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Ability to customise resource sharing status messages displayed in MyAccount Requests tab
We would like the ability to customize patron-facing status messages during the interlibrary loan process.
• Client feedback clearly indicates that status messages that are meaningful for library staff can be misleading to the Primo end user. Note: The Borrowing RS Request Statuses Alma configuration page (Alma configuration / Fulfillment / Resource Sharing) does not include external description / customisation options like other mapping/code tables, e.g. Physical Locations or Discovery Interface Display Logic Labels.
• The “Pick up” message gives the impression that the item is ready for pickup. UNSW patrons sometimes go to the library to pick up the…
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Please add to the PRIMO VE mapping table documentation the last update date and mark the new changes in red.
Hello,
We recently discovered that the Primo VE mapping table was updated with new information.
It would be very helpful if you could add last update date and mark in red the new information, the same way that LC mark in red the new information in Marc 21.
If you would apply this suggestion also to other documentation pages it would be great.
Thanks,
Dafna35 votes -
Primo VE: enable search fields for the deepURLs
InPrimo VE, in the "search" : {} section of the PNX record there are some fields that are still not searchable,
like the "unimarclocalfields". It would be nice if all these would be accesssible with the deepURL query parameter
I.E.: query=unimarclocalfields,contains,XYZ.35 votes -
Support for Numeric Subfields (e.g., $0, $1) in MARC to PNX Mapping in Primo VE
Currently, numeric subfields such as $0 and $1 are excluded from Primo VE’s standard MARC to PNX mapping. This prevents institutions from displaying and passing on crucial metadata, such as authority IDs, in/from the Primo VE UI.
Please map at least subfields $0 and $1 to PNX
This would greatly benefit libraries that rely on authority control and linked data, ensuring that identifiers like VIAF and GND IDs can be used for enhanced metadata display and linking within Primo VE as provided for by the MARC standard .Use Case Example:
A record with multiple subject headings (650 fields) includes…35 votes -
Sort Favorites by Call Number, Library & Location
Patrons often use the Primo My Favorites function to build lists of titles that they want to retrieve from library stacks. Currently, the only sort options for these lists are Date Added, Title, and Author—none of which are particularly helpful for retrieval. Please consider expanding sort options to include Call Number, Library and Location?
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Provide institutions with the ability to systematically boost the ranking of Subscribed PCI collections over Open Access PCI collections
Often, there are multiple versions of an article offered in Primo. The different versions might be the result of having access through paid subscriptions and open access collections. However, there is currently no effective way for an institution to give systematic preference to the type of collection they want their patrons to see first. We request the ability to systematically boost the ranking of Subscribed PCI collections over Open Access PCI collections.
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Smart login messages - Do not show login message in the ViewIt for Open Access material
If a user is not logged in they get the Login message on the ViewIt and GetIt tab, whether they need to login to access that resource or not.
For example, Open Access material.
We have had many instances of users complaining that they have to login to access OA material. In fact they do not need to login to access this material. The Primo login message is confusing and misleading the user to think that they do need to login.
See for example the following Open Access material in our Primo instance.
https://primo-direct-apac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=RMIT_ALMA_DC11160517080001341&context=L&vid=RMITU&lang=en_USIn this example the resource is…
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Searching an item corresponding to a specific record is not possible if not logged in to the IZ that owns this item
If you are logged in an IZ A and you are searching a specific item belonging to a specific record, you will find it only if this IZ A owns this item. If you are logged in IZ B that does not own any item of this title, the holdings are merged into one or several records (deduped) and you cannot distinguish which item belongs to which record.
Example:
IZ A has 6 records of one title; each record has one item.
In the IZ A, searching this title, you will find 6 records, each one with its item
IZ…34 votes -
Give Us Feedback: control on which page the icon is displayed
We would like to control on which page the new "Give Us Feedback" tool icon (May 2022 release) is displayed.
We are using this tool only for reporting broken links. We need the icon only on the Full View of the search results, but currently, it must be displayed on all pages.
Actually, most of the feedbacks from our users have been sent by accidentally clicking the icon on the Brief View of the search results, Primo VE home page, etc.
So, it would be helpful if we could control on which page the icon is displayed.
Please support this…34 votes -
Allow manual control of thumbnails in Primo records
Primo uses Syndetics to supply thumbnails of book covers for records within Primo. However, when Syndetics provides an incorrect image based on their data, it requires a ticket and often several weeks to correct it. In contrast, some records have no thumbnail at all and use a default gray book icon. Libraries should have the option to use this default icon when Syndetics is providing an incorrect image, or to upload and use local images in cases of records that have no images in Syndetics (for example, with archival and special collection books that are old enough that they have…
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Display import profile name also for for failed import jobs
Currently, the scheduled job "Import Data to Primo VE" gives us the name of the import profile/external data source that was harvested, but only if the job ran successfully. If not, only the name of the job will be given, but not which profile it ran on. This is true both in Alma and for the corresponding e-mail notifications. We would be glad if this could be changed so that the profile name is always displayed, as the current behaviour is making troubleshooting issues with the import profiles quite cumbersome, especially if several are affected at once.
