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  1. Provide option to exclude open access titles when activating community zone collections

    We have a number of auto-activate Community Zone collections for licensed content which also contain open access titles. We would like an option to exclude the open access titles. This would enable more accurate cost per use analysis and reduce duplication in our catalogue.

    eg. we've noticed duplication in Springer collections because we have licensed subject collections activated but also the Springer Open Access Ebook CZ collection (having this collection active means all open access titles are available for our community, not just those for the subjects we have purchased in any given year)

    3 votes
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  2. An import profile should be able to delete IZ copy of NZ-linked electronic records

    For libraries that belong to a consortium, currently, the import profile to delete both electronic bibliographic and inventory records only marks the NZ-linked records for deletion. It does not delete the IZ copy of the NZ-linked records, even when the Allow bibliographic record deletion and the delete/deactivate portfolio options are selected.

    To improve Alma for libraries with NZ-linked records, Alma's import deletion process should unlink the record from the NZ and then delete the resulting IZ copy. That would be consistent with the current behavior of existing deletion jobs like the "Delete Bibliographic Records" job.

    3 votes
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  3. Allow comparison with specific collection(s) with uploaded files in Collection overlap analysis –

    When we upload a collection title list with coverage for collection overlap analysis, Alma doesn’t allow us to select a specific collection to compare with. It only allows us to compare with the entire IZ, which is not always the goal. If we can select specific collections to compare with when we use Alma collections, it should not be too difficult to do the same comparison when using an uploaded title file.

    16 votes
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  4. Allow coverage comparison from uploaded files in Collection overlap analysis

    When we upload a collection title list with coverage for collection overlap analysis, Alma doesn’t compare coverage. For comparing journals, this is fatal. A title match with no coverage overlap means nothing. We understand that the coverage column in the vendor’s file can be messy and non-standard. We would rather standardize and format the coverage in the EXCEL file and let Alma do the coverage comparison, than to eyeball the coverage of 15,000 titles or more.

    Tell us the correct format to indicate coverage, and let us extract the values for the beginning year, ending year and embargo columns, so…

    6 votes
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  5. Implement AutoHoldings for Alexander Street Press

    Implement auto holdings (autoholding, auto load, autoload) for Alexander Street Press Academic Video Online, as is already available for ProQuest, Elsevier, Ovid, and Springer, and Wiley.

    3 votes
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  6. Adding collection URL to Alma publishing

    When a bibliographic record that describes an aggregator package is published, the URL from the collection level is not included. No portfolios are attached to such records. We would like to be able to export access details from a collection in a publishing job.

    1 vote
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  7. Ability to edit the full text service for a collection after it's been activated

    We need the ability to edit a collection's Full text service to "Automatically activate new portfolios" after it's already been activated. We had a number of collections that were activated incorrectly during migration but didn't discover that until a year later because it took awhile for meaningful CZ changes to occur where we were finally able to determine whether migrated collections were configured correctly. There is nothing (?) in the collection record to indicate what service was activated. We're not able to change the full text service without reactivating the collection again which creates duplicates and involve too much retrospective…

    1 vote
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  8. Ability to relink multiple portfolios to another bib instead of one at a time

    I'd like to have the option to relink multiple portfolios from one bib record to another instead of one at a time. This happens when I want to use a different bib record than the one in the CZ.

    4 votes
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  9. Make "Available To Date" actions customizable so portfolio can be automatically deleted after "Available To Date"

    The "Control the Availability of Portfolios Automatically at a Pre-defined Date" feature, introduced in the February 2023 release (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2023/Alma_2023_Release_Notes?mon=202302BASE), allows libraries to enter an Available From Date and Available To Date in portfolios, and the portfolio will be automatically deactivated after the Available To Date. This feature is designed to be useful in cases where libraries lease a piece of content (typically, a streaming film) for a limited period of time.

