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Feature Requests for the NZ Fulfillment Network
Access to Borrowing History Across NZ Institutions
• Feature Request:
Enable librarians to view the borrowing history of their university patrons at other NZ institutions.
• Current Situation:
a. On Network Activity tab, it only displays current FN loans and current FN requests.
b. Librarians cannot directly access the borrowing history or detailed transfer records when their patron borrows books from another NZ institution.
c. Assistance from librarians at the other institution is required, which delays service and limits the ability to provide comprehensive patron support.Show more information on Network Activity tab
• Feature Request:
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Alma TPRS - Remote System ID number 001 is populated in Alma Request UI
Currently,
If TPRS sends their system identification number 001 e.g. "000074745018 " in their system, this 001 field vale does not get populated in the receiving side Alma's Lending request UI despite this value may be found in xml <supplierUniqueRecordId>i.e. ALMA UI > Lending Request > field Remote Record ID = empty
We would like this to be populated in the Lending request Form, so that staff can view Remote Record ID as consistantly reflecting TPRS 001 value, in both Borrowing and Lending requests. Book or Article requests.
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Resource Sharing - display Primary Identifier in Requester pop-up in the Request - Edit
As a librarian processing RS requests, it is useful to be able to see the patron's Primary Identifier when I am editing a request. I can copy this to quickly check a patron's account in Fulfillment.
This information used to be available and is visible in the patron pop-up in the Requests list.
4 votesHi,
The primary ID shows up in both the request form (see https://www.screencast.com/t/ExFVb1dORh5) and the requests list (see https://www.screencast.com/t/r26BrEmpg)
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Add a way to tell if an item/holding has 3 or more open requests
It would be nice to know if a given item or holding has 3 or more open request. It would signal the acquisition that another copy of the title would be helpful. This could be achived for example if the queue number is searchable, either in analytics or in the request search.
115 votes -
Development request: support multi-institution Alma Touchnet integration
We're excited about using the Alma Touchnet connector to automate Touchnet payments into Alma, however we have found that in its current form we can't implement. The reason is we are a multi-branch institution with different libraries each with different funds into which fines money is paid. Right now patrons pay fines in Touchnet by navigating to a separate Touchnet payment page, corresponding to a different library and account, for each library.
Currently, the Alma Touchnet connector can only send payments to one Touchnet site. Then when the payment request comes back, it pays against that patrons account, in Alma,…
6 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Prioritising Digitisation requests over hold requests for processing
Is it possible to have digitisation requests automatically prioritised to the top of a request queue over the physical item requests. Currently all physical item and digitisation requests go by the date they are placed by the patron. We find that patrons are waiting months sometimes just to get a copy of a chapter, where as if all digitisations were automatically at the top of the list they could all be processed and then items loaned to patrons.
68 votes -
Auto-tick Notify User box in Request Cancellation dialogue on Alma
Is there a way to set the ‘notify user’ box within the Request Cancellation dialogue box (Alma) to auto-tick by default? At the moment, the box is blank and we would like to set it up to tick by default so that user notifications don’t accidentally get missed.
The box is within the Request Cancellation dialogue box where you enter the cancellation reason and notes.
3 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Time to reshelve not applicable if there is a request
After testing the Time to reshelve, we found that if an item is requested, the delay for reshelve is not applicable.
It make sense in a way that the on hold shelf is not really a reshelve, but we would like to take into account the delay for reshelve for requested items too. In case of quarantaine.23 votes -
Initiate consortium fulfillment requests for items in another institution from Alma
In our consortium, we would like to be able to place requests for items in other institutions on behalf of our patrons in Alma.
Scenario: a patron (dean, faculty member, etc) calls the circulation desk asking if an item is owned by the library. Circ operator searches Alma and finds the item in a consortium library. Circ operator SHOULD be able to request item in Alma from the patron's record. Right now, circ operator has to tell the patron to search Primo and request on his or her own.
259 votesDevelopment work is in progress, targetting for a 2026/H2 release
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Post download links for digtization requests to user's Primo account
Currently, Alma will post a download link to the user's Primo account when a resource sharing request is filled digitally. Alma does not post a download link to Primo when a digitization request is filled. This difference can be confusing for users, so it would be very helpful if download links for both resource sharing and digitization requests were posted to the user's Primo account.
