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Set default encoding level for Export RIS in New UI
In the New Primo User Interface the Export RIS functionality requires users to select an encoding level.
In the classic UI UTF-8 was selected by default.
Can the default encoding level please be an option in the New UI.
Many of our users are confused by which encoding level to select, and we would like to present them with a default option selected to help ease the confusion.80 votes -
Remove or de-emphasize reference entries in Primo Central results
I was told by someone at Ex Libris that the only way to get rid of "Reference entries" (such as a single word definitions from a dictionary, or an encyclopedia entry) showing up at the top of search results, would be to de-activate the subscription to the source item (the dictionary).
This is upsetting. If you happen to subscribe to several encyclopedias and dictionaries that reference a term, the "Reference Entry" items multiply and crowd out the books and articles, which is probably what users are searching for.
We should be able to set the results ranking level for these…
11 votes -
Track the date of when a record is deleted
If primo is given a record to be deleted, it is removed from the source record table. This means that there is no indication that Primo ever had the record. Continuing to track the record id would allow the search PNX tool to tell the user when the record was deleted. This would be useful in tracking down problems of missing records that are expected to be in Primo.
5 votes -
new option/checkbox: "expand my results with synonyms"
The Primo Search Engine includes synonyms by default to expand the result list. This often leads to results which are fuzzy and hardly explainable.
Instead of including synonyms by default we want to see an option to include synonyms by explicit user decision.
This option ("expand my result using synonyms") could be included into the facets section or should be visible close to the search button.
78 votes -
Primo - My Account : Differentiate normal loans & reading room loans
We would like it to be clear for a patron which loans he has at home and which loans are in the reading room. Currently in Primo, there is no differentiation between the two. Is there some way to do this in Alma and or Primo? Thanks
9 votes -
Improve Misleading Links/Terminology in Results
The prominent "Use Get It To Request" link on results with multiple versions, in the case where another version is an immediately available local copy, is not a good thing to have displayed.
We have also noticed the new interface offers direct "Online access" links from the results page (even with direct linking deactivated) which arbitrarily lead to what can be one of several possible destinations, each with different date coverage ranges. So in the case of embargoed content, for example, a user can be misled to think current access is unavailable.
13 votes -
copy a normalization rule set from sandbox to production server
We need the possibility to tranfer NR testet in the sandbox environment to the production server.
8 votes -
Context sensitive help
have a default context sensitive help file(s) in the new UI that can be adapted locally, with local edits being highlighted for change, but not over written when Primo is upgraded and the help text amended centrally.
2 votes -
unix-like tool for working with normalization rule sets
to compare two normalization role sets or for finding spezial references in a rule set we need some tools:
- to compare 2 rule sets we need a tool like the diff command in unix
- to find references to a (mapping) table or occurences of fields in a NR we need a tool like grep in unix
9 votes -
Sliding publication date range bar option
At the moment in Primo the publication date filter gives you only the option to retype the year or to use the up and down arrows. We would like to see something similar to the option in Summon where you have a slider bar which you can drag across to reduce the date range ie: 2006-2017
20 votes -
Add the option to restrict PCI results for resources when only a physical manifestation of those resources exist in the library’s inventory
If we have a physical book/journal in stock (item status could be anything: lost / on loan / available etc.)
and we have PCI collections activated that happen to also include these titles,
then
Primo will display the PCI results for the electronic version of these Books + their chapters & Journals + their articles and present them as ‘Full text available’ with ‘View online’ tabs – even when we do not have access to the online version of the titles.This leads to an error message + makes for a confusing experience for staff and students. We understand from…
23 votes -
Include an option to set Primo Alert for specific latest issue of a Journal TOC (table of content)
Include an option in Primo Alert for specific latest issue of a Journal TOC (table of content) as in the case of Ebscohost Alert Notification attached.
7 votes -
Add "(full text resources only)" and "(full text and non-full text resources)" suffixes to list of results in Primo Central
We think it would be helpful if the wording directly above the list of Primo Central search results could be changed. For example, for a search for "fish" it would be great if it could say something like:
Results 1 - 10 of 897,789 for Primo Central (full-text resources only)
when the checkbox is unticked and:
Results 1 - 10 of 1,194,353 for Primo Central (full-text and non full-text resources)
when it is ticked.
This would prove a useful insurance in particular for users of mobiles/devices. Indeed, embracing of Responsive Web Design at an increasing number of institutions is likely…
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11 votes
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Use an alternative to reCAPTCHA that's word based.
Our patrons are having a hard time using the reCAPTCHA because of it being picture based. It's problematic to use it in Firefox and IE especially which we use on all of the campus computers. If we need a robot detector, can we switch to something that's word-based? These are also difficult for visually impaired patrons, but better than the photo test.
18 votes -
• Records without a date at the bottom of results list when sorting on date oldest
At this moment, the sort option “Date oldest” displays the records without a date on top of the results list. This is confusing and not relevant for users; when there are several records without a Creation Date they probably conclude that sorting on date oldest doesn’t work. Our request is to display the records without a date always at the bottom of the results list when a sort option on date is used (thus as well for date oldest as for date newest)
80 votesHi all,
This is to update that this is currently not planned to be developed. We might evaluate it again in the future.
Therefore we are removing the "Under review" status for now.
Best regards,
Yael.
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Copyright agreement note
Copyright agreement note for ADAM objects displayed in Primo new UI as the old Aleph OPAC page. It does not match the new UI look & feel.
Ex Libris explained that it's impossible to expand copyright agreement notes inside a frame like it was in traditional (old) UI. It happens since new UI supported full SSL protocol and HTML file in Aleph couldn't support this protocol.My suggestion to change the relevant Aleph HTML file design and font is impossible because there are css differences between Primo new UI and Aleph.
The main idea of this enhancement is to develop…
7 votes -
Improve RTA Holdings status information for checked out / unavailable items for Alma consortiums
For Alma / Primo customers in a consortial resource sharing network, when an item in an institutional view is checked out, in the brief results display, an RTA availability statement is replaced with a "Check Holdings" link. Upon clicking on the title and viewing the full display of the record, RTA is checked for all institutions, including the institution of the view the user is in, updating the RTA status. When the user clicks out of the full record, the correct status (e.g., Checked Out) displays in the RTA section of the brief record in the results list.
Users should…
100 votes -
Add the 'until' argument to OAI-PMH pipe configuration
When creating a pipe to harvest using OAI, we can currently set the 'from' date but not an 'until' date. When harvesting from a large repository, this means we have to collect the whole set in one go - which may be a problem for Primo and/or the repository. We would prefer to process, say, three months data at a time.
6 votes -
New books link in Primo home page
We would love seeing in the Primo home page link to new books added to the collection. after developing the new book facet it'll be easier to implement this feature using the data added to the PNX.
103 votes
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