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Make Public Note of a Representation Translatable
The public note of a representation is not translatable. This would be useful for following use cases:
- The library wants to offer high-resolution digital reproductions of individual files from representations on demand.
- The library wants to comment on the quality of files from a representations (eg. not OCRed).
- The library wants to inform, that the digital files does not contain complete content, etc.
By now following components in relation with digital content are translatable :
- Collection name and description
- Copyright declarations
- The denied note in the access right policy
It would offer a more streamline experience to discover digital content,…
24 votes -
Alma User Role for Editing/Deleting only Quick-Cataloged Records
Scenario:
Library staff frequently need to create records for resources using the Quick Cataloging feature. Often, those records need to be edited after creation, due to mismatching resource types, updated information, operator input errors, etc. Most of the staff using the Quick Cataloging feature are not trained as catalogers, and do not have cataloging roles in Alma.Problem:
Quick-Cataloged records are not editable by staff without cataloging roles in Alma - who are frequently the creators/managers of these records. This has led to several different workarounds at various institutions:Some institutions have given their non-cataloging staff full cataloging permissions to…
65 votes -
Enhance Convert to Resource Sharing function on Pick From Shelf List
When you don't find a requested item at your institution, it is great to be able to 'convert it to a resource sharing request' -- however that function should mark the item missing from our institution. Since pick from shelf does NOT display barcode and once we select the item to be converted to resource sharing request, it disappears from the pick from shelf list, so it is very difficult and time consuming to find the item and toggle it to missing. Also, the resource sharing request might be canceled because the item at our institution shows up as 'item…
67 votes -
Enable the customization of the label of Unpaywall API link.
The unpaywall link displays with the label of "Unpaywall" in the ViewIt window of Primo. This may not be an intuitive description for some users.
We would like the option to change the service label as we do for other services in Alma.
29 votes -
Use preferred email from Partner record for shipping digital Lending Requests
Often the Requester Email in a Lending Request is not the email that we can ship a digital item to (or sometimes the Requester Email is empty). Instead, the email address we use is from the preferred email address in the Partner record. We would like configuration to be made available so institutions could choose to use the preferred email address from the Partner record in Alma when shipping digitally instead of the Requester Email address that comes with the Lending Request.
37 votes -
Receive notification should trigger when item is received
Currently, when entering a POL and having it set to notify someone when the item is received, the notification is not sent until it fully completes the receiving, cataloging, then being checked in at the fulfillment desk.
To keep from items showing up as "available" when received, we have it set to "keep items in area." But because of this, the receive notifications do not trigger until the whole process is complete.
We have some of our receiving and invoicing separate. Items will come in and go through the whole process before the trigger that they are received and the…
6 votes -
Allow more configuration for library item of interest notification
The "library item of interest" message currently doesn't allow much room for configuration, particularly for the bibliographic portion of the message. It includes something labeled a title field (which includes the title, place of publication and publisher, publication date, series, and ISBN) and an MMS ID field. This data seems to be pulled from the brief order record. Would it be possible to make this section of the notification more configurable -- so that more data (like author) might be included, and so that everything currently mapped to the "title" field could be disaggregated into individual fields (place of publication…
2 votes -
Show Call Number on Loan Receipt Letter
Could there be an option to add the call number information to the Loan Receipt Letter. It would be useful, especially for items with multiple volumes.
4 votes -
Search External Resources - Review Existing Ideas & Redesign Z39.50 Search & Refine Options
I have just checked out the search and refine options available via the Jisc Cataloguing Hub Web interface. It allows a much richer search experience than accessing the same data via the Z39.50 interface via Alma Search External Resources. As colleagues have posted a number of ideas around reviewing and enhancing the search options would it be possible to combine these ideas and carry out a general review of how we can search and refine the results?
I attach a screenshot showing the options in the Cataloguing Hub.1 vote -
Analytics' job history activation
On Analytics, the job history is not accessible. It would be interesting to give access to this feature, for instance when developing a new report, it is sometimes good to have the history of what has been done. Thanks.
