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1. An option to move the send-to section in Primo VE

   We would like to be able to control the location of the send-to section in the Primo VE full record display.

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2. Optimize call number Advanced Search

   Currently you can conduct an advanced call number search, but there are a few issues with it:

   -It doesn't properly search the entry as a call number like the Browse function does. It treats it like a regular word which results in severely incomplete results. For example, if I do advanced search > call number > contains > MT, I receive 90 results, though we have 3,578 items with call numbers that begin with MT.

   -The only way to see a mostly accurate number of holdings is to search partial numbers + an asterisk. For example, MT* returns most of our 3,578 items. Most users would not think to search with an asterisk.

   -When limiting an Advanced Search by Call Number, the only limiters available are Contains and Is(exact). Starts With appears to be an option until you click on it, and then Call Number changes to Title which becomes unavailable to change. Starts With would be the best and most logical limiter for users for a call number search, but it's not available.

   -The Contains limiter does not appear to function correctly. For example, I receive results when searching Advanced Search > Call number > Contains > M1003 .H64, but no results when I search M1003 .H.

   (I submitted ticket 00523629 regarding these requests, and was advised to post them to the Idea Exchange.)

   Currently you can conduct an advanced call number search, but there are a few issues with it:

   -It doesn't properly search the entry as a call number like the Browse function does. It treats it like a regular word which results in severely incomplete results. For example, if I do advanced search > call number > contains > MT, I receive 90 results, though we have 3,578 items with call numbers that begin with MT.

   -The only way to see a mostly accurate number of holdings is to search partial numbers + an asterisk. For example, MT* returns most of… more

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3. Add MODS template as Date Source for OAI-PMH harvest

   Currently, there is no MODS template for OAI-PMH harvesting of external collections. As an example, we have many collections in an Islandora repository and have very rich metadata in MODS format. We lose most of that metadata when the collection is harvested because we must use the DC template as the Source format.

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4. Add 245 subfield c to Primo display

   Please add the 245 subfield c to the display in Primo. It does display in Alma. In the example below, you are not able to determine the author/creator's responsibility for the work - Author vs. forward vs. photographer.

   https://cmog.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991302983504126&context=L&vid=01CORNING_INST:01CORNING_INST&search_scope=MyInstitution&tab=LibraryCatalog&lang=en

   We would love to have more granularity in general for what fields/subfields display in Primo for our specific institution.

   Thank you!

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5. Allow libraries to review PCI metadata in collections

   We would like the ability to not only see more information about the collections (which is already another idea on here) but also the ability to see the metadata for each collection. For example, for Kanopy, we have loaded the MARC records into Alma, but would like to review what the metadata for the PCI collection looks like so we can make a decision about whether or not to enable it. We have no way to know what the PCI collection will add or do until we turn it on in production Primo.

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6. EZProxy (Primo institution wizard) more granular application against specific collections

   Currently in Primo institution wizard (Primo Home > Ongoing Configuration Wizards > Institution Wizard > Delivery Base URLs) you can enter an EZProxy base URL. If a proxy is added it will be applied to all Link in Record type resources (though there is the option to exclude OA collections). I would like more granularity so that we could choose to apply the proxy to certain Link in Record type collections, but not to apply the proxy to others.

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7. Allow admin to select in what order Resource Types are displayed

   Currently the Resource Types can only be arranged alphabetically or by count (how often the type appears in search results). We would like to be able to preference certain types above others (for example, books, ebooks, articles...over things like Text Resources. So that for any search, the Resource Types are always arranged the same way and in a way that is most helpful for users.

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8. my account - loans sort options

   User should be able to sort their loans not only by title and due date, but also by author, location, maximum renewal date and status (renewable or not) -> all columns shown should be sortable.

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9. Ability to share favorites

   We'd like to see a more robust favorites area, with more options for configuration. One thing in particular we'd like would be the ability to organize lists of favorites, then to share those with other users. This has been brought up by librarians who'd like to work on lists collaboratively and then share those lists with students or instructors.

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10. Find e-Journal by Title search

    Add the following radio buttons to the Find e-Journal by Title search:

    *Contains
    *Starts with
    *Exact

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11. Combining searches from search history into a new search

    My colleagues misses the functionality from our previous discovery system to combine searches in the search history list into a new search in an easy way, e.g. S1 AND S3

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    AdminYael (yael.shahar@clarivate.com, Ex Libris) responded

    This is currently not planned to be developed. We might evaluate it again in the future.

