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Display tag for Open Educational Resources for CZ and IZ records in Primo
Open Educational Resources tags in CDI records are clearly displayed in Primo VE (e.g. Pressbooks titles). I would like to see this tag extended to include CZ and IZ records for open educational resources in a similar way to how we make the Open Access icon display in Primo.
27 votes -
Ability to sort/filter according to item status
Ability to sort/filter according to item status
The display order of item records in Primo is the same order in which they appear on the Alma record. Although we can sort them within Alma according to Library/Location, from a user perspective it would be helpful if they had the ability to apply a filter/sort to see first only the itens that are available to borrow
11 votes -
Independent Profile Slots/Scopes Configuration for Basic and Advanced Search
This option would be interesting for libraries that prefer a simple home interface and want to reserve more advanced search options for advanced search. In our case, we like the profile option that allows customization of the filters displayed in the results, but we've ruled it out if it complicates the initial search interface (we prefer something simple, with a single search field and no additional options, like Google Search).
We would like to suggest this functionality to the ExLibris developers for inclusion in future versions.
7 votes -
Limit Research Assistant results to resources patrons can access
It would be nice at a configuration level to be able to limit the Research Assistant results to those within an institution's collection and OA as the default setting, rather than the entire CDI as it is currently.
Users could then select to expand their search to the CDI, like they currently do when searching Primo.61 votes -
Enable users to select records from multiple pages of results
Currently if a user selects a few records from a page of results and then navigates to the next page they lose their record selection. This idea is to enable users to navigate through their results list, page by page selecting records as they go and then when finished complete the desired action on the selected records.
3 votes -
Include DOIs in references in APA 7th ed. format for records coded with Dublin Core.
Exlibris has just updated the APA 7th ed. citation format settings to include the DOI for MARC21-encoded records (idea exchange: Improve APA citation format to include the DOI for an article), but we also want Exlibris performs the same process for Dublin Core-encoded records.
Users are increasingly turning to PRIMO to obtain the citation reference of a record they are interested in and in many cases their metadata is in DublinCore format, as more and more catalogs integrate repositories that encode information following this format.
101 votes -
Purchase requests just in top menu (not in Get it section)
We would like to suggest an option to offer the blank Purchase Request form in the Top Menu, while preventing the "Purchase Request" link from appearing in the "Get It" section of the record view.
We want to avoid patrons requesting materials that we already hold or that can be obtained through resource sharing (Rapido).
Currently, there is no configuration to separate these two access points. We tried using GES (General Electronic Services) logic, but it does not work for this specific purpose in Primo VE. The only workaround we found is hiding the link in the record view using…
22 votes -
“Show more items”
Trying to restart this effort-
Add “Show All Items”
Give patrons an option to “Show All Items in a record”. The option “show more items” is not user friendly when searching through long runs
of serials.23 votes -
Publish the algorithm to create permalinks
Currently the permalinks in Primo contain a secret key which customers can't generate programatically. Using a secret key at all in a URL that is a permalink is questionable.
Permalinks that are dependent on internal secrets and operational details are not in the spirit of nature of long-term commitment.
Permalinks that can't be programatically created based on public available data are also very hard to debug and integrate with external services.
Permalinks should not be dependent on any operational details (for which no long-term commitment can be guaranteed).
Publish the algorithm how this secret key can be calculated or make…
17 votes -
show notice in GetIt when patron is blocked from requesting
This is also CERV PENH-I-28495.
Currently, users with item or global blocks can have their request permissions removed, and the physical and digital request buttons for local materials can be hidden (similar to Rapido for resource-sharing requests). Rapido allows users to communicate a reason why they might not be able to make a request. We believe we should display a similar HTML-based message/banner for requesting local materials, without needing interface customization.
This follows the design principle of "instruction at the point of need". We have had patrons with blocks think that items are not requestable when they are, but just…
6 votes -
Add the funtionality of Add Row to all Labels
As of now it possible to create copies of Labels to be used in specific views, so that the Label better correlate with the intended user group for that view, by the funtion Add Row.
However, this isn't an option an all different kind of labels. We suggest that this functionality should be available on all labels, so that the library better can customize their different views.
