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Automatic alphabetical sorting within each section
Several instructors at one of our institutions mentioned that they wished reading lists looked a bit more like bibliographies.
We are aware that changing the sorting is available in the list or section menu, but for instructors who are reluctant to use Leganto, this is already a step too much.
We would like a parameter that would, when turned on on institution level, automatically sort the citations by authors within a section.
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Add style classes to citations imported to LMS editor
When citations are imported to an LMS text editor using the LTI 1.3 integration, these are added as HTML code with basic formatting.
Could the HTML elements which make up these citations have regular class attributes attached to them?
If so, we could use CSS included in our LMS to consistently style these citations to match the rest of our learning content.
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Leganto questions when someone edits a citation from a book to a book chapter
We use Leganto questions to ask instructors whether a book chapter should be digitized or not. This works fine when they add a book chapter (manually or via search/Cite it!). However, in many cases, they can only find the whole book via search, and then they edit it and change the material type to book chapter. In these cases, the Leganto questions are not triggered.
We would like Leganto questions to also be triggered whenever someone changes a citation into a book chapter.3 votes -
Tasks widget in Alma for Reading lists total tally
Tasks widget in Alma for Reading lists total tally
In other areas the total for a category e.g. Order lines the total in the blue header is a tally of the items listed below e.g for Orders = Package + Renew + Claim.
However for Reading list figure does not tally with the entries below it which is confusing.
(In fact the entries add up to more than the total.)
This is because the Category ‘Unassigned’ actually is the total of 2 entries listed further down ‘Unassigned – processing’ and ‘Unassigned Complete’ and so these are not included in tally.…3 votes -
Allow advanced search of Citations and editing of individual citations within a set of citations
I frequently look for citations meeting certain criteria - simple like recently added Books on active lists, on published lists, where the book is essential. To do that I have to go select all citations, sort it by last created, choose the filters, active, published. I then look at a couple to e.g. see if there is a newer edition. If I want to continue with the same project, I have to recreate all the steps.
It is impossible to create a query with two filters from the same group, e.g. Material type books or Book chapters or Citation tags…
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Ability to add new metadata fields to Citation Field Mapping table
Currently the citation field mapping configuration table in Alma only allows us to add a row with metadata that is pre-defined in a set drop-down list. We would like to be able to add to this list by creating extra metadata fields to choose from
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Display (both) print holdings of citations that have had their availability merged in Leganto
It is currently possible to merge the availability of citations possessing different availabilities, i.e. print and online, in Leganto but it is not possible to merge the availability of citations where the availability is print and print.
For example - a citation of a regular sized junior fiction title and that of a citation of the "big book" version size of the same title which happens to be on a different catalogue record.3 votes -
Allow additional staff roles to be configurable in Courses and displayed in Leganto
I would love the option to configure a new Course Instructor role in Alma/Leganto; it could be called something like ‘Course Collaborator’ to use wording consistent with other similar roles. This could then map more accurately between different staff roles in the VLE and different reading list ownership roles. Currently there is only one overarching Course role (Instructor), but the Course is the LTI linking point between VLE page and reading list, and the Course Loader is where you update details in bulk, so there does not seem a good way of keeping 'list collaborators' up to date without doing…
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Citation thumbnail images - upload by Library staff (separate to instructor file upload)
Currently it is only possible to upload a citation thumbnail image in the Leganto interface (Librarian view) when the instructor file upload parameter is set to allow instructors to upload, i.e. maxfilesizeallowedfaculty_MB is not zero.
It would be useful for Library staff to always be able to upload/edit the citation thumbnail image, and for this to be separate from any instructor-only configuration.It would be particularly beneficial as part of enabling Library Staff to check and manage lists, in their own view in the Leganto interface.
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Posibilidad de reemplazar el ítem sugerido por Syllabus con IA/Option to Replace the Item Suggested by Syllabus AI
Sería interesante que luego de que la IA reconoce que un ítem está en biblioteca, el docente pueda reemplazarlo por otro.
Contexto: tenemos el mismo título pero en diferentes sedes (catalogados como ítems diferentes) y los docentes quieren elegir el que prefieren.It would be useful if, after the AI identifies that an item is available in the library, the instructor could replace it with a different one.
