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Automatically add text (course codes) to notes field in Alma as part of rollover
It would be good to have the option to automatically add text - specifically course codes - to the notes field (Fulfilment -> Courses ->[SELECT COURSE] -> Manage Course Information) in Alma as part of the rollover process. By having the option to automatically add the course code to the notes field as part of the rollover, it would provide the institution with the ability to track back any useful history.
4 votesHello All,
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More rapidly hide items that have been deleted so patrons aren't confused and think we still have them. This is for course reserves.
Find a way to more quickly remove course reserve items that have been deleted from view in Primo. The same goes for adding new items to course reserves, find a way to more quickly display those items in Primo.
4 votesHello All,
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Allow tooltips when hovering over facets in searches
After one has done a search in Alma, the facets along the left side of the window that appear as options for further filtering sometimes have names that are too long to fit into the width of the facet section. This results in an ellipse indicating there is more to the title of the facet, but there is no way to see what the rest of the facet title is. This is a bit cumbersome if the beginning of multiple facet titles are the same. If you hover over the ellipse, it does nothing. If you click on the ellipse,…
4 votesHello All,
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Location Changer
Under "Run a Job" in the Admin section, there should be an option to change/edit the permanent/temporary location of bib items. This would make it easier on the cataloger when working on certain projects where books have to be moved from one location to the next.
4 votesHello All,
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Offer ISO1806 as a Date Format Option
When I am in Alma and looking at a lot of dates, I find YYYY-MM-DD faster to read and process, specifically the use of en-dash instead of forward slash. This format is also the ISO standard (https://www.iso.org/standard/40874.html). Thank you.
4 votesHello All,
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Make the Alma new UX search default saving settings optional
The new UX's feature of retaining a user's past 10 searches seems to override browser or computer specific settings to remember more than the most recent 10 searches. Our acquisitions department tried to keep a running list of many of our more complex standing orders, which was a great time saver. This feature was especially useful for cases where transliteration can lead to variations in spelling -- Dostoevskii vs. Dostoevsky vs. Dostoyevsky.
For this reason, we'd like to be able to shut the feature of remembering the most recent searches off, if we want to on an individual user basis.4 votesHello All,
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Configuring Popups
We would like be able to control which Alert popups we want enabled and which one's we would like to disable. A mapping table for each functional area like the one attached maybe.
4 votesHello All,
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Improve Calendar Management Notifciations
I have recently began entering hours at my institution, but I find it extremely frustrating. Once you import a file you have to apply changes, then save changes, and then get kicked back two screens. Often apply changes takes a very long time to update and your stuck wondering if you messed up or the calendar is delayed. Currently a notification appears when you press the apply changes job. However, there is no notification of a successful completion. It is frustrating just backing and going in and out of the calendar hoping a change appears.
4 votesHello All,
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Add a function for quickly removing search string
A function like the 'X' in the Primo search bar, which removes entered search string, would make user interaction with the Alma UI more efficient.
4 votesHello All,
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Add the number of loans shown in All title search in ALMa
We wish that the number of loans can be displayed in ALL titles search in ALMA. See the attachment.
4 votesHello All,
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Improve Navigation to Allow Switching Between Tasks
There should be a way to quickly move between tasks in Alma without having to start from scratch. If I'm in a user record and go search for an item barcode, I should be able to get back to the user record in a single click, without having to search again. WMS provides this functionality and it's really helpful. Essentially breadcrumbs that track ones work in the system so you can quickly pull up something you were working on even hours before.
3 votesHello All,
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Make it possible to create a custom search box that will search only one library in Alma and keep the filter in subsequent searches
We need the ability to limit our elementary school students to search the elementary library only so that they cannot access college level resources in their searches.
3 votesHello All,
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Allow options for how items act when checked out during an "exception-closed" in the Alma Calendar
Allow option for how items act when check out occurs during closed hours (not focusing on due back time). During weeks like spring break, we set an exception that we are closed so our week long/3 week long book check outs will not come due that week to account for students possibly leaving campus. This means when we try to check out hourly items during spring break, they are due back immediately since they were checked out during a closed period. We cannot adjust the due time for hourly items checking out during that week properly without deleting the exceptions…
3 votesHello All,
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Add Access Type to Customize View
I love the option to customize my view and choose what info is displayed under portfolios and collections in my search results. It would be very useful to be able to display the Access Type: Current, Perpetual, or Current and Perpetual. Right now we need to open the record and navigate to the field.
Please add Access Type as a field we can choose to see.
3 votesHello All,
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copy opening hours between libraries
Since many libraries within an institution have the same exceptions to regular operating hours due to holidays and institution changes, please set up a way to copy the hours AND EXCEPTIONS from one library to another.
There are over 50 entries in the calendar management of opening hours to account for our annual changing hours with breaks, holidays, finals, intersessions, and semesters. Currently I must enter these 50+ entries for each library. Having a way to copy from one library to another would save hours of work.
3 votesHello All,
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Change "Orders" link to improve user accessibility
The "Orders" link that appears in the title information after a repository search needs to be improved to address accessibility concerns. Currently, the only "clickable" part of the link is the small number beside the shopping cart and 'Orders' icon. Please consider making this link bigger or the entire shopping cart - orders - and number be "clickable". This would make it accessible for people who have fine motor challenges, as it is difficult to get the mouse to a very small piece of clickable text.
3 votesHello All,
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Give us back the old menus from last month!
That was a very abrupt break. I am not an advanced Alma user by any standard, and this change has me somewhat floundering! We have a small staff consisting of 2.5 FTEs and two student work studies and this was not well-received. It would have been one thing to make the original menu bar hidden and easily retrieved, but to remove it altogether was a bad move. And I'm coming from the perspective of over 3 decades in software development and system administration/help desk.
3 votesWe are working collaboratively with the Customers Alma UX Focus Group on the new layout. The new layout has many benefits and already 88% of the users are using it. Specific feedback on elements that can be improved is most welcome. If a bug is detected please open a case according to the regular support process. We will keep adjusting the menu behavior according to customers’ needs.
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Option to customise Alma labels from US to UK (or AU) English
We are new to Alma and have identified that we would like to be able to customise language in Alma to be AU English, instead of US English, the way we can with Summon (and Primo).
Our current ILMS which we are migrating from allows us to change the display wording for options, and it is a very 1990s sort of ILMS. I would like to see this functionality added to Alma too.
3 votesHello All,
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Facetting, RESEARCH
Facetting: to display the current publishing year at the top and not at the end of the list. The librarian should descide if he wants the Facetting of the YEAR shown from.
In our library its Always the most recent published books we are interessted in.3 votesHello All,
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The Letter Activity Mapping Table should be searchable. .
The cryptic names of the various emails make it difficult to find the one I want to customize. A simple search box would go a long way toward greater ease of use.
3 votesHello All,
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