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Enable setting of Personal Delivery Locations from Resource Sharing Form
In November 2023, The following was developed for holds based on this Idea Exchange suggestion Allow users to enter an address for home delivery – Have an idea for Ex Libris? (exlibrisgroup.com) We would like to have the same functionality available for the Resource Sharing Form as well. Our consortium policy allows for home delivery of materials from another's library. Obviously, this might not be welcome for all but without this functionality, we cannot see it being feasible to turn on this functionality for just local requests.
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More frequent resource sharing notifications
Enable the option to send notifications to users who place resource sharing requests for each stage of the process. This will give users a better sense of where their requests are, instead of just sending them into a black hole with no idea when they might arrive. This is similar to the way that online shopping provides notifications for each stage of a purchase, and is something users are coming to expect.
12 votesHello All,
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Populate Additional Information for Articles from the DOI or PMID Fields
The idea is to populate additional information for LENDING article requests from the DOI or PMID fields and not just for BORROWING article requests
10 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Add multiple Central catalog integration profile with the enable/disable button
The background:
To add the backup CALIS path (or host) to the integration profile. When the primary CALIS host failed, the library admin can switch the profile quickly instead of modifying the configuration directly to avoid any misconfig.
Request:
It will pop up an error when adding another or multiple Central catalog integration profile to Alma. So we would suggest to add multiple Central catalog integration profile with the enable/disable button, so we could choose and enable the backup host quickly when the primaiy host failed.
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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Adding the borrower code stats to the patron detailstable in the fullfiment subject area
The fullfiment subject area contains several tables related to the readers who borrowed the document including the "patron details" and "borrower details" tables. According to the documentation the data stored in the patron detail table are the characteristics of the reader at the time of the transaction. The "borrower details" table stores the characteristics of the reader at the time of the request.
It would be useful if the patron statistical codes were stored in the "patron details" table so that they can be historized.
Indeed, like many other libraries, we use these statistics to identify the academic department…7 votes -
Hold active until (collection) date
currently the time a requested book is held for a borrower does not show unless you go into the Active holds lists. It would be helpful if this was shown when the book is checked in and on the notice that automatically goes to the printer (which we put in the book until the book is collected)
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role scopes in api
We are trying to build a simple application where our staff can request Alma roles be added to an account.
We can retrieve a list of all roles from the Alma API for users to choose from; however, this list does not clarify what scopes are available for which roles.
Can this info be provided via the API?
3 votesHello all,
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Enable 1 Alma Print Daemon to Serve Multiple Printers
I am thankful that the Alma Printouts Queue and Print Daemon exists. The free email service bundled with our printers has proven to be unreliable at times.
However it is unfortunate that 1 PC can only run 1 instance of the Print Daemon software. So to map multiple Alma printers to multiple local printers requires running the Daemon on multiple servers.
The enhancement I am requesting is for this software to be able to map multiple Alma printers each to their own separate local printer. For example
- Alma Printer Main Circ Desk -> Local Printer BLDGAFLR2-7
- Alma Printer Rare…
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Renewing resource sharing requests in Lending
Resource Sharing lending and renewals.
Currently you can only change the date in the lending side by searching for the barcode in physical items and clicking edit, scrolling down to the date box allows you to update. This information is carried across into the catalogue but not on the lending resource page, we can find no way to manually change here either. It would be great if once the date has been changed in one Resource Sharing area it is displayed in all.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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Allow truncated resource sharing renewals
When a renewal is requested by a user through Primo, the system appears to automatically ask for a renewal period that equals the loan period which is theoretically fine except that if they request the renewal late enough in their loan it can bump up against the renewal limit or it can bump against the Due Date/Max Renewal Date in the lending side TOU. The main problem here is it doesn't truncate. For example, if you can't get the full 6 week renewal, it doesn't give you ANY renewal at all, it just says no. So it's possible you…
3 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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Add "Prefer Open Access resources" option on the Online Services Order page
Configuring the Online Services Order (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/090Discovery_Interface_Display_Logic/035ViewIt#Configuring_the_Order_of_Online_Services) includes several options, including an "Additional Preferences" section where one can choose whether or not to prioritize CZ collections, source service, ID based linking services, or prefer resources with a PO Line. However, there is no option for prioritizing OA resources. In order to allow libraries to make Open Access resources more readily available to end users, in this idea, I request that a preference be added to this list, "Prefer Open Access resources." Like the other "Additional Preferences" option, there would be a radio button to select "Yes" or "No." I…
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Add a SUSHI account column in the usage statistics missing data page
Currently, a lot of publishers have chosen SilverChair as their platform, e.g. Duke University Press, Geological Society of America, American Medical Association, etc. Their COUNTER reports all have SilverChair as the platform. In the Alma Usage statistics Missing Data page, their harvesting are all together under SilverChair. One day, when one or more of the publishers have problem harvesting, we would not know just by looking at the Missing Data page, because other publishers may have harvested data under SilverChair.
