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"Feedback Tool" for the New Primo UI: insert the e-mail of the logged in user automatically
Currently the field "e-mail" in the Feedback form is defined as optional.
As well as with the current e-mail functionality of bibliographic citations, we would expect the e-mail to be automatically pre-filled when a user is logged in. But unfortunately this does not happen.
Please insert the e-mail of the logged in user automatically or at least give us the possibility to set this option in the Primo backend.
Thank you in advance!
P.S.: Please see also this Idea:
Feedback Tool for Primo VE - allow user's email as addressFrom in Report a Problem Letter
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/45350419-feedback-tool-for-primo-ve-allow-user-s-email-as19 votes -
Fill the gap of Open Access CDI records not marked with the Open Access icon and facet
The Open Access icon and facet were added to Primo in May 2018, per previous submission: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/19130257-open-access-flag-for-open-access-content
This is applied at metadata level by provider feed first for PCI and now CDI.
This current decision is the root cause for a significant gap in the number of OA records incorrectly not marked as OA.
For example, tens of thousands of PloS One articles not marked as OA.In September 2022 a change is made in terms of the link proxy being removed when it is determined at the link level that the access is OA.
But unfortunately this change is…19 votes -
Display Licenses for Results from CDI if holdings are associated with a license
For Primo VE search results, display the license for results obtained from the CDI. Primo already displays the license terms of results obtained from Alma holdings. License terms are displayed next to a Primo VE result that is from an institution’s Alma holding if the Alma holding has a license assigned to it (shown in the Electronic Collection Editor’s General tab in Alma), but the license is not currently displayed when Primo VE search results are obtained from the CDI for the same holding (that does have a license assigned to it.). This would benefit ILL staff who rely on…
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Can the feedbacktool for Primo VE provide more information about the end user
Referring to the Idea : https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/45653308-the-new-give-us-feedback-tool-should-provide-infor that has been closed, our question is: can the information be provided whether the user is signed in.
If there is a single sign on of the proxy with Primo, this information is also useful when handling issues with access to e-resources.
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Feedback tool : option to integrate with ticketing system via webhook
We'd like to integrate the feedback button with our ticketing system via webhook instead of via sending mails.
We expect this will give better opportunities for integration eg. mapping the e-mail address of the customer to the customer e-mail address field in the ticketing system.
See also
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/45350419-feedback-tool-for-primo-ve-allow-user-s-email-as19 votes -
Add Welsh as a supported Language for the Voice Search Assistant on Primo/PrimoVE
Currently, Welsh is not one of the supported languages on the Voice Search Assistant on Primo/PrimoVE.
The Voice Search Assistant does not recognise even simple words in Welsh and displays irrelevant results when testing the feature in the Sandbox environment.
This means Welsh universities are excluded from using this feature for Welsh speaking users.Please can you add Welsh as a supported language so that Welsh speaking users can have the benefit of this feature.
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Feedbacktool to provide extra info from the Primo record in the Subject of the message
Additional context information of the record such as the source (Alma, CDI, external source) allows problem reports to be dispatched more efficiently to the relevant person / service that can solve the problem.
Our use case is the following: external sources (like institutional repository, archives,..) that are imported into the library catalogue are not managed in Alma. Questions about these records need to be forwarded to the managers of these sources, often to other departments outside of the library. The user is usually not able to make this distinction between records of different sources, so the use of categories is…
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Change how permalinks work
The permalinks provided by Primo do not link to a specific Alma record; instead, they save the result of a search in Primo. This means that when we copy a permalink for a title included in a course, what we are doing when using it is initiating a search for that title in the recommended bibliography collection. Therefore, if that title is no longer included in a course, the permalink we had copied stops working. This is not very useful.
We request that the permalinks provided by Primo be truly permanent and always direct to that Alma record, without changes.…18 votes -
Ensure that CZ & CDI Metadata is Linked Data Ready
I was advised by the Linked Data Group to post this idea here because I submitted the following for the LOD Working Group webinar in December:
Broader strategic and commercial alliances required to ensure that data is ready to be linked?
To engender confidence in CZ and make it linked-data ready, why don’t the Company do business with e.g. Backstage Library Works for authority control clean-up and maintenance?
