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Expandable facets beyond the number we set
Recently it has become possible in VE to display up to 50 facets. 50 tries the patience of the average user but may be what it takes to help those with more specific needs. In some cases CDI limits the number anyway. It would be better if more facets are available this could be noted at the bottom by a "more" link which would then display more than the default number. This would be more consistent with other ways Primo displays complexity.
39 votes -
Consistent UX or labelling for Collection Discovery search box
Ideal solution: The Collection Discovery search box should be persistent and always search at the item level within all collections (as it does in the lobby) in order to provide a logical, consistent user experience.
Secondary solution: the label text should be editable for each search box separately to make it clear what is being searched on the page.
Problem:
- The lobby search box is for everything
- The top-level collection search box is for the title of sub-collections in that area only
- The sub-collection search box is for items in that sub-collection only.
Yet, all three options say "search" and…
1 vote -
Support "Exact year" date search in Advanced Search
If a user knows the exact year they want to limit to, they have to type it in twice, whether they are using the facet option or the Advanced Search dropdown for Date Range. It would be helpful if the Advanced Search had a "Exact year" option with a single field to fill in.
3 votes -
Ability to boost newer editions as 5 publication dates does not do this job well.
Currently we have older editions showing above newer editions in Primo VE. It would be helpful to be able to boost editions by the number of the edition. Currently the date boost has only 5 possible options in Primo VE. This means you can only add 5 separate years to regulate newer editions showing above old ones. Uses date ranges doesn't work as the edition between the range get same boost. Either you need to increase the number of date boost entries or create an ability to boost by edition.
21 votes -
Ability to place restrictions on Display Source Record link
When enabling the ‘display source record’ link in Primo VE it would be useful to be able to specify which types of records the link displays or doesn’t display for. In our case we would prefer to restrict the option to our records for published resources so the private notes more typically associated with unpublished material such as manuscripts would not be publicly viewable.
5 votes -
Advanced Search option in Collection Discovery for Alma-D
Primo's public Collection Discovery pages currently lack the ability to run advanced searches. As a result, only keyword searches are possible at either the collection or sub-collection level, which prevents users from being able to limit or refine searches by necessary fields like Date, Creator, etc. This means that users have to browse collections, sub-collections, and items more broadly than is often helpful when an advanced search would be more likely to bring them immediately relevant results. Primo's Advanced Search for regular discovery is a valuable tool that should also appear in Alma-D's Collection Discovery.
6 votes -
My Library Card: add sort by date option to requests list
it is currently only possible to sort the requests list within My Library Card by status or title - our users would very much appreciate the option to sort by request date as well - thanks for considering!
19 votes -
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.
103 votes -
Allow end users to toggle "Resource Type" sorting - alpha or size
Hello
We have had a query about whether it is possible to add a second Resource Type section to Primo VE in order to allow for an alphabetical searching option (our default sort is size of search results). I was sure this wasn't possible, but offered to create an idea here requesting to allow end users to choose how they sort the list of Resource Types.
This would enable them to toggle between the two sort types, e.g. to see Newspaper Articles near Newspapers, but then to change back to 'size' sorting to see the largest number of results, etc.
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4 votes -
Request physical book when e-book is also available at home or other libraries
No request or resource sharing option is available when the home library has an e-book. There are many scenarios where a patron may need a physical book and they should have the ability to request one from Primo.
14 votes -
Enhance possibility to show information out of linked authority records
Introduce new Authority Info Card based on Linked Data URI. Utilize Linked Data URIs to present new Information Card in various displays (search results list, brief & full display). Enrich the display with more information on linked entities and related resources made available thanks to the URI. This functionality should be provided for all authority sources available in the Community Zone that offer linked data URIs such as GND, Rameau, etc.
6 votes -
add a link to the location section
We would like to be able to create an embedded link to the location section in PRIMO VE (please see image attached)
This embedded link would then be added to a libguide to provide real time information on the location of the item
1 vote -
Primo Analytics - language usage
On Primo Analytics, make it possible to see which language users are selecting e.g. Welsh and English.
27 votes -
Add ability to control local record access information in Primo
Primo managed via Back Office has powerful functionality to control access information in Primo for all our local records.
This includes the aligned features of availability statements and Get It / View It by Delivery & Scoping rules, Links rules for all harvested data sources, and the option to build custom mapping tables for references in various rules, all of which can be married with top level facets by Facet rules.These features provide necessary information in Primo as expected for a core discovery layer functionality of advising users how they can access and request our resources, and avoids wasting…
2 votes -
Usage of the pre-filter options within Primo VE
At the OU, we are interested in seeing the usage of the pre-filter options within Primo VE. While the 'basic search with pre-filter' option is counted, the individual pre-filter options are not. We need this data to better understand our user behaviour in order to make improvements to our service. We also want to see the usage of pre-filters to help us decide whether to go live with the new pre-filter options.
3 votes -
Push record to Zotero
Add the Zotero reference manager as an additional action link in the "Send to" section, just like Mendeley or EndNote.
111 votes -
Add editing functionality to labels/tags created in My Favorites
Currently, there is no way to edit a label created in My Favorites to organize items you have saved/Pinned to My Favorites. It would be helpful to be able to edit typos or make adjustments to the label as needed, without have to reassign items.
1 vote -
Make collection and subcollection names discoverable in the Collections lobby.
Make collection and subcollection names discoverable in the Collections lobby. Currently, collection names and subcollection names are discoverable in Primo VE, but not discoverable in the Collections lobby.
Example:
We have a collection called: "Daher Folk Tales". It is discoverable in Primo VE:
but not in the Collections lobby:
We would like all collections and subcollections to be discoverable by name in the Collections lobby, because we will soon have a long list of collections on the lobby page, and many, many levels of subcollections. This enchancement would nake it easier for users to find the right subcollection,…
3 votes -
Create search alerts for results obtained from selecting a "view sources citing this" link from an original article
Our users would like to be able to track when new citations are added to a list of sources derived from the "view sources citing this" feature.
They suggest this could be done by creating a search alert to advise them of the changes.
1 vote -
Additional Function:Excludes unnecessary resource types in Specialized Search Scopes for CDI
■Idea
When configuring "Specialized Search Scopes for CDI" https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/040Search_Configurations/010Configuring_Search_Profiles_for_Primo_VE
in Primo VE, currently only 5 CDI resource types can be selected, so we want to change the system that unnecessary resource types can be excluded.■Context
Regarding "Exclude eBooks from CDI Results - Phase 2 (NERS #6702)", In Phase 1, all books were excluded from search, but after Phase 2, some books remain in the search results.To exclude books for this reasons,we would like to set the "Specialized Search Scopes for CDI" with limited number of CDI resource types.
But the maximum number of resource types that can be…14 votes
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