45 votes -
Converting Digitization request to RS request - The “Requested Pickup Location” should be filled from “Resource sharing library” a requester
When converting a digitization request to resource sharing borrowing request. The “Requested Pickup Location” should be filled by the requesters “Resource sharing library”. Currently there is “No campus” set. As a library that has 8 different campuses, it would be useful to know where the requester wish to pickup the item on conversation. As has an automatic default process, if the item is electronic.
1 voteHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Pop-up window with information about blocks and reader's fees when create a request
It would be helpful if, when filling out the user request form in Alma, a pop-up window with information about the users's blocks and financial obligations appeared when their card number was entered.
A pop-up window exactly like the one that opens when you open a patron's account using the “Manage Patron Services” option.This solution would allow the users to be immediately informed of their obligations and avoid being sent from one station to another.
For example: In our library, fines can only be paid at the station on the ground floor. If the employee at that desk orders…
21 votes -
Request to add Cancellation Reason and Cancellation Note of POL to the Interested In Letter
When cancel POLs that have interested in users, Interested In Letter about this cancellation will be sent to the interested in user. However, despite Cancellation Reason and Cancellation Note could be input during the cancellation, they are not included in the XML file of the Interested In Letter and thus cannot be added into the letter content via letter template customization. We request adding the Cancellation Reason and Cancellation Note into the Interested In Letter XML file so that these information could be revealed to the interested in user who receives the notification.
13 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Monthly Limit Feature for Patron Purchase Requests
We propose adding a feature that enables libraries to set a monthly limit on the number of purchase requests each patron can make. If a patron exceeds this limit, the system should automatically decline their request and display a message explaining the reason, such as: "Each patron is limited to submitting N purchase requests per month.
Thanks!
154 votes -
DIfferent cancellation letters for ILL requests and hold requests
We want to be able to notify users when cancelling an ILL request but, at the moment, as the cancellation letter is shared by Circulation and Resource Sharing and the majority of cancellations are for holds, the letter is sent from the Circulation email address and has a Customer Services signature.
This means that we can not notify a patron directly when we cancel an ILL request as they might want to reply and the email would go to the wrong department.
This means we have to follow a two-step process where we send a query to the patron informing…
26 votes -
Limit to the number of request per item
We would like to have a limit on requests per item? Would it be possible to add this as an option to select (or not), with a self-chosen number for the limit. Otherwise a book could be requested by 25 people for example and after a while (months) it wouldn't be picked-up due to lost interest.
12 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Blocking borrowing requests on books published within the last year
With an active automatic rota for books, borrowing requests sent from Primo to Alma are automatically sent to partner. This applies for books published within the last year as well. Before we activated the autoROTA, we would usually change most of these borrowing requests into purchase requests and place the patron on a waiting list.
New books requested by a patron are often items we want to purchase ourselves, and not spend money on borrowing from our partners in addition. With the autoRota there is no way for us to block these borrowing requests from…198 votesHi,
We’re thinking along the lines of enabling rules that will automatically turn resource sharing requests to purchase requests based on criteria such as:
- Requester User Group
- Copyright related block
- Publication Date within time
- Request failure Yes\No → This will enable to set the rule to work when the request is created or when it is rejectedThe rules output will have options to either create purchase request in addition to the resource sharing one or cancel the resource sharing request and create purchase request instead.
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Add Course Information within Purchase Request to PO Line
It would be very helpful if the details within the 'course information' section of a purchase request fed through to the POL and was visible within the 'Notes' tab of the POL. This would enable staff dealing with the orders to have all the required information in one place and would also make the audit trail more robust.
4 votes -
Allow staff to override if an item type is not requestable
We would like some books (like a reference book) to be non-requestable for a student. However, we would like for staff to be able to put in a request on a student's behalf for a reference book, or perform an override when appropriate.
241 votesHi everyone, thank you for supporting this idea.
I'm happy to announce it has been implemented as part of the February 2026 Alma release.
Refer to the Alma release notes for more information.
Best,
Alma Product
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Easier Navigation when working within a request category
Having "next request" and "previous request" options/buttons when working within a group/category of resource sharing requests within ALMA (e.g. cancelled by patron/staff) similar to OCLC's Worldshare
1 voteHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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