1 vote -
Add Publisher attribute to Search External Resources
We would like to be able to search the Japanese academic common catalog (NACSIS) by Publisher name in Search External Resources, but the corresponding use attribute (1018) is not currently supported. This would be very useful when searching by title or keywords, to differentiate between similar results. We think that this addition would be useful with other external resources too.
https://www.nii.ac.jp/CAT-ILL/about/infocat/z3950/z3950_gw_bib1-use.html
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Undo receipt of item on a continuous type order for which "Keep in Department" was not checked
While it is currently possible to “un-receive” from the receiving workbench if the item is still in the Acquisitions Department, that will not be the case for our continuous orders.
There is no good option for undoing the accidental receipt of a serial issue, at least not that our trainer was able to show us in our Alma Functional Workshop.
63 votes -
Create resource sharing integration with DOCLINE
Create integration for borrowing and lending requests to be pushed/pulled to/from DOCLINE.
See https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/37290289-alma-to-docline-oai-pmh-integration for holdings integration to DOCLINE.
53 votes -
Invoicing suggestion
When processing invoices, on the invoice lines screen there are 4 default lines already - we usually delete all of these and have to do it one at a time. It would be good to be able to select all to delete in one go.
2 votes -
addressFrom in letter configuration: all emails should be sent from the same address
There are a few letters (like the "Interested In Letter"), for which not the addressFrom in the letter configuration is used, but the library address instead.
We would like all letters to be sent from the "addressFrom" in the letter configuration.
9 votes -
Suggestions for Normalization Rules (NR) functions
Hello,
Please see the attached file.
We would appreciate it if the suggested Normalization Rules functions would be developed in Alma.Thanks
221 votesDear all, since this idea combines various very different enhancement requests for Alma's normalization rules infrastructure, we are unable to add these to our roadmap at this time. This may change as we get more information on prioritization and needs. In the meantime, we suggest opening dedicated ideas for specific enhancements you would like to promote.
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Use a link shortener for the permalink on Alma Services pages
Alma Services pages offer permalinks, but these links can be very long. Primo and Summon permalinks are shortened.
Primo example: https://primo.csu.edu.au/permalink/61CSU_INST/1hkg98a/alma990009296670402357
Summon example: http://tinyurl.com/ybkajbbe
Alma Services pages should offer short permalinks using TinyURL or possibly a simple link using a unique identifier like Portfolio ID or MMS ID.
11 votes -
Prevent hold requests for users not eligible for Resource Sharing from being converted into Resource Sharing requests
When you convert a hold request into a resource sharing request, Alma does not check the resource sharing library's borrowing resource sharing fulfillment unit rules to make sure the user is allowed to submit resource sharing requests. This makes it possible to create resource sharing requests for users who do not have resource sharing privileges. When converting a hold request into a resource sharing request, Alma should check the check the borrowing resource sharing fulfillment unit rules. If the user is not allowed to submit resource sharing requests, a warning message should appear.
5 votes -
Enable automated floating collections by allowing 'reshelve without transit' rules to update temporary library and location
Enable automated floating collections by allowing 'reshelve without transit' rules to update temporary library and location values
Currently, implementing floating collections between libraries requires manual intervention to set or update the temporary library and location values.
I would like to see functionality added to the 'reshelve without transit' rules definition, to allow the setting of a temporary library and location, in addition to preventing the transit of the item.
24 votes -
Allow Course Loader integration to process files from users' local drives
With the current bulk operations functionality for courses (course loader), an SFTP server is required for hosting files.
The SFTP requirement is a hurdle for many libraries, as it requires additional infrastructure (SFTP host), as well as additional knowledge (FTP user tools) not always available on staff.
We would like to see the ability to upload course loader files for import from a local drive, similarly to how other workflows in Alma also support local file processing (portfolio loader, etc).
1 vote
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