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Email notification to ISO Partners about Overdue Items
We would like for the Borrowing Library to receive an email notification (in addition to the patron) when an item is Overdue.
Since Dec. 2018 this option is available for NCIP Partners, but not for ISO Partners12 votes -
Link to next higher level when Alma can't match to article or chapter
When Alma cannot successfully link to an article because of no exact match is found, it would be helpful for Alma to use alternative metadata, such as the page number, to target. It would also be useful to users to be taken to the next higher level of the publication, e.g., the journal issue page. If there is uncertainty about the issue, then users should be taken to the journal page.
This problem frequently arises for short pieces and book reviews. For example, some journals publish book reviews in a section entitled, "Book Reviews", rather than as separate articles. In…44 votes -
Link holdings when creating an order for an existing physical standing order.
Currently when a new order is created for an existing standing order, with "Assign inventory manually" checked, the user has to create the POL then exit before entering the supplier, price, fund code, and other information.
The POL then has to be linked to the holdings, which is an entirely separate process. Only when this is done can the necessary order information be entered.
Allowing the user to link to existing holdings as part of creating the order would make this a much more seamless process.1 vote -
Facetting, RESEARCH
Facetting: to display the current publishing year at the top and not at the end of the list. The librarian should descide if he wants the Facetting of the YEAR shown from.
In our library its Always the most recent published books we are interessted in.3 votes -
block fine message
Allow the block message for the fine limit to be customized. Currently, the block message shows that the fine limit has been reached and then shows the amount owed. This is confusing to Student Assistants who only read the first part of the message and relate to the patron that the fine limit is all that is owned in overdue fines and fees.
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Merge electronic services from the same vendor/interface in the viewit
When there are multiple services in the viewit from the same vendor/interface, Alma should merge them instead of showing of the same vendor name multiple times which just confuses patrons.
In the end the link goes to the same place - just coming from different packages from the same vendor we got12 votes -
Search by Author
There does not appear to be a way to search by author. Keyword search does not search by author either. (Listed as Book By in the program)
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Keystrokes For Shortcut Ctrl+W (Close) Is Too Similar To Alt+W (Patron ID)
Ctrl+W Should Not Close The Window. It Is Too Easy To Mix It Up With Alt+W. Often a person is waiting to be helped and I accidentally use Ctrl+W instead of Alt+W to pull up the box to scan a patron's identification card and consequently the Alma Window closes, requiring me to find your web page and log-in again while the Patron stares at me getting frustrated.
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Add "View" action for publishing profiles
When creating a new publishing profiles, it can be helpful to look at other profiles for guidance. Currently, the only option to view another profile is to select Edit from the actions menu. If the user is trying to edit a profile and wants to view another one at the same time, the only practical way to do that is to open a different browser and view the profile there. Having two profiles open in the same browser can have negative consequences, as we learned at Oklahoma State-Stillwater, when two publishing profiles were merged and EXL had to help us…
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Bibliographic records editing history
Here is an enhancement request concerning bibliographic records editing history.
Currently, the "View Versions" can only tell the different version of a bib. record. However, this cannot tell logging history of updating/editing the bib. records, e.g. who add/remove a MARC fields/who suppressed/released the bib. record etc. This is no history tab to keep tracking the changes of a bib. record which is unlike other history tab functionality available in other Alma pages, e.g.
• The PO Line Summary page when editing a PO line
• The Physical Item Editor page when editing item records
• The License Terms Details page…88 votes -
Browsing habits
Use the browsing habits of users in Primo to send automatic content suggestions
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Alma RSS feed shouldn't be limited to physical items set
The RSS feature in Alma provides a feed to Primo, identifying new items published or added to the inventory. Currently, it seems that RSS Publishing is limited to PHYSICAL items (as mentioned in the documentation), and that that newly activated portfolios or electronic collections cannot be taken into account and included in a set. It matters a lot to us that RSS Publishing is effective for physical items and electronic portfolios
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Progressive overdue fine calculation in Fulfillment
The existing overdue fine settings in Alma Term of Use (TOU) can only allow library to set a 'flat' rate for fine. (e.g. $1 per day for the whole overdue period). It would be great if Alma can allow progressive overdue fine setting (e.g. $1 per first 3 days and $2 thereafter).
This suggestion allows greater flexibility in fine setting and also encourage patrons to return overdue items earlier.
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Allowing the ability to freely assign different jobs to different users.
There are cases where we want the user to only be able to handle a specific task that is beyond their user role, but currently in order to do that we have to assign them with roles that allows them access to jobs we don’t want them to have access to.
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Add additional text in Metadata Editor - Holdings Form
When editing a holdings-record in Metadata Editor when using the holdings form, we would like to see additional text added to the field information to inform the cataloger about which MARC-field they're editing.
For example, when editing the field "Location" there is no information about which MARC-field this belongs to in the record. There should be an additional text next to the field name saying either (MARC-field X/Subfield X) or (XXX $X).
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43 votes
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Allow batch deletion of digital collections
Batch creation is possible by EAD import, but batch deletion is impossible. Even though batch deletion for a collection with its sub-collections is allowed, there are limitations that the collections should be empty and must be in the same hierarchy. It would be great if I can make a set with the scattered empty collections' PIDs and delete them at once, as long as there is no sub-collection of the to-be-deleted collection.
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Include an item's total number of checkouts within the item record or physical item editor
There doesn't seem to be a way to view the number of times a item has been checked out, aside from going in the item history and manually counting every transaction. Frequency of use is an important data point for catalog curation and maintenance.
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Set the sender address to the address of the staff that made the PO and automatically forward the mail to the said staff.
With multiple librarians handling PO, this can help us keep better track of PO details and increase process efficiency.
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Purchase Request Suggestion
Enable Purchase Requests to be auto-assigned to a specific user based on either fund code or name/EID of the person submitting the request.
1 vote
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