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Hide non-circulating library from 'pickup location' options for all requests as desired
Example 1: We had an issue where a staff member had chosen an incorrect library for the pickup location for move requests (when putting items on Course Reserves). The library they chose was our Resource Sharing Library (which we don't use at all and so is irrelevant to us in every way). I submitted a case to Support asking if we could somehow hide this library from view in the pickup location options in Alma, but was told that this wasn't possible.
I was advised to create an idea here relating to this problem, so here I am!
It would…
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Alma-D waitlist - allow users to remove themselves and monitor waitlist status
Currently when a user joins a waitlist for a digital object (Alma-D / Alma Digital), they have no way to remove themselves after joining. This means that when their turn comes, the entire grace period must run before the object becomes available to the next user. The Delivery Registration Status Letter should include a link to remove oneself from the waitlist. In addition, the "Library Card" area in Primo/Primo VE should show the user their place in the waitlist (with details, e.g. estimate of time remaining) and also provide a link to remove themselves from the waitlist.
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"Pick from shelf" facets - group by time
We would like to be able to group "Pick from Shelf" requests from today and yesterday.
This option would be the standard option we would use most days, to avoid constantly searching the shelf for items which are not in place..None of the existing facets in this screen result in the full list of most recent requests.
What we need is a combination of "today" and "yesterday".3 votesSubmitted by Ex Libris PM on behalf of our customers
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Clone Requests
We have a need to easily copy requests, especially booking requests. For example, our media library frequently needs to book the same item for the same faculty member multiple times. A faculty member may be teaching 3 sections of the same course, on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The library staff member would like to make a single request on Monday, and copy the request for Tuesday and Thursday easily, or add multiple dates/times to the same booking request.
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4 votes
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Export normalized call numbers for requested items in the "Print Slip Report" feature
When the "Print Slip Report" feature in Fulfillment > Resource Requests > Pick From Shelf is exported into a spreadsheet, LC call numbers are included—but normalized call numbers are not. This leads to less efficiency in pulling requested items (e.g., size designations sort under "Q" for "Quarto," LC class numbers of differing length sort improperly). Please add a normalized call number column to the output for proper sorting by call number.
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delivery option for booking
Add personal delivery option for Booking request
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Display Requester when "activate next" on expired hold shelf
On the Expired Hold Shelf - Activate Next the expired requester name is displayed, however when you "activate next" Alma processes the request but doesn’t display who it is for.
It would be really usefull for Alma to display the Next Requester information at this point.
Currently you need to track down the item in Active Hold Shelf to find the next requester.
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Filter Pick From Shelf List, Active Hold Shelf, and Expired Hold Shelf by Patron Physical Item Request or Ship Physically
Currently, the Pick From Shelf list, Active Hold Shelf, and Expired Hold Shelf don't allow the items displayed in the list to be filtered. If Resource Sharing requests ("ship physically") and Patron Physical Item Requests must be combined, it would be much more useful to be able to filter out one or the other. It makes it difficult for Circulation staff to monitor the pick list and active and expired holds when we can't filter out the Resource Sharing requests that we don't work with, and the same holds for our Resource Sharing staff.
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Add an option to control the request types that are presented in Alma
We suggest to add an option to control the request types that are presented in Alma. For example, we would like to present only: "Patron physical item request" . It would be helpful if we could at least control the items order.
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Enable comments to patrons in digitization requests
Enabling comments to the patrons in digitization (and physical too) requests.
For example a patron requests Chapter 1, pages 1-40 in their digitization request but Chapter 1 is actually pages 1-24. There should be a way to attach Chapter 1 then send along a comment to the patron: "Chapter 1 has been attached. Request indicated pages 1-40 but this included Chapter 1 and part of Chapter 2 which goes beyond copyright allowance."
There is currently a comment field, but this comment is internal. So, rather than having the ability to add comments to the file as it goes to the…
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Fulfillment Network AFN- Add "Manual Locate Job" id to Borrowing Request details; Add Borrowing Request ID to "Manual Locate Job" details
In an Automated Fulfillment Network (AFN), when an institution's user places a resource sharing borrowing request, Alma runs the "Manual Locate Job" to build the rota for the request. The job report can be viewed in the Admin> Manage Jobs and Sets> Monitor Jobs> Job History.
Currently, the only way to match the "Manual Locate Job" for a specific user's borrowing request, back to that borrowing request as listed in Fulfillment> Resource Sharing> Borrowing Request is by timestamp.
Please add the Manual Locate Job's identifier to the user's Fulfillment> Resource Sharing> Borrowing Request details, as well as adding the Borrowing…
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Add fields to specifiy the work order type or workorder status to the print slip for 'manage in process items'
The print slip for items in the Fulfillment > Manage in process items uses the ReceivingSlipLetter.
This is the workflow suggested by trainers for things like repairs or other technical work order flows.
The letter does not have the XML fields that would reflect work order type or work order status.
Development says this is an enhancement request, as they designed this letter for acquisitions work orders (case 00725539)4 votes -
See the same information in Monitor Requests & Item Process menu that is seen in Borrowing Requests menu
It would be helpful to see the same information in the different places a staff member might check to see the status of a patron request. In the attached document, you'll see that there is much more useful information in the borrowing requests menu, including the preferred pickup location which is a critical detail. Can we have the same info display in both?
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When a hold expires, have them display in the task list
In the same way that requests show in the task list, it would be helpful that when the hold is expired that it will also show in the task list. People would see on their desktop if an item needs to be shelved or returned to a campus library, instead of remember to check the Expire Hold shelf.
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Print slips in lc call number order
In the resource request management area when printing the pull slips it would be helpful to have the option to print these in LC Call Number Order.
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Request option via List of Items screen
It is possible to place a Work Order on an item from the List of Items screen, but not a Request. Could this function be added?
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Make "Automatically Print Slip" do what it says
The term automatically print slip makes it seem like you have the ability to turn off printing of slips by setting this to "No". This is not the case. Slips still print. We should have the ability to turn off ALL automatic slip printing when scanning in items. This worked fine for us until the May 2018 and November 2018 releases of Alma changed the way this worked.
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Changing the location after items are moved to Active Hold Shelf
Changing the location after items are moved to Active Hold Shelf
The location in the Active Hold Shelf item represents the location of the item when the request has been submitted. So, the location of all request that is created on when items are in the process of acquisitions, it’s not updated until the requestor loan it.
It makes fulfillment staff confused because items look like not ready to loan.
The best would be updating location after items are moved to the Active Hold Shelf.3 votes -
Avoid to “hold shelf” for the expired patron.
Alma provides materials for “hold shelf” to patron, whose ID has expired, if he requested before his expiration date.
We want to avoid to “hold shelf” for the expired patron.3 votes
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