Requesting Ex Libris to add a SUSHI account column so usage data with the same platform will be differentiated…
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Support CID: resource_sharing_request_id in Letters
The Internal Identifier (XML resourcesharingrequestid) is the required file name for the batch automatic delivery of digital lending requests via the Automatically Ship Rapido Digital Requests job. The Internal Identifier is 17 characters. Supporting CID: resourcesharingrequestid within print slip letters XSL would allow the Internal Identifier to be scanned by a barcode scanner during the digitization workflow of physical materials instead of an operator manually typing in a 17 character identifier which increases errors and is time consuming.
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Resolvable URL that links to the ALMA record
From doing a search outside of ALMA, I have an MMS_id for a record I want to look at. (E.g. 9913920213502836 )
I want to be able to share this record page with a colleague, or store a pointer to the record in a document or spreadsheet.
The most useful approach would be to use a URL, where I could display the MMSid as the text, while pointing to the record as the URL ( e.g. www.myalmadomain/mng/action/showrecord.do?mms_id=9913920213502836 )
Because of how the page is built, there doesn’t appear to be a single url I can use…
6 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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Configure return (pop-up) notes
Dear,
New Alma UI: when you now return an item that is requested, you get a pop-up with an overload of notes, most of which are not useful and which make you search quite a bit for the information you are actually looking for.
In any case, (see attachment) those last two notes are redundant. The first two are also redundant, but perhaps that second note is useful in case it concerns a lost book and no fine is generated at the time of return.
Can ExLibris allows us to configure the display of these notes? (Similar to the…15 votes -
queue digitization
Patron Digitisation Request and Queue.
Could it be possible to provide a mechanism whereby you can supply a patron digitisation request where that request may be not the next request in the queue so as to expedite the fulfillment of those requests. As the queue contains both physical holds and patron digitisation, there is often a window of opportunity in which to scan from the print and supply whilst the item is on the hold shelf for user who is 0 in the queue or prior to the item arriving on the holdshelf if there is a lag set1 voteHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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ensure that when 'po_line_description_update_upon_bib_change' enabled, subfield A does not get overwritten by subfield L in 022
Sharing description from our Cataloger, CH:
We believe the following describes a defect.
Support indicates it is an enhancement request and suggests we propose on Idea Exchange.
Background:
1) We turned on the ‘polinedescriptionupdateuponbibchange’ enhancement in the sandbox.
2) The enhancement overwrote the $$l instead of pulling in the $$a from 022 – this behavior describes a defect
None of the following 3 options allow us to properly use the ‘polinedescriptionupdateuponbibchange’ enhancement:
1. Ideally, we want to enable the ‘polinedescriptionupdateuponbibchange’ function to…10 votes -
Allow multiple levels of nesting for functions in Dynamic URLs
I am requesting the ability to nest the same or different functions multiple times (at least five, but preferably many more).
Use Case: Sometimes it is necessary to replace multiple strings in a dynamic URL.
For example, I need to replace three different characters for Nexis Uni:
1) Replace + with a space
2) Replace & with an empty string (effectively removing &s)
3) Replace : with an empty string (effectively removing :s)This is what the dynamic URL would look like:
IF(rft.atitle)
https://advance.lexis.com/search?pdsearchterms=TITLE%28%22REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({rft.atitle},%3A,""),%26,""),+,"%20")%22%29&pdtypeofsearch=urlapi&pdstartin=snapshot&pdsearchtype=bool&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
IF(rft.stitle)
https://advance.lexis.com/search?pdsearchterms=PUBLICATION%28%22REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({rft.atitle},%3A,""),%26,""),+,"%20")%22%29&pdtypeofsearch=urlapi&pdstartin=snapshot&pdsearchtype=bool&pdmfid=1516831&pdisurlapi=true
IF()
https://www.nexisuni.comCurrently, if that dynamic URL is entered in Alma, Alma returns…
6 votesHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year with fewer than 20 votes. This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the CERV process. We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team.
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RS Search box
We would like to perform searches based on two parameters: Title and Requester, so we can identify similar/duplicate requests by the same patron.
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Export normalized call numbers for requested items in the "Print Slip Report" feature
When the "Print Slip Report" feature in Fulfillment > Resource Requests > Pick From Shelf is exported into a spreadsheet, LC call numbers are included—but normalized call numbers are not. This leads to less efficiency in pulling requested items (e.g., size designations sort under "Q" for "Quarto," LC class numbers of differing length sort improperly). Please add a normalized call number column to the output for proper sorting by call number.
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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