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Ranking of search results by Resource Sharing Library
Concerning search results in Primo : could it be made possible to rank different holdings of the same title by Resource Sharing Library of the patron? This way the patron would see on top of the list the item that is the easiest accessible to him. At present patrons often request items from another library because they did not notice the title is also available at their own library.
126 votes -
Move the Sort by options to top of results
We would like the Sort by option to be at the top of screen, for consistency with other databases. Users are used to seeing Sorting options at the top of the page. These options are hard to locate within the other filtering options in the panel to the left/right of the Primo results.
13 votesHi,
We would like to update that this is planned to be developed in the Primo Next Discovery Experience User Interface.
More details on the new interface plans can be found here -
Best regards,
Yael.
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Make the Availability indicator for consortia match what was in Primo BO
We have has several users report in a week that they are confused by the lack of accuracy in the availability indicator in Primo VE. For example Milwaukee noticed that this item shows that it is available in another institution- https://wisconsin-uwm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_ML/cc3uhc/alma9912304483902121
If I check that institution the item is checked out and if I look it Alma it has been out for over a year. https://wisconsin-uwosh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UWI_OSH/hvjabb/alma991004692621402126
…Now compare it to Primo BO you will note that in the institutional holdings area, it says Out of the Library. - https://uwi-primoalma-prod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/104qq38/UWI71401656290002121 We would want VE to be accurate so users do not40 votes -
Allow CDI records and external resources to be added to Alma collections for Primo Collection Discovery
We appreciate being able to create curated collections of Alma records to highlight lists of recommended reading and similar tools in Primo VE Collection Discovery. Sometimes we have a title that we’d love to include in these lists, but then find that a record exists only in CDI but not Alma. This is true for certain video collections, for example, that have database-type collections in Alma (no portfolios). There may also be single external resources (websites, etc.) that we'd also like to highlight. Currently there is no way to add CDI records nor single external resources to these collections. You…
141 votesThis is planned to be developed only for Primo VE.
This will be part of the 2024 roadmap.
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New records facet according to Inventary record
Primo VE facet for New records (last month, last week) retrieves records according to the bibliographic record creation date.
The problem in some institutions is it takes an average of one month from when the record is created until it is available to the user, therefore, the new records that are available in the last week for the user appear under the last month facet or even, sometimes, in the last three months.We ask for theese facets take into account the Inventory Date instead of the Bibliographic Record Creation Date
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Treat "and" and "&" (ampsersand) as interchangeable for the purposes of FRBR
There might be multiple local (i.e. repository) records for different editions of a book, where the title field of some editions features the word "and", but the title field of other editions features the character "&". At the moment, this results in two FRBR groups for that book on Primo VE - one group for the editions with "and" and another group for the editions with "&".
When determining FRBR groups for local (i.e. repository) records, "and" and "&" should be treated interchangeably, so that all editions of a book will be grouped together, even if the title has changed…
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Allow us to collapse like locations for a library using mapping table like classic
In classic Primo we would able to collapse like locations for a library using a mapping table. For example we have some very large buildings and for logistics we have locations like Stacks 3rd floor and Stacks 4th floor. In the facets it would be nice to just have Stacks be grouped all together. This also allows us to create custom pre-filter for our libguides.
47 votes -
Allow additional links to be added to my library account
In classic Primo we were able to add our ILL link to the library account area, so users could go over and see the rest of their loans. We would like the ability to do this again and have it show up on the loans tab in the My Library Account.
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Enable the Hebrew Acronym file in CDI
I would like the Hebrew Acronym file to work in the same manner for local and remote records and enable the correct retrieval of records with any of the many Hebrew words that are comprised of initials (eg פלמ"ח, תנ"ך, תשנ"א, אדמו"ר, בג"ץ, רמב"ם, מפא"י…….).
Currently, searching a term either with or without the " sign will retrieve the term both with and without the quotation sign (") but ONLY for local records. Until this will work in CDI, many remote records will not be retrievable when searching terms that can be written in both ways (with or without the…
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Display all editions of FRBR items even when using scroll wheel or right button
In brief display in Primo, we can choose what will be displayed when a user clics on an FRBR title :
- a single item / a single edition in full display chosen by an algorithm ;
- or the list of all editions in brief display. This is what we have chosen to display, so our users can't miss the fact that we have several editions of the same book.But it actually only works if the user uses the left button of a mouse.
