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Resources in Esploro duplicated in Primo VE
Resources inserted in Esploro are duplicated in Primo VE when a bibliographic record for the same work exists in Alma or in other collections.
We are proposing that the deduplication process, used in Primo VE for other record sources, wolud be used also for Esploro resources36 votes -
Add job to bulk import asset metadata and files
Currently there is actually no mechanism by which a batch of metadata and files for multiple assets can be imported into Esploro. Strongly recommend adding this functionality ASAP.
35 votesHi,
I am reviewing this item.
The description of the idea itself is about bulk import of asset and files. It is possible to bulk load new assets via Import Profiles and via SWORD.
What is the source of these records?
There are also two comments and they are about bulk update of assets.
One is about bulk update of ETDs. This should be possible via Admin --> run A Job --> Research Assets CSV Export and then import via Admin --> run A Job --> Import Assets. Has this been tried?
The other is about bulk update of authors. Bulk update of authors is complex because authors are not just metadata - there is also the link to the researcher. Any change in the list of authors means that the author matching needs to be done from scratch. Another issue is that there can be multiple authors,…
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Export of search results from Portal
Whereas in Primo, it is possible to export the results of a search (or at least, up to 50) by selecting them and then Exporting them, there does not seem to be the same option in the Researchers portal. We would like to be able to export search results from Esploro. Ideally, this export would not be restricted to 50.
32 votesHi,
Thank you for this suggestion, we will look into it and post updates if and when this can be added.
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Add job to batch edit and/or suppress file labels in File Viewer
Currently, the file label displays in the File Viewer above the file itself and appears as prominently as the title of the asset (same font and size). For the thousands of assets we migrated to Esploro, this file label is by default the file name, which references the ID number of the file in our previous repository and nothing else (e.g., no author, title, year). This is not at all helpful to our patrons and is frankly quite ugly. So I would recommend that you add a job to edit and/or suppress the file labels in batch. Right now we…
30 votesUnder Review ·
AdminShoshana de la Fuente
(Product Manager, Esploro Repository, Ex Libris)
responded
Thank you for your suggestion. We are considering allowing batch update of file display titles through CSV update.
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LoC and DC Headings
We would like to have the availablity to select Library of Congress or Dublin Core Subject Headings instead of the ExLibris base set of subjects. We found that ExLibris's base set is poorly inadequate and it became a huge annoyance and time consuming to copy and paste the Library of Congress headings for our catalogers.
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Add dedicated accessibility fields
Add fields to document the accessibility of individual research assets. This information can help Esploro managers track accessibility compliance for items and set expectations for users who may want to access items. At minimum, one field with controlled vocabulary terms and another for free-text entries would be helpful. See Cornell eCommons for sample controlled vocabulary terms addressing accessibility features and accessibility hazards: https://guides.library.cornell.edu/ecommons/batchmetadata#s-lib-ctab-19527879-4 We need our repositories to be in compliance with WCAG guidance and better mechanisms for tracking accessibility are paramount.
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Add a facet for "Type of Degree"
In case of different degree in the same faculty, such as School of Education offers both EdD and PhD. Currently, the search will return all ETDs in our repository that are associated with the School of Education. So it should capture all the Ed.D.'s, but it also include results of Ph.D.'s as well. There is no facet for type of degree. Therefore, it would be more user friendly for filtering search results by "Type of Degree".
This is about as fine as we can parse it at the moment: https://researchdiscovery.drexel.edu/esploro/search/outputs?query=any,contains,*&page=1&sort=date_d&enable_asterisk_search=true&institution=01DRXU_INST&scope=ResearchETD&mfacet=facet_academic_unit,include,01DRXU_INST___3852,1
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Provide enhanced ability to customize Student Deposit Profile
The current student deposit form (Configuration > Repository > Manage Student Deposit Profiles) has limited options for customization. We would like to see the following changes made in order to enable use of the form and make student deposits more streamlined. This would remove our need to upload assets ourselves. Here are a few suggestions:
1) Add an "Instructions" field for every entry field to appear below the field name in smaller text.
2) Co-authors - remove this field or make it optional. If this is not possible, could instructions be added to make it clear that it is optional.…21 votes -
Index the project type field
ExLibris added a field called Project Type, which is an excellent way to distinguish types of theses (for instance, we would like to clarify which are senior honors theses, as opposed to master's theses). Unfortunately, without an enhancement, they will not index it, make it searchable, nor add it as a facet, which makes it pretty much useless. I would love to see this be a useful part of Esploro! This would also solve another idea, Add a facet for "Type of Degree"
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Link Esploro asset records to Alma bib records
Permit Esploro asset records to be linked to bib records in Alma in the same way that holdings, portfolios, and digital representations are linked.
Create an Alma job by which library staff can link assets to bib records by uploading a spreadsheet of asset IDs and their corresponding bib MMS IDs.
