Alma
Your feedback matters to us. Help us improve Alma by telling us what you’d like to see using the message areas below. You can also can support something already posted.
We would love to be able to respond to every idea that is submitted, but this is not feasible. We are, however, committed to responding to the most popular ideas—those that have received the most points.
For more information please review our FAQ and guidelines. Thank you.
3202 results found
-
Pages option for digitization requests
Creating a partial Patron digitization request allows you to define two "from: / to:" page intervals. Sometimes, articles are spread across more intervals, but with no space for this information, that data is lost.
We would like to see a simple text field: "Pages:" to be used in situations as this. This already exists in Lending requests and should also be available for digitization requests.9 votes -
Add ISO 639-3 microlanguage names to Alma title search facets
In Alma titles search facets, display the microlanguage name instead of its code. PCC recently approved the implementation of the ISO 639-3 language codes for use in MARC 008/35-37 and also 546$b.
Example: where the language facet for a title search shows...
Language
Chinese (1)
wuu (1)...the following would be more useful...
Language
Wu Chinese (1)1 vote -
Related holdings displayed only after "direct" holdings in the brief results
Currently, only 5 holdings are displayed in the "Physical" tab in the brief results list in Alma. In many cases holdings and "related" holdings are mixed and displayed without any particular ranking. Especially when many of them are present, it takes many clicks before one can exclude the related holdings and obtain a list of all holdings linked directly to a record.
The "Physical" tab in Alma could be changed like this: all holdings linked directly to the record are displayed first (regardless of the library), and only then come the holdings of related records.125 votes -
Extend time before the Alma trial survey times out
Dear support
When answering a survey of the Alma trial management (as a trial participant), the survey will time out after approximately 10-15 minutes of non activity. This will reset all answered questions, i. e. empty the fields and remove the chosen results.
We would highly appreciate it if an adjustment of the time out period for surveys was possible, since in reality it’s common to test a product thoroughly in one browser tab while having the survey open in another and only returning to the latter once the testing of the product (or a specific aspect of it) has…
18 votes -
Fulfillment Proxy Should Receive On Hold Shelf notifications for AFN items
We have found:
---While Fulfillment Proxy users can request both local and AFN items on behalf of the Proxy Sponsor,
---And Fulfillment Proxy and Proxy Sponsor users receive On Hold Shelf notifications for local items,
---Only the Proxy Sponsor receives On Hold Shelf notification emails for AFN items. The Fulfillment Proxy does NOT also receive the letter for AFN items on hold.We would like Alma to send an On Hold Shelf notification to the Fulfillment Proxy patron for items requested through the AFN by a Fulfillment Proxy. This will mirror functionality for requests placed for local items by a…
23 votes -
User Purge should be made AFN aware and not allow the deletion of a user with active transactions or fines/fees at another AFN inst.
The Alma User Purge job is not AFN-aware. It will allow the deletion of a user record from the user's home institution's IZ even when the user has active transactions or fines/fees at another AFN institution. These "orphaned" linked user records are confusing for both users and library staff and are not a best practice for user record management.
Examples of the resulting problems we've encountered thus far include:
1) If the user's home institution performs a purge and then re-loads records, the orphaned linked user records in the other AFN member institutions do not re-connect to the new version…58 votes -
Purge User Records – Add field to prevent purge of users with active requests.
In addition to Number of days, user record, user group, and waive threshold, an institution should have the option:
Do not purge if there is active request(s)3 votes -
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.5 votes -
Allow the use of comma for decimal separator in item replacement cost.
Hello,
Instead of using a decimal point for the decimal separator, the Brazilian real have a comma. The thousands separator for Brazilian money is the period.
Alma does not allow the use of comma as a decimal separator in item replacement cost. This is causing several problems to us, as this field had comma in it from our previous system (Aleph), and every time we need to update an item record the system gives an "Item replacement cost must be a number" error. Also, it seems that any Analytics report that includes the field results in an SQL error.