Context: We hold the same title across different campus locations (cataloged as distinct items), and instructors wish to select the specific copy they prefer.
(Translated by Google Translate)3 votes -
Librarians' filter for 'null' tags on Alma and Leganto
A lot of the libraries here use the library-internal tags to set stages in the life-cycle of citations on a reading list. However, it is not possible currently to filter - either on Alma or Leganto - to citations with no tags. It would be great if it were possible for Librarians to filter for items with no tags on Alma and Leganto, which would therefore probably need some library intervention of some sort.
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Add an Unselect all citation button to the Leganto userface
An Unselect All citations button is needed. There are currently 2 ways to unselect citations which you have edited:
- Use the 'Select all' checkbox, which then changes to 'Deselect all'.
- Close the actions bar using the X, which also clears the selection.
If you have moved one or more citations up or down the list, it is very easy to forget to unselect a citation, before starting to select another citation to move it. It should not be necessary to have to close the actions bar between actions. An Unselect All button is a feature which instructors are familiar with…
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Add Category Pop-Up when exporting from NDE to Leganto
When an item is added to Leganto directly from the Export menu in NDE, the pop up menu to enforce a category tag is not supported - allowing items to be added to Leganto untagged. Enforcing this pop up would save the academic having to go into Leganto to update the citation, or have a load of citations coming through for processing without a tag.
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Allow libraries to modify the More Options feature of the instructor view
The ability for instructors to request an accessible file added in April 2026 was a welcome addition to the Leganto; however, its placement within the "More options" menu isn't obvious.
We recommend moving this option outside of the menu, or allowing libraries to change the layout on their own, so that instructors don't need to select "More options" before seeing the "Request accessible file" feature.
The ability to see this option below the citation, without an extra click, will draw more attention and make it more likely that instructors will request the accessible formats that they are required by law…
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New task lists for accessible file requests
The current Reading Lists Task Lists in Alma are limited to reading lists that are unassigned and in various stages of preparation/processing/completion.
To improve the library workflow, it would be helpful to have new task lists for Leganto files where instructors have requested accessible files.
We recommend 3 separate sets: Accessibility Request -- Received, Accessibility Request -- In Progress, and Accessibility Request -- Completed (or whichever language will provide the most consistency with the tasks that already exist). This way libraries can keep track of materials at every stage of remediation.
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Request accessible file - ability to restrict to user group or campus
We would like to use the Request accessible file feature made available in the April 2026 release but we need to be able to restrict the feature to show to only certain users. We are a multi-campus institution with campuses in other countries subject to different legislation and permissible formats that can be provided. We would ideally like to be able to restrict the feature so it is visible to only certain user groups, but visibility by campus would also work if user groups isn't possible.
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Remove the fields "Required Chapters" and "Total Chapters Count" from the Copyright Attributes page when Book Extract is the citation materi
Our Copyright Officer has informed the library to make a change in how we label our representations and to use Book Extract as the citation material type if only a few pages of a chapter are being used. This is a change for the library as we previously used Book Chapter and labelled the representation to indicate that only a part of the chapter has been used - example: Scan of chapter 3 [in part], p. 26-35: Moral constraints and the state.
This is to ensure that the two fields are not accidently used by Library staff.
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Make subjects usable
Currently the only way to assign a subject to a list is in the Leganto interface.
The function to assign subjects should be added to:
1. Alma when working on an individual list
2. Alma - bulk assign a subject from the reading list task list - select reading lists then 'manage selected' then choose from the list of defined subjects
3. Reading List bulk update job
4. Instructor rollover operations - copy to be supported
5. Course loader rollover - On rollover copy subjectThis would enable librarians to help with assigning disciplines/study areas to lists, and not leave…
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Add additional text under section headings in templates in new UI
In the classic UI we created a bilingual template that included guidance notes for both instructors and students under each section heading. We would like the option to be able to create this template in the new UI, but we can only create section headings.
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Quick Analytics for Instructors
ls there any way that the course start date field in the quick view analytics (clicking the bar chart logo from the reading list itself) can be changed. It currently shows them usage since the list began, but there is no way for them to see usage in the past academic year only. they need something quick. Something they can share with students... "look there are 50 of you on this course and only 12 of you have looked at this article for today's lesson!"?
Thanks!
2 votes
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