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Enable filtering for resource type in Central Index just for articles
When using the articles filter searches are returning other formats e.g. books which is confusing for users
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Journal Search results should display dates of access not dates of publication
When performing the Journal Search, the results are displaying dates of publication NOT displaying dates of access which is confusing our users thinking we have access to the entirety of the journals instead of just partial years.
1989-2006 is the dates of available publication. We only subscribe to 2000-2006.
Currently the only way around this is to modify the bib record, which could not be done since this is a CZ record.
I would like to see either the ability to add the dates of access to the brief results or have the capability to remove the…
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Improve the Export to Mendeley
Include abstracts and subject headings in the Export to Mendeley function
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Show ALL data recorded in faceted fields
When a search is done on a faceted field, not all the possible results in any given facet are shown. There is no logical resulting display of faceted values. For example, if one searches for the keyword "Novels" in our sandbox, and then goes to the Creator Demographic Group facet (data from MARC 386 field), you get a choice of some terms like Algerians (53), Americans (1464), Austrians (353) and so on. But Canadians and Germans are not shown in this list, even though there are many records that have 386 Canadians or Germans. If you do a keyword search…
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Add ability to customize what appears in MyInst_and_Cl (Search everything) scope.
We recently went live with Esploro's Research Repository and have been adding assets for faculty and staff publications, including theses and books that already exist as separate records in Alma. We recently noticed that these records from Esploro are automatically included in our MyInstandCl (Search everything) scope in Primo VE, resulting in duplication of theses and book records. Attached is a screenshot of a duplicate record in Primo VE. Note that the second is listed as an ebook when it is not an ebook (a salesforce case exists for this issue).
Esploro records are separate from Alma records,…
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Configure journals A-Z so titles from key suppliers can be ranked higher than lesser known suppliers/OA titles
We would like to apply some configuration to the Journals A-Z in Primo?
We have noticed that when browsing our A-Z the first few titles that appear under each letter do not tend to reflect our health and social care focused collection. We would like to have options to omit or give more weight to certain collections/titles in the A-Z so more prominent titles appear at the top rather than titles that are unlikely to have any significant use for our patrons.
One example would be under the letter L. We would hope a title such as The Lancet would…
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En Alma Digital se requiere que los campos MARC 5XX se desplieguen diferenciados
En el perfil de metadatos desplegados en Alma Digital, se requiere que los campos de notas se puedan diferenciar. Actualmente se unen los campo 505 y 520 en "Descripción" y todos los otros 5XX en "Notas".
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Have the option to configure portfolio views in VE to more than 25
Classic Primo allowed this via Configuration > Resources > Other Settings > enableviewitshowall_results = true but this does not work in VE
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Add scite.ai badges to Primo
Add scite.ai (https://scite.ai/badge) badges to publications surfaced on Primo to show how publications have been supported or disputed.
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Filter for which record types, local or community zone, you want to generate the hypertext.
When working with Community Zone records, we see that linking tags, such as 776, appear in Primo in the Related Titles option, and the resource it links to does not return any results. If we deactivate the hypertext link for related titles, the links that were from our records and that are correct would also be affected. We suggest that you can somehow filter for which record types, local or community zone, you want to generate the hypertext.
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Primo May 2022 Release: Display Multiple Links in View It
This feature offers the possibility to show more fulltext links in three sections:
(1) CDI "Subscription" links
(2) Alma iframe with Alma portfolio links
(3) CDI "Open Access" linksHowever, currently it is not possible to configure the display of these sections.
Please think about the following improvements:
Possibility to display all link sections automatically instead of only showing the first link section and a "Show more" option for the other sections (see attachement).
Possibility to decide to display both new link sections (additional CDI "Subscription" links, additional CDI "Open Access" links) or only one of them.
If you have…6 votes -
Improvement of the Calculate queue button on request forms
In July 2020 a new button for calculating the patron’s place in queue when requesting a physical title was introduced. The function was a welcome attempt to make it clearer to the patron how long he/she might have to wait to get the book, but with the current design we find it more confusing than helpful. The function does not take into account if any items are available in the library or if all items are on loan to other patrons.
When a user places a request on a title that is available in the library the current message is…
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Allow removal of main title enlargement upon hover in Resource Recommender banner
The default (and expected) behavior of the Resource Recommender banner results in an enlargement of the text entered for the main title field. We are unable to modify this behavior via CSS, find the transition jarring, and would like to have the option of no hover effect or, at minimum, a less extreme one.
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Signed in user should be able to set their preferred search profile
We have decided to place the Library catalog search profile first in the search box as this is what most of our users need. However, some of our users find this irritating and request for the All or International articles option to be put first. This is obviously a choice that's always going to make somebody unhappy!
To get around this issue, we suggest that a signed-in user should be able to set their own preferences as to which search profile comes first in the search box.
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Hide collections
Right now public Primo collections need to be deleted in order to hide them from public view; correspondingly, if a collection is suppressed from Discovery when it is created, it cannot be unsuppressed. It would be useful to be able to simply hide and unhide collections easily, for things like making changes, or themed collections whose time have passed.
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Improve Related Titles hypertext linking and advanced search
As a user, I want advanced searches that are generated by clicking a related title hyperlink to use existing metadata as search parameters in order to accurately narrow the results to relevant records.
As currently implemented, the hyperlinks for related titles either takes the user to a locally held version of the record or generates an advanced search based on the title alone.
When a user clicks a link for a related title named "Berg, Jeremy M. (Jeremy Mark), 1958- Biochemistry. 5th ed. New York : W.H. Freeman, ©2002" they are taken to an Advanced Search for Biochemistry.
This search…
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Make ILL requests a Send To action in Primo records
Add ILL Request to the cluster of Send to actions in the Primo record full display. This would send the citation to the institution's ILL form so a user could place a request for an item. This feature would give institutions the option of providing ILL services as a constant in records instead of being facilitated through services tweaked through a series of display logic rules which don't always produce desired results. For example, sometimes CDI records match to print serial holdings that don't actually contain the article. Sometimes the online source is missing the item or malfunctioning. With the…
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Enhance possibility to show information out of linked authority records
Introduce new Authority Info Card based on Linked Data URI. Utilize Linked Data URIs to present new Information Card in various displays (search results list, brief & full display). Enrich the display with more information on linked entities and related resources made available thanks to the URI. This functionality should be provided for all authority sources available in the Community Zone that offer linked data URIs such as GND, Rameau, etc.
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Title in "digital collection" section
In Primo VE, within the "Digital Collections" section, digital records currently display the entire content of field 245 as the title. This results in excessively lengthy titles for certain entries. Ideally, we would prefer that only subfield 245$$a be shown as the title within the "Digital Collections" section.
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Allow suppression of GES based on Primo View
Currently a GES (General Electronic Service) link can be suppressed or shown based on certain characteristics of the record or though Alma Display Logic Rule, through characteristics of the logged in user or presence / absence of other GES links. We would like the ability to control the display of GES links based on the current Primo view. This would allow us to show or suppress links in certain Primo views before asking the user to login.
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