Regards,
…
5 votes -
From 'view vendor' list in POL, add '+' capability to Add Vendor?
Right now one has to either search vendor before order entry, or gamble that the vendor is already in the database and just try entering the POL. But then, if the vendor is NOT in the database, one has to back all the way out, add the vendor, and then start over.
It would be great to have an 'add vendor record' link right there, with a 'back' button to finish the POL in progress, That would really minimize workflow interruptions during the POL entry process. Might others find this helpful? If you hate stopping, navving somewhere else in…
3 votes -
Fulfillment Network Users get roles assigned by Role Assignment Rules
Network Zone/Fulfillment network users get roles scoped to our institution zone by the role assignment rules, which makes it appear that they have access to user and financial and other data of our institution, even if they don't.
I propose changing the behavior so that users who are not local, and from another institution are ignored by the role assignment rules.
1 vote -
Include T&Cs in the Patron Deposit Status Update Letter
Include the T&Cs that the patron agrees to in the XML for the deposit status update letter, and accommodate it in the stylesheet when the resource is submitted.
They would then have a copy of what they agreed to.
I understand we could customise the letter to include this, but I'm concerned that if the T&Cs change, then there is a risk that the letter is not updated at the same time.
1 vote -
Add a tab to Manage Sets that shows Sets linked to Publishing Profiles
From Admin - Manage Sets we can see My Sets, Public Sets, and All Sets. It would be useful for there to be a way to more easily distinguish and find sets that are used in Publishing Profiles. As more and more integrations with third party services rely on Publishing (HathiTrust, Google Books, RapidILL, BrowZine, Syndetics, etc.) more and more sets need to be created and maintained and occasionally tweaked if locations or libraries are added, removed, or changed, or if new materials within the sets become unshareable for some reason.
The current workflow to find the right set is…
1 vote -
Option to configure interested user notification for ebooks to be sent when activation task changed to Done rather than when Activated
We would like the ability to configure when our interested user notifications are sent for ebooks. We would like the option to send these when the activation task is changed to Done in the Electronic Resource Activation Task List instead of when the ebooks are activated. This would give us the opportunity to check the ebook portfolio links and bibliographic records for our Rialto purchased ebooks before the notifications are sent to the interested users.
13 votes -
Show vendor name first in dropdown list instead of vendor code
On the page of invoice details, in the vendor dropdown list, the vendor code is displayed which is quite uncomfortable as you have to remember the codes. We would like to see the vendor's name instead. Currently if you want to see the name, you have to open the menu.
14 votes -
Display Collection details on a citation record the same as what you see via an Alma All title display
Display Collection details on a citation record the same as what you see via an Alma All title display
We use Collections to group records together to help with our Leganto processing, but you cant see this information from the Citation view. We would like both views to provide the same level of information. The attached screenshot shows what I mean
20 votes -
Improving Ability to Create Repeating Courses for Multiple Semesters
Currently there is no ability to have two courses in different semesters with the same course code and section number in Reserves. Our college reuses course codes and section numbers between semesters, so we are unable to build new courses with the same course code/section number combination before the current semester ends.
I would like to add additional identifying fields to the current code/section unique identifier. Possibilities include unique terms (Fall 2022) or a term/year combination (Fall + 22-23).
6 votes -
More descriptive detail on error Alerts tab
Provide useful details of errors on the Alerts tab where compulsory information missing or erroneous, and link to, or just details of, the field in question.
3 votes -
Add invoice vendor to Analytics
Add the invoice "Vendor" field to analytics; currently only the invoice "Vendor Account" code and description seem to be available via Funds Expenditure-Invoice Line.
3 votes -
Add the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials to the CZ
Please consider adding this authority vocabulary to the CZ as it is used to enhance records of graphic materials such as photographs, drawings, and other visual works.
https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/downloadtgm2.html16 votes
- Don't see your idea?