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Display the item "process type" label in Get It
In get-It, we would like to display some of the "Process type" labels from our local item processes.
For example, we think that the information "In the process of scanning" would be interresting for the users, instead of the general label "In process".
This would highlight projects in progress that are eagerly awaited by users.3 votes -
Include Citation type as a configurable field in Purchase request form
When a purchase request is made from Primo selected in Citation type: Book, the order line that is created is of type Physical-One time, and cannot be modified.
It would be nice to modify this default configuration.
4 votes -
Enable user personalization for their default "Expand my results" and "Search in full text" options
Currently, institutions set a default for "Expand my results" and "Search in full text." Users can toggle these settings, but unlike other filters, these toggles are not "sticky" and it does not seem possible to "lock" them. When the session is reset or the user selects "New Search", the institutional default is re-applied. The user who prefers other settings must therefore constantly re-toggle their desired options.
We find vastly different needs between our faculty, graduate students, professional practitioners, and undergraduates in their search behaviors and preferences. Currently, we have default settings designed for the least sophisticated searchers (undergraduates), but many…2 votes -
Primo VE webhook search blending
In terms of usability, it would be good if Primo VE webhook search results could be blended to the combined search results (local resources and articles). Blended results feature should be able to select on a search-by-search basis e.g. if you apply search for AI-based article search portals or whether to apply search for printed resources from the repository libraries.
39 votes -
Sort Book Chapters in correct order when using PrimoVE in 'Everything' search
When using the ‘Everything’ search in PrimoVE you can't consistently sort book chapters into the correct order. Even when using the facets to filter and sort results, it still returns chapters in a variety of orders.
For example, searching for the following book and filtering by ‘Book Chapters’, refining the year to ‘2015’ and sorting by ‘Title’ still returned the chapters in the wrong order (see attached screenshot).
“Meeting Health Information Needs Outside of Healthcare” Kreps, Gary L.; Neuhauser, Linda (2015)
It may not be possible, due to the variety of way book chapters can be structured. However, if it…
4 votes -
Report a problem - allow users to add an attachment
When patrons are reporting a problem in Primo user interface, usually adding a screenshot is very helpful for support.
Can "Add attachment" be added to the Report a problem form?
Petra
52 votes -
Map location
When "Location" is selected for an item, open an image of the map within the record instead of a separate window.
1 vote -
Add the creation date to the titles in the Saved Search Letter
Users can set an alert on the Saved Searches page and will then receive the Saved Search letter by email whenever there are new results for their saved search. However, a new result is not necessarily a new publication. The Saved Search letter could also contain older publications which are new to the inventory of the discovery system. For the users, it would be helpful to already see in the Saved Search letter the creation date of the titles, so that they know which results are real new publications. In Primo VE, however, it is currently not possible to add…
7 votes -
Do not display private fields in “display source record” or full record in Primo VE.
Marc 21 coding is used to identify some marc record fields/subfields as private. As an example, the indicators in the 541 tag are used to indicate that data in the field is ‘private’ to the organisation. Primo VE should automatically hide these fields from the source record and full details display in Primo VE. If an organisation wishes for the field to be made public they can adjust the record coding as appropriate. Alternatively organisations should be able to select to suppress private fields (as identified in marc 21) from public display.
87 votes -
Display Multiple Links in View It for Newspaper Articles in Newspapers Search
The April/May 2022 releases introduced the ability to display multiple links (both Link in Record and Link Resolver) in CDI records in Primo VE and Primo. However, this functionality is not in place for newspaper article records in Newspapers Search results. Newspaper articles in the npsearch interface still display only a single link. We request that the same multiple link display functionality in Search be extended to Newspapers Search. It is very helpful to offer users the option of Link in Record or Link Resolver link, especially for newspaper article content where link reliability and metadata matching may vary greatly.
9 votes -
Display only one of each resource recommender type
Currenlty the default is two of the first listed Type listed in Resource Recommender displays in PrimoVE. Would like to change it so that just one of each type of Resource Recommender displays to diversify results patron sees on page.
6 votes -
Show only Uniform title when FRBR key contains field 130 information
When records are grouped together in Primo VE because they have the same uniform title in MARC field 130, the display of the title and creators in the Brief results display for this group is not ideal.
The group shows the title and creators of one of the records in the group, which can be confusing to the user.
What would be more ideal in these cases is that when the Uniform Title is used to generate the FRBR key, to only display the Uniform title from field 130 in the Brief results display for the grouped records, and no…
4 votes -
My Library Card: Digital LOANS
It would really be helpful to have a tab or include borrowed digital books under patron loans so that its easy for them to renew or see what digital books they borrowed and need to return. Currently there is no ability for a patron to see what digital books they may have borrowed and need to return.
3 votes -
Streamline favourites by adding the ability to create labels from the item.
It would be great if once you clicked the add to favourites button for an item you were either presented with a "Would you like to add a label" option, or the ability to add labels/tags from the ellipses menu, rather than having to go to the favourites menu.
22 votes -
Hide collections
Right now public Primo collections need to be deleted in order to hide them from public view; correspondingly, if a collection is suppressed from Discovery when it is created, it cannot be unsuppressed. It would be useful to be able to simply hide and unhide collections easily, for things like making changes, or themed collections whose time have passed.
13 votes -
Option to bulk export normalization rules Primo VE
We would like to make a bulk export for backup of the normalization rules that we have set up in Primo VE.
At the moment this functionality does not exist but would be very helpful for us. At the moment if we make changes to the normalization rules it is easy to accidentally delete the entire set of rules for one field. It is also not possible to easily roll back a change that we made.
Therefore it would be useful to have the export option, to have an extra copy of all the normalization rules as a backup.
2 votes -
Separate the Primo My Account Update Login Credentials form into two different forms for PIN code and Password
As a user, I would like to have two different forms for Pincode update and Password update (Update Login Credentials in My Account > Personal Settings) so I am sure that I can also change only one of the two. With the current design (=one form for PIN and password update), it is suggested to me that I always have to update both.
10 votes -
Change handling of MARC fields 100 and 700 in citation styles in Primo VE
Handling of MARC fields in citation styles should be changed as follows:
1. If there are relator codes in $4, only $4 aut and cmp should be considered as author, relator codes $4 edt, ill, ivr, trl and drt should be treated as contributors. Entries with other $4 codes should be ignored for citation.
2. If there are no relator codes $4 in the record, field 100 should be considered as author, field 700 as contributor.
Benefits: Citiation styles get independent from cataloguing language as they are now by using $e. Also citation styles work independent from the fact, if…8 votes -
API for customization package deployment
Please add an API to deploy customization packages in Primo VE so that customers with many views can automate the cumbersome deployment process.
101 votes -
Banner - start and end date
We're using the banner to promote different library related events/workshops etc that run throughout the year. Currently we would have to manually enable and disable banners.
If there was something that allows us to determine how long the banner would display then it would make it easier, and not having to make sure a member of staff is available on certain days of the year just to switch on/off a banner.
3 votes
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