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ILL link on missing holdings
Currently GETIT ILL links won't appear on a citation when any range of print holdings are owned locally, even if the issue from the citation is not held. Please allow an option that allows a path to an ILL form when the issue needed is not locally held.
3 votes -
Please add an option to sort the items under My Favorites page of publication.
sort items under My Favorites by date
3 votes -
Ability to copy and paste the results from a browse search
As a librarian, I would like to be able to copy and paste the results from a browse search into Wordpad or Word so that I could then use those results to create a list of hyperlinked subject headings for a library guide. It appears as though this inability to copy and paste applies to all of the “Browse” options (see attached).
2 votes -
ability to reintegrate Newspaper indexes into main search
deactivating "Newspaper search" results in a loss of content. Activating Newspaper search defeats the purpose of a discovery layer for some institutions. Also the the results in Newspaper Search still fails many times for known item searches and does not function the same as the main search.
10 votes -
Enable Quicklinks on a Provider-by-Provider Basis
We would like to be able to enable QuickLinks links on a per-provider basis.
We would like more control over which providers QuickLinks operates again, both for testing and link accuracy reasons.
When we find a provider for which QuickLinks do not work well, we have no workaround other than disabling QuickLinks completely. This negatively affects our users, because QuickLinks may be working well for resources from other Providers.
We would also like be to be able to test QuickLinks with new providers, prior to having QuickLinks attempt to link to the new provider's resources.
7 votes -
Requesting at artcle level optional
In our library we do not carry out article level requests for print journals. Our patrons can only request issues. But Primo shows the Get It section for articles where there is a print record for the journal. We do want the Get It section on the journal, but not on the article level. It would be nice if the individual library could decide wethter to show ********* articles or not.
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Recuperar en búsqueda avanzada por título el campo 740, desde la opción de Comienza por
En búsqueda avanzada, por título, con la opción "Título comienza por" recuperamos los campos marc 130 y 245, pero no el campo 740. El campo 740 únicamente se recupera eligiendo la opción "titulo contiene". Solicitamos que el 740 tenga las mismas opciones de recuperación en PrimoVE que los campos 130 y 245.
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Improve the date/year filter selection
The existing "arrow" option for date/year filter selection in Primo VE is problematic for users, resulting in "rage clicks" as they try to select the required date range.
Can alternative configuration options be provided so we can control how the date/year filtering displays?
For example options to display a calendar or date range slider or manual data entry to adjust the years.
2 votes -
Configuration Option to view all links available in Primo VE (both direct and link resolver)
Please give us an option to display all links (both direct and link resolver) for all possible links in Primo VE. I have checked the "Display All Links in Full Display for CDI" which gives the direct link first, then students have to click "Show More" dropdown for subscribed content links. It would be preferable to have all available links display without students having to click the dropdown. And also, the subscribed links usually have coverage dates included so quicker for students as well.
2 votes -
More language options for Primo VE
It would be helpful if there were more supported languages added to the Alma/Primo VE platform in order to serve multiple demographics on campus.
We would specifically be looking for Hindu and Farsi. Thanks!
15 votes -
Discovery collections handling
When creating or updating an Alma collection (adding/removing titles), the change is not automatically reflected in the Discovery Collections and it is necessary to trigger the reindexing for a correct display.
This workflow is problematic when titles are removed: records are taken out from a collection but are still present in Primo VE because a reindexing is needed. They can no longer be found by searching for the collection in Alma. Depending on the collection, it might also not be possible to find them all via a single search and it might be necessary to manually add the records to…101 votes -
CDI article title in English but article is in a different language
CDI article title has English title, but when article is accessed, it is in a different language. CDI title should be in language of article.
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Journal Search: Consider the NZ activation for e-resources with Inventory Management Groups in the IZ
Our consortium activates Open Access e-collections in the Network Zone so that they are available in every IZ of the network. Electronic collections for Open Access e-resources are activated without any Inventory Management Group assigned to it. It should display for every IZ and every Inventory Management Group within the IZ.
Some of the licensed e-collections in the IZs also cover e-resources that are activated in the NZ as Open Access. (Journals can have partial Open Access) The IZs are using Inventory Management Groups, and the local views are assigned to the campuses of the specific Inventory Management Groups. The…85 votes -
My Library Card: Digital LOANS
It would really be helpful to have a tab or include borrowed digital books under patron loans so that its easy for them to renew or see what digital books they borrowed and need to return. Currently there is no ability for a patron to see what digital books they may have borrowed and need to return.
3 votes -
Remove full stop after "available from" date in the "View it" section of PrimoVE
Currently, at the "view it section" of an e-journal title in PrimoVE, the availability can appear as follows for example: "Available from 01/07/2010." Note the presence of a full-stop after the date which is confusing to users who think access is only available to 2010. ExLibris state that this full-stop is hardcoded and cannot be removed.
PrimoVE would be far more user friendly and less confusing if it was possible to remove this full-stop.3 votes -
Primo VE - make frbr work with Esploro / research data data as well
Surprisingly, in Primo VE FRBR feature does not apply to Esploro research data records blended with Alma records.
It should instead work also with Esploro / Research Data.11 votes -
Pre-populate the address fields when personal delivery options are selected in an item request from Primo VE
In the November 2023 release it is now possible for patrons to update their registered home or office address (or other personal delivery address) while requesting personal delivery in Primo VE. When the patron selects one of the addresses for pickup in the request form all the address information is blank in Primo VE even when that field type is populated in Alma. This means the patron will think they have to fill out the pickup location information for every request. It would be more efficient to populate the request form with the patron’s pickup location address information if it…
2 votes -
Primo VE: enable search fields for the deepURLs
InPrimo VE, in the "search" : {} section of the PNX record there are some fields that are still not searchable,
like the "unimarclocalfields". It would be nice if all these would be accesssible with the deepURL query parameter
I.E.: query=unimarclocalfields,contains,XYZ.35 votes -
Display the item "process type" label in Get It
In get-It, we would like to display some of the "Process type" labels from our local item processes.
For example, we think that the information "In the process of scanning" would be interresting for the users, instead of the general label "In process".
This would highlight projects in progress that are eagerly awaited by users.3 votes -
Remove Oclc only limitation in 035 indexing in Primo VE - i.e. index all 035 values
Right now values in tag 035 are indexed in Primo VE only if they are Oclc values (see reply to idea: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/31282558-find-records-by-record-numbers ).
In all other cases they are not indexed, and Ex Libris says that one can add a local field for 035 tag to index all of them. That's what we did at our Library. Still, it's hard to understand why one should implement a local field for a feature that should work out of the box.All 035 values should be indexed by default.
11 votes
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