    However, after a portfolio has reached its "Available To Date," we don't just want to deactivate it; we want to delete it entirely from Alma (and its…

    7 votes
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  10. Bulk add perpetual access dates

    We would like to be able to add perpetual access dates in bulk to individual portfolios. This functionality would be helpful for tracking perpetual access on packages/bundles where a large number of portfolios share a common start and/or end date.

    4 votes
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  11. Display service temporarily unavailable message, add time option

    Is it possible to add the time when the collection will be unavailable? For example, we received notice that the ASTM would be unavailable February 23rd, 7:00 p.m. to February 24th, 2:00 a.m. If I set up the Display Service Temp unavailable message for the 23rd and 24th, the collection would be made unavailable when we still have access. Adding a time option to the date would be helpful.

    6 votes
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  12. Include Parser parameters (override) as "Local Information" in Community Zone Updates Task List

    Include Parser parameters (override) as "Local Information" in Community Zone Updates Task List for Report Type Portfolio linking parameters update

    3 votes
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  13. Split CZ Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles into three separate categories on the interface name

    It would be easier for us to administer our PQ subscriptions if it was specified what they were.  That is instead of  showing "Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles" in the interface name, in our case we would have DDA titles, Ebook Central owned titles and Academic Complete listed instead.  Could this be done via the metadata in these records?  For example we may wish to see how many DDA titles are appearing on Reading Lists

    8 votes
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  14. Move set of Portfolios from CZ to Local collection-URL type

    When moving a set of portfolios from a CZ collection to a locally made collection, ask and allow for the portfolio URL type to be changed and accurately reflect the change. For example, if the portfolios URL structure is set at Parser parameters in the CZ, and the local collection uses static URLs, change the portfolios to static (binary checkbox) and update the free text URL field to reflect the static URL. (By moving a set of portfolios from a CZ to a local collection, the resulting URLs still using parser parameters won't work, and the export URLs job won't…

    7 votes
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  15. Add All4Maternity as an Electronic Collection in the Alma Community Zone

    Please add All4Maternity as an Electronic Collection in the Alma Community Zone.

    Here is the URL -

    https://www.all4maternity.com/

    Thank you.

    1 vote
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  16. Add Oregon State University OER textbooks collection

    Is it possible to add the OER ebook collection from Oregon State University to the Community Zone? They're located at: https://open.oregonstate.education

    6 votes
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  17. Add Expiration Date field to portfolios (for Streaming Video lease tracking)

    Libraries lease streaming films for limited periods of time. We need to track the date each film's lease expires so we can delete the portfolio from Alma or take action to lease it for another term. We are currently using the portfolio coverage field to do this, but this is a workaround, not the designed functionality of the field. An Expiration Date field would allow libraries to enter the expiration date into each streaming film portfolio and use Alma searching and Analytics to track the expiring portfolios. It should be indexed in Alma, available in Alma Analytics, visible in the…

    1 vote
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  18. Add configurable Electronic Material Type field to Electronic Collections

    Electronic Material Type is only configurable at the portfolio level, not the electronic collection level. In many cases, all the portfolios in an Electronic Collection share the same material type. Electronic Material Type should thus be configurable at the Electronic Collection level and inherited by all portfolios in the collection, indexed in Alma searching, included in Alma Analytics, included in the portfolio Extended Export, and modifiable using the Change Electonic Collection Information job.

    With the addition of this field, libraries could assign appropriate Electronic Material Types to all our collections (except those that are a mix of material types, which…

    1 vote
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  19. Kbart autoholdings - Cambridge

    Vendors who advertise kbart autoholdings but Alma currently does not support it. Can we vote to have Cambridge added?

    22 votes
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  20. WISO Presse

    WISO Presse is already added as a (portfolio)- selective collection to the ALMA CZ.

    Please also bring in the CDI functionality as well.
    The databases from GBI GENIOS are a very valuable resoruce within the German scientific community.

    Provider: GBI-Genios Deutsche Wirtschaftsdatenbank GmbH
    Freischützstr. 96
    81927 München
    wiso@genios.de
    +49 (0) 89 99 28 79 - 0

    Thank you very much!
    Best,
    Bärbel

    3 votes
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