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More language options for Primo VE
It would be helpful if there were more supported languages added to the Alma/Primo VE platform in order to serve multiple demographics on campus.
We would specifically be looking for Hindu and Farsi. Thanks!
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Can Note be added to the list of field search options in Advanced Search in Primo?
Adding Note to the field search options filter would enable patrons to more effectively search for titles. For example, someone searching for materials in languages not currently available for limiting searches could select Note and write Text in Tagalog or similar to refine their search. Keyword searching does this, but the results lack context and are much less helpful.
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Only show "request other issue" for serials.
Presently if a title has a holdings statement attached (holdings 866 I think) or it has a description in an item record, and if the fulfillment rules allow for patron physical requesting, then in addition to item-level request links there will be a "Request other issue" link. The resulting form allows the patron to fill in additional values for chapter, page, volume, issue, part and date. Documentation refers to this as a "Request for a Non-Cataloged Serial Item." However, the link presently appears on non-serial items. Ex: https://librarysearch.williams.edu/permalink/01WIL_INST/1faevhg/alma991013241589702786
Given that this link takes you to a form focused on serials-related…3 votes -
Allow suppression of citation action based on resource type.
Some resource formats, such a patents from CDI, lack crucial information so that the generated citation is inaccurate and unhelpful. For instance, patents lack the patent number, which is present int the record but which doesn't display to patrons. We'd like to be able to suppress the citation action in Primo VE based on certain resource types.
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Consolidated booking calendar view for patrons in Primo
Ability for patrons to view all bookable items in a single calendar.
Our library uses bookings for 9 student student rooms, so students may have to begin 9 separate booking requests before finding an available room. This is a tremendous frustration and waste of their time.
A consolidated booking calendar should allow students to preview availability of all rooms before attempting to place a request.
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add in a optional conditional facet upon selecting Open Access - showing version options using unpaywall data
A major issue that the use of Open Access content such as unpaywall can have is the version and making people aware of the version they are seen/given them the choice of version (submitted/author accepted/version of record)
For institutions who have Unpaywall collection available and/or their institutional repository data being added in, use the metadata in the background of the record to identify the version that will be available from the link (signpost would also ideally be applied in the Brief record view and/or full record) and when Open Access facet is selected, it would automatically open an additional Facet…9 votes -
New export all function without be logged in
To use the new “Export ALL results” feature in Primo VE, we've noticed that you need to be logged in.
we would like to be able to use this feature without being logged in, like the other ways of exporting results.1 vote -
Primo VE: enable search fields for the deepURLs
InPrimo VE, in the "search" : {} section of the PNX record there are some fields that are still not searchable,
like the "unimarclocalfields". It would be nice if all these would be accesssible with the deepURL query parameter
I.E.: query=unimarclocalfields,contains,XYZ.35 votes -
Create/add in the ability to show and filter ALL content by place of publication and other data point relevant for decolonising collections
With linked data being such a big part of what has being talked about so far in relation to NDE and AI being used in some new projects such as Primo:Research Assistant, we feel that it's the best time to think about using this data and the data in the CDI records to try and develop tools to identifying, show, filter place of publication or nationality of authors.
We have developed our own facet using local fields, regular expressions and information in the MARC 008 to display the place of publication for items in our collection and filter by facet…
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Primo VE: Facet «Publication format» displays entries with capital letters and suppresses apostrophes
We noticed that the facet "Publication format" displays the entries with capital letters at the beginning of each word, and sometimes suppress the apostrophe too (see enclosures). This is a problem, because we never do display words in this manner in French or German. It really looks weird and we would like to avoid that for our users.
Thanks !
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Allow deduping between MARC and DC records with non-filing characters in title
It is currently not possible to dedup MARC and Dublin Core records if the title field contains non-filing characters.
Primo VE can perform deduplication between MARC records in Alma and DC records that are ingested via discovery import profiles. However, the dedup title keys that are generated for MARC records take into account if the title has non-filing characters (such as initial articles), as indicated in the 245 second indicator. It is not possible to indicate non-filing characters for DC records. Therefore, records that would otherwise be matches for deduplication have different titles.
For example, a record with the title…
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Allow Indexing and Display of 788 Field
Would like for the indexing and display of 788 field in Primo VE.
The 788 field allows catalogers to make discoverable parallel descriptions in another language https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd788.html and https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/7xx/788.html
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Add option to filter out Global title index results without any offer
When creating a scope that include CDI records non filtered per availability (Rapido-CDI expanded index), Global title index without any offer (no Get it section, no view online section and no item available in the Rapido tile) are retrieved (example). These records are owned by libraries participating in any POD (outside of ours) of Rapido.
We would like to have an option to exclude the Global title index results without an offer.
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Enable more fields for export to Mendeley, at least the permalink to the record
It would be very helpful for users if the permalink to the record could be exported to Mendeley.
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Use "Receiving Date" as a search facet to allow for the configuration of "New Arrivals" pages/searches.
being allowed to use the "receiving date" field, rather than the "creation date" as a facet will help libraries to be able to display new arrivals to the collection; items that are actually in the library and read to circulate. As the "creation date" is often the date of the order, these items are not available for use for many months depending on the supply chain.
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Book Covers en ALMA- Very good service for the user.
The Spanish Conference of Bookstore Guilds and Associations (CEGAL) has created a functionality on its All Your Books platform with which to automatically include book covers.
Information that other Integrated Library Management Systems are executing this functionality.
https://www.baratz.es/todos-tus-libros-nueva-opcion-para-las-portadas-automaticas-en-absysnet/1 vote -
Primo VE, Quicklinks and "Available Online" indication
We’d like the "Available Online" text in be suppressed if Quicklinks are displayed for the citation in the brief results display.
As the librarians put it:
"to turn off the "Available Online"
link/message if the quick links are available. “And alternately, "... make the "Available Online" link go directly to the article like the "Read PDF" Quicklink option does? "
Reducing the number of possible links to click on would improve Primo VE.
Thanks.10 votes -
Export to Leganto from OneSearch - course information
Export to Leganto from OneSearch under 'full Record Services' - to include course information in addition to the already existing reading list information. Or, e.g. allow the lists to be searchable by typing e.g. the title/name
− Role: Course instructors
− Proposed feature: Be able to additionally see the course information as well as the existing reading list pneumonic/title when making a selection from the list, or be searchable by typing in the name of the list
− Feature’s benefit: Make it much easier and quicker to find the right resource list to add the title to. It is currently…
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Linked Open Data - Discovery of Person Entity with HKCAN name authorities
With the Primo VE May 2024 release, an option to enrich our library catalogue with linked open data of person entities is available. We understand that currently this enrichment is only available to personal headings linked to LC name vocabulary. However, in all of JULAC libraries, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean personal headings are mostly linked up with HKCAN name authority vocabulary. So, a vast amount of our records are not enriched with the linked open data. We'd like to propose extending this linked open data enrichment to person entities with HKCAN name authorities. Thank you for considering!
Salesforce ref. 07228906
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Research Assistant suggested subjects
In Research Assistant, it may be beneficial to offer users a list of relevant Primo subjects. Users may go to Primo VE & look excatly for the subjects suggested by the Research Assistant.
1 vote
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