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  1. Please add 3xx field support in Bibliographic Details dimension of Alma Analytics

    Currently there are many fields in the 3xx range which are not supported OTB in the Bibliographic Details dimension of Alma Analytics.
    We have mapped 300 to a Local Param several years ago, but we are stymied in our work updating to RDA consistently as the desired foundation for then considering LOD work in BIBFRAME, given this is a key area with many 3xx fields utilised such as 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, 344, 345, 346, 347, 380 and 382.
    Although the number of Local Params increased in 2024 finally from 10 to 30 we use many of these…

    1 vote
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  2. Be able to control access rights by user login combined with patron role with a specific scope at library level.

    Be able to control access rights by user login combined with patron role with a specific scope at library level.
    Example:
    Be able to specify a parameter in the access rules that grant access to the representation on Library A if the patron is logged in and his patron role scope = Library A, meaning, only user logged in and belonging to that library are able to access that document.

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  3. Alma - Analytics - Users - Add field 'Has password' true/false

    Sometimes users may have no password set. For example, in our system we have some internally managed users left with no password when Alma switched to external IDP. Filtering them in Analytics would be useful, but currently there is no way to do so.

    Please add Add field 'Has password' true/false in Alma Analytics Users dimension.

    15 votes
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  4. Option for support from within EU for EU customers

    There should be an option for Alma customers within the EU to allow access opportunities for Ex Libris staff in the EU only. The purpose is to increase the compliance with GDPR by
    limiting access to data by US intelligence authorities as far as possible.

    19 votes
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  5. Add information regarding level URL clickthroughs to Analytics

    Currently only clickthrough for portfolios are being captured in Analytics. It would be great if level URL clickthrough's in Electronic Collection could also be captured.

    3 votes
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  6. Add a ToU configuration option to block renewals only once a loan becomes overdue.

    We would like to be able to prevent users from renewing certain loans in Primo once they become overdue. This is often what we want for equipment, for example.

    This should not be a user-level block, but rather an item-level block. Any other items the user wishes to renew should be renewable in Primo, but we want users to have to return overdue items first.

    As an illustrative example, we have items that check out for 3 hours. We want these items to be returned before the library closes each day, but we want to allow online renewals throughout the…

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  7. Include more than 30 or an unlimited number of local parameters in Alma Analytics

    We find Analytics to be very powerful, but we are hampered by its limitation to only selected MARC and a limit of 30 local parameters.

    We hope ExLibris will include more or an unlimited number of local parameters in the future.

    When we signed up for Alma, our team expected all MARC bib codes would be available in Analytics and they are not. In addition, we have defined several local fields and must assign them a local parameter to be able to output them in Analytics. We have been rationing the 30-alloted local parameters ever since.

    17 votes
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  8. Add a new vocabulary in the CZ

    We have in NZ of CCUC (Catalan Union Catalog) a vocabulary in Catalan that is a controlled language used for indexing the genre or form and it can be used in bibliographic records together with any other subject heading system. Its use is of interest to any library that uses Catalan as the language of the catalog (for example, libraries in Andorra, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, etc.). Some of these libraries use ALMA and have requested that this vocabulary be accessible in the CZ in order to use it.
    Therefore, we request the indexing of the TGFC vocabulary…

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  9. General electronic service in Get It should built with information from the main bib and not from related record

    General electronic services are built using data from the context object.

    When there are related bibliographic records, the context object is sometimes created with the related record's information.

    As a result, the general electronic service has the related records information - e.g. ISBN.

    Desired outcome

    General electronic services in getit should use the main record's data and not related record's data.

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  10. 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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  11. scan in items: Define the value of the "Register in-house use" blank by default

    The value of the ‘Register In-House Use’ box is saved from session to session. This causes errors by staff who forget to activate or deactivate it as appropriate, so that statistical data may not be reliable.
    We would like to propose that this field could be set to a default value (e.g. blank) and that staff should activate the tick when registering in-house use.

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  12. Webhook that runs when a user is updated, to show what information was changed for that user

    I tried setting a webhook to run when a user is updated.

