership/package we need to see the titles displayed in an extra column on the Received items list in order to distinguish between titles in such a membership/package. See screen prints.
4 votesHello All,
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Import authority records from Excel files
Bibliographic records may be imported using CSV (comma-separated values) or Excel files. (See https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/040Resource_Management/060Record_Import/Importing_Records_with_CSV_or_Excel_Files)
The idea is to offer the same functionality for AUTHORITY records!
4 votesHello All,
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Change Alma so that holdings information in angle brackets < > displays in all views.
The only place that holdings information in angle brackets < > displays is in the edit function. Angle brackets are ANSI standard punctuation, and we have used them in many holdings records. This information does not display in index screens in Alma or Search It, thus making it difficult for users to accurately interpret our holdings. Please change Alma so that information in angle brackets < > displays in all views.
4 votesHello All,
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Making the search history in Alma configurable
Currently, the search history in Alma is hard-coded to show 10 results and cannot be changed. We would like to make this configurable so that libraries can chose how much, or how little search history is retained.
4 votesHello All,
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Selecting records to print from search results
It would be very useful to be able to print select records from Alma search results by checking off records to print. Printing off records is a necessary part of maintaining tangible collections. One can often find superseded SuDoc publications while searching the IZ by SuDoc stem when adding new SuDoc publications. I would like to print records rather than writing down call numbers and OCLC numbers of items to withdraw. An individual printed record would make it easier to find and withdraw superseded or unwanted materials.
As it is now, one has to create an itemized set from the…
4 votesHello All,
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Update the Email address
I wish to update the student email address (appr 3000 records) in one time. I am having in excel format. Currently not supporting need to update one by one.
4 votesHello All,
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Display edition statement in any brief results list
Results of an All Titles search include the edition statement in the brief display, but Physical Titles and Physical Items results do not. We often have multiple editions of a title, and while the date shows which is the most recent, if we have slight date variances that make the date useless we need to be able to see the edition statement in order to choose the right record to view.
4 votesHello All,
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Searching Locally Controlled Indexes
If an locally controlled index is under authority control, I would like to be able to search it by selecting from a drop-down list populated by the controlled terms. So, for example, I have created a locally controlled index for the Bibliographic 946 field and assigned it a controlled vocabulary. I would like searching on that field to function the same way as Content Type Term.
See attached for mockup.
4 votesHello All,
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Inventory pane in MD editor
Today in order to see the inventory associated with a bibliographic record in the MD editor I need to actively open a pane on the right hand side.
It will be much more efficient if we can have a persistent pane in metadata editor displaying inventory resources associated with the bibliographic record.4 votesHello All,
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