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  1. Letter sent to patron when fine waived

    Although there is a letter when a fine is paid, we'd like a letter that would automatically be sent when a patron's fine is waived.

    5 votes
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  2. Retain local information in collections when performing Link Electronic Resources To The Community

    Retain local information in collections when performing Link Electronic Resources To The Community

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  3. Alma-D 인터페이스 상에서 업로드 가능한 단일 파일 용량을 500MB -> 5GB (AWS 허용 용량) 로 확대

    Alma 상의 Digital Uploader 나 Add Digital Representation 에서 업로드 가능한 단일 파일 용량을 500MB -> 5GB (AWS 허용 용량) 로 확대해 주시길 부탁드립니다.

    저희는 Alma-D 를 통해 간접적으로 AWS S3 를 이용하고 있는 것인데 AWS S3 가 지원하는 최대 5GB 까지의 업로드 기능을 Alma 에서 제한하는 것을 이해하기 어렵습니다.

    또한, 파일과 메타 연결 및 퍼블리싱이라는 Alma 의 기능을 이용하기 위해 Ex Libris 에서 책임지지도 않는 서드파티 툴을 이용해야만 한다는 것 역시 고객에게는 이해가 어려운 부분입니다.

    UHD 영상이 범람하는 시대에 500mb 라는 용량 제한(업로드 및 썸네일 생성 등에 동일한 용량 제한 적용되고 있음)은 동영상 콘텐츠의 구축과 활용에 커다란 불편사항이 되고…

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  4. Un-receive option for items not in-department with interested users.

    Current un-receive functionality is restricted to items which are still in department and having no interested users. It would be very helpful to have un-receive available without these two conditions attached.

    25 votes
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  5. Add the function of un-receiving items in bulk

    It takes a lot of time to un-receive item one bye one; we need to find POL including un-received item and click ‘Manage item’ menu next to the item and then un-receive the item. It would be better that there is some way of proceeding the un-receiving process in bulk.

    14 votes
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  6. Enable case-insensitivity for indication and other rules

    Indication (and other) rules in Alma are case sensitive by design. Case sensitivity of course is often desirable, to ensure most exact matching and prevent inadvertent data problems. However, in some instances, especially with indication rules, it would be very helpful and time-saving to be able to use case insensitivity, as is possible with regular expressions (ex: /i). An example of a scenario in which this would be helpful is when using an indication rule to identify records which contain a particular textual note, when that note may have been entered with varying cases: sometime all uppercase, sometimes sentence case,…

    20 votes
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  7. Parameter "Time" for Automatic Printing Rules

    It would be great if you could add the parameter "time" in the rules for automatic printing.

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  8. Show main library copies first and remote storage second regardless of copies number

    We suggest to add an option to always show in Primo the main library copies first, and the remote storage second, regardless of the copies number

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  9. ACTL needs to be refined: Ending ISBD punctuation issue

    There are many entries in ACTL that the only difference between BIB Heading Before and BIB Heading After is that the full stop is removed at the end of BIB Heading After. For example:

    BIB Heading Before

    Hong Kong (China). Census and Statistics Department.

    BIB Heading After
    Hong Kong (China). Census and Statistics Department

    This kind of entries should be excluded from ACTL since this is not heading update at all.

    18 votes
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  10. Notify when a title (esp. electronic portfolio) chosen in a Leganto reading list is deleted in Alma

    Especially when dealing with electronic titles, for example when importing them, Alma may delete some portfolios.
    However, researchers may have previously selected these portfolios for their Leganto reading list. But nobody would notice that, until the students find a broken link in Leganto.

    To avoid that right now we perform a manual check, relying on an Analysis looking for Electronic Titles selected for reading lists before running the import, and comparing that with the list of deleted portfolio we have when the import is finished. It's however time consuming.

