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Sort Book Chapters in correct order when using PrimoVE in 'Everything' search
When using the ‘Everything’ search in PrimoVE you can't consistently sort book chapters into the correct order. Even when using the facets to filter and sort results, it still returns chapters in a variety of orders.
For example, searching for the following book and filtering by ‘Book Chapters’, refining the year to ‘2015’ and sorting by ‘Title’ still returned the chapters in the wrong order (see attached screenshot).
“Meeting Health Information Needs Outside of Healthcare” Kreps, Gary L.; Neuhauser, Linda (2015)
It may not be possible, due to the variety of way book chapters can be structured. However, if it…
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Show only Uniform title when FRBR key contains field 130 information
When records are grouped together in Primo VE because they have the same uniform title in MARC field 130, the display of the title and creators in the Brief results display for this group is not ideal.
The group shows the title and creators of one of the records in the group, which can be confusing to the user.
What would be more ideal in these cases is that when the Uniform Title is used to generate the FRBR key, to only display the Uniform title from field 130 in the Brief results display for the grouped records, and no…
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Display View It sort order by portfolio with highest number of access first
There doesn't seem to be a way to make the display of portfolios in the View It sort by portfolio with the most number of access first.
We have some titles that have multiple portfolios - some have 3 user access, unlimited, and single access. It would be easier for end-users to view/click on the portfolio with the most number of access first - this would reduce user frustrations with being turned away.
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Resource Recommender: allow users to dismiss
This is important especially on small screens, where RRs can get in the way when not pertinent to a user's needs.
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Add IZ scope for e-resources activated for the IZ in the Network Zone.
SLSP activates a large amount of OA e-resources from the NZ. The use case is to save time and resources for the IZs.
The OA e-resources activated from NZ are searchable in the IZ-wide Search scopes when using the out-of-the-box scope MyInstitution and MyInstandCI. However, they are not searchable in IZ library / campus search profiles. There is no scope that would add NZ e-resources available for the IZ / library / campus to the Search Profile created for a specific library / campus within an IZ.
Library scope in an IZ with Inventory Management Groups (IMG)
If…4 votes -
Primo VE item filter by ChronJ item field
In Primo VE, in the Get it section, button "location item filter" we can see and filter the items associated to an specific holding. Sometimes, for example with daily newspapers, there are lots of items associated to a holding.
We have the issue's year codified in chronI field, following ExLibris recommendations, month in chronJ field and day of the month in ChronK field.If users want to reach, say, an issue dated July 16th, they should select the corresponding year and Primo VE loads the first ten issues of the year, starting in January. Now, user should be clicking many…
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Stop the Alma link resolver from matching e-books and print bibs that aren't the same ed.
At present, if we have a 2nd ed e-book and a 2nd ed print (that is 2nd ed., EMEA ed.) of the same title, Primo is linking them when they are actually different editions. Ex Libris says this is because of matching via title and author and that the option to cancel this kind of match of a specific record isn't available. it would be good if we could unlink them in the Primo record
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Link Authorities in BIB Records to Local Authority Search Records
Current Situation: Local authority search allows patrons to search for authorities and obtain a list of BIB records to which they are connected. However, it is not possible to navigate from an authority in a BIB record to the local authority record in Primo.
Proposed Change: Enable navigation from an authority in a BIB record to the corresponding local authority record in Primo.
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Customize brief display of fees in user account - Primo VE
On the overview page in the fees tile it displays 4 lines of information. If a user need more information they have to click on the entry to do so. One of the pieces of information in the drill down is if the fee was transferred to an outside entity such as bursars. Given there is a Pay Fees button even if transferred fees are present on this tab it would be nice to be able to have more lines display or at the least be able to order the display so what we feel is most important shows in…
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User-defined favorite libraries that get preferential ranking in the Brief Display, the Get It section and Libraries facet
The idea is to introduce a new feature: "Favorite Libraries". In the Library Card, patrons could select their favorite library or libraries (regardless of the IZ to which they are affiliated to, in case of a consortium). Consequently, in the Brief Display, this choice influence the ranking of the records, in the GetIt section, the system first displays items from the selected favorite library(ies) on top. In the facet "libraries" where results are sorted by library, the system would display the favorite libraries on top, before other libraries.
