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Ability to boost Ranking of Search Results in Primo VE based on accessibility
Some of our consortium libraries would like the ability to boost the ranking of books that readers can request from libraries.
Currently, the Ranking Configuration page enables you to configure various aspects of the ranking algorithm based on Field Boosting, Date Boosting, Resource type Boosting, Institution Boosting, but not on accessibility.82 votes -
Allow users to customize PNX addata subfields
Currently, the normalization rules for creating addata subfields are not available to users. As a result, redundant information is included in subfields intended for authors, creators or titles and as result the citations are inaccurate.
79 votes -
Primo Research Assistant Recibir nuevos datos estadísticos
Una de las recientes adquisiciones dentro del sistema ALMA tiene que ver con la integración del asistente de investigación, una inteligencia artificial que facilita la búsqueda de información por medio de consultas que el usuario hace, en la que la respuesta se sujeta con la documentación existente en el acervo electrónico del sistema bibliotecario.
Al ser tan útil esta herramienta, en nuestra institución nos importa direccionar a los usuarios la información que más les puede resultar útil, y los resultados que ofrece el asistente de investigación pueden beneficiar a esta meta.
Hemos explorado los reportes que Primo puede generar, en…
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Ability to Configure Multiple Journal Searches
Currently, Primo VE supports only one Journal Search configuration for an institution. While this works well for many institutions, some institutions oversee multiple libraries or campuses with distinct journal holdings (e.g., different licensing agreements, consortia memberships, or campus-specific subscriptions).
We would like to request the ability to configure and offer multiple, separate Journal Searches within Primo VE.
Each Journal Search should:
Be scoped independently (e.g., by IZ, NZ, or a specific library/campus)
Have customizable display labels and help text to clearly indicate which journal collection the search covers
Support direct linking to each Journal Search from library platforms
Use Case: …
31 votes -
Allow Print option in Primo VE to print Quick Access representation along with metadata
When using the "Print" command in a Primo full view record, the print screen shows a record's metadata. However, if the record has a digital representation in the "Quick Access" section (as might be the case in a record managed by Alma-D), the image is not included in the print page. Having the option to include the representation would be helpful in cases where a printed image is needed alongside its metadata.
2 votes -
Improve advanced searching in non-Roman languages so a "Title" + "Starts with" search parameter queries the MARC 880 field
When combined, the “Title” + “Starts with” advanced search parameters do not query the linked MARC 880 field. This prevents users from successfully using this index for non-Roman language search queries.
When the ExLibiris Development Team reviewed this issue previously, they found that Primo VE's design excludes the 880 field from Title Starts With indexing due to index size limitations.
We’ve been advised that “Title Contains” and “Title is Exact” do index the 880 field, and can serve as a workaround. However, users expect consistent search behavior across all indexes, regardless of language used in the search query.
A few…
60 votes -
Users should be able to request individual volumes from multi-volume record
We have a record that has multiple volumes of the same manga in it.
The individual volumes are impossible to request for the user. This has to be done on the Alma side by a staff person. We would like records like this that have multiple volumes to have requestable individual volumes.
6 votes -
Resource type newspaper articles in main discovery search
Make it possible to activate resource type newspaper articles in main discovery search, not just in newspaper search. It should be possible to activate both all newspaper articles or included/excluded at collection level. We have the Swedish database Article search/ Artikelsök and today the newspaper articles is not visible in the central index together with other resource types like book reviews, journal articles etc.
64 votes -
AI based tool for suggesting alternative search queries to users with saved searches and email alerts
I was wondering if there could be an AI based tool for suggesting alternative search queries to users who have saved searches and have set email alerts. When they receive an email alert they could be suggested an AI generated search query (similar to what the AI Research Assistant could elaborate, with synonyms and boolean operators) to be checked for more results.
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Limit Research Assistant results to resources patrons can access
It would be nice at a configuration level to be able to limit the Research Assistant results to those within an institution's collection and OA as the default setting, rather than the entire CDI as it is currently.
Users could then select to expand their search to the CDI, like they currently do when searching Primo.49 votes -
Apply Display Logic Rules to CDI direct linking records
Currently, records that provide full text solely via a CDI link-in-record URL are not subject to Display Logic Rules (see documentation note below). This leads to inconsistent behavior and display compared to other CDI records.