    I wanted to know what information was changed for that user. To me, this is the most obvious use case for the user webhook.

    However, i get what seems like the post-changed user information only. I am unable to tell what information was changed.

    Request for the user webhook to contain information about what information was changed for the user.

    6 votes
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  13. Add email address to Contact People table in Vendor Details>Contact People

    We are configuring Vendors as new Alma customers, and we wish it was easier to immediately see the Vendor Contact People email addresses (and easily copy and paste them or even hyperlink) without having to click into the record to track down the email address.
    Please see screenshot attached showing where this information would be helpful.
    If there is a way to make the email address visible that we have not discovered as Alma newbies, I'd also love to learn this!
    Thank you,

    Abigail Wickes (she/her/hers)
    Electronic Resources Management Librarian
    Email: abigail.wickes@duke.edu

    16 votes
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  14. Add Open Access eBooks from the publisher intercom Verlag, Zürich into the Alma Community Zone

    The young publishing house intercom Verlag at Zürich (Switzerland) is publishing Open Access ebooks in the Humanities.
    It would be great to add an eCollection of these ebooks to the Community Zone in Alma to make these fine books available.
    https://intercomverlag.ch/about/
    https://www.intercom-mono.com/

    3 votes
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  15. Add an additional audio track in the Alma Digital viewer

    With the announcement of the new ADA rules implementing WCAG 2.1 requirements for audio-assisted descriptions for streaming video (see https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#audio-description-prerecorded), we would like Alma Digital to accept an additional audio track in its film viewer that would play simultaneously with the video. While we can currently add an additional file to the Alma Digital representation, it cannot play simultaneously with the video.

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  16. Ability to sort subfields in holding records

    Currently, there is an option to sort subfields for BIB records, but there is no option to sort subfields for HOLDING records.
    As an administrator for Alma, it would be helpful to have the ability to sort subfields in holdings records. For example, I was adding a subfield 3 to 583 holding records via normalization rules and the subfield was added at the end of the holdings tag. I desired the subfield 3 to be listed first in the 583, but it was not possible to do.

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  17. Add Alma support for microlanguages and language codes recognised by Library of Congress, including Austlang

    Alma’s support for Language for search indexing, facet, and display is hardcoded for 041 to the 3 digit MARC Code List for Languages.
    This excludes languages recognised by Library of Congress, such as Austlang languages which were recognised more than 6 years ago in 2018.
    This issue has been addressed in Primo in 2021 and 2022 with customer advocacy efforts, but remains a glaring omission within Alma.
    See details: https://igelu.org/primo-support-for-austlang-and-iso-639-3/

    The only option currently within Alma for searching this data is to use the keyword field to search by information such as C15, and then use the Language filter to…

    86 votes
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  18. Analytics re-fresh (ETL) time should be reevaluated

    I understand that an ETL is run at the same time for all the institutions in a specific data center. Institutions in a specific data center should be from a similar geographic area. If that is not possible, the servers should be grouped by geographic regions spanning approximately 3-4 hours time differences.

    The time of the ETL run should be optimized across clients in the given geographical area. For example, if the clients are largely from the United States, the ETL could run close to midnight Eastern, which would be close to 9 PM Pacific.

    1 vote
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  19. Add Mintel Global Outlook on Sustainability Reports to CZ

    Request to add Mintel reports on Global Outlook on Sustainability to the Community Zone

    These are recently released reports in September 2024

    3 votes
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  20. Add Cancellation Reason code and Notes to the Interested In Letter XML

    This essentially replicates an earlier request that was closed in 2021 without resolution:

    https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/44262498-request-to-add-cancellation-reason-and-cancellatio

    We would like to have Cancellation Reason code and Cancellation Note available in the XML that is supplied to the Interested In letter template. The Cancellation Reason code is a distinct field In Analytics, so I would hope that this would be easy to add to the XML. The cancellation note might be trickier -- it is stored as a PO Line Note in Analytics. If the cancellation note is just one of several PO Line notes in Alma, we would be happy to have all…

    8 votes
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