4 votes -
Priority of pickup locations
We would like to have the possibility to set the order of pickup locations. Now the owning library is always on the first place. We would appriciate the possibility to put other pickup location at the firt place intead of the owning library e.g. the library box as the first possibility to pickup the resource.
6 votes -
Separate the success message labels for resource sharing requests and hold requests
Currently, both resource sharing requests and hold requests use the same label, nui.request.success, after a request has been successfully submitted. As a result, the same message is displayed for both types of requests.
We would like to have a separate success message label for resource sharing requests, distinct from the one used for hold requests. This would allow us to display different messages for the two types of requests and provide patrons with specific reminders or instructions regarding each service.
4 votes -
Ability to Configure Multiple Journal Searches
Currently, Primo VE supports only one Journal Search configuration for an institution. While this works well for many institutions, some institutions oversee multiple libraries or campuses with distinct journal holdings (e.g., different licensing agreements, consortia memberships, or campus-specific subscriptions).
We would like to request the ability to configure and offer multiple, separate Journal Searches within Primo VE.
Each Journal Search should:
Be scoped independently (e.g., by IZ, NZ, or a specific library/campus)
Have customizable display labels and help text to clearly indicate which journal collection the search covers
Support direct linking to each Journal Search from library platforms
Use Case: …
37 votes -
Allow an institution (IZ) (Alma/Primo VE) to exclude in retrieval 7XX fields with $5 from another institution within the same Network Zone
In our Network Zone, we work with unique bibliographic records shared by several institutions. The MARC21 7XX subfield $5
is used to indicate local information specific to each IZ.Currently, in Alma and Primo VE searches, 7XX fields containing a $5 from other IZs are included in retrieval and affect
the Dedup and FRBR grouping processes within an IZ. We can only hide these fields from user display by configuring Primo VE rules.
As a result, records retrieved in a Primo VE view of one IZ may include data that are strictly local to another institution and may
even influence…15 votes -
"Library" sort for Network Zone participants
Primo searches for Network Zone participating libraries can be configured to include NZ-linked records that are not held by a user's home library/institution. In these types of searches, non-available content is often ranked above available content (see "problematic ranking" screenshot). Users can use facets and/or different search profiles to just see what is available at their home library. We'd like for there to be something of a compromise between these two extremes (getting buried in non-available content vs only seeing available content). It would be something akin to the "Library" sort available to WorldCat Discovery users, where available content would…
18 votes -
Re-design NDE Get it section
Our suggestion (see attached file and image) is to re-design the get it section for the NDE, so that it become more compact and reduce the number of clicks needed to display all information.
In this idea it remains fundamental that libraries can configure which information display and in which order, that is optimized also for mobiles, that it works well with journals and that "filter" by number or year option keep on working
The status of the items could also be indicated using colors: for example, Item in Place in green, Out of Library in grey, ...Note: we…
5 votes -
Primo NDE – Natural Language Search – Support Searching by Local Fields
Enable Natural Language Search in Primo NDE to search and retrieve records based on local fields defined by the institution.
For example:
"Find theses supervised by Haim Rabinovich."
The search should be able to identify records based on information stored in local fields, such as the thesis advisor.
4 votes -
Available online in Research assistant as default.
It would be beneficial to be able to make what is under the refinement icon in the search box more visible. It would be even better if we could make the "Available online" button be checked by default.
As it is now it is so hidden that users aren't aware that this is a possible feature. The fact that the user needs to select the refinement icon to see this possibility isn't optimal.
82 votes -
Add Shibboleth/SSO functionality to CDI "Link in Record" links
Statista recently announced that they are ending IP authentication on Dec. 31, 2025. https://www.statista.com/site/IP-Access
All of the CDI records for Statista are "Link in Record" links that rely on a proxy prefix. There is currently no way to configure settings for Shibboleth (or any other SSO client like OpenAthens) to make these types of links work. Please add this functionality, so we are all prepared if more vendors start moving in this direction. As it stands, we will have to deactivate the Statista collection at the end of the year if no new functionality is released. Thanks!
59 votes
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