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Add a prm-alma-mashup-after angular directive
It's hard to work with the alma-mashup without the prm-alma-mashup-after directive and the lack of the directive is inconsistent with the rest of the markup in Primo.
21 votes -
Sort date of FRBR groups in date-sorted results lists
When sorting a brief results list by date, obviously always the sort date of the earliest member of a FRBR group is taken to represent the whole group. We would expect that in sort order "year (ascending)" the publication date of the earliest member record is taken, and in sort order "year (descending)" the publication date of the latest member.
6 votes -
Add citation capabilities to the email function
The email and citation functions should not be exclusive of each other. Users are used to emailing themselves citations from databases and other library systems. Please add citation capabilities to the email function, so that a citation can be included in the email sent.
11 votes -
Ability to configure New Primo to force patrons to sign in
In the classic Primo, we were able to configure force login using the javascript in the KB Article https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Knowledge_Articles/How_to_configure_Primo_to_force_patrons_to_sign_in
The KB article is for classic UI only.
Due to security, we need to force user login.
17 votes -
Feature in advanced search to retrieve all records in a certain language
It should be possible in advanced search to choose a language and submit search and get all books in that language without having to write a word to search. As it works now it's impossible to retrieve exactly ALL books in a language in one result list. Check this feature in Libris: http://libris.kb.se/form_extended.jsp?f=ext
2 votes -
Book covers images for generic FRBR result
In the result list a generic FRBR document does not show a cover image but only the generic FRBR icon. The result list would look much more attractive if also FRBR results had real cover images. Ideally, the real covers images of the top 3 FRBR results were used to form a fan of covers. So, the FRBR icon would only be used if there are no real covers images.
5 votes -
Opening results in a new tab - stop it defaulting to the top of the list
In the new Library Search, every time I open a search result in a new tab, the list of results resets to the top of the list. This is very annoying, especially if i have already had to load 3 or more pages of results.
0 votes -
Facet "language" not working
The facet "language" in Primo is not working correctly. When I choose another language than german or english, e.g. italian, I got german or english titles whose authors have an italian background. This is not making any sense. Especially our chinese students expect titles in chinese when they use this facet. And as it is a global problem I think ExLibris has to find a solution. I checked with several Primo catalogues from other libraries:
e.g.
http://www.getty.edu/research/library/
https://fu-berlin.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=FUB
https://library.wlu.ca/
http://primo.abdn.ac.uk:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do (they obviously deactivated the language facet already while it is not working)
http://primo.tug-libraries.on.ca/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=WATERLOO&reset_config=true
http://primo.bib.uni-mannheim.de/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=MAN_UB
http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=SLQ&fromLogin=true
http://primo.ub.uni-due.de/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do
http://catalogue.solent.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=SSUVU01
http://whel-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=44WHELF_ABW_VU1&reset_config=true
http://bvb-new-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=49BVB_UBG01_VU1
https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=HVD…89 votes -
Option to e-mail clients Saved Searches
It will be very useful to share Saved Searches with another client by having an e-mail option available in the My Favourites > Saved Searches section in Primo, in the same way the e-mail option is available for Saved Records.
40 votes -
Read-only permission set for back-office users
As both a training tool and for wider understanding of the primo product, we would like to have a read-only permission profile where heads of public service or others could look up configuration/normalization settings, but not commit permission changes. As it stands now, each permission set has the ability to write to at least one area of back office. We would like a 'do-no-harm' account that senior or technically abled library staff could review/suggest changes without having the ability to make the change.
15 votes -
Check for physical copies between data sources
Currently records harvested from local sources (e.g. Dspace) can not crosswalk to records from Alma. This means that a patron who finds a record from dspace for a dissertation can not determine if the dissertation is held as a physical copy using the find it tab in Primo.
For example, see http://searchit.lib.ksu.edu/KSUD:Entire_Library_Collection:01KSU_DSPACE2097/18531
The view it tab works, but the Check for Physical Copy times out because Primo's code is not set up to support checking for physical copies from sources other than Primo Central.
I request that the code be enhanced to support this discoverability.
6 votes -
Add option to view complete authority records in Primo
Primo does not show the complete authority record. In Aleph the end user could see the authority record through the link from Primo to the OPAC. As ALMA has no such option the end user has no way of seeing the complete authority record with all the RDA fields. If the complete authority record is displayed, not only some of the fields, the end user can find important information about the author with one click.
47 votes -
"Save query" for zero results
Add the "Save query" option to zero-results pages (similar to how it already appears on results pages) for when you want to be notified of expected future results. For example, you might want an alert for a recently published article not yet in PCI, or an emerging topic that nothing has yet been written about.
24 votes -
Have Available status in Primo be variable so that it shows Recently Returned for 24 hours and then automatically changes to Available
Currently there is a single code table label showing an Available status. Having the option to configure a label of Recently Returned that would display for 24 or 48 hours and then automatically change to Available would more accurately tell the patron and staff twhere an item might be.
2 votes -
sortedy by call number
The current "Sorted by" options are Relevance, Date-oldest, Title, Author, and Date-newest. It would be helpful to also have the option of "Call Number."
25 votes -
"Show Source Record" to users with Alma Staff Role only
Although we can now display the MARC record in the UI using the "Show source records" we feel this feature is only really useful for Library staff and not for the vast majority of users who will not find it useful and will just add clutter to the full record for the majority. Ideally we would like the "Show source records" to be linked to the Alma library staff role so it will only display when our library staff are logged into Primo.
Currently the only option to display this link in the UI is to have it appear for…
0 votes -
Allow deletion of old unused pipes
We've got a long list of pipes, including some from an old repository we don't have anymore, and one I accidentally created with the wrong type (regular instead of delete-and-reload). These clutter up the list and make it harder to find the ones I actually use. It would be really good if we could delete the ones we don't want anymore.
(Or at least to be able to hide them, or if nothing else then to be able to rename them to "zzzDON'TUSE" or something.)
4 votes -
Consortia environment; Provide inheritance for open access collections
At present, open access collections that are activated by the consortia account are not "inherited" by individual members of the consortium. Given the number of open access collections, and the possible number of consortia members, it can be a tedious task to activate a large number of OA collections for each member.
We would like to see that OA collections can be "inherited" as well, just like regular subscription collections.6 votes -
sorting gets lost when switching scopes
If a user sets the sorting of the result list, her predefined sorting gets lost on switching between search scopes. In this case, the sorting returns to the default, e.g. "by relevance".
We see this in the new UI as well, but think that users should not be forced to select their preferred sorting again and again.
Please consider this to enhance user experience.
9 votes -
Primo does not distuinguish between see references and see too references
Please see public ticket 423179 opened by our University.
Sadly we have discovered that "Primo does not distuinguish between see references and see too references". In our opinion this would be an useful improvemet28 votes
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