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  1. Add "equal" option to the title search "Authority id" index

    When searching for titles by authority ID, currently the search supports searching with: Contains keywords, contains phrase, is empty, not contains keywords, not contains phrase, is not empty.
    Add the option to also search by "equals".

    3 votes
    Accepted  ·  1 comment  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →

  2. "Show linked bibliographic records" action in Authorities search.

    Add a new action in the Authorities search, that will allow navigating to the bibliographic records in the institution's catalog that have bib headings linked to that authority record.

    0 votes
    Accepted  ·  0 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →

  3. Don't link unauthorized headings based on 008 14-16

    Alma should take into account positions 14-16 of the 008 of the authority record when "deciding" if it should link to and update a biographic heading.

    In the case of the main entry if position 14 is not "b" then make the link and update. If it is "b" it should not link and update.
    In the case of a subject entry if position 15 is not "b" then make the link and update. If it is "b" it should not link and update.
    In the case of a series entry if position 16 is not "b" then make the…

    0 votes
    0 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →

  4. Metadata editor: Enable moving up and down within a field using arrow keys

    It would be nice to be able to move up and down within a field using arrow keys in MDE. For example, when a lengthy 505 or 520 MARC field has many lines, the cataloger must now move to the desired line using either mouse or left/right arrow keys, since pressing up/down arrow causes the pointer to move to the previous/next field.

    My suggestion is that the pointer should be able to move within the field using up/down arrows and move only to the previous/next field when the pointer is on the first/last line of the field.

    Using up/down arrow…

    332 votes
    2 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →
    Accepted  ·  AdminLili Daie (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Dear all, we are currently working on a design concept for a new form interface option for cataloging, which will make it easier to navigate long fields and subfields - we will take this request into account as part of this design. See our "Form Editing for MARC 21 Bibliographic Records" roadmap plans for more information: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Materials/010Roadmap/Alma_Roadmap_Highlights_(2024-2025)/Metadata_Management#Form_Editing_for_MARC_21_Bibliographic_Records


  5. Subdivided LCSH headings should be flipped by Preferred Term Correction

    Preferred Term Correction is not flipping all LCSH headings when the authority record changes. If there is an authority record that has a subdivision, it is only flipped by PTC if the heading in the bib has no additional subdivisions. This means there is a significant gap in the PTC process that requires manual attention and handling, which is unsustainable. The PTC process needs to be more thorough.

    For example, this LCSH:

    $a Germany $x Politics and government $y 19th century

    was updated by LC to be:

    $a Germany $x Politics and government $y 1789-1900

    When the authority record changed,…

    307 votes
    Accepted  ·  3 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →

  6. Make configurable pop-up assistance in metadata editor

    Currently the po-up assistance in metadata editor for subfields 260$a$b$e$f, 264$a$b, 505$r$t and 561$a is hardcoded and it can not be deactivated. Activation/Deactivation should be configurable. We have many queries from our catalogers about that.

    303 votes
    Accepted  ·  11 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →

  7. Copy and paste multiple MARC fields into the metadata editor

    We would like to be able to copy multiple lines from MARC records and paste them into the metadata editor so that multiple MARC fields are pasted into the record in one action. This would help us enormously with our workflow of importing MARC authority records from LibrariesAustralia into Alma.

    For us, this is necessary because the LibrariesAustralia headings are not in the community zone and are unlikely to ever be included there and Alma does not allow for Z39.50 import of authority headings.

    We have this functionality of copying and pasting multiple fields in the LibrariesAustralia Cataloguing Client and…

    550 votes
    8 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →
    Accepted  ·  AdminLili Daie (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Dear all,

    I believe we now understand the requirement better: To be able to paste a block of text in MARC 21 format, and have Alma parse it and populate the MARC tags, indicators and subfields accordingly.

    This is a larger development, but we hope to be able to add a solution for it to our future roadmap.

  8. Sorting Authority Task List

    It would be highly helpful to have a sorting filter in the Authority Task List that would allow us to sort the list by Fields (e.g. 100's,600's, 700's, 830's,): Personal Names, Corporations/Conferences, Subject, Title, Uniform Titles, and Series. This way work loads can be created and assigned for these specific areas. As things are now, all items are mixed together and it takes far too much time to find/create a single list.

    80 votes
    0 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →

  9. Re-sequence MARC fields by each tag when running a normalization rule

    Currently, after running a normalization rule on a set of bib records, the bib records display the 5XX fields out of order, e.g. 500, 546, 506 etc. This occurs even after running the CnmarcBibReSequenceTask as fields between 500 and 899 are not sorted, or sorted only by hundreds (this was the information given to us by a member of staff when we reported the issue on the ExLibris Customer Portal).

    Having all fields in the correct order would ease any future cataloguing needed on these records, or when staff members view the record for work purposes.

    I've attached an example…

    260 votes
    7 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →
    Accepted  ·  AdminLili Daie (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Changing the existing re-sequencing task would impact all libraries, whether interested in this change or not - but we will look into adding a new re-sequencing task that will handle all fields, so libraries will have a choice on which re-sequencing behavior they want to apply.

  10. Add notifications to Alma reminders

    I appreciate the addition of the Reminders in Alma, but I think it would be even more useful if reminders could trigger email notifications when the reminder date has arrived.

    215 votes
    17 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →

  11. It would be helpful if there were an option to "print MARC record" within the MD editor and from the Repository Search.

    We sometimes have need of a hard copy of the MARC record for tracking certain workflows. One such example is for making notes about title changes and tracking them across several records. It would be nice if there was a "print full record" option, both in the MD editor and in the repository hit list. Right now, we need to either do print screens or do a screen capture and print from that. Thank you!

    158 votes
    Accepted  ·  9 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →

  12. Ctrl-z/Undo in the Metadata Editor

    Currently, there is no Ctrl-z/Undo function in the Metadata Editor.
    Please add this function.
    Use case:
    A record is in draft mode and the cataloger deletes a field accidentaly, there is no way of bringing it back.
    Or a cataloger works on an exisiting record, makes a lot of changes and only wants to undo the last actions, but not go back to the previous version.

    350 votes
    14 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →
    Accepted  ·  AdminLili Daie (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Dear Alma Community,

    As part of our ongoing commitment to align our internal development processes and increase roadmap transparency with our community, to provide a more realistic and transparent view of Alma development, this idea that was previously marked as “Planned” had been reassigned a status of “Accepted”.

    The “Accepted” status signifies that the Alma Product Management team recognizes the value of the remaining part of this idea, and is committed to its development. However - as we are still looking into possible solutions, it is not expected to make it onto the roadmap this year. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we implement this change.

    We understand that this change may lead to disappointment or frustration, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience it may cause. Please know that your ideas and suggestions are extremely important to us, and we are committed to continually enhancing Alma based on…

  13. controlled vocabulary list upload

    Hi,

    Instead of create term by term when working with controlled vocabulary, enable the option of upload an excel file or any csv file that will do that.

    186 votes
    Accepted  ·  9 comments  ·  Metadata Management  ·  Admin →
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