For example, our article ILL General Electronic Service is configured not to display when there is full-text available on a record. This works as expected for records that have full-text provided via the link resolver, but for CDI direct linking records, the ILL GES displays alongside the full-text link. This confuses our patrons, who think that the presence of the ILL link means the full-text…
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Converting Greek letters in queries for local materials
When queries include Greek letters with diacritics, the retrieval omits many local records, as there is no conversion in Primo VE between letters with or without diacritics, or with different diacritics.
Example:
Searching ἄγω or αγω gives different results. CDI records are retrieved regardless, while local records can only be retrieved in the exact manner they were cataloged.Using a blended search (local+CDI) can confuse patrons, as it may lead them to believe the library does not have certain materials. Using a local search scope, patrons sometimes receive zero results, so many records are hidden from them.
Greek is not…
38 votes -
Recommendation system for learning and research resources
Academic libraries increasingly act as an ecosystem for learning and research resources. Therefore, they need a platform that can serve as an ecosystem to guide academic users.
Target: Incorporate into Primo VE a recommendation system that, based on users' searches, gives recommendations at the resource level (e.g., article, book, book chapter, case study, image, thesis, etc.).
Output: After the user searches, Primo VE provides a list of prioritized learning or research resources, sorted by their thematic relevance or visualisation-based popularity.
Parameters: The recommendation system should match the query with the users' profile (e.g., career, under|postgraduate level, etc.) after they log…
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Add an option to move the "Show more" link above the "Additional Services" link for "Display All Links in Full Display for CDI. "
Current design: Additional services will appear before "Show more" link when "Display All Links in Full Display for CDI ." See the documentation here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/030Primo_VE_User_Interface/Display_All_Links_in_Full_Display_for_CDI.
Suggestion: add an option to change the order of the links,
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Improve Primo VE searching in non-roman script so definite article prefixes are appropriately counted as non-filing characters
Arabic and Hebrew print titles beginning with the definite article prefix (like English "the") cannot be retrieved in Primo VE unless that initial definite article is included in the search. This is true even when the linked 880 with non-roman script has the number of nonfiling characters coded correctly in the subfield indicator in the bibliographic record
Example:
245 13$6880-02 $aal-Mabānī al-Kanʻānīyah fī Filasṭīn / $cNimr Sirḥān.
880 12$6245-02/(3/r $aالمباني الكنعانية في فلسطين / $cنمر سرحان.Without the initial definite article, the search comes up empty or retrieves only records from the CDI, but not the sought print materials present…
24 votes -
Discovery collections per library and unfiltered view
In our consortium we have some mixed IZs, which means different libraries, mostly in the same geographical area, that are part of the same IZ.
Users accessing via the local library interface are interested mainly in that specific library Discovery collection. But at the same time they might be also interested to know if a resource is available in the near by libraries, as it could be easily accessible physically or to request it.
We have activated the relevant configurations and Discovery collections displays correctly for the specific libraries only. But when the view is filtered and "Local copy unavailable"…28 votes -
Person entity - add an option for users to request more information about a person
Many Person Info Cards have little/no information. An option for users to request more information about a person would give user communities agency to prioritize authority work by information professionals.
5 votes -
Person entity - add an expandable text option that can be customized by institution
Add an option to add explanatory text to the Person Info Card and Person Page, so that institutions can provide users with more details about these features in the interface. Transparency around the data presented by libraries in discovery interfaces is increasingly important with the proliferation of ai-generated content and users' understandable lack of trust.
5 votes -
search profile slot drag and drop
Like many other Primo VE libraries, we have a single search profile slot (Everything) with a lot of difference search profiles (105 in total). Whenever a new search profile is created, it will be at the bottom and since you can only move item by clicking up & down each times, for libraries that have a lots of profiles, it is a nightmare. Imaging moving just 1 item to the top will take 105 clicks. It would be very helpful if it can be drag & drop instead to change position of an item on the list.
3 votes -
Available online in Research assistant as default.
It would be beneficial to be able to make what is under the refinement icon in the search box more visible. It would be even better if we could make the "Available online" button be checked by default.
As it is now it is so hidden that users aren't aware that this is a possible feature. The fact that the user needs to select the refinement icon to see this possibility isn't optimal.
58 votes
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