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Internet Archive Book Reader
The Internet Archive Book Reader viewer configured to flip pages left-to-right unless value coded in 008 pos 35-37 (language) is taken from a close list of languages (as documented: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/090Discovery_Interface_Display_Logic/040Digital_Services)
In cases of visual materials such as photographs, the code of 008/35-37 would be zxx (which means: No linguistic content). The value zxx does not appear in the Right to Left list of languages, therefore the viewer would flip Left to Right.
However, there are cases (such as photo albums) where the object should flip Right to Left.
Currently there is no way to both Catalog by Standard and…2 votes -
Access Right based on a user's statistical category
Can we define an "Access Right" based on a user's statistical category. i.e., we have the Student's academic program listed as a statistical category. We want to limit access to certain resources by academic program.
4 votes -
Issue with Embargoed Bibliographic Record Display in Primo
Current situation:
Despite configuring an embargo on a digital file, the bibliographic record continues to show up in Primo. In an effort to resolve the issue, we suppress the bib record, but even after the embargo has expired after two years, the record is not visible in Primo.Desired outcome:
If an embargo is in place, it can affect whether the bibliographic record is suppressed or not. Alternatively, when the embargo period ends, the library may receive a notification to prompt staff to manually remove the suppressed status. The desired outcome is to ensure that the bibliographic record is either…
15 votes -
Alma-D waitlist - allow users to remove themselves and monitor waitlist status
Currently when a user joins a waitlist for a digital object (Alma-D / Alma Digital), they have no way to remove themselves after joining. This means that when their turn comes, the entire grace period must run before the object becomes available to the next user. The Delivery Registration Status Letter should include a link to remove oneself from the waitlist. In addition, the "Library Card" area in Primo/Primo VE should show the user their place in the waitlist (with details, e.g. estimate of time remaining) and also provide a link to remove themselves from the waitlist.
26 votes -
Add 2FA for Import profiles
Recent changes to our digital preservation system mean that two factor authentication is now required for API access to the system. This includes OAI Harvest tools.
At present there is no field in the Alma/Primo import profile template I can add the authentication key required to harvest data from our preservation system.
Is it possible to add such a field to the Alma import authentication template? This would benefit not only us, but others who have links to external systems which require two factor authentication.
Information about the change as it relates to us can be found in the following…
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On Top Level Collections list, change "created" date to "updated" date
Please change the Resource Mangement-->Manage Collections-->Top Level Collection menu to swap out "create date" to "last update" or similar. It's important to know which collections haven't been updated. It's only 'nice' to know the create date.'
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Digital Loans
It would really be helpful to have a tab or include borrowed digital books under patron loans so that its easy for them to renew or see what digital books they borrowed and need to return.
Currently there is no ability for a patron to see what digital books they may have borrowed and need to return.
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Access Rights Policies for Digital Objects: Allow multiple IP addresses in one Access Rights Policy.
The following article is relevant to the request.
We would like to set 5 concurrent users from on-campus and remote access, but currently, only one IP range can be entered in one Access Rights Policy. We would like to add the on-campus IP range and the proxy IP address to the IP Parameter in the Expressions to set up 5 concurrent users from on-campus or remote access.
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sort representations alma digital
If you attach several digital representations to one bibliographic record in ALMA, and each representation has one file attached, the representations/files are sorted as strings. When managing representations with alphanumeric labels, this can lead to a confusing display order. For example, by default when displaying links to an architectural walking tour, "Stop 2: Rudolph's Master Plan" appears after "Stop 10: Campanile & the Public Square." In the example, you can "trick" Alma into displaying the desired order by adding a blank space before "Stop 2." However, this process is messy and not intuitive. It would be helpful to have the…
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Add "depositor" name to "approve deposits" and/or desposit search screen
We'd like to more easily see the name of the patron who submitted each deposit. It would be useful to see this information on the "approve deposits" screen, and also when you do a repository search for deposits. We mostly want to see this for patron deposits, though if it's relatively simple to add a submitter's name for staff-mediated deposits as well that's even better.
1 vote -
Select All Representations in Digital Resource Editor
Add a master checkbox to select all representations for a title within the Digital Resources Editor. This would really help with deleting representations when they need to be replaced or purged entirely.
10 votes -
We would like to see Alma Digital incorporate dates for automatic suppression when we provide access to resources with limited licenses.
We would like to see Alma Digital incorporate dates for automatic suppression when we provide access to resources with limited licenses.
4 votes -
Overlay representations with the same file name when a match for the bib is found.
At National Agricultural Library, we ingested about 400,000 articles into Unified Repository (UR) each year. The UR will be replaced by Alma. One urgent need that we have is to overlay not only the existing bibs with updated article metadata from publishers, but also representations with the same file name, e.g. source.xml, mods.xml using import profile for digital repository. Is it possible to overlay representations with the same file name when a match for the bib is found?
11 votes -
Alt-Text Capability for Images in Alma-D
To improve accessibility, libraries should be able to add alt-text to image files uploaded to Alma-D.
3 votes -
Allow a user to change their close-caption settings
Allow a user to change their close-caption settings such as placement, size of text, color of text, and background color.
3 votes -
Alma Digital - Collection, Access rights and Representations
Hello,
There are a few features that are missing from Alma Digital that we would be happy if they were added:
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Add the ability to search in the "Title list" of a Digital Collection according to MMS ID, Representation ID and author.
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Add the ability to make some of the fields "Required". For example, we would like the "Access Rights" to be a required field.
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Add the ability to move a file from one representation to another (just as you can change the holdings of an item).
As of today, it is possible to move to another…10 votes -
Alma Digital Support for an auto-captioning service
Many video streaming services now have an auto-captioning service, .i.e., Youtube, where captions are auto-generated for video content. Since we are legislated to caption our video content, Alma Digital could include this feature and save us months of work.
5 votes -
Be able to re-use Access rules
This is specifically for Alma Digital.
Currently, when creating an Access Rights Policy, you have to create the appropriate Access Rule. Often, we are replicating the same Access Rule across multiple policies. These should be able to be re-used instead of having to be re-created over and over again.7 votes -
Repository search: fulltext of digital files
We'd like to be able to search the full text of digital files in Alma's repository search. This could be useful in situations where multiple files are attached to a title; searching the full text on the title level in Primo will not guide you to the correct file, but a file-level repo search would.
We see that there is a "fulltext" search index for digital files, but it looks like that index is for the type of full text file (it doesn't search the contents of the full text).4 votes -
Add ability to see which patron is currently viewing a digital book- A functionality for CDL
As a reference librarian, I would like to 1) see which patron is currently viewing a digital book on the Waiting List tab within the digital representation and 2) have the ability to manage that patron’s session.
Presently, I have the ability to see who is next in line on the patron waitlist, but I can't tell who has the book out now.
From the patron standpoint, they might simply X out of Primo VE, thinking they have finished the book, but it is still out in their name.
This becomes problematic for me as the book is in limbo,…
11 votes
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