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  1. Saved search alerts - avoid spamming

    Currently a user can enter any email address for alerts to be sent to. To avoid misuse, institutions should be able to configure so that a user can only choose an email address that is in their user account contact details already.

    Also, if the institution does not use such a configuration, and the user inserts an email address that is NOT in their user account, then there should be an email verification process. Alerts will not be sent until the recipient clicks a message to verify they have control of that email address and willing to receive them. Assumes…

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    Completed  ·  1 comment  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  2. Move "change language" outside menu and leave it in English + icon

    Readers who do not read the current language of the Primo interface, especially when it is in non-Roman characters, cannot find where to change language. We need the "change language" out of the menu, directly in the main screen, and permanently in English whatever the current language is. An icon [globe/flag] might also help.

    2 votes
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    Completed  ·  1 comment  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  3. Enhance "Quick Access" Section in Primo VE to Display All Files Linked to a Representation

    Currently, in Primo VE, the "Quick Access" section within the detailed results page of digital titles displays only the first file linked to a representation. Users are required to open a full-screen viewer, where they can navigate through the additional files using a file navigation pane on the left. While there are arrows in the "Quick Access" section which allow users to navigate between files, this functionality is not always intuitive, and it is not immediately apparent that additional files exist beyond the first one.
    To improve user experience and accessibility, I propose an enhancement to the "Quick Access" section…

    50 votes
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    Completed  ·  1 comment  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  4. New Book List in Primo VE

    I would love to have in-built Primo VE functionality to showcase the new book list in Primo VE, like Trinity College (https://ctw-tc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CTW_TC:CTWTC&lang=en) did using this alternatively, but not everyone is that techy, so please consider adding this in upcoming releases.

    4 votes
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  5. Option to highlight active tabs in Primo top pane

    We would like the option to highlight active tabs in the Primo top pane. At present, it is not clear which tab is in use. Highlighting of active tabs supports navigation and improves user experience, but there is currently no easy way to implement this. Including an option to do so, for example via CSS, would be helpful.

    125 votes
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  6. Add ability to configure the display at the item level and the location level in the GetIt section

    In Primo VE, the display of the GetIt section works currently as following:
    If there are only items in one location, the first display after opening the full view is at the item level (example: https://eth.swisscovery.slsp.ch/permalink/41SLSP_ETH/lshl64/alma99118073204005503).
    If there are items in more than one location, the first display is at the location level (example: https://eth.swisscovery.slsp.ch/permalink/41SLSP_ETH/lshl64/alma990104195490205503).
    Because our libraries are part of a huge consortium, our users always have to check first in which library an item is available before checking the item information. Furthermore, we believe that the user experience would be better, if the GetIt section looked…

    9 votes
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    2 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  7. Allow HTML coding for all labels

    Hi

    Please allow HTML coding for all labels.
    Including URLs via a href when the label isn't used as a link already.

    This is working for a few labels, but far from all.

    Related:

    HTML for public notes https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/44282220-support-html-in-ges-public-notes-in-how-to-get-it

    HTML for collection discovery description https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/37773493-allow-html-in-collection-discovery-description-fie

    49 votes
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    Completed  ·  11 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  8. Make it easier to re-order Primo display details in Full Record Services

    When configuring the order of "details" fields in Configuration -> Discovery -> Configure Views: [View Profile] -> Full Record Services: Details, Alma users are only able to re-order fields by moving them up or down one table entry at a time. Anytime you add a new field, it's added to the end of the list by default. In our case, we have almost 50 different display fields, and if we want that new field to appear near the top of the list, we have to scroll down and click the Up arrow for that field 50 times to bring it…

    35 votes
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    Completed  ·  4 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  9. Collection Discovery: allow searching subcollections' contents at the collection level

    Currently, when a user searches in a collection, Primo only returns objects that are directly located under this collection, ignoring any contents located in subcollections. This means that the user needs to open each subcollection and do the search again to discover all objects included in the collection. This is cumbersome and counter-intuitive. We would like that the search results also include objects and subcollections located at lower levels in the hierarchy.

    29 votes
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    Completed  ·  5 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  10. "Give Us Feedback" tool / "Report a problem": separate e-mail addresses

    We have been waiting for this enhancement for a long time:

    Give Us Feedback Tool (NERS "Report a problem for records in Primo") / Primo May 2022 release:
    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Release_Notes/Primo/2022/001Primo_2022_Release_Notes

    Since full-text links in Primo are displayed in different places and come from different sources (Alma "View it" section, CDI - "Link in record", Primo Link section), the "Report a Broken Link" option is of course difficult to implement. The "Report a Broken Link" feature as it was available in SFX (an option directly at each full-text link) would of course be more intuitive for the users, but unfortunately it is…

    24 votes
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    6 comments  ·  User Functionality  ·  Admin →

  11. search box on all pages

    Search box should be on all pages (including the records pages) in Primo - so you don’t have to go back to the main search screen

    5 votes
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  12. Remove field 655 from the subject facet

    In Primo VE the 655 are shown in the Subject facet. As the 655 relate to form and not to content, they should not be shown as subjects. Furthermore, the 655 are correctly shown in the “Genre” facet.

