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Collection page sorting option that places digitized titles first
Primo does not currently offer a collection page sorting option that places digitized titles first. The available options are relevance, title, date, and author.
Displaying readily accessible materials first would improve the user experience and make the search results page more visually appealing.1 vote -
Showcase discovery collections on Primo landing page
We would like to use the Primo landing page showcase to highlight our discovery collections. However, "Display Showcase in Landing page" only allows us to select a Primo saved search, which produces a poor user experience: the collection thumbnails display poorly, and selecting one of the collections brings the user to the Full Details record for the collection, instead of to the collection's landing page.
Instead, we would like the "Display Showcase in Landing page" configuration to allow us to select all or selected discovery collections. When a user on the Primo landing page selects one of the collection thumbnails,…
1 vote -
Change License Terms of Use labels separately in CSS file
This original idea was closed but it there was no yes or no on the idea.
Currently, to create bolded labels for License Terms of Use, you have to go into the Alma configuration, created new license term labels with the a bold tag. That is a lot of extra work because then you have to go to the license terms tab and move the current terms to the new field with the bold labels. That is a lot of extra steps to get a bolded label so that the display in PrimoVE looks better and the text isn't running…8 votes -
Online Services Order: Preference ebook links with unlimited / three user licenses
I want to add an option to reorder in the Online Services Order in the configuration menu so that ebooks with unlimited or three user licenses display first in the links for a record
https://csu-sdsu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CALS_SDL/smpn3s/alma991023227756702917
Users tend to click the first link and then we get turnaways.
3 votes -
Make the Resource Recommender initial expand/collapse display configurable
In NDE, the Resource Recommenders (Recommendations) area can be collapsed/expanded. By default, the display is expanded, and the user can collapse it. We would like the option to display the area collapsed by default, allowing the user to expand it only if they want to see the recommendations. The justification is that the Resource Recommenders area takes up a good deal of space and many users would prefer to get directly to searching. A collapsed default display would present a more streamlined search experience. Institutions can opt to "expand by default" or not the different areas in Full Record Services,…
1 vote -
Allow configuration of the default expanded/collapsed state of facets in Primo NDE
In Primo NDE, we would like administrators to be able to configure the default expanded or collapsed state of individual facets in the All Filters panel.
Currently, the location_code facet is automatically expanded whenever the All Filters panel is opened.
There is no supported configuration option to control the default state of individual facets.
We suggest adding a configuration option that allows administrators to define, for each facet, whether it should be:
expanded by default
collapsed by defaultIdeally, this could be configured at view level together with the other facet settings.
3 votes -
create a book showcase without logging into Primo
It would be helpful if the book showcase could use a search/set from Alma, a collection ID, or a search URL from Primo, rather than a Primo saved search. We are not able to log into Alma with the same accounts we use in Primo.
4 votes -
Rank records within FRBR group by relevancy to search terms (not just highlight one preferred record)
Description:
This is a follow-up to a previously "completed" idea: "Relevancy sorting in FRBR version list display should use terms searched" (209 votes). That idea was addressed only for Preferred Record mode, by highlighting a single matching record at the top of the version list. We don't think this fully solves the underlying problem, in either display mode.
The problem:
A FRBR group can contain several records that are all relevant to the user's original search terms. For example, multiple translations by the same translator, or several relevant editions.
In Generic mode, opening the group shows an unranked list of…
183 votes -
Add the option to create a Primo AI Research Assistant search box
Add the option to create a Primo AI Research Assistant search box. Our library would like to create a Primo AI Research Assistant search box on our homepage. We were told this is not possible due to authentication issues and the lack of deep linking.
1 vote -
DOI autofill on the Book Chapter request Resource Sharing form
We would like a DOI autofill feature for Book Chapter requests on the stand-alone Resource Sharing form on Primo NDE.
This already exists on the Article request RS form.3 votes -
Display the resource types filter bar in Primo NDE advanced search results
In the pre-NDE UI of Primo VE, the resource types filter bar was displayed inside the basic search bar at the top of the page, just under the search term input field. It functioned primarily as a pre-search filter. As such, it made logical sense that one wouldn't see the filter bar after conducting an advanced search.
But in NDE, the filter bar appears just above the search results. It only shows up once the results have loaded, so it's only possible to use it as a post-search filter. Despite this difference of use in NDE, the resource types filter…
27 votes -
Hold and Booking Request Form Needs More Customization
The Hold and Booking Request Form should have more customization options or branching logic to help libraries that have multiple branches.
For example, we have a main library and three branch libraries that are all on the same Primo discovery (we also have a law library that is on their own Primo). Our main library branch got book lockers last year for our users so they can easily pick up their holdings. However, user services noticed that some patrons were struggling to access higher or lower lockers. They asked if we could have a check box on the holdings request…
3 votes -
Allow Journal Categories to be Expanded by Default
Currently the categories on the Primo Journal search page show parent categories that must be expanded manually to see the nested categories (i.e. Social Sciences > Education). It would be helpful if all categories could be expanded by default or certain categories could be made more prominent if they are relevant to our library's population.
Thank you for considering this idea.
3 votes -
Enable users to select records from multiple pages of results
Currently if a user selects a few records from a page of results and then navigates to the next page they lose their record selection. This idea is to enable users to navigate through their results list, page by page selecting records as they go and then when finished complete the desired action on the selected records.
3 votes -
Add navigation to the top of the search results
Currently users need to scroll down the full page of results before being able to move to the next page of results. This becomes laborious if users have chosen to display 25 or 30 results per page.
3 votes -
Research Assistant
For AI declarations, it has become standard now for lecturers to ask their students for a chat link as proof of using an AI tool at a certain time.
It is currently not possible to share a chat link from a Primo Research Assistant search session. Please can the functionality of creating and sharing a chat link from a session be added.
4 votes -
Allow multiple custom CSS stylesheets per view
At the Digital Theological Library, we have multiple campuses, each of which has its own view. All of the views use the same basic custom design, but each one needs its own specific CSS tweaks. Maintaining this would be much simpler if all of the views could have two custom CSS files: one with the basic design rules and one with the specific design tweaks. That way, when the base design is updated, the view-specific CSS can't accidentally be disturbed by copying and pasting within a single stylesheet, and Primo UI managers like me won't need to copy and paste…
3 votes -
Improve Database material type assignment in a Network Zone Consortia
Problem description
In a Network Zone consortium, bibliographic records are shared across all member institutions. Currently, the "Database" material type in Primo VE is assigned to a bibliographic record whenever that record is linked as the descriptive/display record for any Electronic Collection with a populated Level URL. This includes Local Electronic Collections created by a single member institution in their own Institution Zone.
Because the underlying bibliographic record is shared in the NZ, this single institution's local configuration choice changes the material type of the record for every institution in the consortium, even though only one institution actually intended the…
153 votes -
show notice in GetIt when patron is blocked from requesting
This is also CERV PENH-I-28495.
Currently, users with item or global blocks can have their request permissions removed, and the physical and digital request buttons for local materials can be hidden (similar to Rapido for resource-sharing requests). Rapido allows users to communicate a reason why they might not be able to make a request. We believe we should display a similar HTML-based message/banner for requesting local materials, without needing interface customization.
This follows the design principle of "instruction at the point of need". We have had patrons with blocks think that items are not requestable when they are, but just…
6 votes -
Priority of pickup locations
We would like to have the possibility to set the order of pickup locations. Now the owning library is always on the first place. We would appriciate the possibility to put other pickup location at the firt place intead of the owning library e.g. the library box as the first possibility to pickup the resource.
6 votes
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