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  1. Resource Recommender customizable for each view

    PrimoVE views serve different audiences. If the Resource Recommender were customizable for each view the user experience will be improved.

    42 votes
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    10 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  2. Allow HTML in Collection Discovery description field

    It would be useful to allow HTML in the description field of an Alma Collection record. It would allow some formatting and links out to other pages. Currently any HTML displays as text.

    47 votes
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    11 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  3. Display more than 10 locations in PRIMO VE

    We are using bch scheme and when a bibliographic record has more than 10 locations, PRIMO only shows 10, even though the results are limited to one library.
    For example, there are one item in our Medical Library, but it doesn't show. https://granatensis.ugr.es/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991014023258604990&context=L&vid=34CBUA_UGR:VU1&search_scope=MyInstitution&tab=Granada&lang=es

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

    Thank you for posting this idea. This feature is released in Primo VE as part of September 2019 release.

  4. Primo Analytics - add the ability to generate Primo Send To menu Citation Style usage

    Idea: Add the ability to generate usage statistics for each of the Citation Styles which display in the Primo Send to menu.

    Currently it is possible to report on the number of times the Citation option is selected from the Primo Send to menu.

    However it is not possible to track usage for each of the citation styles e.g. APA, Harvard, Oxford, etc.

    Use case:

    The ability to track usage for each style to:

    • Determined the order of citation styles in the display (from most popular to least popular).
    • To determine which options should continue be offered to our patrons…
    48 votes
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    1 comment  ·  Analytics  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  AdminNili Natan (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Thank you for this idea. Primo Analytics now tracks the number of times each citation style is clicked by its  position in the Citation action
    Please refer to Support Usage Information for the Order of Citation Styles in Primo February release notes, coming soon in Primo VE March.

  5. Collection Discovery display items in a list view

    Currently Collection Discovery only offers users the ability to view collections as a Grid or a Gallery. These displays provide extremely limited information about the items making it impossible for users to decide which items they'd like to view.
    Please add the ability for users to view collection items as a list, similar to the search results view. This list view would present each record one after the other with basic bibliographic information such as title, author/creator, resource type, date.

    70 votes
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    7 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →

  6. Display of consortium e-resource coverage

    Consortium partner library's e-resource coverage and public notes should be displayed in Primo VE.

    When searching Primo VE in consortium environment with Search Profile "DiscoveryNetwork", coverage of e-resource licensed by the consortium partner library (not by the consortium) is not displayed. Only bib record (in NZ) is displayed.

    Currently, no information about e-resource holdings of consortium partner library is displayed and users will not be able to notice that the partner library subscribed to this e-journal. If they noticed, they could access to this e-journal as walk-in users visiting the partner library or request copies of articles through Interlibrary Loan.

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    1 comment  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  7. Add "Back to results list" when a document has several editions

    We would like to propose an improvement to the search results for end-users in Primo. Our suggestion is to have an easier way to get back to the search results list if a document has several editions.
    Currently, if a user opens a document that has several editions/versions, they have to reset their active search filters (“List of editions/versions”) in order to go back their original search results list. Our suggestion is to have a button that says “Back to results list” instead.

    In addition, we propose that when returning to the results list, the user returns to the same…

    227 votes
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    4 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  AdminNili Natan (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Thank you for this idea. Navigation has been improved on the List of Versions page by adding a Back to Results Lists link . This is available in VE July 2021 release and in Primo August 2021 .

  8. Customizable Collection Discovery according to PrimoVE views

    It'll be great if, according to the view, you can see specific collections displayed in the Collection Discovery.
    Currently, Collection Discovery is the same regardless of the view, which goes in detriment of the user experience.

    334 votes
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    12 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  9. Available Online link should be configurable to link directly to full text from full item record page, not just brief results list

    We would like it so the green Available Online link on the item record could be made to link directly to the full text, since we have the green available online link to go directly to full text on the results list (direct linking turned on).

    127 votes
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    3 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  10. A-Z option in Primo VE Journal Search

    Add an A-Z browse option for Primo VE Journal Search, like the one available for Primo Classic as of the May 2017 release: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/030Highlights/028Primo_May_2017_Highlights#Support_of_Alma_Journal_Search_%28New_UI%29

    192 votes
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    14 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  11. Supressing inactive portfolios and inactive collections from the discovery layer.

