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Items with fulfillment notes cannot be checked out on self checkout machines
Currently items with Fulfillment Notes loaned through the Automated Fulfillment Network (AFN) cannot be checked out on the self checkout machines. Locally owned items with fulfillment notes can be checked out through the machines. Having the ability to checkout all loans on the machines regardless of notes will streamline the process for patrons and service desk staff. It will also eliminate the confusion that occurs when users encounter this situation during the time of checkout.
5 votes -
Allow libraries to edit addresses for resource sharing partners downloaded from the resource sharing directory or created by Rapido
SUNY libraries are using several resource sharing partners that were either downloaded from the Alma resource sharing directory or created automatically by our participation in a mixed Rapido pod. Unfortunately, we cannot edit the shipping addresses for these libraries. SUNY uses a courier for in state delivery, and that courier needs addresses to be formatted in a very specific manner. Also, some SUNY libraries supplement their partner address records with additional information to help streamline the shipping process. Our inability to edit partner address records has forced us to devote a lot of time to editing the shipping and return…
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Adding a physical holdings drop down to the request brief result would help in person enquiries.
Case - Currently, when a user requests an item. If the user then comes to the libary and asks a college librarian to update them about how long before the item is ready to collect. If they search for the request and no item has been return that can fulfill the request. It takes 2/3 extra clicks to go via the 'view title in search' and find out the current availability of the items within that record.
Solution - It would better if it was possible to click on a drop down of all physical holdings on that bibliographic record…1 vote -
Linking several Electronic Collections to one PO line from within the order
In Alma it's possible to link several Electronic Collections to one PO line. This is very helpful for us. To do so you can just write the PO line number in the field PO Line in the Acquisitions and License Information in the Electronic Collection Editor. But there is no way to do it vice verse, to link the order to multiple electronic collections from within the order. This would be very important for us, especially for those cases where the Electronic Collection is not in our IZ but in the NZ, so that we are not able to edit…
140 votes -
Allow for recurring monthly allocation
We have restricted funds where we get a monthly endowment. It would be nice to have a recurring entry feature where the allocation would be set up at the beginning of the year to apply an allocation once a month. Alternatively, the ability to process a monthly allocation and then duplicate it for the following 11 months would be an improvement. Many accounting platforms have "recurring journals"- we'd like something similar.
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Have Alma/Primo support the ability to account for coverage dates in physical inventory.
Currently we have a display logic rule in place for articles - so if the item is available in our institution we do not provide a Resource Sharing option for the patron. So - if we do have the item - but not the complete item - (all the dates available) - we need to have the Resource Sharing option available for that patron. The display logic rule doesn't consider coverage dates for the display. Resource Sharing request is suppressed for any citation, including those that are outside of the date/volume range held by the library, we would like the…
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Pop-ups for invoice alerts
We noticed, that certain invoice alerts won’t pop up upon saving the invoices. This way, quite relevant alerts, such as “Invoice contains vendor account which differs from one or more linked PO lines” or “Invoice using different vendor than poline POL-***” will be unnoticed.
We would find it very helpful, if these alerts would pop-up upon saving the invoices.
47 votes -
Implement AutoHoldings for Alexander Street Press
Implement auto holdings (autoholding, auto load, autoload) for Alexander Street Press Academic Video Online, as is already available for ProQuest, Elsevier, Ovid, and Springer, and Wiley.
8 votes -
Add Storage Location ID to the list of customized fields on the Manage Item Returns screen
We have thousands of items in our collection that are primarily organized by the storage location ID, rather than call or accession number. For these materials, routing and reshelving activities would be more efficient if staff have the option to add the Storage Location ID to the list of customizable fields on the Manage Item Returns screen.
26 votes -
Ability to edit request priorities
We would like the ability to edit, i.e. rename or translate, the names of the request priorities in the Manual priority drop-down menu in the request queue. It is not entirely obvious which to choose, and we would like to be able to eg. number them from 1. to 8. It was suggested to us by Ex Libris support that we promote this question through Idea Exchange.
3 votes -
Physical Item Hold Requests
Multi site library - prevent users from placing a physical item hold request on items that are available on the shelf of the library they are placing the hold request from - if the item is not available on the shelf but a copy is available at a different location then placing a physical item hold request should be allowed.
2 votes -
Expand Course Reserves Facet/Advanced Search Functionality
When working in Reading Lists and Courses the facet filtering limits staff to a single selection in a category at time. However, many institutions have multiple terms or staff liaisons serving more than one academic department. In such cases, it would be quite helpful to allow staff to select multiple facets. The inability to multi-select prevents staff and their managers from being able view the whole picture and effectively managing the work.
If that’s not possible, we’d like to request that you expand the advanced search options for reading lists, courses, and citations to make all of the facet options…
10 votes -
Configure the User Services page to include statistical information
On the User Services page, when we are looking at a user's data, we can see the Notes and some other basic data. It would be interesting to be able to choose which of the user data we want to see here. Specifically, we are interested in including statistical data.
1 vote -
Add primary/user id of a Interested User as a Fund Expenditure Facet
Several Institutions have use cases that require the need to find the Primary ID of an interested User. This would allow an easier means of utilizing feeder reports in conjunction with the Fulfilment Subject Area. Currently, there is no easy way to obtain this information. Credit goes to Jihyun Song of Soul National Unversity for presenting this issue.
10 votes -
Statistics for Cloud Apps
We would like to be able to see some statistics within our IZ regarding Cloud Apps:
- Which user has activated which Cloud App
- How often is a Cloud App used
- When did a user use a specific Cloud App
21 votes -
Trial Feedback in POLine
Currently Trials are created from the POLine but once a trial is evaluated and closed only a single note appears in the POLine saying "Decision to purchase at this time" if approved.
It would be helpful if a trial information could be added to the POLine either as a Tab that includes the Summary and Analysis of the trial or as a Link on the Side Bar the same as the PO
1 vote -
Reminder notification for licenses due to expire
We have licenses that will expire in X number of years. It would be good to have an option for Alma to send out reminders/notifications (e.g. email) for licenses that are due to expire
11 votes -
Hide Pickup Location on Blank ILL Article/Book Chapter Request Form
The Blank ILL article/book chapter request form requires users to select a pickup location. Many libraries do not offer pickup options for articles, they are all delivered electronically. There should be an option to turn off the required pickup location for the Blank ILL article/book chapter request form.
13 votes -
SUMIF function for Alma Analytics
There is currently no way to do a SUMIF function within Alma Analytics. In Excel, a formula like =SUMIF(A:A, A2, B:B) will perform the following operation: it will look for duplicates in the first column and if present, sum the numbers in the second column and output them in the third column. This is particularly helpful when trying to determine something like the total number of serial volumes per library (or some similar metric) without using the subtotal function. The subtotal function creates an additional row at the end of each unique set of instances instead of putting this data…
5 votes -
Increase time in which the "reset password" link is valid
The link that is sent to patrons to reset the Primo-password is only valid for one hour. We would like to be able to configure this duration, as it appears to be rather short. Our patrons often miss this timeframe and have to resent the link.
21 votes
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