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Add Thieme MedOne Opthalmology to ALMA
We pay for several Thieme collections that are in ALMA, but the Opthalmology collection is not there. Please add it to ALMA: https://medone-ophthalmology.thieme.com/
Thank you, Barb1 vote -
Add filter for presence of POL to electronic collections portfolio lists
Currently, the only way to determine which portfolios in an electronic collection have an attached POL is to export the portfolio list and check column Z "Orders" in the Excel file. You must then search each portfolio individually to act upon its POL. A filter in the portfolio list for "POL attached" would be much more efficient.
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Portfolio fields for streaming video to indicate season or episode/ or public note visible in portfolio list in Alma
When creating a new portfolio for a streaming video, there is no field where we can enter the information concerning the season and the episodes. We enter this information in the Public notes zone, so it is visible in Primo VE but it is difficult to see it in Alma. Is there a posibility to add a field for this information, r to make the notes field visible in alma? We would like to see this information in the portfolio list See images
Thanks!
Iulia1 vote -
Create an Alma collection for YouTube news videos published by Deutsche Welle.
Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international news broadcaster, maintains a large collection of videos on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCknLrEdhRCp1aegoMqRaCZg). One of our librarians has asked us to catalog these so having them available in the community zone would be helpful.
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Create an Alma Idea exchange category for License
There is no category specific for the License area of Alma, which makes it difficult to find other's ideas for License improvements. I had to choose a category for this idea and went with "Resource management - Electronic", and definitely didn't want to go with "other"
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bhanlon3@jhu.edu
Health Affairs Archive - Please add Collection:
The journal "Health Affairs" is currently in the collection "Single Journals". The publisher (Project Hope) has recently created an Archive for purchase. It is titled "Health Affairs Archive" and covers content from 1981-2020.
We need a portfolio for the Archive so we can purchase it, because we already have a subscription order this year on the existing portfolio.
Please create a Project Hope Collection in the Community Zone that includes two portfolios:
- The existing portfolio for Health Affairs currently in the Single Journals collection (CKB ID/CZ MMS ID: 99954921386894)
- A new portfolio titled…
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When running a Remove local coverage indicated, set Which coverage statement will be applied to "only global"
When running a Change Electronic Portfolio Information job with "Remove local coverage" indicated, in addition to removing all local coverage information, also set the portfolio's "Which coverage statement will be applied?" field to "Only global."
Leaving it as one of the local options incorrectly marks the portfolio as having local information if it is listed in the Community Zone Updates Task List.1 vote -
Add Walhalla FullFlat on Content Select
Please create Alma CZ collection for Walhalla FullFlat on Content Select.
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Delete bibliographic records - Limit Match of Bibliographic Records to a Specific Electronic Collection
In scenarios where a vendor has provided ISBNs of titles they have removed from an e-book package but it is likely that the same titles are included in other e-book packages, it would be good to be able to limit the deletion to a specific electronic collection. This feature would have to recognise to only delete bibliographic records matching a specific collection where the records do not have active portfolios belonging to other electronic collections. Use case: ability to batch delete locally held e-book records from vendor A only if they are NOT also part of vendor B’s e-book package.
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R2Digital PDA: Implement automatic upload of electronic holdings
Implement automatic upload of electronic holdings for R2Digital PDA titles. Currently staff receive monthly reports that require manual adjustment to the collections for both new and archived titles.
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Add collections for East View's China Monographic Serials
Series A, B, C & E of East View's China Monographic Serials are missing from the knowledge base. Please add them, thank you!
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Make it possible to activate a portfolio without making the the whole collection active
I often find portfolios in other collections that I do not have active. I activate it and then move it to our active collection. The collection it was moved from then is in our alma without active portfolios.
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Post collection ID in the CKB update.
In the CKB update, sometimes we found statements like collection ABC is replaced by collection ABC, or with a similar name. Since some CZ collections share the same name or similar name with one another, please add collection ID next to the collections/Databases that are to be removed in the coming weeks. Collection ID is an identifier that would help people to identify the exact collection.
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Add Statistics note 1-3 to portfolio Note tab
The portfolio currently doesn't have enough note fields, especially for Statistics and one has to be very creative, combining reports, in order to retrieve something of value to report on.
We make extensive use of our Statistics note 1-3 fields in the Statistics Notes section of the item record's Notes tab and use Analytics to harvest the data entered in each of these note fields for various reports required for operational and management purposes. In the same way, the portfolio record's Notes tab can benefit from a Statistics Notes section with Statistics Note 1-3 fields. These notes must be harvestable…
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New CZ Collection request: Springer Computer Science eBooks 2008 English/International
Create a CZ collection for Springer Computer Science eBooks 2008 English/International.
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Add manual Cost to Portfolios
Add the ability to assign a cost to a portfolio manually in the case that cost should not be equally distributed for the portfolios in a collection and/or items that were purchased prior to Alma implementation. This cost would need to be used in Cost per use analytics calculations if there isn't a PO Cost for the portfolio
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Batch Clear Local Information from Community Zone
Sometimes local information is added to a portfolio because the community zone updates are still pending. It would be helpful to have the option to clear the local coverage info as a batch process from the Community Zone Updates Task List
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mergent market atlas
Mergent has a new product that is replacing Mergent Online, which will be sunsetting in 2025. The replacement product is Market Atlas.
https://marketatlas.mergent.com. Are there plans to add this new collection?0 votes
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