    It would less confusing to our patrons if we could suppress the display of inactive portfolios/collections or remove them entirely from our catalog. Patrons see them and wonder why they aren't available, since they still see the record in Primo. Also there are electronic CZ records that creep into our catalog and link, but we are not subscribed so the link is dead. It would greatly help us out if we could remove or suppress them. Thank you.

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    3 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  12. Ability to select/set preferred record criteria for dedupe/FRBR in Primo VE

    We have instances where records for print materials in our holdings are combined with records for e-resources, to display a single record with multiple access points in our catalog. That is good and expected. However, often the source record is an e-resource record rather than the record for our physical holding, and we would prefer that the record for our physical resource be used so that important local notes are sure to be displayed. When the record for an e-resource is used instead, our local notes are not displayed, and that is a big problem.

    76 votes
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    2 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  13. Add facets into the Collection Discovery UI

    While we are really happy that the functionality to search withing collections is planned, we propose to implement the facets also for the Collection Discovery.

    Facets are very useful to limit results in big collections for discovery and browsing, when the user doesn't know exactly what he is looking for. We do have several big collections.
    Also, functionality would be more consistent with the Primo Search interface.

    315 votes
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    8 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  14. Local fields for all MARC tags

    Currently local Primo VE fields can only be created for a small set of MARC fields (009, 09X, 490, 5XX, 69X, and 9XX). I don't see a reason for this limitation. I want to be able to use ALL MARC tags for local fields.

    15 votes
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    12 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  chaniy responded

    Thank you for posting this idea. This feature is now available in primo VE for MARC21 format (June 2019) and UNIMARC format (August 2019).

  15. Primo VE: Need for new ‘Discovery Manager’ roles

    Create Discovery Manager roles and give customers the possibility to assign Discovery roles to colleagues who are in charge of specific content updates in the front end (notably Tag management, Resource Recommender management, Primo Central Index activations/deactivations) and who are not necessarily Primo administrators. For more flexibility and granularity, different roles (or parameters to add?) should be created. For example, a staff user in charge of Resource Recommender management should not necessarily have access to PCI activations.

    Subject and reference librarians could directly work in Alma in order to keep recommended resources, tags and PCI collections updated; tasks where traditional…

    183 votes
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    5 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  AdminNili Natan (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Thank you for posting this idea. with the new Primo VE August 2021 release , we have added two new Discovery roles – View Management Role and Discovery Operator Limited – to cover the needs raised in this idea. More details can be found in the Release notes

  16. Display item policy in item record

    It would be useful if item policy could be configured as a field to display in either the brief or full item display. Currently, the loanable indicator is defined by the fulfillment terms of use, which is dependent on users signing in in order for Primo to calculate the loan policy specifically for that user.

    Having the option to display the item policy from Alma as a field in Primo would be beneficial as this does not change dependent on the user type or fulfillment rules. It would also provide more information to users irrespective of whether they are able…

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    35 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  17. My Library Card: Display BLock Expiry Date

    It would be very beneficial for library patrons to be able to view their Block Expiry Date in the "Block + Message" section of My Library Card.

    Currently, only "Block Description" is displayed. If the Block Expiry Date is displayed, library patrons do not need to ask the library staff. It will be a nice feature for library staff as well since the number of inquiries will decrease.

    12 votes
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    0 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  18. Provide a way to configure which citation style is the default selection in the Citations dialogue

    It would be helpful if we could set a particular citation style to be the default style that is selected when users open the 'Citations' dialogue from the 'Send to' actions. At present it always opens on APA because it is the first style in the list.

    For example at my institution we have courses that use APA and MLA, but the majority use Harvard style, so I'd like Harvard to be the 'selected' style shown when the dialogue opens.

    24 votes
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    0 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  19. Primo VE Browse databases by category

    We would like to be able to have the option to group the browse into more than 1 list for example a Subjects list and a Resource type list to avoid one huge list for users to scroll through to find the link they are looking for

    3 votes
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    0 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  20. 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.

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