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Ability to send an email from User Details - General information although the user is restricted from editing
Our patrons are restricted from editing. Now with this setting librarians can't send e-mails from the General information - User Details page. It would be helpful to enable sending emails for librarians from the General information - User Details page to all patrons (users restricted from editing and also for non-restricted).
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Add CDI articles to (digital) collections
We'd like to be able to add individual articles to (digital) collections, as there are often articles which are relevant to the collection topic, but currently cannot be included, as only items with bib records in Alma can be added to collections.
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Permanent physical location for items in process
We have found that when working through items in process/Monitor physical item requests that the permanent location is not included when exporting to Excel. This is very inconvenient when a staff member is trying to locate the item.
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add an attachment icon picture besides the item of the attachment.
In Primo, readers often can not distinguish the difference of the book and the attachment of the book(ex: CD-ROM). So readers often request the barcode number of the attachment of the book first wrongly, and then find that they really want to request the book instead of the attachment of book(CD-ROM). I suggest the system can show an attachment icon picture(Ex: paper clip) besides the item of the attachment. It can help readers to distinguish the types of the items(book or CD-ROM attachment) quickly and correctly.
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Currently Alma does not allow local configuration for "electronic material types" and there are limited choices in Alma for "electronic mate
Currently Alma does not allow local configuration for "electronic material types" and there are limited choices in Alma for "electronic materials types" that can not meet some specific needs of the local libraries. Therefore, the enhancement in Alma should be made to allow local configuration for "electronic material types."
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Ability to remove/hide the "Liable for VAT" checkbox from all vendor records
Institutions that do not use VAT should be able to configure their vendor records so that the "Liable for VAT" checkbox does not appear.
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patron names
Could the Patron name be displayed in the "Pick Up Request " window in Alma just as the 'Requestors Note". This saves time instead of having to click to find the name of the requestor.
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Add Course Information within Purchase Request to PO Line
It would be very helpful if the details within the 'course information' section of a purchase request fed through to the POL and was visible within the 'Notes' tab of the POL. This would enable staff dealing with the orders to have all the required information in one place and would also make the audit trail more robust.
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Show linked purchase requests in 'Other details' beneath title record
It would be great if purchase requests that are linked to titles could be accessible via other routes rather than just the 'Manage purchase requests' section. Please could purchase requests that are attached to a title and a POL be added to the 'Other details' section beneath a title record in a repository search? This would allow us to quickly ascertain which titles have purchase requests linked to them.
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Limit RS Digital requests to a certain number per day
It should be possible to limit scan requests to a certain number day.
Currently, it is only possible to limit to a certain number of active requests (which is confusing for the patrons).1 vote -
Add the Item call number in the Reading list
Courses > Reading lists : On the “Edit reading list” screen, it should be possible to see the Item call number too (and not only the Call number). In our library we sometimes have several copies of a document which means that we have multiple items in one holding.
In situation A, only one of the items is added to a Reading list.
In situation B, different items are added to different Reading lists. But since you don't see the Item call number on the "Edit reading list" screen, it is not obvious which item is in which Reading list.1 vote -
Searching titles with "&" vs. "and" in Alma
In Primo VE, when a title in the 245 contains "&", if the title is searched with "and" in place of the ampersand the correct record will come up. This does not work the same way in Alma, however.
https://www.screencast.com/t/1mlHd3mIv
In some cases, a 246 field could be added to have "and" spelled out but that is not a universal solution. We would like to ensure that "&" and "and" could be used interchangeably in Alma title searching as it seems to work with Primo.
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Add API name as an Analytics field in Physical Items subject area
I am looking to create an Alma Analytics report for quality control purposes for the numerous Ex Libris Developer Network's apps we use. Currently, the only way to monitor item record changes using the APIs in the Physical Items subject area is to select "Modified By" but the only option recorded is "exl-api". I cannot monitor which APIs are updating which records with this generic "exl-api" response. I would like to add either a different field to select API by name or update the "exl-api" response to "exl-api_[name of API]".
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Add Ebsco's Veterinary Source to the Community Zone
Ebsco offers a new database called Veterinary Source which isn't available as an electronic collection through the CZ. It would be great to have this database added.
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Export users in one file
We export all our users every day at 19:00 hours.
This export results in over 600 files that then have to be concatenated into one big file.
It would be most useful if the export could result in one big file being exported.
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Quick edit "Renew Patron" link should save changes to patron record
In the patron Quick Edit screen when a patron is due to expire and the "Renew Patron" option appears in the right hand panel, clicking this link current just updates the expiry date for the patron and leaves the screen, but does not save any other changes you make to the patron record as you are updating them.
This link really needs to either also save the other changes made to the patron record, or just update the expiry date and not take you away from this screen so you can still save your changes.
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Running Authorities-Preferred Term Correction job as a report
We would appreciate the ability to run the "Authorities-Preferred Term Correction" job as a report so we could see what changes it would make and then decide if we would want to run the job.
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Add in the configuration the ability to make the search default of the authorities to be in CZ all the time.
Hello,
When searching in the authorities, Alma jumps from IZ to CZ and vice versa in different menus.
For institutions that do not maintain local authority file, it is frustrating that the search needs to be changed to CZ when Alma “decides” it should be in the IZ.
If there was a check box in the configuration that would enable us to choose that the search default in the authorities would be in the CZ all the time, it would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.
Dafna1 vote -
Has Local Information on CZ Updates Task List shows up even when Global Coverage is being utilized instead
If a portfolio is using global coverage information, but has local coverage information remaining, the portfolio shows up in the CZ Updates Task List under "Has Local Information" when updates come in, even though local coverage is not being utilized. If local coverage is not selected, it would make more sense for it not to show up in the list since it's not being utilized and therefore does not really matter at that point.
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do not show Library Scope when an institution only has one library
The new Library Scope facet for Physical holdings and Physical items search is only useful if an institution has multiple libraries. It should be possible to disable this facet if an institution only has one library.
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