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Best bets
Summon has a best bets feature which enables you to have links to Library Opening Hours if that's what someone searches for. Primo doesn't have this, so we are going backwards in customer service when we implement this. Please can you replace Primo with Summon or at least bring Primo up to the same standard?
9 votes -
Harvard referencing (key for UK market for Alma and Primo)
Harvard is the most widely used referencing system in the UK. yet Primo cannot do it. Please make Harvard available asap as we are being forced to change from Summon which has this capability.
10 votes -
BX "Hot articles" is not (yet) in the NUI
It's not the most used function, but still had a respectable 5'000 hits in 2017. We'd like to have it when we change to the NUI in a few weeks, but apparently, it is not yet planned.
1 vote -
Add F1000 as a citation export option
Please provide the option of adding F1000 to the citation export choices.
1 vote -
different treatment/table would be allowed for different citation style.
Different treatment/table would be allowed for different citation formats. Because different citation format require different elements for citation.
For example, currently, the series titles is mapping in citation mapping table. However, not all citation style require this field.
Chicago, the series title, if exists, may choose to include in the citation. Disable the series title means that series title will be missing for all citations in Chicago format. If we don't disable the series titles mapping, the citation output of APA & MLA are incorrect. Allow different citation mapping table with different citation style would improve the citation output result.1 vote -
Make Publisher an Indexable Field that Can be Searched or Scoped in Primo
Many of our users like to search by publisher to find new materials or a particular edition--it would be helpful if that field could at least be picked up by keyword search.
7 votes -
Add Library pre-filter to Primo VE Advanced Search
It would be helpful if users could pre-scope their search to a particular library in the advanced search, rather than waiting to filter with the post-search facets.
8 votes -
Displaying the pre-filters used, as the used facets are dispalyed
It would be very useful to display the pre-filters used in Primo New UI (from both simple search screen - as of May release and advanced search screen). Pre-filters used should be displayed in the brief results list just as the facets used are displayed, at the top of the column. Thus the patron can always see and be aware of all the active filters in the session
61 votes -
Our patrons want search function for the list of their favorites and historic loans...
I agree that it's too complicated to search what they read a year ago by scrolling all the way down to check.
4 votes -
Add SMS/text for Primo VE 'Send To' options
Users would like to text themselves call numbers/ catalog records. Please consider adding this option to the Primo VE 'Send to' options
26 votes -
Allow Barcode Copying in Primo
We would like to be able to have the barcode information not get automatically re-hidden so that we can copy barcodes from Primo. This would be particularly helpful for quick reference without having to enter Alma.
9 votes -
Create a link for users to report an issue
There are some institutions that have added functionality where users can report a problem for a specific record. It would be great if this could be offered through Primo. Users would click on an icon to report their issue. In the back office, there would be the option to configure the url for the hyperlinked icon. It would be even better to add logic where you could configure the link in relation to the type of record (CZ, NZ, IZ). This builds on the idea on reporting an issue for CZ records.
9 votes -
My Library Account: add Recalled Loans Tab
It would be very beneficial for library patrons to be able to view their recalled loans, at a glance, when checking their library account in Primo; please could you add a Recalled Loans tab to the Overview section of My Library Account
165 votes -
Optimize call number Advanced Search
Currently you can conduct an advanced call number search, but there are a few issues with it:
-It doesn't properly search the entry as a call number like the Browse function does. It treats it like a regular word which results in severely incomplete results. For example, if I do advanced search > call number > contains > MT, I receive 90 results, though we have 3,578 items with call numbers that begin with MT.
-The only way to see a mostly accurate number of holdings is to search partial numbers + an asterisk. For example, MT* returns most of…
67 votes -
Would it be possible to add an icon or facet in the search filters for open source?
I am trying to encourage the use and teach with open source materials. If these materials could be easy to spot and/or sorted for it would greatly facilitate their use and knowledge that they exist.
2 votes -
Add option for user to have his/hers account deleted
With the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the right to be forgotten will be imperative. We suggest that an "Delete my account" button is added to the My account space in Primo.
3 votes -
Author/Title Index in Browse Search
Every library catalog I have ever used has included an Author/Title index which searches headings combining author/creator name and uniform title. The index usually includes:
* 100/240
* 110/240
* 111/240
* 700 where $$t is present
* 710 where $$t is present
* 711 where $$t is present
* 800 where $$t is present
* 810 where $$t is present; and
* 811 where $$t is presentI have included screenshots of how this browse search works in the Library of Congress' system, using "Shakespeare, William" as a search term.
27 votes -
Allow admin to select in what order Resource Types are displayed
Currently the Resource Types can only be arranged alphabetically or by count (how often the type appears in search results). We would like to be able to preference certain types above others (for example, books, ebooks, articles...over things like Text Resources. So that for any search, the Resource Types are always arranged the same way and in a way that is most helpful for users.
57 votes -
Create facets for more MaRC fields (Location and Format)
Right now in our Aleph-Primo system, we cannot search for books in Primo with the specificity we need and are used to in the Aleph OPAC. Location or loan period and format (within books) would help our patrons.
We regularly have patrons ask for "books they can take home," i.e. physical, non-reserve books. Filters could allow us to produce these results. We also can't easily pull up just physical books or just books from our special K-12 collection (which have a unique location and loan period).
Whether you add the ability to include any MaRC fields or just these particular…
3 votes -
Ability to share favorites
We'd like to see a more robust favorites area, with more options for configuration. One thing in particular we'd like would be the ability to organize lists of favorites, then to share those with other users. This has been brought up by librarians who'd like to work on lists collaboratively and then share those lists with students or instructors.
35 votes
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