Metadata is a global commodity so all stakeholders have responsibility for creating, sharing, enriching and maintaining it, and of course there are costs for all of these elements which we could share.
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Allow patrons to submit ratings on records
We would like our (identified) patrons to be able to add a rating on each record, for example on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. This rating would be saved and displayed to all users on the full display of the record. A facet would be then allow to select records according to their rating.
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Additional Function:Excludes unnecessary resource types in Specialized Search Scopes for CDI
■Idea
When configuring "Specialized Search Scopes for CDI" https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/040Search_Configurations/010Configuring_Search_Profiles_for_Primo_VE
in Primo VE, currently only 5 CDI resource types can be selected, so we want to change the system that unnecessary resource types can be excluded.■Context
Regarding "Exclude eBooks from CDI Results - Phase 2 (NERS #6702)", In Phase 1, all books were excluded from search, but after Phase 2, some books remain in the search results.To exclude books for this reasons,we would like to set the "Specialized Search Scopes for CDI" with limited number of CDI resource types.
But the maximum number of resource types that can be…16 votes -
My Library Card: add sort by date option to requests list
it is currently only possible to sort the requests list within My Library Card by status or title - our users would very much appreciate the option to sort by request date as well - thanks for considering!
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Fiscal/Calendar Year fields for Primo Analytics
Please provide the fiscal year and calendar year fields for Primo Analytics. To show trends, it is helpful to compare by fiscal/calendar years.
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Have the sort order for libraries affect the pickup location order in Primo
There is currently a library sort order in Discovery for Primo VE. Our wish was to have the main campus appear first and then the branches. However we discovered that while we have options to try sorting by IP or by a custom order, this configuration does not apply to the request screen - pickup location order. We confirmed this with a ticket, and develop noted that only the alphabetical order applies to this area. We believe, it would be helpful to allow libraries with multiple libraries to put the main library at the top as that is the one…
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Allow suppression of GES based on Primo View
Currently a GES (General Electronic Service) link can be suppressed or shown based on certain characteristics of the record or though Alma Display Logic Rule, through characteristics of the logged in user or presence / absence of other GES links. We would like the ability to control the display of GES links based on the current Primo view. This would allow us to show or suppress links in certain Primo views before asking the user to login.
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Ahead of print articles
I would love to see some regulations or procedure set in place for articles not yet published from being published in primo. I understand this is a vastly complex issue but curious if anyone else has had these issues as well and ideas on the topic.
Per Ex Libris
Ex Libris's goal is to reflect the provider’s content and metadata and cannot directly make changes in our databases without the provider making these changes. If the provider has sent us a record for an article that is not yet published, or not yet assigned to a specific volume/issue, you will…16 votes -
A function for academics to easily check a reference list for AI gen imaginary references
Allow academics to cut and paste references from a student assignment to be alerted to potential 'imaginary' references created by GenAI tools.
It's currently possible to check each reference individually but a way to provide a set of references to Primo and get a report of what is probably real and probably not real (worthy of digging deeper) would be of some assistance to academics navigating assessment challenges in an AI world.
I don't intend anything punitive from this - I see this as part of the educational journey of a student in learning academic integrity.
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Make databases categories field distinguished by institution also for searching
In consortial environment, if the label of a database category assigned in IZ A for a database AAA is the same in IZ B but for another database BBB, this database BBB is also found in IZ A.
Using different local extensions per each IZ doesn't help.
As categories usually are defined with generic names that are used in several IZs, this funtionality is not usable as is in consortial environment.15 votes -
Enable Silent Login For Azure IDP
Currently Azure IDP is not supported for Silent Login. We use the Azure service and would find it beneficial to have it enabled. Currently the extra step of having students login, even if it is SSO, adds another barrier and another step for our beginning users.
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Quicklink display options on full record
In Primo VE, any quicklinks associated with records show both at the top of the full record display and in the Links section of the record. CSS can be used to hide quicklinks from the Links section, but often results in a blank Links section on the record.
It would be helpful to have options to show quicklink at the top of the full record display, but hide them from the Links section. This would help improve the usefulness of the Links section of the record.
15 votes
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