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  1. one-click-unsubscribe link for saved searches emails

    saved search emails that are send on regular basis should include a link to quickly unsubscribe from the alert.

    It is a common and userfriendly practice to include unsubscribe links in newsletters so they wont need to login to their account to change this. Email alerts may be annoying to the patrons in case of shifting interests unsubscribe/subscribe easily will uplift the usage of this particular service.

    6 votes
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    2 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →

  2. Find Databases in Primo without Metalib

    Primo shall provide an Out-Of-The-Box A-Z databases list that references data from the ILS as an alternative to the current Primo find Databases function that relies on MetaLib,

    143 votes
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    11 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →

  3. Add sort order in e-shelf

    User shall be able to sort his eShelf lists based of the folowing field: title, upadted date, author

    103 votes
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    Completed  ·  11 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →

  4. Display of earlier editions in 'View x versions' feature instead of latest ones

    Unfortunately, and I've noticed this with other titles in Primo, e.g. Begg Economics, the latest editions of titles are hidden in the 'View x versions' area of Primo while the earliest edition is displayed in the search results. It would be better perhaps if the latest edition displayed with the option to view earlier editions under the 'View x versions' feature.

    63 votes
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    7 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  5. Improve Primo Alerts format

    Customers should have the abilty to modify and change the format of the alerts sent to the users, both the text and the visibililty of the email.

    111 votes
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    10 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  AdminNili Natan (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Thank you for this idea, In the recent release Primo and Primo VE offers improved format out for the box for the Saved Searches Alert email with option to customize it (in Primo using mapping table , in Primo VE using the Alma Letters Configuration )

  6. Add "modify search" option to retain facets/filters

    Facets used to refine searches must be re-selected if the search keywords are modified. It would help to offer the ability to modify a search while retaining the selected facets.

    42 votes
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  7. Keep search preferences between searches

    We find it annoying that facet selections made in a search are lost when a new search is run. (In both Advanced and basic searches)

    So for example if I select a library location or if I expand my results for one search, these settings are lost if I change my search terms.

    We would like the selections to stay but with an easy way to clear them if desired.

    28 votes
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    6 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →

  8. BibTeX export

    Primo only offers one export file format for bibliographies: RIS

    Unfortunately not all citation management tools directly support this file format. The users have to use conversion tools.
    Therefore please add the very popular BibTeX export file format.

    52 votes
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    2 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  Yuval Kiselstein responded

    I’m happy to announce that we added this functionality as part of Primo May release

  9. API for Primo Analytics

    Idea: ExLIbris to provide an API for access Primo Analytics in a similar manner as Alma Analytics API

    Reason: Without an automated way to extract data from Primo Analytics the usefulness of Primo Analytics is greatly reduced.

    We need the ability to extract data from Primo Analytics reports via an API so we can use this data in other ways. Such as importing into other reporting systems (databases, BI tools, etc.. ), merging with out Library/University data/reports, etc..

    Any new ExLibris product should provide an API as a standard, from initial release.

    Cheers

    Justin Kelly
    Swinburne

    17 votes
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  10. Adding link to MARC record from the Primo user interface

    The user shall be able to view the MARC record from the Primo user interface.
    Once the user selects specific record, he shall be able to view the MARC record from the Primo user interface.

    46 votes
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    4 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  Yuval Kiselstein responded

    We are glad to inform you that we added this feature as part of Primo February release

  11. Add pre-filter search option to Primo VE that was part of May 2018 Primo Classic release

    Please add the same enhancement that was added to Primo classic in May 2018 to Primo VE. This is the ability to display and configure the search pre-filters before performing a basic search. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/030Highlights/020Primo_May_2018_Highlights#Pre-Filter_Search_in_the_New_UI

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    0 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  chaniy responded

    Pre-filter search option was released in January 2019 release.
    Thank you for posting this idea.

  12. Request to add citation style GB/T 7714 for China customers

    Citation style GB/T 7714 is the most popular citation style in China academies.

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  13. Add live links from books etc. on Primo to the Leganto lists they feature on

    When we look at items within Primo that are featured on Leganto reading lists we are given the module information for them i.e. which modules, and therefore lists, they are linked to. For example: https://librarysearch.rgu.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991000824659704636&context=L&vid=44RGU_INST:VU1&search_scope=EBOOKS&tab=Everything&lang=en.

    While this is very useful it would be great if these were links to the actual lists on Leganto.

    Please let me know if this idea should be on the Leganto exchange rather than this one.

    8 votes
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  14. Show My Account and Sign In without extra click and Show logged in user's name under Sign Out

    Hello,

    The California State University (CSU) system has developed custom angular js to Show My Account and Sign In without extra click and Show logged in user's name under Sign Out as the OTB functionality for the new Primo UI, forcing one to hover over the "Guest" label seems inadequate from a usability perspective.

    We would like to know if ExLibris can build-in this angular js functionality into the main source code for the new Primo UI, so the current, inadequate OTB functionality for signing into My Account can be addressed.

    Here is the angular js code for the CSU:

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    73 votes
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    5 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  15. Update default Chicago/Turabian citation style in Primo to current 17th ed.

    Chicago/Turabian citation style 17th ed. was released in 2017, but only the 16th ed. is available as a citation style. This is one of the most common citation styles in use, and Primo should offer the current version as a default option.

    13 votes
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    0 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →

  16. A way to debug iFrame in Primo VE

    There is a way in "regular" Primo NUI to debug and troubleshoot Primo. For example, it was an easy way to see openURL that is passed to the vendor by right clicking and choosing view iFrame.

    Unfortunatley there is no way to do this in VE. This is a loss of a troubleshooting tool that is quite important.

    See attached.

    I would like to see a way to do something similar in VE.

    Thank you!

    3 votes
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  17. Ability to load citation styles written in Citation Style Language

    Three of the most popular reference managers (Zotero, Mendeley, Papers) accept new citation styles written in Citation Style Language (http://citationstyles.org/developers/) without needing developer intervention to add them. If Primo's action let each library customize which citation styles they would prefer that would be a huge boost to both Primo's functionality and open standards.

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  18. Session timeout 'Keep me alive' customization

    Right now, Primo is only set to have a 30 minute window before the 'Keep Me Alive' timeout feature appears.

    As someone who uses this button frequently, it would be nice if we could customize the amount of time Primo allows before this 'Keep me Alive' button appears (ie 60 min. 6 hours, 12 hours, etc.) in the BO somehow.

    145 votes
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    7 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →

  19. Searching in Collection Discovery (New UI)

    Searching within a collection (or across collections) would be extremely beneficial to the user experience.

    This is especially true for digital collections that hold a large number of items, or have significant descriptive metadata in the item record.

    23 votes
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  20. Inclusion of New UI Top Banner links in Primo Analytics Action Usage Report

    We would like the links on the Links Menu that appear in the banner at the top of the screen in the new UI to be harvested into Primo Analytics and to be included in the Primo Action Usage Report. Ideally we would like usage information to be harvested for both links created by ExLibris (such as Tags, Browse etc) and also links that we have added to the menu (for example a link to our LibGuide).

    Obtaining usage information for these links will not only be very useful in determining which links we include in the top banner but…

    25 votes
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