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Give Us Feedback: control on which page the icon is displayed
We would like to control on which page the new "Give Us Feedback" tool icon (May 2022 release) is displayed.
We are using this tool only for reporting broken links. We need the icon only on the Full View of the search results, but currently, it must be displayed on all pages.
Actually, most of the feedbacks from our users have been sent by accidentally clicking the icon on the Brief View of the search results, Primo VE home page, etc.
So, it would be helpful if we could control on which page the icon is displayed.
Please support this…34 votes -
Searching an item corresponding to a specific record is not possible if not logged in to the IZ that owns this item
If you are logged in an IZ A and you are searching a specific item belonging to a specific record, you will find it only if this IZ A owns this item. If you are logged in IZ B that does not own any item of this title, the holdings are merged into one or several records (deduped) and you cannot distinguish which item belongs to which record.
Example:
IZ A has 6 records of one title; each record has one item.
In the IZ A, searching this title, you will find 6 records, each one with its item
IZ…35 votes -
Make the Resource Recommender Banner fit the length of the resource description
The banner description text is truncated in the first line, making the display of the description dependent on its length and even shorter when viewed on mobile devices. It would be great if the height of the banner would auto-adjust to show all the text.
I attach images showing this (banner.png) and how we would like it to be displayed (banner_modified.png).
Thanks
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Do not display private fields in “display source record” or full record in Primo VE.
Marc 21 coding is used to identify some marc record fields/subfields as private. As an example, the indicators in the 541 tag are used to indicate that data in the field is ‘private’ to the organisation. Primo VE should automatically hide these fields from the source record and full details display in Primo VE. If an organisation wishes for the field to be made public they can adjust the record coding as appropriate. Alternatively organisations should be able to select to suppress private fields (as identified in marc 21) from public display.
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"Exclude all CDI Books from all different reference types"
Make it possible to exclude ALL CDI ebooks even from databases
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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 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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Configure new searches to automatically exclude facets from result list (2022)
As a user, I want to configure Primo to automatically exclude certain facets from search results so patrons do not have to exclude the item with every new search
The solution would be configurable.
The default configuration would have no exclusions defined.Using Resource Type: Reviews as an example:
- The institution uses the solution to exclude Resource Type: Reviews.
- The solution adds [facet=rtype,exclude,reviews] to the query. The behavior would be the same as if the user clicked the Exclude button next to the resource type: reviews.
- Users would be able to modify their filters like usual.
Query without configuration:
/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Carrots&tab=Everything&search_scope=Everything&vid=[institution…19 votes -
Feedback Tool for Primo VE - allow user's email as addressFrom in Report a Problem Letter
The Feedback Tool for Primo VE (May 2022) would be even better if the user's email address could be put in the addressFrom field in the Report a Problem letter in Alma. Just as the category is put in the emailSubject field:
New feedback received from a Primo user - {category _ name}
allow the addressFrom field to contain:
{user _ email}
This would then work better with CRMs and ticketing systems, or just mean that you can hit Reply to the email.36 votes -
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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Allow patrons to submit ratings on records
We would like our (identified) patrons to be able to add a rating on each record, for example on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. This rating would be saved and displayed to all users on the full display of the record. A facet would be then allow to select records according to their rating.
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Collection Discovery : Add a button "View this collection as search results"
Beside the buttons to display a collection as a Grid or a Gallery, we would like to have a button to get the collection items in the result list, with the brief display and the facets. This could be a deeplink on the Collection ID with a "query=cdparentid" in the URL.
Please note that there exist two very close ideas:
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/36709789-add-facets-into-the-collection-discovery-ui
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/37607257-collection-discovery-display-items-in-a-list-view
But this idea groups both features.Thank you.
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Add 007 to MARC control identifiers for display and search normalization
This would enable normalization rules to target specific resource types.
In cases where MARC data may differ based on current practices (MARC 245 $c: Side B titles vs. Statement of Responsibility), we would be able to differentiate records that may contain uniquely catalogued data.
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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
Elizabeth1 vote -
Extend subject heading display masking to CDI records
Like many other institutions, we have used the subject display normalization rules for display to mask offensive subject headings with more preferable terms.
However, these changes do not impact the CDI records. We would like to see the changes we made in the subject display masking apply to the CDI records, whether through the same rule or through a new configuration option specific to CDI.
For reference: If anyone is interested in our documentation to see examples, it's available here: https://connect.library.utoronto.ca/display/CAUG/Subject+Masking+-+Go+Live
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collection discovery
Currently grid items in Collection Discovery can show title, resource type and thumbnail. We would like to add creator/author and or creation/publication date if possible. My suggestion is to add configuration for changing what is displayed in the item grid elements in Collection Discovery.
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Push record to Zotero
Add the Zotero reference manager as an additional action link in the "Send to" section, just like Mendeley or EndNote.
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Translate coverage and licence labels for NZ full text services in IZ views
PrimoVEs in our network use 4 languages for the user interface - English, German, French and Italian.
Consortial and Open Access e-resources are activated in the Network Zone for all the IZs.
When viewing Full-text services from NZ in the detailed view in IZs, the coverage and license labels are not translated to the language of the user UI.
The absence of translation creates discrepancy for our users. The IZ FT services' labels are translated but the NZ services are always in English.104 votes -
Visualization of Analytical Bibliographic Data in PrimoVE.: Correct Sorting of Parts
A multi-part resource (eg: a sketchbook containing 200 drawings) is catalogued in MARC 773 (host/item relationship). PrimoVE ought to sort and display the component parts using $$g and $$q. Currently PrimoVE fails to do this in the correct numerical order. Rather, the presentation is alphabetical which is useless for component-items organized by their part or page number. There was a recent ideas exchange issue raised on this very topic, which was “solved” by providing the aforementioned “alphabetical solution”. However, a NUMERICAL visualization has much more value in Discovery for patrons who are interested in locating an item as part of…
317 votesThank you for this idea.
We are currently examining it and will update once we have more details.
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OpenURL resolving - BaseURL configurable for extension to consortial network
If an OpenURL request comes from external to Primo VE, then only the inventory in the IZ is considered and there is no possibility to extend the request to the physical inventory of the corresponding consortial network.
Suggestion for an enhancement: the BaseURL for OpenURL-request should be configurable in a way that the argument "consortial network" can be included in the request [i.e. with the configuration it can be decided whether only
a.) the inventory of the IZ (or Campus)
OR
b.) also the physical inventory of all libraries of the consortial network should be displayed (i.e. analogous to "search_scope")”51 votes
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