Currently, we have two records for every ETD in our collection, the Alma bib record and the Esploro asset record. Both describe the same resource (the bib better than the asset record) and so they should be linked and not turn up in Primo as two separate search results.
18 votesHi,
I am reviewing older ideas.
I am closing this because we will not be planning to add links between Alma records and Esploro assets in the nearer future.
From the idea description it appears that the main use you want or need this for is to prevent duplicate ETDS in Primo (since you have them in both Alma and Esploro). I would like to suggest another approach for this - dealing with it via Primo VE scopes.
It is already possible to create a Search Profile with a custom scope that includes all assets except for thesis and dissertations.
You can add three rules to a custom scope:
1. Available Research Exists
2. AND Resource TypeNot EqualsDissertations-
3. OR Resource TypeNot EqualsThesis
If does not solve the issue, we can consider an additional OTB scope.
And if you see additional uses for an Alma-Esploro link - please…
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More options for adding asset metadata to notification approval emails
It would be good if additional metadata options can be added to the notification approval emails, such as whether the asset is open access, value from a local field, or the complete citation of the asset. This would provide more detailed information to the researcher about which asset was approved, as well as whether it is open access.
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Local copyright permissions
Over the years we've negotiated permissions with some publishers. Our local permissions can differ to information in Sherpa.
We'd like a way to upload these permissions into Esploro so that we could interrogate it in a similar way to how we can through Sherpa in the form.
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Separate configuration options for faculty and student works
We would like to have more granular control over our asset display configurations. Theses/dissertations and other types of non-published student works do not have the same descriptive needs as published faculty works, and having a blanket configuration that is meant to address all types of published and non-published works is leading to confusion as to how to correctly present and interpret the presented metadata. In order to best represent our non-published student works and ETDs, it would be better to have those assets configured separately from faculty works.
18 votesHi all,
We noticed that there's a similar request posted on the board - https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/929326/suggestions/42755675
We will consider them together.
Best Regards,
Na'ama
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Pop-Up Cultural Advisory Notices
We are an Australian-based Esploro customer and we have asset records containing culturally sensitive information/materials. Repository staff are currently adding the notice below to these records (which at this point, are primarily theses):
"Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this thesis and associated project files, may contain the images/voices/names of people who have since passed away. "
Repository staff customise this message to include what is relevant for the asset record concerned, e.g. images and/or voices and/or names and to the type of publication.
These advice statements would be more effectively highlighted as a pop-up that…
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External Organizations: track local additions to learn if they have a duplicate on the “Central’ tab
There is a mapping process that allows 'Mapping Local to Central Organization'. But, to use it, we need to know that a duplicate exists.
We would like to know of a way to follow what is added to the “Central tab” – more importantly – to learn of external organizations that are now duplicated (as we have them on both the ‘Local’ and ‘Central’ tabs).
Reference to 'Mapping Local to Central Organization':
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Esploro/Product_Documentation/Esploro_Online_Help_(English)/Configuring_Esploro/010_Configuring_the_Organization#Mapping_Local_to_Central_Organization17 votes -
Show "view online" link resolver links regardless of other links
The view online option of link resolver only displays when there are no other links or files attached to an asset. Our procedure is to always add a link to the published version of the record, therefore the link resolver never displays.
We would like to have the option to display link resolver links even if there is already a link in the record. This would ensure our staff and students could still access the resource if we have a full text subscription AND visitors to the portal could link to the published version.
In 2020 when we were launching…
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Display embargo release date in Esploro research portal
We would like the ability to display the "Release Date", i.e. the date that the embargo on an asset was lifted, in the public research portal. We would like for the embargo release date to display in the asset details for both assets that are currently embargoed and assets who's embargo has lifted.
We think it would be helpful to have an indication in the public asset metadata that the asset was embargoed at some point. This would be helpful for researchers, and also (especially for ETDs) for the asset's author to understand when the asset became available.
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New asset page - navigation between search results
The new portal no longer has Up and Down arrows to navigate to the next record in search results.
We find navigation between search results very useful and would like the left panel with Up and Down arrows added to the new portal.15 votes -
Add notes that display in Esploro brief record display
Though many Esploro researcher deposits naturally disappear from the research deposits queue as part of their lifecycle -- approved, returned to researchers, etc. -- for deposits that for one reason or another have to remain in the deposits queue for an extended period, a type of internal note explaining their presence in the brief display would be very helpful.
In our case, our library does the work of seeking OA permissions for deposits, leaving deposits in the queue awaiting responses for a period of days, weeks, and in rare cases months. As you may imagine, this can build up very…
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Marking Honors, scholarship, projects, or activities as "featured" to better highlight them
Some faculty or researchers have honors, activities, scholarship, or projects that in some sense defines them. Instead of those items blending in with everything else, it would be nice to have a way of highlighting or featuring certain things. As an example, if someone won the nobel prize, they would most certainly want that to be made more prominent in some way.
13 votes
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