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Configuration Option to view all links available in Primo VE (both direct and link resolver)
Please give us an option to display all links (both direct and link resolver) for all possible links in Primo VE. I have checked the "Display All Links in Full Display for CDI" which gives the direct link first, then students have to click "Show More" dropdown for subscribed content links. It would be preferable to have all available links display without students having to click the dropdown. And also, the subscribed links usually have coverage dates included so quicker for students as well.
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Landolt-Börnstein collection
Can you please add the Landolt-Börnstein collection since it isn't available in SFX? Our library has the entire collection through Springer Materials. Thank you
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Add option to control the visibility of collections in Primo and Collections Lobby
Give customers the option to control the visibility of individual collections in Primo and on the Collections Lobby page.
Use case: Our institution would like to have a limited number of centrally curated and managed collections that can be viewed in the Collections Lobby. But we would also like to give librarians the option to create their own collections for special projects, exhibits, or courses, which would not be displayed in the Lobby but could still be made accessible via direct link. Ideally, this could be achieved by adding checkboxes to the Collection Editor page - one controlling the collection's…
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Quicklink display options on full record
In Primo VE, any quicklinks associated with records show both at the top of the full record display and in the Links section of the record. CSS can be used to hide quicklinks from the Links section, but often results in a blank Links section on the record.
It would be helpful to have options to show quicklink at the top of the full record display, but hide them from the Links section. This would help improve the usefulness of the Links section of the record.
15 votes -
Fiscal/Calendar Year fields for Primo Analytics
Please provide the fiscal year and calendar year fields for Primo Analytics. To show trends, it is helpful to compare by fiscal/calendar years.
17 votes -
Show e-collections activated in the NZ in the Database Search of IZs
In our network we activate certain Open Access e-resources in the Network Zone. These e-collections are activated for every IZ without restriction. Some of our Institution Zones are using the Database Search to allow Patrons to search for their e-collections. Unfortunately, the Database Search is showing only e-collections that are activated and have inventory in the IZ. It does not show any of the Network Zone e-collections.
We would like to have the option to include the Network zone activated e-collections in the Database Search of the IZs.
55 votesThank you for posting this idea. We are checking the option to enhance Database Search scope to include also e-collections that are available for all not only for the specific IZ.
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Fulfillment Network - Restrict the ordering of books from the other institution when there are books loanable in the home organization
*This is for the Fulfillment Network, not AFN.
We are in a small consortium, just two institutions. Now we are trying to use direct requesting function of the Fulfillment Network, not AFN. In this case, we found that there is no option which restricts the ordering of books from the other institution when there are books loanable in the home organization.13 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.
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Feedback Tool: don't pre-select the first option
When I open the feedback tool, the focus is on the first option.
None of the options should be selected when I first open the widget. See screenshots.
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ILL link on missing holdings
Currently GETIT ILL links won't appear on a citation when any range of print holdings are owned locally, even if the issue from the citation is not held. Please allow an option that allows a path to an ILL form when the issue needed is not locally held.
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Display license information for Open Access and Open Educational Resources
Please add license information for resources and collections that are known to be open access or open educational resources, making it clear what licence applies. This applies both in CZ records and CDI. We would like to make it clear to our users when a title is made available under a particular licence terms.
196 votes
AdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea will be transferred to the Primo forum as it will require product development to support this metadata.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Display item enumeration on location level under Get It for Primo VE
We would like to be able to configure the information displayed under Get it in the location/holding level for Primo VE to contain information from the enumeration fields from the item level.
This used to be possible in Primo BO (see attached screenshot), but unfortunately not anymore in Primo VE.
When there are many holdings and items the user, as a consequence, will have to perform many clicks through all the holdings and checking all the items to find the volume that they are looking for.
It would then be more useful if they could see on the location level…3 votes -
Requesting at artcle level optional
In our library we do not carry out article level requests for print journals. Our patrons can only request issues. But Primo shows the Get It section for articles where there is a print record for the journal. We do want the Get It section on the journal, but not on the article level. It would be nice if the individual library could decide wethter to show ********* articles or not.
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Change behaviour of collection discovery for frbrized titles
At the moment collection discovery in Primo VE shows for frbrized titles only one entry, even if there are two entries added two the collection (print and electronic version e.g.). If the user clicks on the entry, he gets a record and not a list of versions as he does when clicking on an entry in the brief results list. This is confusing, because the user might think, the one record he found (print or electronic) is the only one available. The user is likely to overlook the rather small versions line.
I see to possible solutions:
(preferred) If two…
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Recuperar en búsqueda avanzada por título el campo 740, desde la opción de Comienza por
En búsqueda avanzada, por título, con la opción "Título comienza por" recuperamos los campos marc 130 y 245, pero no el campo 740. El campo 740 únicamente se recupera eligiendo la opción "titulo contiene". Solicitamos que el 740 tenga las mismas opciones de recuperación en PrimoVE que los campos 130 y 245.
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Remove full stop after "available from" date in the "View it" section of PrimoVE
Currently, at the "view it section" of an e-journal title in PrimoVE, the availability can appear as follows for example: "Available from 01/07/2010." Note the presence of a full-stop after the date which is confusing to users who think access is only available to 2010. ExLibris state that this full-stop is hardcoded and cannot be removed.
PrimoVE would be far more user friendly and less confusing if it was possible to remove this full-stop.3 votes -
Pre-populate the address fields when personal delivery options are selected in an item request from Primo VE
In the November 2023 release it is now possible for patrons to update their registered home or office address (or other personal delivery address) while requesting personal delivery in Primo VE. When the patron selects one of the addresses for pickup in the request form all the address information is blank in Primo VE even when that field type is populated in Alma. This means the patron will think they have to fill out the pickup location information for every request. It would be more efficient to populate the request form with the patron’s pickup location address information if it…
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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 -
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
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