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Alma Link Resolver on all Google Scholar Records
As an Alma Administrator at Kettering University, we would like the option for our Alma link resolver to appear on all Google Scholar records.
It would be nice for our patrons searching in Google Scholar to see the option to check access in our library holdings or request through our resource sharing without leaving the platform. We have activated it now in the library links settings, but it only appears in limited records (image attached).
Related to Support Ticket ID: 07235331
Thank you,
Courtney2 votesHello all,
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Allow multiple levels of nesting for functions in Dynamic URLs
I am requesting the ability to nest the same or different functions multiple times (at least five, but preferably many more).
Use Case: Sometimes it is necessary to replace multiple strings in a dynamic URL.
For example, I need to replace three different characters for Nexis Uni:
1) Replace + with a space
2) Replace & with an empty string (effectively removing &s)
3) Replace : with an empty string (effectively removing :s)This is what the dynamic URL would look like:
IF(rft.atitle)
https://advance.lexis.com/search?pdsearchterms=TITLE%28%22REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({rft.atitle},%3A,""),%26,""),+,"%20")%22%29&pdtypeofsearch=urlapi&pdstartin=snapshot&pdsearchtype=bool&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
IF(rft.stitle)
https://advance.lexis.com/search?pdsearchterms=PUBLICATION%28%22REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({rft.atitle},%3A,""),%26,""),+,"%20")%22%29&pdtypeofsearch=urlapi&pdstartin=snapshot&pdsearchtype=bool&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
IF()
https://www.nexisuni.comCurrently, if that dynamic URL is entered in Alma, Alma returns an…
6 votesHello all,
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3 votes
Hello all,
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Provide complete Factiva full text service
The Factiva full text service is incomplete. When searching with Primo, a complete set of results from Factiva is not retrieved. it is explained that the Factiva collection does not provide full coverage from the provider, but the alternative coverage mechanism also does not work. This was not an issue when we used Summon. It will be good for users to get a complete set of results from Factiva.
6 votesHello all,
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Openurl resolver to search CDI when no full text services found in Alma
Sometimes the Alma openurl resolver can't locate an item, but you can find it in the CDI, so could the openurl resolver search the CDI by title + authors for possible matches? Perhaps present any results as suggestions, a bit like bX recommendations, so as not to raise expectations that the correct document has been found.
Here's an example. JSTOR has a record for a paper that was published in print in SAE Transactions, ISSN 0096-736X, 2001, Vol.110, p.86-92
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44724287But the paper is published online as SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0233, ISSN 0148-7191
https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2001-01-0233/It is available in SAE Mobilus…
7 votesHello all,
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Alma Product Team.
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Two or more EBSCO plugins for Alma
As we have two organizations that Alma is serving and therefore two EBSCO subscriptions it would be usefult to configure two EBSCO Integration Profiles as well. Now we have to choose which organization's EBSCO is configured to Alma and the other is not.
We have two different API User ID's (in form custid.groupid.profileid) but now the other is ignored.
15 votesHello All,
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add conditions in General Electronic Services based on ebook Collection
We request to add conditions based on ebook Collection.
We want to be able to display additional services only for records that belong to a specific collection.0 votesHello All,
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Use a link shortener for the permalink on Alma Services pages
Alma Services pages offer permalinks, but these links can be very long. Primo and Summon permalinks are shortened.
Primo example: https://primo.csu.edu.au/permalink/61CSU_INST/1hkg98a/alma990009296670402357
Summon example: http://tinyurl.com/ybkajbbe
Alma Services pages should offer short permalinks using TinyURL or possibly a simple link using a unique identifier like Portfolio ID or MMS ID.
11 votesHello All,
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resolver proxy
Provide the ability to use Azure AD as a resolver proxy
1 voteHello All,
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OADOI/Unpaywall link doesn't display where needed
I originally posted the idea https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/16880380-add-oadoi-org-as-an-option-in-uresolver which was implemented in the Alma November release.