When using scroll wheel or right button, you always have an item chosen by…
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En Alma Digital se requiere que los campos MARC 5XX se desplieguen diferenciados
En el perfil de metadatos desplegados en Alma Digital, se requiere que los campos de notas se puedan diferenciar. Actualmente se unen los campo 505 y 520 en "Descripción" y todos los otros 5XX en "Notas".
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Radio buttons on the Resource Sharing item request form on Primo VE
On the Resource Sharing item request form on Primo VE the 'Citation type' radio buttons can't be altered.
Our library would like for the 'Article' radio button to be first, before the 'Book' option, and for it to be pre-selected as the default.
Also, with the 'Format' radio buttons at the bottom of the form we would like to hide both the 'Physical' and 'Photocopy' buttons, but keep the 'Digital' one visible and selected. This is so that our users are aware that their request will be supplied to them digitally.
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General Electronic Service - Additional Display location
In Primo VE you can set up a General Electronic Service (GES) to display in Primo VE under
Getit & How to Getit
Viewit and How to Getit
Getit, Viewit & How to Getit
How to Getit only
NoneFor when you only want a GES to display on an ebook or electronic resource, the display option doesn't give this option, but you can for physical items.
Idea is for there to be more options under display locations to make a far easier and straightwards option to select specific displays, specifically Viewit ONLY
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Personal name (600/610/611) should be included in Browse subject of Primo VE
Currently Primo VE does not search 600/610/611 as part of a Browse subject search. That means that a patron cannot view or browse through all of the subject headings for books about “Luther, Martin” or “Morrison, Toni.” The 600/610/611 fields are searchable in Alma as “names” but not browsable in Primo VE as subjects. Leaving out personal names goes against the common expectation in library systems to find all subjects including those that describe people, companies, etc. A similar entry exists in the Alma part of Idea Exchange: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/35782486-browse-by-subject-headings-to-include-600-610-611
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Enable search and browse also for item call numbers, not only holdings
Hi
We switched to Primo VE some months ago and are really missing a call number index that shows all our call numbers, in items as well as in holdings.
https://slidetodoc.com/three-types-of-call-numbers-in-alma-yoel
"Item Call Number – is it in Primo VE search indexes?
• The item call number cannot be added as a Primo VE search index.
• Of the three call numbers only the “Holding Call Number” can be added as a Primo VE search index."Our call number index is set to "callnumber.4 – Shelving control number call number", our item call numbers are type 4, but they are…
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Results for e-resources when narrowing down to IZ
The users expect that with the facets, you would be able to filter electronic resources by library and/or IZ that licensed them. This is currently not the case. When filtering by location, e-resources (incl. external data sources) are not delivered as results.
Electronic resources should be recognized by Primo as owned by libraries and institutions like physical resources. We would highly appreciate if Ex Libris could make this possible.
163 votes -
Configure journals A-Z so titles from key suppliers can be ranked higher than lesser known suppliers/OA titles
We would like to apply some configuration to the Journals A-Z in Primo?
We have noticed that when browsing our A-Z the first few titles that appear under each letter do not tend to reflect our health and social care focused collection. We would like to have options to omit or give more weight to certain collections/titles in the A-Z so more prominent titles appear at the top rather than titles that are unlikely to have any significant use for our patrons.
One example would be under the letter L. We would hope a title such as The Lancet would…
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Add ability to customize what appears in MyInst_and_Cl (Search everything) scope.
We recently went live with Esploro's Research Repository and have been adding assets for faculty and staff publications, including theses and books that already exist as separate records in Alma. We recently noticed that these records from Esploro are automatically included in our MyInstandCl (Search everything) scope in Primo VE, resulting in duplication of theses and book records. Attached is a screenshot of a duplicate record in Primo VE. Note that the second is listed as an ebook when it is not an ebook (a salesforce case exists for this issue).
Esploro records are separate from Alma records,…
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Add new criterion to Suppress Dedup/FRBR Rules
For Primo VE, please add the Creator/Author as a criterion to set up a Suppress Dedup/FRBR Rule.
Now record with same title, same date and same publisher, but with different Author are deduplicated, although they are totaly different works.
Please fix it.4 votes -
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