    The 655 should be excluded from the Topic facet in the Facets Section Mapping:
    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/120Other_Configurations/Mapping_to_the_Display%2C_Facets%2C_and_Search_Sections_in_the_Primo_VE_Record#Facets_Section_Mapping

    54 votes
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    Completed  ·  7 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  13. A new type of search - Authority Search

    Add Authority Search as a new type of search in Primo. The new feature will enable both patrons and librarians to search the authors and topical subjects from their authority records and link to the related records in their local catalog(s) and preferably also CDI.
    The search will be based on alma's authority files and Linked Open Data.

    This development was part of the Primo roadmap for 2021 and was removed.

    A similar search option was implemented at the University of Haifa using local customizations and a dedicated search scope + view.
    It enables to search a term only on…

    48 votes
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  14. Add 'Search in full text' toggle parameter to the URL so that it is retained

    Ex Libris introduced a new 'Search in full text' toggle in the Primo May 2022 Release, with the option for a site to set a default while also empowering users with the autonomy to change the setting to meet their needs.
    This was an excellent range of configuration options for both sites and users, but unfortunately there is a significant flaw.
    If a user does choose to change this setting from the default, and then uses other Primo features such as sharing the search with colleagues by QR Code link, or saving the search for their own re-use by setting…

    172 votes
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  15. New Tool-Give Us Feedback

    The Give Us Feedback Tool should perform a validity check of the email address. Currently it is possible to enter anything in the field 'Enter your email'. The email address validation is commonly used by default within forms.

    10 votes
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    4 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  16. Collection discovery - sub collection searches

    We welcome the enhanced searching on the top level of collection discovery however we have found we also need full searching over our nested sub collections. This is not only useful for users of PrimoVE but also for local data scopes as we require them to accurately include sub collections in search profiles.

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    Completed  ·  2 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →

  17. Relevancy sorting in FRBR version list display should use terms searched

    FRBR groups and the display of versions within them does not consider the relevancy of the terms searched. Often a user is searching for a specific version within the FRBR group (ex: Homer's Iliad translated by Richmond Lattimore) but there is no way to focus in on this version within the list of FRBR versions. Even when users search specifically for terms: Iliad Lattimore, Lattimore is hidden within search results. Within the list of FRBR versions, sorting by Relevancy should use the terms searched by the user -- this should enable the works of a single translator (like Lattimore) to…

    209 votes
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    28 comments  ·  Primo VE  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  AdminYael (yael.shahar@clarivate.com, Ex Libris) responded

    In this enhancement, Primo VE will highlight the selected record on top of the list of  FRBR versions, only for the preferred record mode.

    We understand from the comments here that there is also a request to add this option for Generic mode, however in the generic mode we only show a link to the list of versions and not pointing for a specific record. In Generic mode we don't show any actions or availability status, and there is no option to open a full mode as this is not a specific representation of the record.

    This is why we have chosen to implement this only for preferred mode.

    Please provide some more clarifications for the generic mode request in a dedicated idea.

    Best regards

  18. ShareDigitalResources parameter to allow individual settings

    When the customer parameter shareDigitalResources is enabled, which is useful to allow freely available digital representations (for digital objects stored in Alma or in a remote digital repository) to be available to all institutions, records loaded from external data sources via discovery import profiles are also impacted by this. According to Ex Libris, this is by design as these records from external sources are considered as digital objects. This leads to the following problem in Primo:

    As soon an IZ enables this parameter, its records from external data sources are included in the search results of local search scopes made…

    132 votes
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  19. Add Resource type `Questionnaires` to CDI

    One of the central CDI collections in Israel is the Szold Research Tools collection.

    This collection specializes in questionnaires used in dissertations and theses. However, the resource type is shown as Other, as there is no Questionnaires resource type currently in CDI.

    This resource type is important to the academic community in several fields of study, and is searched widely by our patrons in Primo.

    Libraries are also continuously cataloging questionnaires, created and translated by researchers within the institutions.

    Since there is no common ground between CDI and local questionnaires, using advanced search or filtering the facet for questionnaires…

    105 votes
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  20. Primo VE: Re-instate the A-Z browse function for DATABASES

    Re-instate an A-Z browse option for Primo VE Database Search, like the one available for Primo Classic.

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