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General hold request only to display for journals
Currently, the General hold request (GHR) is triggered based on whether or not at least one item on the holding has a description in the item description field.
We would like to change the trigger to target specifically series, as many of our items have descriptions without being a journal issue. As criteria, the bibliographic level of the bib record (=s) could serve.
The GHR would then only appear for actual journals.2 votesHello All,
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Make Requester Notes a Searchable Field on Manage Purchase Requests Screen
In Alma Purchase Requests, Requester Notes often contain important information included in the request which isn’t encoded in available fields, and for which recall via search would prove useful. Please add the ability to search Requester Notes from the Manage Purchase Requests screen to make this information easier to recall, and to make it possible to recall multiple results with similar Requestor Notes information.
12 votesHello All,
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We would like to request an enhancement to the Item Scan feature in the library system.
We would like to request an enhancement to the Item Scan feature in the library system.
It would be helpful if the "Permanent Location" field could be included in the scanned items list after scanning is completed.
Since the current Destination may sometimes be assigned to a temporary shelf (e.g., New Arrivals Shelf), we would like to be able to view the item's final destination, namely its Permanent Location, at the same time.
If possible, we would also like the columns to be displayed in the following order:
Title / Destination / Location / Barcode
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Ability to delete/remove redundant copyright records from the Approval Requests list
We would like the ability to delete/withdraw or otherwise remove pending copyright approval requests in the Approval Requests list.
There are a few reasons why a Library may wish to do this:
-Associated citation has since been deleted
-Patron digitization request has been cancelled
-Citations with copyright records that require manual approval were added to the Approval Requests List as part of the rollover. However, some of these units will not be using Leganto and will never submit a reading list.
In these cases, rejecting copyright is not appropriate as there was no genuine request for copyright…27 votes -
Feature Request: Add Vendor Filter for "Acquisitions > In Process Items"
We would like to request the addition of a Vendor filter in the Acquisitions > In Process Items screen.
Currently, we organize processing items by distinguishing between purchased and donated materials. However, there is no way to filter or sort processing items by vendor, making it necessary to open and check each individual item to identify its vendor information for purchased materials.
Adding Vendor as a filter option would allow users to quickly view and organize processing items by vendor, significantly improving the efficiency of the acquisitions workflow.
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Adding a parameter to block the request queue for physical items at the title level
The request queue can be confusing for library users, as such requests are often canceled due to lack of copies. With title-level requests, the library should be able to decide whether or not to allow a queue for physical item requests. It should be possible to create a parameter for this to allow blocking the queue.
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When a patron renews in Primo an item from other institution borrowed by the resource sharing library should create a "Task requiring your..
When a patron renews in Primo an item from other institution borrowed by the resource sharing library the staff does not get a message of this request. The only thing is that the borrowing request changes its status to "Mediated Patron Renewal"
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Enhanced “In Transit” flow/functionality
We encounter a lack of important functionality to efficiently follow-up on In transit requests (physical item requests to another pick-up location). We would like the functionality to be extended with the following additional features:
1. A patron facing letter when the requested item is placed “in transit” by the owning library, so that the patron is better informed of the status of his request.
We want to create a situation that once a requested item is being transported, there is in fact no way back and a fee needs to paid.
2. To make…122 votes -
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 information3 votesHello 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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Alma Product Team
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Import Profiles - support mapping to E-Collection
See https://enhancements.exlibrisusers.org/ideas/AENH-I-36318
We need the ability to map to Electronic Collection. Because you cannot map to E-Collection, you have to have a separate profile for each collection for which you want to load portfolios. This dramatically increases the number of profiles we need to maintain. In addition, this requires more staff to have the ability to modify import profiles, even though the only thing changing each time is the collection name.
Mapping either the collection name (exact match) or the collection ID would be sufficient. This will enable more uniform loading of records.
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Notify receiver of Hold Items
Currently within an order when the Hold Item box is ticked for an Interested User the patron physical item request is not placed for the item until after the item is received.
This means that receiving staff do not get the pop up notification that the item has a user request at the time the item is received.Upon receipt of an item that contains an Interested User with the Hold Item checked can you please generate the same pop up notification generated for physical item requests.
We have found that we have to manually add the physical item …
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Add a "Pick up location" line under the "Pick Up Requested Resources" columns
For institutions with multiple campuses that share items, there is no way to see what the pick-up location for an item is on the Pickup Requested Resources page. you must export the data to excel, print it out, process the hold, or search for the item's request separately. This creates a lot of unnecessary steps for such simple information and makes it difficult for institutions that track item movement between campuses. My suggestion is to add a line in the columns under each request that states what the pick-up location is. View files to see example. Thank you
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Producing the shipping forms by supplier
Each time a request has been marked "Ship" or "Return", the request details will be collected on a "Shipping Form" (by supplier).
When ready to ship a package -with returned/requested books- to another library, "print form" will:
1. Produce a full detailed form to include with the box
2. Will start a new form for future package.80 votes -
add log information in the request view audit trail menu.
We hope to add the operation account and specific operation time for each operation in the request view audit trail menu.
1 voteHello all,
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Option to mark Home Delivery addresses added during requests as "Preferred"
Most of our patrons do not have a pre-registered address in their records, so we rely heavily on the Home Delivery option in Primo VE, which allows users to provide their address directly during the request process. While this feature is highly valued by our patrons, it presents a significant operational issue because these addresses are not automatically marked as "Preferred" in Alma. Consequently, this information does not appear on the patron’s activity page and, more critically, it cannot be retrieved within the Analytics Fulfillment subject area, where only preferred addresses are accessible for reporting.
To resolve this, we request…
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Clone Requests
We have a need to easily copy requests, especially booking requests. For example, our media library frequently needs to book the same item for the same faculty member multiple times. A faculty member may be teaching 3 sections of the same course, on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The library staff member would like to make a single request on Monday, and copy the request for Tuesday and Thursday easily, or add multiple dates/times to the same booking request.
4 votesHello 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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Alma Product Team
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A separate booking calendar
Now, it is not possible to establish a separate calendar for booking request, the library's opening and closing times are used.
We would like the booking request to have a separate calendar from the Library's general hours.42 votes -
Lending Ship item physically check item barcode matches title
When staff use "Ship Item Physically" from an individual request, there is no check that the item barcode entered into the Ship form matches the item barcode for the title. Staff can accidentally scan a barcode for a different request.
Because the item barcode is already in use, the other request can't be Shipped.
Adding a General setting to check that the item barcode matches the located title would help prevent workflow errors.
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Flag items requested by another user in Patron Services screen
Our desk staff would like to be able to see at a glance which of the items a user has on loan has been requested.
We often have a scenario where a user presents at the desk with a blocked account. We can tell that one or more of the books they have on loan must have been requested, but need to 'View queue' for each of them to find out which ones have a request placed on them.It would be useful to be able to see this information at a glance.
Perhaps a column in the loan…56 votes -
Prevent hold requests for users not eligible for Resource Sharing from being converted into Resource Sharing requests
When you convert a hold request into a resource sharing request, Alma does not check the resource sharing library's borrowing resource sharing fulfillment unit rules to make sure the user is allowed to submit resource sharing requests. This makes it possible to create resource sharing requests for users who do not have resource sharing privileges. When converting a hold request into a resource sharing request, Alma should check the check the borrowing resource sharing fulfillment unit rules. If the user is not allowed to submit resource sharing requests, a warning message should appear.
5 votesHello 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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Alma Product Team
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