    Currently we are removing the "Under review" status.

12. Add an Abstract resource type for the Primo Central Index

    Primo Central Index contains many records for abstracts of conference papers that have been published in journal issues/supplements.

    These records are given the Article resource type in Primo. This confuses users, who when they find these items expect a full-length article instead of a short abstract.

    It also creates problems with link resolvers, which attempt to generate article-level links and fail (publishers usually do not provide these abstracts as individual articles).

    To fix this, Primo Central should be given a new resource type for abstracts.

    The sources for these records are usually large indexes such as Scopus or Web of Science, which already mark these items as abstracts. This would make it easy to reclassify items as the Abstract resource type.

    Primo Central Index contains many records for abstracts of conference papers that have been published in journal issues/supplements.

    These records are given the Article resource type in Primo. This confuses users, who when they find these items expect a full-length article instead of a short abstract.

    It also creates problems with link resolvers, which attempt to generate article-level links and fail (publishers usually do not provide these abstracts as individual articles).

    To fix this, Primo Central should be given a new resource type for abstracts.

    The sources for these records are usually large indexes such as Scopus or Web of… more

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13. Generate a report of the MMSID's harvested by Primo Back Office

    We would like to be able to generate a report of the MMSID's harvested by Primo Back Office.

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14. “My Favorites” pin should indicate number of records in favorites

    In the Primo New UI, there is the “my favorites” pin icon at the top right of the screen (screenshot below of the pin). We ran some usability surveys and found that users would like an indication, via the icon, that something is there. Like the number if pinned items and/or a different color indicating that something is there.

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15. Primo Central Index ( PCI ) - more granularity in excluding content from activated resources - e.g. exclude from index by resource type

    Right now in Primo Central Index the customer can either activate or not a resource. But sometimes more granularity would be appreciated. Namely adding a filter by resource type allowing inclusion or exclusion in the index would be very useful. Please note: it's not a matter of adding a resource type in PCI. It's a matter of excluding records with a specific resource type from activated resources.

    For example, some resources/data sources contains not only articles, but also journals and other resource types we actually catalogue. Since right now dedup does not work between local records and PCI, this ends up leading to a lot of duplicated entries in the search results (1 for the journal in the catalogue + 1 for the same journal in PCI).
    Allowing us to exclude Journals from PCI, thus having only articles, would greatly reduce noise and bias in the search results.

    Right now in Primo Central Index the customer can either activate or not a resource. But sometimes more granularity would be appreciated. Namely adding a filter by resource type allowing inclusion or exclusion in the index would be very useful. Please note: it's not a matter of adding a resource type in PCI. It's a matter of excluding records with a specific resource type from activated resources.

    For example, some resources/data sources contains not only articles, but also journals and other resource types we actually catalogue. Since right now dedup does not work between local records and PCI, this ends… more

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16. text

    Allow users to text themselves call number/location for an item

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17. Embargoed resources displaying in Primo

    Currently records from within an embargo period are discover-able to end-users via Primo.
    The user then thinks we have access to the records and selects it only to be presented with No full text available.
    Embargoed records are outside of our coverage range and should not display in our discovery interface.

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18. Put useful data into the RSS feeds created by Primo

    Technically RSS feeds created by Primo are working. But from a content perspective the feed is a mess.

    Let's start with the feed header:

    Primo delivers <rss version="2.0">
    The standard specification are at http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification . It was published in August 2002. The RSS 2.0 specification is copyrighted by Harvard University and is frozen. Please use RFC 4287 also known as Atom.
    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287
    It is simply the better option for may reasons.
    http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/Rss20AndAtom10Compared

    The description of the feed is <title>Records from Primo</title> .
    As a user I would like to see my search terms in the feed title - like in the brief result screen in the web interface. At minimum it should be the name of the service where this feed is coming from. The name of software used to create the feed is useless to a reader.

    The link to the source is pointing back to the Primo main page with the classic user interface. But that's confusing for institutions using the new user interface!

    Let's have a look to a feed item:

    A cruical element of RSS feeds is the
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 16:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
    The specification says: "Its value is a date, indicating when the item was published." In a Primo feed this is always the same date; I assume it is the time stamp when the feed was created. Please change this immediately. RSS management software cannot handle it because the pubDate is used for chronological sorting and to find out what's new. What's needed is the publication date of the publication or second best the date and time when the record was added to the Primo index.