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Cross-Institution favorites
In a consortial environment, we would like to see favorites shared across institutions.
Currently, favorites from institution A are only visible when logged into institution A but not when logged into institution B and vice versa.
Our desired behaviour would be that all favorites from all institutions are shown, regardless of which institution a user is logged in to.
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Enable separate search profiles, scopes, and slots for Advanced Search
We request the ability to display search profiles, scopes, and slots separately and selectively in Simple and Advanced Search. Today, any search profile added to a search configuration automatically appears in both Simple and Advanced Search together; it is not possible to configure them separately. We would like the option to display the profiles, scopes, and slots in Simple Search only, or Advanced Search only, or both. We request this at all levels of search profile/scope/slot configuration. We have developed scopes based on special collections. Given the nature of the content, it would be beneficial to only have scopes available…
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Dedicate a user role for "Access Analytics (Primo)"
Now full "Design Analytics" role is required to access "Access Analytics (Primo)". In fact Primo usage is quite different from other Alma data including sensitive data like user, acquisition. It would be useful to have a partial analytics role for "Access Analytics (Primo)" like "Design Analytics – Acquisition", "Designs Analytics – Fulfillment", etc.
Thank you.
Howard
CUHK Library, Hong Kong5 May 2025
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Display Number of Renewals on Patron Library Card in Primo VE
Currently, Primo VE does not display the number of renewals for a patron’s loans on the patron’s library card. We propose an enhancement to allow the number of renewals (used and/or remaining) to be displayed in Primo VE for patron loans. This should appear on the patron’s library card.
Providing this information directly in Primo VE would improve transparency for patrons.4 votes -
Inclusão do campo "código de barras" na busca avançada do Primo
Sugiro a inclusão do campo "código de barras" como opção na busca avançada do Primo. Atualmente, a busca contempla apenas campos do registro bibliográfico, o que dificulta a recuperação direta de itens específicos.
Com a possibilidade de pesquisar pelo código de barras, seria possível localizar um item de forma imediata, sem a necessidade de aplicar múltiplos filtros em diferentes registros. Isso tornaria o processo de conferência mais ágil e eficiente.
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Metadata from Database Link Resolver into the Resource Sharing request form
Allow more metadata from Database Link Resolver into the Resource Sharing request form to ensure the library staff can more easily fulfill the request and patrons are well-informed through notifications of the exact item they have requested - for example a specific chapter from a multi-chapter book written or edited by someone other than the chapter's author. Having the Book Title, Chapter Title, Book Editor/Author, and Chapter Author would be helpful especially for our faculty patrons.
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Add the funtionality of Add Row to all Labels
As of now it possible to create copies of Labels to be used in specific views, so that the Label better correlate with the intended user group for that view, by the funtion Add Row.
However, this isn't an option an all different kind of labels. We suggest that this functionality should be available on all labels, so that the library better can customize their different views.
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Re-design NDE Get it section
Our suggestion (see attached file and image) is to re-design the get it section for the NDE, so that it become more compact and reduce the number of clicks needed to display all information.
In this idea it remains fundamental that libraries can configure which information display and in which order, that is optimized also for mobiles, that it works well with journals and that "filter" by number or year option keep on working
The status of the items could also be indicated using colors: for example, Item in Place in green, Out of Library in grey, ...Note: we…
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Let patrons choose anonymize or keep their *Historical loans*
We are anonymizing patron's historical records by the job.
On the other hand, some of patrons want to keep their loan records.
So primo should let patrons choose to keep or delete them.3 votes -
Add Campus IP-address recognition for OpenURL display in Primo VE
When you set up Available For Groups on electronic collections in Alma, you can assign a Campus a certain IP-range and have Primo VE display the correct full text links without requiring the user to sign in first.
This is all good within the scope of Primo VE but when you come to Primo via an OpenURL this functionality does not kick in. Should not all links be created equal, you may ask? Apparently not.
This is a link from a search in Primo VE: https://snipboard.io/L5pvj6.jpg
And the exact same article via an OpenURL: https://snipboard.io/VadX1N.jpg
Please make OpenURL links behave…
3 votes
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