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one-click-unsubscribe link for saved searches emails
saved search emails that are send on regular basis should include a link to quickly unsubscribe from the alert.
It is a common and userfriendly practice to include unsubscribe links in newsletters so they wont need to login to their account to change this. Email alerts may be annoying to the patrons in case of shifting interests unsubscribe/subscribe easily will uplift the usage of this particular service.
6 votesThank you for this suggestion. This was released in Primo in May release and planned for Primo VE in the second half of 2019
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Primo now supports Citation Style Language (CSL).
You can now manage and include additional citation style languages, which are stored in GitHub’s CSL Style Repository -
Add NIH Citation functionality
We would be interested in adding NIH Citation functionality to Primo (along with AMA and Vancouver).
6 votesPrimo now supports Citation Style Language (CSL).
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location displayed for resources sharing
Do not display the resource sharing link for item that do not circulate. This is super confusing for our students. The request link does not display in the other scopes, but cannot seem to be turned off for resources sharing. Our students are requesting items from our sister college that do not circulate.
6 votesThank you for posting this idea. Please refer to Primo VE release note – January 2021 for more details on Central Definition for Hiding Resource Sharing Button – Based on Institutions Location List
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Turn Off/On Link to Tags and Browse Search in Main Menu Via Back Office
Have the ability to add or delete Tag and Browse tabs in Primo Main Menu in the back office Views Wizard, like all other menu tabs in Primo. Currently, these two recently added tabs can only be hidden or moved via CSS edits and are enabled by default without a delivered method for changing the tab or removing it all-together. All tabs should be manageable via the same Back Office method.
5 votesPrimo November 2017 release provides the ability to configure the Browse and Tags via Primo Main Menu in the back office Views Wizard,
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Bulk export to refworks
Make it possible to tick multiple items and export to RefWorks with one click rather than item by item. Summon can do this so please copy the code over.
5 votesThis is now part of Primo and Primo VE November 2019 release.
Read more on Applying Actions in Bulk in Brief Results in: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Release_Notes/2019/001Primo_2019_Release_Notes -
Improve navigation behaviour for Contextual Relationships
With the current May 2019 design for related items by contextual relationships, when a user finishes looking at the related items and wants to the return to their search results, they are returned to the very top of the result list.
The only time this doesn’t happen is if they have used the pagination widget to navigate by page selection.
This is an extremely poor experience if the user has spent time working their way through a result list, and may be several pages deep, only to find that they have completely lost their place in the list.
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4 votesThank you for posting this idea. The new pagination method should solved this scenario by letting you to go back to the page you have last visited.
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Add spinner or indicator for Getit frame to indicate content is loading
The Getit frame in Primo often takes between 10-45 seconds to load. During that time many patrons believe it isn't working so they close the window or leave to go elsewhere.
We would like to have a spinner or some sort of visual indication built into the Getit frame so patrons know that content is being fetched.
4 votesThank you for this idea, this is now available for Primo – Alma customers with Primo February 2021 release (as part of NERS 6440)
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A way to debug iFrame in Primo VE
There is a way in "regular" Primo NUI to debug and troubleshoot Primo. For example, it was an easy way to see openURL that is passed to the vendor by right clicking and choosing view iFrame.
Unfortunatley there is no way to do this in VE. This is a loss of a troubleshooting tool that is quite important.
See attached.
I would like to see a way to do something similar in VE.
Thank you!
3 votes‘Display CTO’ debug tool is available in Primo VE. For more details see in: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/040Resource_Management/050Inventory/020Managing_Electronic_Resources#Using_the_OpenURL_Link_Resolver_Debugger_Tool
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Improve FRBR item chosen for brief display so that most recent edition displays
When selecting a FRBRed item to display in the Brief Results, a book with multiple editions should always display the most recent edition by default. I have tried all kinds date boosting in the search engine configurations, and I still can't get this to happen. Example: we have many editions of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, up to the 19th ed., and they are listed in the right order when you click "See all versions". However, the edition that displays in the Brief Display is the 12th edition. I've searched this title in other institutions, and they seem to have…
3 votesThis was delivered as part of NERS 6230 – Enable option to favour latest edition of bibliographic work to top the FRBR group.