    The delivered link in the link field is "the URL of the item". It's pointing back to the full view of the record in Primo. That makes sense. But if available I would like to get the OpenURL here because I want to connect my users to the article or the service page and not to the Primo record again. It's fulfillment at this point!

    Why the same link is also in guid is a mystery to me. RSS standard says: "guid stands for globally unique identifier. It's a string that uniquely identifies the item. When present, an aggregator may choose to use this string to determine if an item is new." What about the PNX ID?

    Last not least the description:
    <description>Plasmodium Falciparum -- Analysis ; Proteases -- Analysis ; Proteins -- Analysis ; Phosphates -- Analysis ; Malaria -- Analysis;</description>
    Often it incorporates only "N/A" or sometimes subject headings. But the description should include the same information as the brief view in the web interface of Primo like bibliographic information, identifier, subject headings, language, etc. This is what the user will see in his feed reader of choice or what a feed aggregation system can use to give meaningful context for the title of this item. Of course it's tricky because a Primo search delivers very different types of content with very different metadata. Books have authors; journals have not. Articles are published in a journal and pictures have a resolution and digital objects have a file format.

    Today there are no customization options for the feed content. If the settings of the brief view are applied to the feed too, it would improve the item description massively and solve the description problem. This need is solved for the export to a reference management software. The RSS feed for a query is not so much different from that.

    Technically RSS feeds created by Primo are working. But from a content perspective the feed is a mess.

    Let's start with the feed header:

    Primo delivers <rss version="2.0">
    The standard specification are at http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification . It was published in August 2002. The RSS 2.0 specification is copyrighted by Harvard University and is frozen. Please use RFC 4287 also known as Atom.
    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287
    It is simply the better option for may reasons.
    http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/Rss20AndAtom10Compared

    The description of the feed is <title>Records from Primo</title> .
    As a user I would like to see my search terms in the feed title - like in… more

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19. Allow Primo to comply with the "force password change on next login" setting in Alma for internal users

    Alma has the internal user setting "Force password change on next login". Primo does not comply with this setting, so there is no way to force patrons to change their passwords in Primo. This is problematic, because our internal user accounts have a very insecure default password initially set for them. Please consider implementing this feature for Primo

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20. Allow for consistant customizations in the new UI

    The open discovery of the new UI allows customers to customize the new UI, extend its functionalities, and connect Primo with external services.
    This framework can offer an important added value to institutions; it can enable them to respond to specific needs of their user community.
    We want to implement extensions for functionalities like:
    • Offer a button “report a problem” that allows a user to report a broken link or another problem with a specific source he found. The form sends this message to our helpdesk, together with useful debug info like : is the user on or off campus, browser version used, search query, pnx-id,.. and his e-mail address when he is signed in. Our e-resources staff finds this functionality extremely useful: more linking issues are reported now and they can be handled in a more efficient way.
    • Offer a button “Pay fines” that allows a user to pay fines online. The button is only displayed when the user has fines.

    These are extensions that we currently implemented in our old UI.
    But creating extensions that make use of session data (like user email, vid, …) are time consuming and risk full:
    • Time consuming because documentation is limited not to say non-existing, this requires reading the code. It has a high maintenance cost since after every release, extensions can break and it is difficult to find out why because of the lack of clear release notes.
    • It is risk full because we don’t know whether we will be able to fix the functionality in the two weeks between release on staging and production. It is also risk full because we don’t know if the extensions will still work after the transition to Angular 2.

    Our request is :
    Please provide us with session data in every component so we can quickly create components.
    One way to make the extensions manageable and future proof, is to use a data model (see primo-explore-dom). If the data is framework agnostic it will become more portable and working with data is easier and almost timeless.
    This way everybody can develop within the reach of their skillset and more institutions would be able to take profit of the open discovery framework.
    But we are open to any solution to overcome the issues mentioned.

    The open discovery of the new UI allows customers to customize the new UI, extend its functionalities, and connect Primo with external services.
    This framework can offer an important added value to institutions; it can enable them to respond to specific needs of their user community.
    We want to implement extensions for functionalities like:
    • Offer a button “report a problem” that allows a user to report a broken link or another problem with a specific source he found. The form sends this message to our helpdesk, together with useful debug info like : is the user on or off… more

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