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Feedback Tool for Primo VE - allow user's email as addressFrom in Report a Problem Letter
The Feedback Tool for Primo VE (May 2022) would be even better if the user's email address could be put in the addressFrom field in the Report a Problem letter in Alma. Just as the category is put in the emailSubject field:
New feedback received from a Primo user - {category _ name}
allow the addressFrom field to contain:
{user _ email}
This would then work better with CRMs and ticketing systems, or just mean that you can hit Reply to the email.28 votes -
Make the DOI field on the Full Record page a link including EZproxy
Currently on the Primo Full Record page, the DOI field is not a link to the resource. Please make this a link with the option to prepend your EZproxy URL to the DOI links. (Summon added this feature in 2021.)
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Allow patrons to submit ratings on records
We would like our (identified) patrons to be able to add a rating on each record, for example on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. This rating would be saved and displayed to all users on the full display of the record. A facet would be then allow to select records according to their rating.
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Collection Discovery : Add a button "View this collection as search results"
Beside the buttons to display a collection as a Grid or a Gallery, we would like to have a button to get the collection items in the result list, with the brief display and the facets. This could be a deeplink on the Collection ID with a "query=cdparentid" in the URL.
Please note that there exist two very close ideas:
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/36709789-add-facets-into-the-collection-discovery-ui
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/37607257-collection-discovery-display-items-in-a-list-view
But this idea groups both features.Thank you.
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Add 007 to MARC control identifiers for display and search normalization
This would enable normalization rules to target specific resource types.
In cases where MARC data may differ based on current practices (MARC 245 $c: Side B titles vs. Statement of Responsibility), we would be able to differentiate records that may contain uniquely catalogued data.
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Allowing the "I only need a specific chapter or pages" checkbox to be defaulted to ticked.
With the introduction of RapidILL, we have defaulted our resource sharing request form to have a format of "Digital". For consistency, we would also like to be able to have the "I only need a specific chapter or pages" checkbox default to being ticked so this matches the format.
The client could then choose to untick (which changes the form format to Physical) if they wish to request a loan.
Thanks
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Extend subject heading display masking to CDI records
Like many other institutions, we have used the subject display normalization rules for display to mask offensive subject headings with more preferable terms.
However, these changes do not impact the CDI records. We would like to see the changes we made in the subject display masking apply to the CDI records, whether through the same rule or through a new configuration option specific to CDI.
For reference: If anyone is interested in our documentation to see examples, it's available here: https://connect.library.utoronto.ca/display/CAUG/Subject+Masking+-+Go+Live
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Local Resource Type on IZ-Level with local extensions
I would welcome a possibility to create local resource types on Institutional Zone level using local extensions, for example: MARC 980 $a. In other words: change the resource type to a certain value when a string in 980 $a is available.
By now it is only possible to create local resource types when all necessary data is available in the network zone - local extensions are not available there as they represent extra data for local needs only.
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collection discovery
Currently grid items in Collection Discovery can show title, resource type and thumbnail. We would like to add creator/author and or creation/publication date if possible. My suggestion is to add configuration for changing what is displayed in the item grid elements in Collection Discovery.
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Add due dates to Email Record Template
Under the Loans section in Library Card, users can export the list of their loans via email. The email contains names of loans, but not their due dates.
Could due dates be added to the Records Email Template, so the users can see their loans due date in the email export?
Petra
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Add 12-Hour Due Times Display in Library Card
Currently, per a setting in Alma, due times in Alma and Primo VE can be set to display in the 12-Hour format (ex. 02/25/2023 5:45 PM PST). However, when a patron views their account in Library Card via Primo VE, due times display there in only 24-Hour format (ex. 02/25/2023, 17:45). Please have due times displayed within Library Card use the same format that is set in Alma.
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Advanced search: auto suggest synonyms when using "OR" in the search string
We would like to have the feature of auto suggesting popular synonyms when adding "OR" in the search string. It is a feature in EDS and we loved it!
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Push record to Zotero
Add the Zotero reference manager as an additional action link in the "Send to" section, just like Mendeley or EndNote.
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Searching in the collection discovery: exact search terms
In connection with Collection Discovery, a question has come up regarding usability:
Why is a search of exact search terms set and can we change this?
Example: Searching for the search term "kalender" in our sub-collection "Abschlussarbeiten Buch- und Medienwirtschaft und Publishing Management" of the top level collection "Abschlussarbeiten" does not return any hits. If you search for "kalender*", no hits are found either. However, there are a total of 2 titles with "kalender" in the title.
Can this behaviour be changed/improved? It makes it difficult for our users to access available media and they think we don't have anything…3 votes -
Allow the use of library location to hide hold or resource sharing requests in display logic rules
A use case scenario: we allow students to put a hold request (local request) on our equipment when it is all checked out so when the first one comes back they are notified. We also use the hold (local request) for users to request items we have in the library to be pulled and put on the hold shelf for pick up. However, we are part of a consortium so currently when one of our books/videos are checked out the hold and resource sharing links show up so an item could be held, which will take much longer than resource…
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Applying Group by Library function to specific resource type
The April 2022 new function to be able to group locations by library is great, though we would like to apply this only to journals.
For example, when three libraries each hold a certain book, turning on this feature will force patrons to extra click to see the items. Also, it is very inconvenient because availability is not displayed on the library (first appearing) list. We would like to apply it only to journals, as this would be effective for journals that have many volumes and separate locations.16 votes -
Ignore 022z when linking to physical holdings
A journal has been accidentally misprinted another journal’s ISSN once and the wrong ISSN is included its bib record in 022z (I believe this description is correct according to MARC21 rules). CDI records of articles with the ISSN in question shows the wrong journal holdings with the ISSN in 022z, because CDI makes a Get It link by not only 022a but also 022z. Because of that, patrons cannot see the correct journal holdings. We think it is necessary to ignore 022z and see only 022a when linking physical holdings.
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Translate coverage and licence labels for NZ full text services in IZ views
PrimoVEs in our network use 4 languages for the user interface - English, German, French and Italian.
Consortial and Open Access e-resources are activated in the Network Zone for all the IZs.
When viewing Full-text services from NZ in the detailed view in IZs, the coverage and license labels are not translated to the language of the user UI.
The absence of translation creates discrepancy for our users. The IZ FT services' labels are translated but the NZ services are always in English.101 votes -
Select languages for Primo VE UI that would be different than choices for Alma UI.
Currently all languages used in Alma (for staff) are automatically presented as the UI languages in Primo VE.
I would like to be able to manage the choices separately, so that we can choose to remove, or to add languages for Primo VE UI. Also, we should be able to sort the language choices in the order we prefer, based on the language in which the UI is open.
Thank you for your support.1 vote -
Add the DeepL API
We would like to add the DeepL API (https://www.deepl.com/docs-api/translating-text/) to integrate a translation service into PRIMO home page
We think it it would be of interest to many other libraries3 votes
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