    It would be much better to get a notification when the…

    125 votes
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  11. Add Storage Location ID to Physical Items Search brief results

    We'd like to start using the Storage ID field to track inventory shelved in storage locations. It would be very helpful if this field would display in the Physical Items brief results list, so that operators know right away that the item is in a storage location. Unfortunately, it does not appear to be a field that has been added yet. Please can you add this field to the Physical Items brief results list.

    36 votes
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  12. Calendar management reminders

    Would be good to get a reminder when standard opening hours "valid to" date is about to end.

    We had a hard time understanding why interlibrary books borrowed at one of our libraries got very short due dates.
    It is impossible to remember to update the standard opening hours every 3 year. Also a valid time of 3 years is very short for standard opening hours, it should be longer or not have a limit at all.

    6 votes
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  13. DC language values on Alma Viewer

    Currently dc:language field values that conform with ISO639-2 are displayed as they are on Alma Viewer metadata section.
    These 3-digit codes need to be mapped to their full language names, translated into Primo interface language, and presented on the viewer.

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  14. E-Collections: Read-only access to Alma for other institutions

    We wish to provide read-only access to our Alma instance to other institutions in our consortium and vice versa so that we can compare setup more efficiently. The permissions need to be quite restrictive and prohibit access to financial, patron data, etc. but allow us to view E-Collection, Service and Portfolio level screens.

    When comparing set-up of our e-collections we are spending a lot of time discussing via email and sharing screen shots, which is not as efficient as being able to go in with a view privilege and compare in real-time.

    79 votes
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  15. Lead time for booking requests

    We use the Reading Room functionality for our Rare Books and Special Collections items. These items are not on open shelves and are securely stored with access only available to staff to retrieve items. Currently there is no way to specify a lead time between making the booking and the start time of booking (ie. you can make a booking for an item at 10am, with a booking start time of 11am that same day). Staffing levels, item availability and item condition can sometimes mean that items are not available for use immediately (if at all), which creates problems for…

    14 votes
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  16. Ex Libris should use an online calendar for Alma, Primo, etc. release dates that can be subscribed to in popular calendar software

    Ex Libris posts the Alma release schedule (for prod, sandbox, etc.) at https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_Release_Schedule_-_2019

    This is great, but what would be even more useful is an online calendar that I can subscribe to in my calendar program of choice (MS Office 365, Apple Calendar app, etc.).

    Even better - separate calendars for Alma, Primo, and other products that list release dates. As dates change, the calendar is automatically updated, etc.

    This would be a great timesaver for System Admins who need to coordinate library work to avoid release windows, etc.

    5 votes
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  17. Please enable searching by File Name, not only by File Label.

    Now I cannot search a file by its File Name, but only by keywords or its Label. File Names are original attribute values, not given additionally like Labels. Please enable searching by File Name too.

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  18. SIS Import/Synchronise: improve invalid character handling

    When the Alma SIS Import/Synchronise job runs, if any of the files contain an invalid XML character, the entire job is aborted. The consequence of this is that user data held in Alma might be out-of-date, depending on whether it has recently changed in central systems. I assume this behaviour occurs because one of the initial steps when the import runs is to parse the input files as a whole, rather than parsing each user record individually.

    This Ideas Exchange ticket requests that the SIS job is improved so that the job does not abort, but instead skips over the…

    24 votes
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  19. Set different reshelving time for specific collections in a library

    The August release added a temporary Awaiting Shelving status which can only be configured at the library or circulations desk level.

    We circulate all of our collections through one circ desk, but have a much shorter reshelving period for course materials (less than an hour) than for the general collection (up to a day). It would be useful to set different time to reshelve periods for these collections.

    17 votes
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  20. Generate Feedback Message with Link to E-Resource Activation Task

    When creating an e-activation task for an electronic inventory item directly from the portfolio or collection, the feedback message contains only an informational message that the task was completed but does not contain a link to the task on the E-Resource Activation Task List. We would like to see a feedback message that would include a direct link to the task so that the user can then handle the task (for example, assign the task to themselves or to others.)

    We would also like to see a feedback message containing a link to the newly created task when submitting an…

    30 votes
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