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Enable search and browse also for item call numbers, not only holdings
Hi
We switched to Primo VE some months ago and are really missing a call number index that shows all our call numbers, in items as well as in holdings.
https://slidetodoc.com/three-types-of-call-numbers-in-alma-yoel
"Item Call Number – is it in Primo VE search indexes?
• The item call number cannot be added as a Primo VE search index.
• Of the three call numbers only the “Holding Call Number” can be added as a Primo VE search index."Our call number index is set to "callnumber.4 – Shelving control number call number", our item call numbers are type 4, but they are…
589 votes -
Results for e-resources when narrowing down to IZ
The users expect that with the facets, you would be able to filter electronic resources by library and/or IZ that licensed them. This is currently not the case. When filtering by location, e-resources (incl. external data sources) are not delivered as results.
Electronic resources should be recognized by Primo as owned by libraries and institutions like physical resources. We would highly appreciate if Ex Libris could make this possible.
172 votes -
Improve the search for non-preferred terms
The search of a non-preferred term works correctly with standard indexes.
Non-preferred terms are currently indexed in the creator, title and subject fields but they are not additionally indexed in a local search field.
For example the advanced search of a non-preferred term doesn't work when a local search field is chosen.The search for non-preferred terms should be also enabled for local fields
SF 00927933
51 votes -
Ability to customise resource sharing status messages displayed in MyAccount Requests tab
We would like the ability to customize patron-facing status messages during the interlibrary loan process.
• Client feedback clearly indicates that status messages that are meaningful for library staff can be misleading to the Primo end user. Note: The Borrowing RS Request Statuses Alma configuration page (Alma configuration / Fulfillment / Resource Sharing) does not include external description / customisation options like other mapping/code tables, e.g. Physical Locations or Discovery Interface Display Logic Labels.
• The “Pick up” message gives the impression that the item is ready for pickup. UNSW patrons sometimes go to the library to pick up the…
35 votes -
"Report To Ex Libris" for CDI issues
Currently it is only possible to report Collection and Portfolios issues via the "Report to Ex Libris" functionality of Alma.
Colleagues from our e-resources department (who also manage most of the CDI settings) would be glad to use this reporting tool also for CDI issues: wrong URLs, incorrect "Full Text Rights in CDI", etc.Please, provide a CRM Cateogry "CDI" in the form and include some CDI data (like now Collection ID, Portfolio ID).
This would make it much easier for us to report CDI problems, and support team would also benefit from standardized requests.124 votes -
Increase the number of local fields for search and facets
If the library has many specialized and local fields it should be possible to improve the user search without the build-in restriction of 10 locally defined fields. There should not be a limit to use of local fields.
103 votes -
Default 'Has Activity' instead of 'All Institutions' in My Library Card
The new ability to toggle between "All Institutions" and "Has Activity" in the My Library Card feature is helpful. It would be more helpful if the default were "Has Activity" instead of "All Institutions" (or if libraries could configure which of the two options they would like to be the default in their PrimoVE instance). Patrons need to know information about where their current loans originate from, and are not usually looking for a list of all the libraries they've ever borrowed from. Most do not even notice the ability to toggle between the two options, so the default should…
93 votes -
Label distribution per row
In consortial environment there is the option to distibute labels from the Network to the Institutions. At the moment the distribution is only possible per table. In case a table is updated by functionality, the distribution deletes the displayed labels.
We would like to have the option to distribute labels per row: this would give the possibility to the Institutions to receive the updates from the Network avoiding overwriting issues and increase the possibility to distribute a label in case a table has been customized locally.48 votes -
Alerts in a consortium with NZ: send alerts for records added to the inventory of the institution of the user
The alert functionality is not really functional in a library network with a Network Zone. Users get an alert when a new bibliographic record is created in the Network Zone, but most users don't care about new acquisitions in other institutions. What they want is to be alerted on new acquisitions in their own institution. This means: to get an alert when a new bibrecord is added to the inventory of of their IZ (not only by creating a new record but also by adding a holding or portfolio to an existing record in the NZ).
Our request is to…98 votes -
More options for Collection Discovery images
Hi
In Collection Discovery, please allow more options for the images per collection:
– Allow a separte image for the header banner of the single collection page.
