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  1. The possibility to change the order of values in the top-level facet

    Several institutions of the eLABa consortium (https://www.elaba.lt/elaba-portal/en) would like to change the order of values in the top-level facet "Availability" (facet_tlevel) as they please. For example:
    1. Available in the Library
    2. Full Text Online
    3. Peer-reviewed Journals
    4. Open Access
    5. Cited Articles
    This idea is related to Case 06220252.

    9 votes
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  2. Indicate the other fields in use for an advanced search in collapsed mode

    When a user undertakes an advanced search and chooses dates, language or resource types, those limits are not shown to the user who may forget what they had searched for as they review the results.
    The user then makes changes in the collapsed view and not realise that they need to expand it first to change those other fields.

    At minimum there should be an indication that those fields are in use so they know to expand it again. Ideally those field selections should be shown in the collapsed view.
    Screenshots for inspiration only. Design experts or community feedback welcome…

    9 votes
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  3. Include "Browse Search" link on advanced search pages.

    Right now the "browse search" link is offered on the basic simple search page, but not on the advanced search page. For libraries that primarily link to the advanced search page, that link is buried.

    8 votes
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  4. Expand FRBR group of records within the search results

    I suggest the ability to expand a FRBR group of records within the search results, rather than the "view multiple versions" link showing a new page of records, from which you have to go back to the original results, isn't a good user experience. This would work nicely with infinite scrolling in the new Primo UI.

    It should be possible to set a threshold for the number of records in a FRBR group this should happen for, e.g. six because most of our FRBR groups are for up to six editions of a title, whereas others are for tens of…

    8 votes
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  5. Display sum of Fines & Fees on My account for each library

    The user should be able to see in which library which fines or fees are to be paid.

    8 votes
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  6. advanced search in new UI

    The advanced search is not available for mobile devices (screenwidth below 960px). Actually you can link to the andvanced search but it is not very usable, as the layout needs to be improved for small screen devices.

    8 votes
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  7. Add *before* directives in the new UI

    While it's great that the new UI includes directives for us to target when we do customizations, we're generally limited to only putting things AFTER what we may want to manipulate. It would be good to have an easier way to inject our customizations before.

    For example, I'd like to place some helper text before our Online Access tab on some items based on the PNX. Right now, I have to put the message below and then do some DOM manipulation. I'd prefer to avoid the DOM manipulation altogether.

    8 votes
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  8. Add Back Office funtionality to change colour of calculated availability link text

    In the Primo back office, the calculated availability text code table has lines to control the colour of the availability icons that display in the old UI (default.delivery.class)

    As the icons have gone from the new UI, we want to be able to easily change the colour of the text of the availability message without having to resort to CSS hacks or trying to put tags around existing lines in this code table.

    We need to be able to change colours easily to meet our accessibility obligations as an institution

    8 votes
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  9. Display twitter and messages in the third column

    Summon allows us to display messages and Twitter in the third column. Please can Primo be made to do this?

    8 votes
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  10. Provide institutions with the ability to systematically boost the ranking of PCI collections with link-resolver delivery over PCI collection

    Many times, there are multiple versions of an article offered in Primo. Some versions are delivered via the link resolver, while others are delivered via direct linking. Delivery via the link resolver is the norm and often provides better accessibility. However, there is currently no effective way for an institution to give systematic preference to the type of collection they want their patrons to see first. We request the ability to systematically boost the ranking of PCI link-resolver collections over PCI direct-linking collections.

    7 votes
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  11. Copyright agreement note

    Copyright agreement note for ADAM objects displayed in Primo new UI as the old Aleph OPAC page. It does not match the new UI look & feel.
    Ex Libris explained that it's impossible to expand copyright agreement notes inside a frame like it was in traditional (old) UI. It happens since new UI supported full SSL protocol and HTML file in Aleph couldn't support this protocol.

    My suggestion to change the relevant Aleph HTML file design and font is impossible because there are css differences between Primo new UI and Aleph.

    The main idea of this enhancement is to develop…

    7 votes
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  12. add autocomplete function to search scope dropdown

    we have a large number of search scopes which appear in a dropdown in the new ui search box. it's currently possible to type a single letter and jump to the relevant point in the list but it would be a better experience if an autocomplete function could be implemented instead - this would mean that the number of scopes in the dropdown would reduce the more characters are typed. we implemented a customised menu in the classic ui which worked in this way and it was very popular with users...

    7 votes
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  13. Automatically open to full display when there is only one result for the search.

    When a Primo search finds an exact match (only one record displays in the search results list), it would be useful (and reduce clicks) if the record automatically opened to the full display. If a user knows exactly what they're looking for, the interim (brief) display is unnecessary. A direct link to the full display is currently only possible from a permalink. The permalink contains the publishing id which is not available from Alma APIs, analytics or source record. Search urls using the source record id should automatically open to the full display.

    7 votes
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  14. sticky sort order

    the classic UI retained any changes made to the user to the sort order of results, such that a change to e.g. sort by date newest would be retained for the duration of their session. the new ui doesn't work in this way but the ability to set a sticky sort order or to be able to set an individual sort order preference on a user by user basis would be excellent.

    7 votes
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  15. "see" references also for the browsing by title

    Hello,
    our (public) case #00518038 has confirmed that the "see" references to not-preferred forms in a browse search are implemented only for Authors and subjects.
    We ask the implementation also for the titles
    Thanks,
    Fabiano

    7 votes
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  16. Search by abbreviation journal titles

    We would like to search by abbreviation journal titles.
    For exsample, "The Journal of Chemical Science" ="JACS"="J. AMER. CHEM. SOC.".
    In SFX, we can do it, so I hope in Primo, too.

    7 votes
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  17. Custom fonts

    We would like custom TTF and OTF fonts to be natively supported in the Primo customization package. This would allow applications to render barcodes as well as other corporate branding elements.

    7 votes
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  18. The list of languages to be shown in their original characters (Advanced search option))

    Currently the display language of the list of target records' languages is subject to change. There is no option to customize it on Primo BO, but it would be great if we can show them in their original characters.

    7 votes
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  19. Browse tab results display: don't follow creator immediately by publication date

    In the results display on Browse tab for LC call number searches, the creator (1XX) is (almost) immediately followed by the publication date. (There's a space between the two fields). In cases where the 1XX field ends with an open-ended date, it looks like the publication year is a death date.

    The attached file has an example which shows:
    Financing consumer sales ... [title]
    Geva, Benjamin, 1946- 1984 [authority (1xx) date of publication]

    The work was published in 1984, I was in a meeting with Geva last month so he's clearly still alive. The current display is misleading and could…

    7 votes
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  20. Ability to use other fields instead of interface name for View Online fields

    We are looking to change the display of the "View Online" space. At the moment, if a resource does not have an Interface name, it displays "view full text". I would like to suggest to have the ability to use the Electronic Portfolio name as an option.

    Reasoning behind this: We have hundreds of vendors as well as use Ebsconet as our subscription manager. It is clunky to go in to every single vendor just to add an Interface name.

    7 votes
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