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Primo NDE - Display Availability and Access Rights Indicators on Brief Result Cards in Collection Discovery
User Story:
As a library user browsing digital collections,
I would like to see availability statuses and access rights indicators (e.g., "Open Access", or a restricted access icon) directly on the brief result cards (thumbnail and list views) in the Collection Discovery lobby,
so that I know immediately if a digital file is accessible to me without having to click through to the Full Record Display.Current Problem:
Currently, brief result cards for Alma-D records in Collection Discovery lack any visual indicators regarding an item's availability. Users frequently click on items only to discover they do not have the rights…34 votes -
Primo VE be able to get information from AVA and INT holding fields
Currently, Primo VE's normalization rules can only use information from bibliographic records, so it is not possible to obtain and process information from holdings. The classic version of Primo can get this information from the AVA and INT holdings fields but Primo VE can not perform this task.
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Allow fields available in the CTO to be used in General Electronic Services (GES)
Fields found in the CTO should be available to use in url templates and service availability rules within General Electronic Services (GES).
We use some GES's to link out to our resource sharing system that uses OpenUrl parameters in the url template. We've discovered that many books only have editors and don't include that information in the general author attributes within the CTO. Instead, the editor gets added to rft.sau in the CTO and it is the only field in the record that contains editor information. If you add this field to the url template in the GES and you…
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Discovery collections per library and unfiltered view
In our consortium we have some mixed IZs, which means different libraries, mostly in the same geographical area, that are part of the same IZ.
Users accessing via the local library interface are interested mainly in that specific library Discovery collection. But at the same time they might be also interested to know if a resource is available in the near by libraries, as it could be easily accessible physically or to request it.
We have activated the relevant configurations and Discovery collections displays correctly for the specific libraries only. But when the view is filtered and "Local copy unavailable"…33 votes -
Instant Insight into FRBR Versions in the Search Results
We have received feedback from our users that they would like to get an initial overview of a FRBR group’s contents directly in the results list. When encountering the representative record of a FRBR group, they want to immediately see how many online resources and physical copies are included, along with other useful details such as publication dates or resource types.
A straightforward implementation could be to enhance the link to the versions list so that it not only shows the total number of versions but also indicates how many available online (consortia: only online resources that are available in…33 votes -
Provide option to disable course information being indexed for search in Primo VE
We have chosen not to display course information in our Primo VE but found that local records appear higher in our search results when they are attached to a Leganto reading list. Support tell me that 'it is part of OTB and by default it will be indexed’.
In the ‘Search Section Mapping’ part of the 'Mapping to the Display, Facets, and Search Sections in the Primo VE Record' Knowledge Center page, it says: 'Course information – Primo VE indexs the course name, code, and instructor for records associated with course reading lists.'
We don't understand why course and instructor…
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Make MyInstitution configurable: allow excluding specific record sets
SUMMARY
Libraries cannot currently exclude specific record sets from the out-of-the-box MyInstitution scope in Primo VE / NDE.
PROBLEM
MyInstitution (and derived profiles such as MyInstandCI) is a fixed, all-inclusive scope that cannot be modified.
This makes it impossible to centrally exclude a specific set of records (e.g. a whole digital collection) across all search profiles and views.
The recommended workaround is to create custom scopes and search profiles (e.g. “MyInstitution minus X”). However, this:
Requires duplicating and maintaining multiple configurations
Leads to inconsistent behaviour across tabs and profiles
Breaks existing permalinks that rely on the standard search…
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Add a multilingual keyboard to the User Interface
Our patrons want to search in multiple languages in Primo, e.g. Chinese, Russian, Arabic, etc. When they come to the library they are often limited, because of the local keyboards. A virtual multilingual keyboard would be an ideal solution to support their needs.
Portal Judaica (cf. screenshot attached) provides an example of how to implement this in the user interface. The website https://www.lexilogos.com/ supports a variety of languages to give you an idea of which languages should be supported by the virtual keyboard. Thank you for voting.[internal reference PRM-252]
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Pipe setting improvement: allow to exclude specific OAI sets from a pipe
We would like to have the possibility to exclude one or more specific sets when we harvest the data with OAI-PMH protocol in Primo.
This option would have 2 results:
- to reduce the number of imported records
- we wouldn't have to set specific normalization rules in order to exclude the records we don't want to show in Primo31 votes
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