For the overview page, the picture has to have the dimensions 3:1. The same picture is used for the header of the collection.
This leads to the pictures looking bad and often the description of the collection is hard to read.
Please make these 2 separate pictures to be uploaded and make the default header banner a monochrome colour taken from the css.
– Allow the pictures to be activated / deactivated for testing. At…
41 votes -
Export to Excel
We would like the "Export to Excel" functionality to be configurable. For exemple, we would like to remove the permalink column from the file.
93 votes -
Fix Defect: Advanced Search date filter
The date filter only works for year (not day or month) in the advanced search for Primo Central records.
This is a known issue with searches for Primo Central records. Primo Central searches on the creationdate field, which doesn't have a month/day, only year. Therefore, if you use the Advanced Search Start Date/End Date fields, the results will include Primo Central items outside of the month/day range.
Please fix this defect to allow searching on day, month, and year.
47 votes -
Primo VE be able to get information from AVA and INT holding fields
Currently, Primo VE's normalization rules can only use information from bibliographic records, so it is not possible to obtain and process information from holdings. The classic version of Primo can get this information from the AVA and INT holdings fields but Primo VE can not perform this task.
33 votes -
Several items in a single request
In the current context of global health crisis and containment, many of our libraries can only offer Click&Collect service for physical documentation access. Then, it seems critical to make the request service evolve in Primo (and Alma for the tracking).
Indeed, a reader who wants to request several documents must do so one by one from the bibliographic record by selecting the "pickup location", possibly a "start date", an "end date" and a "comment".
Couldn't you consider the possibility of creating a basket and then being able to request the entire basket at once?
ThanksThis new demand could also…
161 votes -
Find alternate ISBNs in the available record to force an available syndetic cover image.
I've learned that the book cover images from Syndetics in Primo comes from the first Addata: ISBN PNX field which comes from the first subfield a in the MARC 020 field.
Often, we have the electronic version of a book that uses a different ISBN in the first MARC 020 |a
Small presses/publishers may have only sent Syndetics a print ISBN image and that image is available from Syndetics. Since often the print ISBN is in the MARC 020 field already - but not necessarily in subfield a or in the first position - it means that the default book…
88 votes -
Different URL:s in Resource Recommender depending on language
When adding resources to Resource Recommender you can only use one URL. We would like to have the option to enter different URL:s depending on which language you are using in Primo. All our web pages are translated to English but now we can only point to our pages in Swedish. This would be a great enhancement to all multi-lingual universities.
107 votes -
Include call number for physical items in Excel / CSV Export
Thank you for adding the option to export results in Primo to Excel and CSV.
Please could the call number for physical items be added as an extra column in the export. When clients export results from Primo, their intention is also to look for those items that are physical on the shelves and without the call number, they again have to access each record's link to obtain the call number.
298 votes -
Provide Toggle Checkbox When Including Results with No Full-Text
Please provide a toggle checkbox when the setting is configured to include results with no full-text. We would like to present all results by default and then let a person remove unwanted results (i.e., results with no full text).
The current setup is the reverse and is contrary to the idea of filtering. People use filters to narrow their search results, not expand them.
Also, I know there is a Full-Text Online facet, but this only appears after you select a resource type facet. Therefore, this method is not convenient to achieve the same thing.
Thanks,
Blake64 votes -
Display and edit all user addresses in my account By now, only the preferred address defined in Alma is displayed in Primo my account. All
Display and edit all user addresses in my account
By now, only the preferred address defined in Alma is displayed in Primo my account. All Alma user addresses should be displayed and be editable by patrons in my account of Primo. This is important for better transparency and to avoid invalid and deprecated addresses. It should also be possible to chooses the Address types in my Primo account to preferred, secondary, work and office.
47 votes -
"Title starts with" advanced search should search alternate titles, too
The "Title starts with" advanced search in Primo and Primo VE only searches the 245 field, not the 246. This is problematic in cases where a title contains special characters, numbers, etc. For instance, if a user is doing a "Title starts with" search for a book called "Understanding & Dismantling Racism," they would need to use the ampersand rather than spelling out "and" in order to find the book. This is in spite of the fact that the bibliographic record for that book contains a 246 field with the "and" spelled out. One of the points of the 246…
51 votes
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