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citation linker - highlight required fields
I'm suggesting an out of the box configuration option to highlight the required fields in the citation linker. I have adjusted the text, to let our users know that an identifier is required but the text can easily be missed. We recently migrated to Alma/Primo VE and when we had 360/Summon, we were able to highlight the required fields in the citation linker. I am investigating CSS customization options.
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Allow the available figure for Physical items to be configured
The available figure in Primo for Physical items includes all items which are not on loan. We want to be able to exclude items with certain item policies or item locations from this figure.
These items will still be displayed within Primo but will not be included in the available count.3 votes -
Increase security for option to delete a view in Primo VE
Right now it is all too easy to delete a Primo VE view. If the option to delete a view is accidentally clicked on the drop down menu, a confirmation message appears with the "confirm" option highlighted. A confused user might click enter to get rid of the message without reading the message. This happened to us recently. A user who selects the delete option should have to type in the view code to confirm deletion. This extra step would help to prevent accidental deletion.
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Collection Discovery - Search results enhancements
We would also like to see some enhacements
- Sort options on the search results
- Option to filter by collection in the results
- Indication of which collection the results belong too
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Restrict display of digital collections by campus in views
In the same way that you can allow/disallow the display of electronic resources like ebooks in a specific view in Primo VE based on the campus of the view.
You should be able to restrict the display of specific digital items and collections.
For example if I want to make a digitial collection of database entries for my users, but I want to mark some databases as being only available/visible to a specific campus, then they shouldn't show in other views.
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If your default language for Primo is not English you can not customize some Primo labels in Alma
If your default language for Primo is not English you can not customize some Primo labels in Alma.
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Add an attachment icon picture besides the item of the attachment.
Add an attachment icon picture besides the item of the attachment.
In Primo, readers often can not distinguish the difference of the book and the attachment of the book(ex: CD-ROM). So readers often request the barcode number of the attachment of the book first wrongly, and then find that they really want to request the book instead of the attachment of book(CD-ROM). I suggest the system can show an attachment icon picture(Ex: paper clip) besides the item of the attachment. It can help readers distinguish the types of the items(book or CD-ROM attachment) quickly and request the types of the…
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Ability to move search by voice or add more space between the three buttons
It would be useful to be able to move the "search by voice" function or expand the space between it and other buttons. As currently it is too close to the submit search button and cancel search button. Meaning that students and staff sometimes click on this accidently. It would be useful to be able to move this or make the spaces between these three items a bit larger. So these accidently clicks didn't keep happening.
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Ability to expand all sections in the get it section by default
User Story: Many of our librarians use Primo to search for our records. They would prefer to be able to see the barcode information on all items in the get it section. As soon as they open the record. Rather than having to click each one, show the extra information.
Solution: we are requesting the ability to have all items to be expanded by default in a specific view. So that library staff can see the item information, once they open the record.3 votes -
Add the DeepL API
We would like to add the DeepL API (https://www.deepl.com/docs-api/translating-text/) to integrate a translation service into PRIMO home page
We think it it would be of interest to many other libraries3 votes -
Searching in the collection discovery: exact search terms
In connection with Collection Discovery, a question has come up regarding usability:
Why is a search of exact search terms set and can we change this?
Example: Searching for the search term "kalender" in our sub-collection "Abschlussarbeiten Buch- und Medienwirtschaft und Publishing Management" of the top level collection "Abschlussarbeiten" does not return any hits. If you search for "kalender*", no hits are found either. However, there are a total of 2 titles with "kalender" in the title.
Can this behaviour be changed/improved? It makes it difficult for our users to access available media and they think we don't have anything…3 votes -
Add due dates to Email Record Template
Under the Loans section in Library Card, users can export the list of their loans via email. The email contains names of loans, but not their due dates.
Could due dates be added to the Records Email Template, so the users can see their loans due date in the email export?
Petra
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Add Popular search category - User Statistical Category
Primo Analytics currently offers Zero search (daily, based on user group) and popular serach Hisotry (monthly, based on user group)
I want to be able to extract the User Statistical Category required for analysis, if not the entire data.
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Local Resource Type on IZ-Level with local extensions
I would welcome a possibility to create local resource types on Institutional Zone level using local extensions, for example: MARC 980 $a. In other words: change the resource type to a certain value when a string in 980 $a is available.
By now it is only possible to create local resource types when all necessary data is available in the network zone - local extensions are not available there as they represent extra data for local needs only.
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Allow hosted Back Office sites to use their own XSL transformation routines in data sources
Primo documentation describes using XSL transformation routines to apply changes to records ingested to Primo from external sources (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/Primo/Back_Office_Guide/050Pipe_Configuration_Wizard/040Configuring_Data_Sources) but hosted sites are not able to see details of existing routine files or add their own.
We would like to be able to add our own transformation file to handle a specific issue with harvested OAI metadata. Please make this possible or at least document the existing transformation routines so that we can see what they do.
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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…
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enable a search of parentheses () in middle of word
Currently, Primo is unable to retrieve titles containing parentheses in the middle of a word (eg א(י)מניות : אימהות מביאות אמנות לעולם). It seems elementary that Primo should be able to retrieve any record based on its exact title.
See the following links displaying the issue:
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Enable ability to increase number of autocomplete rows that appear in the dropdown in Primo VE
In Primo VE the dropdown that appears when entering search terms in simple search is limited to 8 rows. The top rows are taken up with suggestions for each of the search scopes that have been defined and the remainder are used for autocomplete suggestions. If there are a higher number of search scopes defined then there are less spots available for autocomplete suggestions.
For example Otago has 6 search scopes defined which only leaves space for two autocomplete suggestions to appear in the dropdown. https://www.screencast.com/t/9mrmza2gMUaG
We would like the ability to increase the number of rows that appear in…
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Add barcode as variable in Location Map Link Template
Add the item barcode to the Location Map Link Template. Item localization systems do not necessarily work with callnumber and location.
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Exclude certain records or collections from search results
We have a link to browse on our catalogue homepage to show new items added to the collection within the last 7 days. We would like this search to ONLY show the titles we have ordered or received by donation; NOT the titles from open access collections. Often open access collection titles are in other languages or on topics we don't need at our library so they are not helpful to our users to have in the new items search results list.
We would like to be able to specify which records/collections are displayed in certain circumstances.
eg: general searching…3 votes
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