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  1. Alma / Primo VE: Configuration - Including the category headings in search results

    The configuration's search function in Alma and Primo VE allows us to find specific components. However the category headings are not included in the search results. For example, if I search for Letters, I only get Letters Configuration but not Components Configuration (which is under the Letters heading)

    Adding the category headings and all their entries to the search index & results might help improve findability of certain configuration screens.

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  2. Visible lending numbers and dates

    It would be nice to immediately see the lending numbers for a book and the last lending date.
    Now you have to click to open this information for each copy + you can only have the information for a single book open at a time (overview is lost)
    Lending numbers and dates are used for decisoins on new purchases, replacements and general collection care.

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  3. Patron discovery activity should be viewable in Manage Fulfillment Activities

    It would be very useful to be able to access a dashboard via "Manage fulfillment activities" that would show stats for the Patron's Discovery activity -- for example, the number of times they have signed into their account, etc.

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  4. Counting items without call number or call number type in Range Shelf Report

    Items without call number and items with call number type being blank cannot be counted properly in Range Shelf Report.
    We want to be able to produce a shelf report by multiplying only "Library" and "Location".
    Is it possible to change the required item to the arbitrary item in "Range" setting ?
    Because there are some items without "Call number" or "Call number type" in a Location.
    And items with material type such as issue don't have "Call number".

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  5. Los recursos digitales con dominio de la Institución

    Los recursos que se gestionan con Alma digital deben verse en la web con el dominio de la Institución y no con el dominio de Alma. Esto ayuda al posicionamiento web institucional y al mejoramiento de las métricas que es el objetivo cuando se crea un Repositorio

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  6. Fulfillment Administrator in Read Only but Box option to Configure all library calendar

    It would be great to just have the option in Fulfillment Administrator role to Configure Institution calendar and all library calendar activating box option even for Read Only enabled.

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  7. Merge/overlay authority records

    The merging/overlaying functionality is not currently available for Authority records in Alma.
    It would be very useful, especially in a cooperative cataloguing environment as SBN, where we operate; as a matter of fact, we do not use ready-made bibliographic records prepared by a national agency, but every library contributes to the general national catalogue.

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  9. Accessibilty issues

    I suggest ( and personally need) the possibility to adapt the layout to people with visual challenges. I have a limitation of the visus from both eyes to the left side (emianopsia) and I would work better if I could move the toolbar to the right and adapt the screen size (mantaining its proportions).

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  10. Monitor and view imports

    In Alma, imports that come into the system can be available to monitor and view in two different but almost identical areas:

    1. The Acquisitions tab -> Monitor and View Imports:

    or

    2: The Resources tab -> Monitor and View imports:

    This page lists the different import profiles that show up in the Acquisitions area vs. the Resources area. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/040Resource_Management/060Record_Import/080Monitor_and_View_Import_Jobs

    It is not very user friendly to have two different, almost identical looking areas, to check for and monitor imports like this. Especially as the import profiles themselves can be equally managed via Resources (Manage Import profiles) or Acquisitions (Manage Import…

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  11. Allow locally created options for SUSHI scheduling

    Options for SUSHI schedule are fairly limited. Different libraries have varying deadlines for statistics to be reported to administrators. It would be nice if libraries could add a personalized schedule to when SUSHI harvesting is accomplished, especially given the time lag between when it is run and when data is available in analytics, which can make manually running it impractical.

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  12. portfolio's material type

    Add "chapter" in portfolio's material type
    Hello,
    At the moment, when creating or editing a portfolio for a chapter, it is not possible to precise that it's an chapter portfolio (you can precise that it's a book but no chapter)
    We would like to add "chapter" in Electronic Portfolio Editor > electronic material type's field.
    Best regards,
    Gianna

    3 votes
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  13. ability to customize xsl to better display creator names

    We would like to customize our display so that our imported data in Alma-D can include commas between the first and last name of creators, and possibly other styling. Currently our creators display as "David Paul Photographer" when we'd rather they displayed as "David, Paul (Photographer)" which is what we had in our old, Islandora, system. Apparently we need to be able to customize XSL to do this.

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  14. Custom Reordering of POL Notes

    Currently it is only possible to sort notes in POLs by existing columns "Created on", "Updated On" and "Updated by". It would be beneficial to be able to reorder notes in a drag and drop method, or to shift them up and down, in order to control what notes are at the top. Currently after editing a note, once saved, it gets pushed to the top of the POL notes which can distort the order and flow of the order that we wish the notes to appear in.

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  15. Alma Digital Patron Deposit Status Report from Analytics

    The Digital Inventory Subject Area includes fields for the Deposit ID and an "Is Deposit" flag, but not the status of the deposit. Being able to generate reports of the actual deposit status would assist in refining workflows and addressing unresolved deposits.

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  16. Speed up the cataloging process in Alma

    I recently migrated from Voyager, and I'm finding Alma helpful with the Normalization Rules. However, it needs the following improvements to speed up the cataloging process for someone who is working with print materials or media (not eBooks):
    1. Please set individual user preferences by adding Item Defaults in Ama for Material type, Copy ID, and Item Policy. When pressing Alt+I, this will help automatically populates those boxes.
    2. When cataloging and pressing Ctrl I for the Holdings, it would be helpful to send you to the Edit automatically and automatically populate the call number and location (if not already…

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  17. Ability to exclude records with a linked inventory when doing a search All titles "Has inventory" equals "No"

    Bibliographic records related to the holding of another bibliographic record should not be considered without inventory

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  18. Create a POL on a set of electronic portfolios

    At the moment we think that it is not possibile in Alma to create a POL for a set of electronic portfolios in an electonic collection. We are suggested by support to create an order and attach to it the list of the portfolios and add a note to mention this. This is a workaround that solve partially the issue. Could be found a solution for this case?

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  19. Have "Status" of a resource sharing request be separate from the "External ID"

    In Alma under User information > Manage fulfillment activities > Requests > Resource Sharing Requests, the "Status" and "External ID" is in the same field. We request that the status of an item be in a separate column from the external ID.

    Doing this will:
    * Avoid confusion as to what is the status vs what is the external ID
    * Make copying the External ID easier without having to remove the status information

    3 votes
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  20. Add multiple Terms and Conditions for different deposit forms

    Add multiple Terms and Conditions for different deposit forms.

    We're using patron deposit forms for different material types (syllabi, theses, archival materials). There's only one "file" under Config > Resources > Deposit > Terms and Conditions
    All we can do is edit a single "terms and conditions file" for all deposits. Documentation is found at the link below and seems to allude to multiple files, but support says there's only one to customize.

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Digital_Resource_Management/040Creating_Digital_Inventory/030Deposits/Configuring_Deposits#Configuring_Terms_and_Conditions

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