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Adding Faculty Affiliation and Patron Degree Level to Resource Sharing Form
We would like to add two drop-down fields to the Primo RS form:
1. Faculty affiliation of requester e.g. Humanities, Social Sciences, etc...
2. Degree level of student e.g. BA, MA, PhD etc...These fields would obviously need to appear on the Alma form and be retrievable via Analytics
20 votes -
My Library Card: Display BLock Expiry Date
It would be very beneficial for library patrons to be able to view their Block Expiry Date in the "Block + Message" section of My Library Card.
Currently, only "Block Description" is displayed. If the Block Expiry Date is displayed, library patrons do not need to ask the library staff. It will be a nice feature for library staff as well since the number of inquiries will decrease.
12 votes -
Utilize LDR and MARC fixed fields (006,007,008) in Primo VE resource type configuration
Currently it's not possible to utilize LDR and MARC fixed fields (006,007,008) in Primo VE resource type configuration. It would be helpful, if regular expressions could be used to utilize these fields. That way facets could be created for DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and streaming video etc. without workarounds, using standard cataloging.
There is a similar idea already posted for Advanced Search, but we were advised by Ex Libris to list this separately.
14 votes -
Do Not Highlight Stop Words in the Results of a Keyword Search
There is no value to highlighting words in the search results of a keyword search that were considered STOP words when the search was conducted.
Words such as AND, THE, OR, IN, TO, etc., provide no value on their own and should not be highlighted. Not only does highlighting them add visual noise to the search results, it sends the wrong message to users about how to construct a strong search string.
As the screenshot shows, the highlighting is only adding noise.
3 votes -
Implement Alma Journal Search
Allow Primo VE users to implement the Alma Journal search from Primo New UI.
3 votes -
Add Limiter to Select PCI Collections in Primo VE Advanced Searches
I'd like to suggest that libraries have the option of adding a limiter to the advanced search area of Primo VE that would allow users to pre-select particular PCI indexes to search. Currently, this can only be done by applying the limiters once search results have been generated.
It would be beneficial if users had the option of pre-selecting which PCI collections to search prior to actually running the search.
1 vote -
Primo VE Browse databases by category
We would like to be able to have the option to group the browse into more than 1 list for example a Subjects list and a Resource type list to avoid one huge list for users to scroll through to find the link they are looking for
3 votes -
Ex Libris should allow customers to call or have an online chat with their support team
We are disappointed with the technical support service provided by Ex Libris. We strongly believe that Ex Libris should provide customers with more effective, prompt and interactive service.
There should be an option to call or chat online in real time with a support person who has a sound understanding of the product in question. This would be in line with all system vendors we have previously dealt with.
We appreciate that there will be some issues that are designated as bugs or enhancements and will require more in depth investigation. However, a direct call/chat option with a properly trained…
143 votes -
Display 6XX fields with $v form subdivisions intact
Primo VE is configured to map 6XX $v form subdivisions to a separate display field, breaking the subject string. In some cases, the form subdivision is plucked out of the 6XX, leaving the surrounding string incomplete. For example:
600 10 $aO'Keeffe, Georgia, $d1887-1986 $vExhibitions
displays in Primo VE as:Subject O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Genre Exhibitions
651 #0 $aRome (Italy) $vMaps $vEarly works to 1800
displays in Primo VE as:Subject Rome (Italy)
Genre Maps
Early works to 1800And so on, for all 6XX $v form subdivisions. This cannot be reconfigured. Additionally, each occurrence of the form subdivision is displayed…
39 votes -
Bulk export to refworks
Make it possible to tick multiple items and export to RefWorks with one click rather than item by item. Summon can do this so please copy the code over.
4 votes -
Add Science direct French national Elsevier to Primo Central
Add Science Direct (French National Licences Elsevier) to Primo central is very important for all french libraries working with Primo and Primo VE.
5 votes -
In Primo restrict resource type to just magazines
The librarians would like to limit searches to just magazines. This can be very helpful when teaching students about search capabilities. I understand this will require further differentiation in Primo Central; subdividing the articles document type to journal articles vs magazine articles and potentially trade journal articles. However, the subdivisions would be very helpful in providing more relevant search results for our patrons.
1 vote
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