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  1. We need to be able to limit the number of patron holds

    We have patrons inundating us with hold requests. We'd like to be able to configure Alma to limit holds by amount.

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  2. Provide a configuration to limit by material type to a specific pick-up location

    For institutions with multiple libraries where only one library may have A/V viewers or microform readers it would be helpful for that institution to limit the pick-up location by material type to the library that has the necessary equipment for onsite use.
    This would eliminate confusion and time delay when a user makes a request to pick up a material type at a location where they cannot use it onsite.

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  3. 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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  4. Add Purchase Requests to blocked actions

    We would like to prevent blocked users from submitting Purchase Requests. Although it is possible to ask Ex Libris to configure a blocked action for Resource Sharing Requests, it is not possible to do this for Purchase Requests. It would be useful to have a blocked action for Purchase Requests that we could use in Block Definitions.

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  5. 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.

    4 votes
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  7. 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.

    4 votes
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  8. 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.

    4 votes
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  9. 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.

    4 votes
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  10. Add Location facet to Active Hold Shelf and Expired Hold Shelf screens

    We would like to filter the items listed on the Active Hold Shelf and Expired Hold Shelf screens to show either patron physical item requests or inter-library loans, but that isn't possible at the moment. We use Location to tell the difference between our items and those borrowed from other institutions.

    On the Active Hold Shelf screen, there are no facets at all currently. We would like a Location facet to be added please so that staff who are auditing our requests shelves or inter-library loans shelves would be able to view only the relevant items.

    On the Expired Hold…

    4 votes
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  11. 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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  12. 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…

    4 votes
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  13. 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…

    4 votes
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  14. 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
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  15. 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?

    4 votes
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  16. 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.

    4 votes
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  17. Generate item-level request for reading room materials

    Currently, if there is one copy of an item in general stacks and another in a reading room location, assuming both are available, Alma will prioritize the stacks copy for requests and the request form will be based on the stacks request TOU. Some institutions use reading rooms for Special Collections materials, so the items may not be interchangeable and if a patron requests the reading room copy, we want the request to be specific to that item and the form to follow the reading room request TOU (limiting the pickup location).

    Giving the items unique descriptions forces item-level requests,…

    4 votes
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  18. Stop Change Due Date from overriding hold request

    There's an issue we're having where changing the due date of a loan allows the current owner to extend their checkout time, even after a hold request has been placed. We have Alma configured so that it prevents a renewal from occuring, but change due date seems to ignore that function.

    4 votes
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  19. 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.

    3 votes
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  20. 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?

    3 votes
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