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Different identification system depending on the view
In our university we have a pending important problem to solve:
- In order to solve some Primo cases in which the user has to be identified, Exlibris technicians ask us for credentials to be able to analyze and solve the cases but logically, for security reasons, we should not give our personal credentials to anyone.
- Our user authentication is through SAML so all of our users are external in Alma.The Systems Department of our university requires that in order to create a user in the system (external to Alma), the responsibility for that account must rest with…
9 votes -
showPnx page as XML
In the classic UI, if you added the parameter showPnx=true, in the address bar, to the URL of a record's full display, you were able to get an XML file with the PNX version of the record. In the NUI, on the contrary, the same parameter takes you to a web page containing the PNX record in a textarea.
The XML view of the PNX record was very much easier to manage: colouring of tags, open/close section as well as you need them, etc.
Why did you change this behaviour for worse?
Could we get back the XML version of…4 votes -
Request: Please make it possible to find a match only by a title in Alma linkresolver
What I want is to make Alma link resolver find matches by a title. Now, Alma linker resolver is returning results only when ISSN/ISBN is given. And, a lot of CJK titles don't have ISSN/ISBN so that there are many occasions when a subscribed CJK portfolio without an identifier is not found in Primo service page. Unlike Alma link resolver, 360 link resolver supports title searching. This is the example of 360 link. The URL below doesn't contain ISSN information either but, it finds the correct match.
360 Link resolver:
http://kg6wg8ak8z.scholar.serialssolutions.com/?sid=google&aulast=이영호&atitle=한국학 연구의 동향과'동아시아 한국학'&title=한국학연구&volume=15&date=2006&spage=9but, Alma link resolver doesn't find…
2 votes -
Free text input should be blocked in Resource Sharing Form
When users request items with multiple volumes in the resource sharing form (NERS Enhancement - Request ID #4856), they can select a specific volume from the pull down list, also freely input any information in the text box. Errors of manual input may lead to inefficiency or failure of handling the requests, for example, user input “1” in the text box instead of selecting “v.1” from the list, the request can be created successfully, but information of requested volume cannot be shown in Alma, neither “Borrowing Requests” of Borrowing Library nor “Pick from shelf” of Lending Library, the libraries need…
69 votes -
ORCID to be searchable in Primo VE
I'd like to add ORCID to our catalog records, at least for our ETDs (thesis authors and their advisors), and to have the IDs being searchable in Primo VE.
22 votes -
Collection Discovery display items in a list view
Currently Collection Discovery only offers users the ability to view collections as a Grid or a Gallery. These displays provide extremely limited information about the items making it impossible for users to decide which items they'd like to view.
Please add the ability for users to view collection items as a list, similar to the search results view. This list view would present each record one after the other with basic bibliographic information such as title, author/creator, resource type, date.67 votes -
Improve the browse callnumber functionality in Primo VE to include Moys callnumbers
As a Primo VE law academic or student I would like the Moys callnumbers to be browsable in Primo VE. They are a special classification suited to my subject area. This functionality was previously available.
Background
Moys call numbers are not supported in Primo VE, even though they display in the Alma Browse functionality.Primo NUI did display them correctly.
Having invested considerable resourcing in developing Moys classification for our Law collections it is frustrating that we are no longer able to browse these callnumbers.
16 votes -
recommend books/articles to patron
Hi, is it possible to have a function of pushing materials to patron upon his/her search term in Primo？Like Taobao, facebook, they will recommend the goods or ads to users?
1 vote -
Expand timeout to include more features
Expand the features offered through "timeout" by including additional features such as clearing sticky facets and redirecting the timeout to load the Primo home screen.
1 vote -
Advanced search functionality for the Newspaper Search
Please provide advanced search functionality for the Newspaper Search. Users would like to limit searches by criteria such as publication name.
37 votes -
Primo VE: Public names for Libraries and Locations
It would often be helpful if patron-facing names of libraries and locations were different from the staff-facing names in Alma, e.g., staff users may need to know exactly which of several "Closed stack" is in play, while this is irrelevant information for end users. So public names of Libraries and Locations should be editable through the Discovery Labels code table
27 votes -
Items with item policy "noncirculating" should not display as "loanable" in Primo VE
We have many titles that do not circulate, but because they are available on the shelf, Primo VE displays them as "loanable." This may confuse patrons into thinking that these items can be loaned, when they are not allowed to leave the library.
27 votes -
Restrict "Send Record via Email" to logged in users only in Primo VE
Currently anyone can send record information via the "Send Record via Email" option in the brief or full record display. This is a spam risk. Sending e-mail should be restricted to logged-in users only.
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Make Primo retain search filters by default
It is currently possible to retain search filters in Primo by selecting individual ones and clicking "Make this filter persistent through this session". I believe the interface would be more user-friendly if all selected filters were retained by default, and would only be cleared if the user selected individual ones to remove or clicked the "Reset all" button.
3 votes -
Able to display electronic holding (coverage) statements in chronology sequence – from oldest to newest, instead of random order
We find that the autoload holding statements supplied by vendor ScienceDirect is in chronology sequence (from oldest to newest). But the display of multiple holding statements in Primo GetIT is random or not in sequence after the autoload of holding statements.
e.g. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.
https://julac.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1m2sapd/HKPU_IZ51203553420003411
Holding statements should be display in chronology order so that user can easily identify which year we have accessing right, instead of browsing through all the holding statements. Can it be fixed?
9 votes -
Allow requestors to see new requested item due date from My Requests
In the My Requests area of my Library Card, the requestor does not see the new due date of the requested item, only that the request is “Not started. Place in queue is _”. It would helpful for the requestor to be able to see the due date, even if it isn't guaranteed that the item will be returned by the patron who has it on that date. Wording could be: "Currently on loan with a due date of [ ]. Your request is no. [ ] in queue.".
3 votes -
Show/hide password in the login screen
On the Primo new UI login screen, we would find useful to have an "eye" symbol beside the password field, which would allow to show/hide the password.
109 votes -
Add ability for Local Resource Types to look at multiple fields
For some resource types (like streaming video) where we use community zone records that aren't all RDA, the bibs are missing a consistent way for me to identify them and we can't update the records to add whatever field is necessary (like a 655 $a Internet videos.). I would like to be able to write a rule for local resource types that uses an OR statement, rather than just a single field. That way I could indicate that if it had the 655 OR a 347 $a Video file it should have Streaming Video as its resource type.
10 votes -
Introduce Nested Faceting in "Refine My Results"
Currently, it is possible to create new facets in the "Refine My Results" section with a little bit of work. Is there a way that nested facets could be introduced to this section? For example, there might be a facet titled "video" with the option of expanding this to introduce sub-facets like DVD, VHS, Film, Bluray, eVideo, etc. Or, under the facet "book" we would have the option of expanding this to introduce sub-facets like print book, eBook, Thesis/dissertation, Microform, Large print, Braille book, etc.
16 votes -
Auto correct typos
Primo search should have the ability to auto correct common spelling errors and typos.
A current review of our zero result searches has shown that many zero result searches are typos and misspellings.
Users are used to systems that can auto-correct or suggest corrections for misspelled words.
Auto correct of typos would greatly improve the user experience.13 votes
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