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Primo VE Browse databases by category
We would like to be able to have the option to group the browse into more than 1 list for example a Subjects list and a Resource type list to avoid one huge list for users to scroll through to find the link they are looking for
3 votesThank you for posting this idea!
This feature was done and released in November 2018.
For more information please review the documentation: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/055Configuring_Advanced_Search_Interfaces_for_Primo_VE/Configuring_Database_Search_for_Primo_VE -
Add MHRA (Modern Humanities Research Association) as citation style
The new UI 'send-to' citation functionality extends to APA, Chicago, MLA, Harvard styles. The majority of humanities students (at least at this institution) are asked to use the MHRA citation style. Please vote for this idea if you would like to see MHRA added to the list.
2 votesPrimo now supports Citation Style Language (CSL).
You can now manage and include additional citation style languages, which are stored in GitHub’s CSL Style Repository -
direct links to HTML/PDF content in brief display within search results
For any provider that has direct links to HTML or PDF content, I believe that link should be somewhere in the brief display area right over the sendTo actions.
2 votesWith the Primo VE December 2021 release, we will release: quicklinks – From citation to pdf/html full text to allow your users to access the citation’s PDF / HTML full text , this will be available for list of providers that supports the quicklinks
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Add more citation styles to Primo VE
Currently Primo offers the Chicago/Turabian style that is the student version of The Chicago Manual of Style. Please see the difference here: http://cmosshoptalk.com/2015/02/03/for-students-is-turabian-style-the-same-as-chicago-style/
We propose to add The Chicago Manual of Style as a citation style.1 votePrimo now supports Citation Style Language (CSL).
You can now manage and include additional citation style languages, which are stored in GitHub’s CSL Style Repository -
Ability to load citation styles written in Citation Style Language
Three of the most popular reference managers (Zotero, Mendeley, Papers) accept new citation styles written in Citation Style Language (http://citationstyles.org/developers/) without needing developer intervention to add them. If Primo's action let each library customize which citation styles they would prefer that would be a huge boost to both Primo's functionality and open standards.
1 votePrimo now supports Citation Style Language (CSL).
You can now manage and include additional citation style languages, which are stored in GitHub’s CSL Style Repository -
Request to add citation style GB/T 7714 for China customers
Citation style GB/T 7714 is the most popular citation style in China academies.
1 votePrimo now supports Citation Style Language (CSL).
You can now manage and include additional citation style languages, which are stored in GitHub’s CSL Style Repository -
Add pre-filter search option to Primo VE that was part of May 2018 Primo Classic release
Please add the same enhancement that was added to Primo classic in May 2018 to Primo VE. This is the ability to display and configure the search pre-filters before performing a basic search. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/030Highlights/020Primo_May_2018_Highlights#Pre-Filter_Search_in_the_New_UI
1 votePre-filter search option was released in January 2019 release.
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Supressing inactive portfolios and inactive collections from the discovery layer.
It would less confusing to our patrons if we could suppress the display of inactive portfolios/collections or remove them entirely from our catalog. Patrons see them and wonder why they aren't available, since they still see the record in Primo. Also there are electronic CZ records that creep into our catalog and link, but we are not subscribed so the link is dead. It would greatly help us out if we could remove or suppress them. Thank you.
1 voteThank you for raising this idea. This is now part of Primo VE January 2020 release where we highlighted “Improved Handling of Suppressed Records”
refer to https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Release_Notes/002Primo_VE/2020/010Primo_VE_2020_Release_Notes -
Primo VE: allow translations in OTB Display Fields
We 'd like the possibility to use translations in OTB Display fields, not only in local fields.
Use case: we want to use a code for contributors & creators ($4), rather than tag Relator term ($e) and use the translation functionality to display this role in the language of the interface.1 voteThank you for this suggestion. Primo VE now allows you to translate metadata in all or specific subfields from the Creator and Contributor display fields.
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Display pagination navigation on top of resultpage
Following the new pagination experience (May 2021 release), our users would like to see the pagination navigation also at the top of their resultpage.
1 voteThis functionality is available since February 2023 release.
Best regards,
Yael.
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