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Change the design or position of the search box on a set's Add Members screen
On the classic UI, when a staff member clicked on Add Members in a set they used to get a separate set of search boxes - with the "Find" box offering the choice of just one thing, e.g. Physical Items - into which to add the barcode or whatever else of the item they wanted. The persistent search box remained on screen, but had palpably nothing to do with the Set.
In comparison on the new UI, when a staff member clicks on Add Members they get a search facility which behaves the same way as its predecessor, but (i)…
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Add ability to see name associated with user ID in MD Editor
User IDs are visible in MD Editor for "Created by" and "Modified by", but unlike other pages, there is no way to quickly see the name associated with that ID. Currently, one must leave the record and search the Users index for that number to get the person's name.
There should be a clickable icon like you see on the Monitor Jobs screen that shows you the name associated with the ID.
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2 votes
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Search List: "All Titles" by "LC Call Number Range"
Search "All Titles" by LC Call Number Range. Currently you can only do that with physical items, although you can search "All Titles by LC Subject Keyword. Since most/many Electronic items do have LC Call Number in their MARC record 050 _4, I don't see why this is not possible...
As a collections librarian, it would be very useful.
Therese2 votesHello All,
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Support for browsing, sorting and display by LC classification/call number, regardless of format
I think Alma/Primo should strive to replicate a genuine browsing experience of the stacks as a feature. That functionality adds value to librarians and libraries (we can do things Google can't) and value to titles themselves, because they appear to users in a disciplinary content, part of a visible collection not just part of an aggregation / repository of searchable content.
Better system support for integrated shelf list of print and electronic resources and browsing virtual stacks would be a win/win. It would help librarians maintain strong visible collections (we need the information too) and would help our online users…
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Making it possible to use both arrow sign (←, →) as characters and Alma's directional character function.
When we configure [Alma configration > Resources > General > Other settings > enabledirectionalcharacters > true], "←" and "→" can't be entered in the MDE.
Also, if opening migrated records which include "→", all the "→" are deleted like the example below.
Example)
Before
500 $$a 出版者変更: 日本ドクメンテーション協会 (-v. 36, no. 7 (1986.7))→情報科学技術協会 (v. 36, no. 8 (1986.8)-)
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500 $$a 出版者変更: 日本ドクメンテーション協会 (-v. 36, no. 7 (1986.7))情報科学技術協会 (v. 36, no. 8 (1986.8)-)It takes time if we modify these records and also we can't follow cataloging standard ("→" sometimes includes in a title etc. of a material).…
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Add fields to record historical valuation data
When rare books and other special collections are valued for insurance / exhibition / audit, it would be useful to add this into dedicated fields in the item record for physical inventory or other areas for digital titles. This way, a history of the value of the item can be recorded over time.
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Visual Indicators in sets
When you create an itemized set (as well as other sets), and then go to add additional members after saving, there isn’t a good way to know what you’ve already added while searching. It would be helpful to have a visual indicator that an item has been added to an itemized set while adding members.
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Ability to link POs which were not originally linked to a bib. record to a new bib. record.
We would like to be able to link POs which were not originally linked to a bib. record to a new bib. record so that they can be rolled over.
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Expand the menu for actions on records in the NZ repository search results to include "link" in addition to "edit" and "order"
Currently, in order to link to a record you have to click on the title for the full record and then click on the "link" button. Putting the option to 'link' to a record in the initial search results would save some maneuvering of the mouse and a click.
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Expand options for repository search for item barcodes
It would be nice to be able to have more options in the advanced search when searching by barcode. Currently, the only options are "contains keywords", "contains phrase", and "is empty".
It would be useful to be have the same dropdown options that are available when searching on other identifiers, such as the MMSID. Specifically, the >, >=, <, <= options would be very useful.
Sample situation: I would like to create a set of all items that have not been moved to our new barcode system. Our new barcodes have 8 digits, and our old barcode numbers only have…
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In advanced searching in Alma NZ for physical titles, have results say: Advanced searching not performed for physical materials in NZ.
In advanced searching in Alma NZ for physical titles, have results say: Advanced searching not performed for physical materials in NZ Currently, results from this impossible search only indicate "No records were found," making it look like the NZ does not have anything, when in fact there may be many. Perhaps search options for advance searching in the NZ should not allow physical titles as a search option. Example: condition title= Wyoming, and condition material type= Map in the NZ results in nothing, but there are over 2k hits if searching All titles instead of Physical titles, some of which…
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Add indicators to IZ/NZ/CZ tabs in Repository Search results to show presence of bib records and local holdings
It would save time in cataloging, acquisitions, ILL, and reference if the IZ/NZ/CZ tabs included some sort of indication that there are bib records matching the search and, where applicable, local holdings attached to those records.
My thought is a simple count added after the tab title -- local holdings / bibs.
Additionally it would be helpful to shade or highlight the active tab, making it very quick to recognize in which zone you are working.
Finally, on NZ and CZ results lists, it would be helpful 1) highlight the local holdings so that they stand out more obviously in…
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Export URL with FTP
You can export the URL of Portfolios via Alma Admin -> Resource Management -> REsource configuration -> Configuration Menu -> Record Export -> Export URL
But you can not do this in a sort of batch job to feed your proxy with this URL automaticly (Case 223210)1 voteHello All,
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Add Editions link-type facility to All Titles Persistent Search results
When searching for a specific barcode using All Titles Persistent Search and the search result appears on screen, would it be possible for there to be a link next to the Edition statement (i.e. the 250 field contents) which links to the results for all editions of the title in question?
In addition, would it be possible for that link to the results for all editions to appear in the search results when Physical Items Persistent Search is used instead, even though there is of course no Edition statement shown in such instances?
There are many instances during the course…
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Reminders for Sets
The Reminders for Bibliographic Records functionality premiered in the November Alma release is already proving most useful (in such instances as applying reminders to check things like eBook records when their portfolios expire X months or years in the future).
What would be at least as useful, however, is if this functionality were to be made available for Sets as well, e.g. when a Set reaches a specific number of months or years of age, a reminder can be set up requesting the owner to check whether it's still required and to consider deleting it.
Effective housekeeping of Sets (and…
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Flag required in Itemised Sets for adding other items at the same holding
The ability in the Itemised Set facility to add contents from a file to a Set is useful, but we feel it could be made more useful still.
We require something whereby, having read the contents of a list of item barcodes, Alma will find any other items based at the same holding as a given item on the list and add those to the Itemised Set as well.
There is a very definite need for this functionality for any Alma user tasked with working through Sets created from lists of item barcodes in order to identify items requiring withdrawal.…
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1-Click Button to View Shelf List in Primo FROM ALMA
Since the shelf list in the metadata editor is very difficult to use and see in the tiny quarter screen of space allotted to it, it would be helpful if there was simply a button one could press to view the call number shelf list in Primo (the primo 'Browse by LC call number" page) while one was cataloging in Alma.
Ideally, the record searched for would not display as the very first result, but instead a few lines down from the top, so that it would be very easy to compare the call number to both the records before…
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Include a DELETE Function for Patron Demand Driven Worflow
Currently Patron Driven workflow is managed by the PDA function under Acquisitions. The PDA function allows for Repository Import, where the corpus titles are uploaded for discovery. The PDA also enables order records to be uploaded, which will overlay the discovery record. However, what the PDA function needs is a DELETION function, where records of titles no longer carried by vendor for the PDA can be run through this function, and have it deleted from the PDA corpus set, bypassing the titles that have been paid for.
Currently, titles which have been marked for deletion by PDA vendors have to…1 voteHello All,
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