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  1. Add Date Due column to patron Fines record

    When a patron questions their fine, I would like to be able to show them: your book was due on this date (date due) and returned on this date (Discharge date found under the comments column). I've already found the Columns list, but Due Date isn't in there. I've also checked with Basecamp and it was suggested I send this in to Ideas Exchange. Thanks!

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  2. Physically Received Items

    Once a book has been physically received, it would be great if it automatically linked to the the patron account. This would save me an extra step of having to check out the book out to the patron. Thanks!

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  3. holds

    Add a flag to a title in the receiving queue, if it has a hold associated with it, regardless of the source of the hold. Right now, unless the hold is initiated in Acquisitions, there is no visible marker in the receiving queue, which causes a problem with batch receiving.

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  4. Ability to create a Titles set from a logical physical item set

    Currently it's not possible to create a Titles set from a logical Physical Items set. Instead, one must first create an itemized set from the logical set, then create a Titles set. We would love to see the option to create a Titles set from a logical physical items set.

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  5. Revert record view back to more "centered" view - "left-shifted" view hard to read

    Monday Feb. 6th, 2017 : new release - has "left-shifted" the record view in the bibliographic and holdings records (this is making viewing more difficult) - can we go back to the more "centered" view that was there previous to this latest update?

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  6. View It in Alma for physical resources

    In Aleph we were able to CTRL + O and see the physical item's record in the OPAC immediately. Now our metadata staff have to wait until the Alma pipe to Primo has run to view their record in Primo. Would it be possible to add a View It, like in the case for e-resources, for physical resources also.

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  7. Make ID fields for which a barcode scanner can be used, programmable to omit first or last characters read in by scanner.

    We import user records for 4 campuses. One campus uses a 9 in front of the student's primary id which can be scanned into Alma. Getting barcode readers to modify a scanned string is difficult, especially on older readers. It would be great if somewhere in the institution parameters, the Primary ID field could be programmed to omit first character only when scanned in using a barcode reader. Ideally, this programming would allow someone to define the parameters so that you could tell Alma, read in from scan digits 1-9, 2-9, 2-8, etc. as there are often alpha/numeric prefixes and…

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  8. Add Process Note as extra column on the In Process Items screen

    Add Process Note (for e.g. Binding Work Order Type) as an extra column to the In Process Items screen.

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  9. Make the list price box on the create pol form interactive.

    Make the list price box on the create pol form interactive, so we do not have to click on the box, remove the 0.00, and then key price. This would be helpful in other places in Alma, as well.

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  10. Report on workflow profiles assigned to resource sharing partners

    We would like the ability to report on the workflow profiles assigned to Resource Sharing partners. This would allow us to easily determine the partners which have borrowing and lending workflows assigned as well as easily seeing the particular workflow profile assigned to each, including those which are shared amongst multiple partners.

    At the moment this is checked by selecting each individual partner. If this could be added to the export available on the Tools option in the partner list we could easily retrieve the required information without the need to manually check every partner. This will be particularly useful…

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  11. [Alma] - export items job - csv format - always add / embed in double quotes as text qualifiers / delimiters

    Right now in Alma, when running a job to export a set of Items in csv format, double quotes are added only to values containing commas (see attached example).
    Which is not wrong at all, but it would be much better (e.g. for postprocessing the file in a text editor or using regex) if the double quotes were always added by default in the .csv format.
    For example, right now is.
    03149898,Machine à lettres,MeMo,Book,"Magnani, Julien",AM 22800
    but it would be much easier to process if it were:
    "03149898","Machine à lettres","MeMo","Book","Magnani, Julien","AM 22800".

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  12. add 'append fields to a record' functionality

    In Aleph, we used a lot the job p-manage-18 (load Aleph sequential record format) with the parameter: Update current records in the database - Append fields to a record.

    This is no longer possible in Alma, I can only overwrite a record completely, but not add fields to a existing record.
    The only way at the moment is to export an existing record (to MarcEdit for example), add the new fields there manually, and import the record again.
    Usually, we have to add up to 100 new metadata fields per record, and they are all different per record, therefore I…

    2 votes
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  13. Manage Fulfillment Options

    Resource Sharing actions carried out via Manage Fulfillment Options should appear in the Audit tab by date and operator.

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  14. Template for "Create Items"

    In the Manage Patron Services, it would be very helpful to be able to configure templates that are used when an operator selects "Create item". Then we can only display the fields that are necessary and leave out fields that are unnecessary for that moment.c

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  15. Resource Sharing Letter Preview Link

    Currently Resource Sharing letters must be printed out. Is there a way to add a "view it" link so that staff can preview the letter when printing is unavailable?

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  16. make OCLC delimiter (double dagger (ǂ)) invalid in Alma

    Please make the OCLC delimiter (double dagger (ǂ)) an invalid character in Alma. We all copy and paste information from Connexion. Often, people forget to change the double dagger to the double $$. Please make the double dagger invalid, and require the cataloger to replace with the proper character ($$) before they save the record. Other systems like Voyager make the cataloger replace the double dagger delimiter before they can save the record.

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  17. analytics Itemized sets

    Be able to run Alma Analytics on set of items listed in Itemized sets. I trying to run circulation statistics on set of books captured by Itemized sets but it doesn't look like there is a way to do so.

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  18. It would be helpful to have small checkboxes in the holdings records next to each line item

    It would be helpful to be able to delete or move multiple line items in a holdings record at the same time as we are able to do in the inventory records. A line at a time is very time consuming when we transfer large numbers of items from one library to another.

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  19. Mark resource sharing bib records

    When creating a borrowing request in Alma, Alma transforms the info in a brief bibliographic record. This is great for everything that has to do with Resource Sharing.

    BUT: Librarians who are cataloging find this bib record, don't think twice and just add a holding and an item. So the RS bib record has become a real bibliographic record, but without any one completing the info.

    We would like the resource sharing bib records to be marked somehow so that cataloguers can identify them easily and either complete them or import them from another source.

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  20. Prevent notices from being sent when using "return items" - have notices sent to users only after using "Scan In"

    Once we switch from the classic to the new UI, we've discovered that when we check items in using "return items" hold notices are sent to patrons automatically. Previously, notices were not triggered until we used the "Scan In" option. The item location would appear as "on the holdshelf" regardless, so this is just about notices only. Since there may be reasons why an item may not be ready for patron use (e.g., missing parts / damages / repairs needed, etc), we'd like to have the ability to address those issues before the patron is informed that an item is…

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