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Customize Facet List - Advanced Search
It would be helpful for our users to be able to select locations from a list of library locations. For instance, we have a library in the system with a specific archive of local history collections and it would be beneficial to restrict a search to those locations rather than sifting through similar titles in the overall collection
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Disable default search for related titles without direct links
It would be helpful to be able to deactivate the often-problematic default search Primo conducts whenever you click on a related title without a direct link to a corresponding record, since this search frequently returns irrelevant records.
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Add support for custom repositories for citation styles
It's possible to manage and include additional citation style languages, which are stored in GitHub’s CSL Style Repository but they have a huge backlog to add new styles. It would be better if Ex Libris add support for custom repositories for citation styles.
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Add in additional filter features and options on Display Logic Rules (All/Any)
For the display logic rules to include an ALL/All other function in the rules.
Occasionally, we want to hide something, except when it's the only option available. We can only do this within the Display logic rules by selecting each service or interface individually to add to the list.
Creating the rule in this way makes it very large and unwieldy as well as static, having to go back in repeatedly when a new service or interface becomes available to add it to the extremely large list. By creating an all/all other option it would save time, make it less…
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Display requester note for purchase requests in "Requests" tab of "My Library Card"
Users who submit purchase requests in Primo VE put information in the requester note explaining why they are interested in an item. It would be useful for them to be able to review that note later (especially if it takes a while for a purchase request to be processed and they need to be reminded why they submitted the request), but users without access to the purchase request module in Alma have no easy way to review that information in Primo VE after they submit their requests. It would therefore be helpful for the "Requests" tab of "My Library Card"…
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CSL Data (Citation Style Language) in Primo Search API
Primo uses Citation Style Language to generate citations for bib records. Presumably the bibliographic metadata is at some point converted to a csl-data object. https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/blob/master/schemas/input/csl-data.json
It would be helpful if that csl-data JSON object was available through the Primo Search API. This could be a additional information one could request from the API. https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/primo/apis/docs/primoSearch/R0VUIC9wcmltby92MS9zZWFyY2g=/
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Allow Print option in Primo VE to print Quick Access representation along with metadata
When using the "Print" command in a Primo full view record, the print screen shows a record's metadata. However, if the record has a digital representation in the "Quick Access" section (as might be the case in a record managed by Alma-D), the image is not included in the print page. Having the option to include the representation would be helpful in cases where a printed image is needed alongside its metadata.
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Increase the maximum number of viewable records
Currently the max number of viewable records is 2000. If the number of search results exceeds 2000, paging beyond the first 2000 records is prevented.
If the limit is increased, users can continue to view search results beyond the first 2000 records without having to try and refine their search which may be difficult to do.
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Allow patrons to manage email notification preferences by themselves
As a consortium serving more than 200,000 patrons, we request that Primo My Account include a self-service “Notification Preferences” section allowing patrons to select or deselect specific categories of library emails (e.g., courtesy letter, availability letter...), with clear distinction between mandatory and optional notices. This would improve user experience, reduce unnecessary email volume, enhance deliverability of critical communications, and support environmental sustainability by limiting avoidable large-scale email traffic across the consortium.
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Enable exclusion of resource types in WorldCat 3rd party index scopes
Many of our researchers prefer to search using a blended scope that includes WorldCat along with other Primo indexes. Despite the lack of facets for the WorldCat records and other caveats, this is a popular scope especially for advanced researchers. However, the inclusion of article records in the WorldCat index is unnecessary and confusing. Many of the WorldCat article records do not include sufficient metadata, although fuller metadata may be available in the records within WorldCat. The insufficiency of metadata results in the inability for accurate availability calculation and display of links to full text. Researchers may therefore place interlibrary…
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Change how the 541 holding field displays in Primo VE
Primo VE users would benefit from improved readability of descriptive metadata in library records. Currently, MARC 541 fields display each subfield (such as c; a; d. on separate lines, which fragments the information and makes it harder to interpret.
This proposal suggests enabling a configuration option in Primo VE to display the entire 541 field as a single, continuous line with appropriate punctuation between subfields. Presenting the field in this way would preserve the contextual relationships within the data, reduce visual clutter, and make acquisition and provenance information clearer and more accessible to users.
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Option to have more than 5 results from Primo Research Assistant query
In the current release of Primo Research Assistant, it provides the 5 most relevant results with an instant overview. Sometimes, a query returns more than five highly relevant results. Hopefully, the Research Assistant will offer users the option to view more than 5 results in the future.
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Primo NDE – Natural Language Search – Support Searching by Physical Location
Enable Natural Language Search in Primo NDE to take physical inventory and library location into account when answering queries.
For example:
"Find physical books about physics in the Harman Science Library"
The search should be able to identify relevant physical books and limit the results to items available at the specified library or physical location.
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Primo NDE – Natural Language Search – Support Searching by Course Reserves
Enable Natural Language Search in Primo NDE to search for resources based on Course Reserves information available in Alma.
For example:
"Find all books for course XXXX."
The search should be able to identify books and other resources associated with a specific course based on Course Reserves information available in Alma.
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pq access numbers for collection id 613170000000000058
Please add ProQuest access numbers for collection id 613170000000000058. When patrons find these records in Primo and create Resource Sharing requests, our RS team needs to spend too much time searching for the access numbers so that they can purchase copies of dissertations.
Thank you!
1 vote
AdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
After consulting with the content support team, we have decided to re-open this idea and move it to the Primo forum. This change is necessary because presenting this field requires development work, and we currently do not have an appropriate place to display it.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Allowing the "I only need a specific chapter or pages" checkbox to be defaulted to ticked.
With the introduction of RapidILL, we have defaulted our resource sharing request form to have a format of "Digital". For consistency, we would also like to be able to have the "I only need a specific chapter or pages" checkbox default to being ticked so this matches the format.
The client could then choose to untick (which changes the form format to Physical) if they wish to request a loan.
Thanks
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holdings information search "starts with"
When searching for Holdings Information in advanced search then changing the operator option to "Starts with", changes the search to Title rather than holding information.
The "starts with" operator should only be an option when the user is using the Title Search operator.1 vote -
Make the DOI field on the Full Record page a link including EZproxy
Currently on the Primo Full Record page, the DOI field is not a link to the resource. Please make this a link with the option to prepend your EZproxy URL to the DOI links. (Summon added this feature in 2021.)
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Show item availablity on the top level for 'Group Locations by Library in Get It'
In April 2022 we got the "Group Locations by Library in Get It" feature: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Release_Notes/002Primo_VE/2022/010Primo_VE_2022_Release_Notes#Group_Locations_by_Library_in_Get_It-98574
To save users' time when it comes to finding out whether an item is available or not, would it be possible to show the item availability already on the top level, for each library? Color coding wouldn't hurt either, indicating instantly whether a location has the item available or not.
A rough example in the attached files.
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Multi-select and Typeahead search fields (e.g. language)
Currently Primo VE only allows a user to select one language at a time via dropdown. This is a poor user experience that doesn't allow users to multiple languages at once, and makes the dropdown more difficult to use as more options are added to it.
Having an interface where the user can select multiple items at once as well as type to suggest a language will allow more flexibility for users researching items in specific languages
1 vote
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