It looks like it's implemented the feature exactly as I suggested – unfortunately the method I suggested turns out to be exactly wrong for the use case as I (admitted briefly) described it! :-{
Our use case, more specifically, is that when we don’t have full text for an item but an OA version is available through Unpaywall, we want that Unpaywall option to appear very visibly for users. (Being a bit fuzzy on the relationship between uResolver, GetIt, ViewIt, and when these all appear) I…
11 votesHello All,
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Customize / brand resolver window
We have Direct Linking turned on for articles, but there are always some cases where the article can't be found and the link takes the user to the resolver window. Our users are mystified by this window because there is no Tufts branding and they aren't at all sure where they have landed or what they are supposed to do there. Our previous resolver allowed us to fully customize this window. I asked Support about it and they said it isn't customizable. We need to be able to brand it.
8 votesHello All,
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Merge electronic services from the same vendor/interface in the viewit
When there are multiple services in the viewit from the same vendor/interface, Alma should merge them instead of showing of the same vendor name multiple times which just confuses patrons.
In the end the link goes to the same place - just coming from different packages from the same vendor we got12 votesHello All,
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portfolio link checker
Develop a built-in link checker that generates a regular report of all active portfolios in Alma with broken links. Display broken links on a task list for staff to investigate and update.
101 votesIn order for a linkchecker to work properly it actually needs to run on the client side as links to publishers interfaces are restricted to IP ranges of the library.
Having a linkchecker run on the server side will result in links that will be presented with publisher’s login pages and will not yield the expected results of a linkchecker.
Due to the above Alma support for linkchecker is through integration with external client based linkChecker applications – read more about here:
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Resolvable URL that links to the ALMA record
From doing a search outside of ALMA, I have an MMS_id for a record I want to look at. (E.g. 9913920213502836 )
I want to be able to share this record page with a colleague, or store a pointer to the record in a document or spreadsheet.
The most useful approach would be to use a URL, where I could display the MMSid as the text, while pointing to the record as the URL ( e.g. www.myalmadomain/mng/action/showrecord.do?mms_id=9913920213502836 )
Because of how the page is built, there doesn’t appear to be a single url I can use…
6 votesHello All,
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Link Resolver API Plugins
While this would be helpful across the board, specifically with ProQuest's ownership of ExLibris it seems a logical step to add a link resolver API to increase the efficacy of the services page.
Specifically request a Proquest Link Resolver API Plugin that would allow Alma to do a pre-check to ProQuest to see if full text is available. If the pre-check API query returns 0 matches, then the Full Text Service would be suppressed and the user would see 'No Full Text' on the Services Page. This would address certain linking issues where the services page recognizes full text is…
1 voteHello All,
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Full text hyperlink from the title level.
Direct linking to the article (when available) directly from the title result (that is make the titles hyperlinked to the full-text).
1 voteHello All,
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Allow General Electronic Services links to populate the services menu
Currently, the only way for a link from one of our sources such as Web of Science through Primo to the resource is using the General Electronic Service (GES). The problem is that "No full text available" will display in the services menu. SFX had the ability to make the GES link display in the services menu. Is there a way to force the Proquest D&T GES link to display in the services menu instead of the "No full text available" message?
2 votesHello All,
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Use all of the author fields when creating a display record from an Alma resolver call.
Right now, if you pass an openurl call to the resolver with fields of rft.au fields and rft.aufirst or rft.aulast the record created does not include the main author represented in the rft.aufirst and the rft.aulast.
6 votesHello All,
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Improve Alma Link Resolver’s performance with Pubmed IDs (PMIDs)
Improve Alma Link Resolver’s performance with Pubmed IDs (PMIDs) such that it is as good or better than Serials Solutions’ 360 Link performance with Pubmed IDs. Areas where this is currently a problem include translation of OpenURL data from Pubmed over to Illiad through Alma Linker and Primo, item level linking between Pubmed, Alma Linker and Cochrane Library, and probably many other areas.
130 votesHi all,
This idea was opened back in 2017, several rounds of improvements to the link resolver were done since.
In 2024 we asked for more specific examples to better understand the root cause and the options for improvement. Since we received no additional information since, we are closing this idea.
If you feel like this is still an issue, please provide as with detailed examples so we can analyze it.
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Link resolver should use ISSN and title from external resource
When the link resolver receives a URL from an external resource, it should use the ISSN and the journal title from the incoming URL to create links for Interlibrary loans and ignore any related links if related links are activated (Fulfillment > Fulfillment Configuration > Configuration Menu > Discovery Interface Display Logic > Related Records). Currently, the link resolver will change the incoming ISSN and journal title to that of the related link when creating ILL requests, which makes the ILL article information incorrect.
7 votesHello All,
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