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Default sorting order in Loan Display
We would like to have an option to select the default sorting order from "Due Date - newest", "Due date - oldest", "Title" in "My Library Card > Loans > Active Loans" and "My Library Card > Overview > Loans" display.
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One index in Primo VE for browing call number
Currently, call numbers with different call number types must be browsed separately, using different call number indexes.
It will be beneficial for both library staff and clients to be able to Browse only one call number index (combining different call number types in the one index) in Primo VE without having to think about which index their call number belongs to.
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Ignore 022z when linking to physical holdings
A journal has been accidentally misprinted another journal’s ISSN once and the wrong ISSN is included its bib record in 022z (I believe this description is correct according to MARC21 rules). CDI records of articles with the ISSN in question shows the wrong journal holdings with the ISSN in 022z, because CDI makes a Get It link by not only 022a but also 022z. Because of that, patrons cannot see the correct journal holdings. We think it is necessary to ignore 022z and see only 022a when linking physical holdings.
20 votes -
Preferred record for dedup and frbr to also apply to list of versions
Following the implementation of an earlier idea exchange item that Primo VE should allow to set the preferred record for dedup and frbr records, we would also like this setting to be used for records that you get when viewing the list of versions.
What we are seeing is that only the top level in the brief results applies these settings, but when you go into list of versions to find a specific edition, you then might be presented with either record as the preferred record if you hold both e and print for this edition.
This is what ExLIbris…18 votes -
Audiobooks - display labels need changing
Please enable audiobooks to display as 'Audiobooks' or at a push 'Audio' in Primo. Currently they display as 'Audio CD' which is misleading and confusing to students.
3 votes -
Integrate Retraction Watch data into CDI article records
We would like to see metadata on retracted articles incorporated to CDI/Primo from the Retraction Watch database (https://retractionwatch.com). While some CDI records indicate in titles that the articles have been retracted, not all do -- this appears to be provider-dependent. Adding a metadata element to indicate retracted status would make it possible to flag retracted articles visibly and consistently, and to create a facet/filter for retracted articles.
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Add to Primo Backend BE tools for counting and migrating (= export and reimport) user comments
As Primo administrator we have no tool
1) allowing us to know how many user comments are in the system (to have an idea on how this feature is used and therefore useful
2) allowing us to migrate user comments in case there is a change authentication system and metadata. For example, we switched from a case sensitive to a case unsensitive authentication platform and, since user comments in Primo are linked to user via the ID used for authentication, we could not export them, manipulate and fix the users, and reimport them.
Therefore a way to export / reimport…3 votes -
Results for e-resources when narrowing down to IZ
The users expect that with the facets, you would be able to filter electronic resources by library and/or IZ that licensed them. This is currently not the case. When filtering by location, e-resources (incl. external data sources) are not delivered as results.
Electronic resources should be recognized by Primo as owned by libraries and institutions like physical resources. We would highly appreciate if Ex Libris could make this possible.
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Applying Group by Library function to specific resource type
The April 2022 new function to be able to group locations by library is great, though we would like to apply this only to journals.
For example, when three libraries each hold a certain book, turning on this feature will force patrons to extra click to see the items. Also, it is very inconvenient because availability is not displayed on the library (first appearing) list. We would like to apply it only to journals, as this would be effective for journals that have many volumes and separate locations.16 votes -
Add "Locate" link to Primo Analytics
We would like to find out how often users are clicking on the Locate item within the Primo VE record to view the map where the item is located; this is the label nui.locations.locate in the ViewIt table. Ex Libris support has confirmed that this link currently cannot be tracked in Primo Analytics because there is not a beacon call associated with the link. We would like to request that the Locate link be added to Primo Analytics tracking.
82 votes -
Reverse the order of Available in Library / Available Online on full record display
We are new to Primo so pardon if this idea already exists. My public services colleagues would like to see "Available Online" appear before Physical Availability in the brief record information on the top of the full record display. We can move the View it service section higher in the page but we can't flip these two links.
4 votes -
Enable authority Record Enrichment in Primo VE on local subject fields
In addition to the indexing of bibliographic metadata, Primo VE indexes preferred and non-preferred terms from 1XX and 4XX fields in related Alma authority records. However, this works only in the generic advanced search Subject field.
We need Primo VE to enable authority record enrichment on local fields as well.
Indeed, we have configured local subject fields that are more specific than the default Subject field. These enable searching only on specific subject vocabularies. But configuring such fields does not include the enrichment capability.
79 votes -
Add ReadCube in Record Actions
We are using Digital Science's ReadCube Papers as our reference manager. In View Configuration>Brief Record Display>Record Actions, there isn't an option for ReadCube Papers. Please add ReadCube as an option.
3 votes -
Index Item Level Information
We have entered journal contents into item records. Currently, journal contents is only searchable if the title is available electronically. We would like users to be able to retrieve contents from our physical journal holdings when searching in Primo. This information is contained in the public note field of the item record - having the option to make this searchable would be of great benefit to our users.
Public level notes can be seen in the Primo record, but they cannot be searched so users have to know what they're looking for before they look for it.60 votes -
Ranking of search results by Resource Sharing Library
Concerning search results in Primo : could it be made possible to rank different holdings of the same title by Resource Sharing Library of the patron? This way the patron would see on top of the list the item that is the easiest accessible to him. At present patrons often request items from another library because they did not notice the title is also available at their own library.
126 votes -
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
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Allow Primo users to report inaccurate metadata on a record directly to Ex Libris
We've had several cases where metadata was incorrect in a Primo record. The user (in several occasions the author of the article) reported the issue to their library, who reported it to us (BIBSYS consortium), and we reported this to Ex Libris.
Once the issue was fixed, after quite some time, the feedback followed the same road, back to the user.
It would be more efficient if metadata issues could be reported directly to the instance actually able to correct them, which is Ex Libris.
The issue would be reported directly by the user in Primo/a salesforce case would be…
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Translation of months in date format
It would be useful to be able to translate month names in Primo VE for languages other than English.
Our library sends letters in French and English and would like to be able to configure French translations for our preferred date format. We use the form, e.g., "7 May 2021". The French version of this would be "7 mai 2021". The English month names are currently used in the Primo VE display when the user selects the French display language. It would be nice if this could be done automatically (in the case of Primo VE display language) or by…
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Exclude certain records or collections from search results
We have a link to browse on our catalogue homepage to show new items added to the collection within the last 7 days. We would like this search to ONLY show the titles we have ordered or received by donation; NOT the titles from open access collections. Often open access collection titles are in other languages or on topics we don't need at our library so they are not helpful to our users to have in the new items search results list.
We would like to be able to specify which records/collections are displayed in certain circumstances.
eg: general searching…3 votes -
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…
3 votes
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