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Add Close Caption file information to Alma Analytics
We need to report on the status of our digital collection, including which videos are close captioned. This data is not available in Alma Analytics. How hard would it be to add this to the "Digital Inventory" table?
2 votes -
Alma Digital Viewer - Enable/Disable "New Alma Viewer" for representations
Right now, you can only set rules for when a certain viewer (i.e. Alma Viewer and Universal Viewer) is displayed/not displayed. Specifically in our case, we have unchecked the "Use New Viewer" feature make things cleaner in our interface. However, overtime, another department may begin to use Alma Digital and may want to turn that feature back on (which is better suited for their resources).
For instance, if we begin to upload image files or digitized newspaper clippings, the New Viewer would work great -- but for other general content, it's not always the best option.It would be great…
0 votes -
Collection Discovery manual title ordering
In collections and sub-collections, please allow adjusting the order of titles manually (and individually - like we change the order of collections by drag-and-drop).
While the ability to change the default sort method is useful, our collections require more granular control over the order in which titles display.
A drag-and-drop system would be ideal. Slightly less useful would be the ability to track and sort by the date that each title was added to a collection.
45 votes -
Alma Digital: Option to unsuppress bib when mark object active
When working in Alma Digital and you change an object to Inactive, you are prompted about suppressing the bibliographic record, which is great. We want that. However, if changing it back to Active, you do not get that same prompt - you have to go into the Metadata Editor to unsuppress the bibliographic record. It would be really helpful if we could unsuppress the record when making an Digital Object active again.
3 votes -
Include T&Cs in the Patron Deposit Status Update Letter
Include the T&Cs that the patron agrees to in the XML for the deposit status update letter, and accommodate it in the stylesheet when the resource is submitted.
They would then have a copy of what they agreed to.
I understand we could customise the letter to include this, but I'm concerned that if the T&Cs change, then there is a risk that the letter is not updated at the same time.
1 vote -
link licenses to digital representations
make license linking for digital representations consistent with license linking for electronic resources
17 votes -
Prevent drag copy of pdf files from alma viewer
When Access rights indicate to “Allow View” but not download,
Alma viewer currently allows downloading the pdf by “saving as”.The digital Viewer should prevent this option.
Preventing drag copy of pdf files from alma viewer is required to manage digital content resources in alma.3 votes -
Authority control for MODS and DC
My understanding is that authority control is not applied to Dublin Core or MODS metadata (particularly when that metadata is stored and managed in Alma, not as external records). We're interested in controlling name and subject headings in DC or MODS records so that headings are updated when authorities change, and so that these headings appear in Primo browse lists.
4 votes -
Allow for separate top level collections in Alma-D
There needs to be the option for separate collections in Alma-D. For example, we are using Alma-D for both archival collections and CDL textbook collections. I would like, in Primo, to have them separate as they are two very different collections, but because everything is added as a top collection they are all lumped together.
1 vote -
Allow digital collection items to be restricted by campus in Primo like electronic portfolios
We would like to be able to limit the visibility of an item in a digital collection based on the the campuses we have set up in Alma in the same way that we can do with electronic Portfolios.
If we set up a digital collection item that is a database for example, we would like to have it only display in Primo under digital items if the current view is aligned with the campus that is allowed to see and access that digital item.
EG: We have a database "Cinahl" that we subscribe to for the RMH campus, but…
2 votes -
Allow Access Rights Policies and Copyright to be applied to remote digital representations
Checking the "Remote" box when adding a digital representation causes the Access Rights Policy and Copyright fields to disappear, even when we choose to display the digital object in the Alma Viewer.
If the Alma Viewer is selected, we should be able to apply the same Access Rights and Copyright to remote files as we can to files stored in Alma. This is especially important as more CDL functionality is added to Alma.
8 votes -
Support viewing pptx files in Alma viewer
It would be good if it was possible to view pptx files (PowerPoint/slide decks) in Alma viewer.
This could enable better access to teaching and conference resources.
5 votes -
Allow repeatable fields in "Add Representation form" in Alma
Allow repeatable fields in "Add Representation form" in Alma. For instance, an article may contain two or more authors. If you allow repeatable fields in "Add Representation Form", library staff can input additional contributors to the article.
1 vote -
Add parameter to keep bib records with digital contents while deleting inventory to Withdraw physical items job
Currently the Withdraw physical items job does not check for the presence of digital contents (or inventory), and there is not an option to delete the item and holdings records, while keeping the bib records with digital representations attached to. Please consider. Thank you!
1 vote -
Display access rights' copyright statement when editing a representation
Optionally an access right policy in Alma can have a copyright statement associated with it.
When editing a representation in Alma, the existence of the copyright statement is not displayed to the user. The user can enter another copyright statement for the representation which overrides the one associated with the access rights policy.
I would expect that the copyright statement should at minimum, be displayed to the user so they do not have to guess if this is an access rights policy where they must also assign a copyright statement.
I had expected that it would show in the copyrights…
4 votes -
Alma Digital - Allow digital object controls in Full screen view as well as the minimized view
Right now when a user views a digital object in the Alma, particularly a PDF, they have all the controls for zooming, moving to a particular page, etc., only when they they are the viewer is in a frame within the larger Primo window, with the metadata at the side etc. No functionality is available in full screen mode except to escape full screen mode. It would make for a much better experience for users if they had these functions in full screen mode as well, particularly since many of them would be reading the content on a laptop screen…
2 votes -
Index MODS fields
The documentation on this page (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Metadata_Management/180Search_Indexes) suggests that MODS fields are not currently included in many internal search indexes. We would like to see MODS fields included in applicable internal indexes, or (if such indexing is already in place) better documentation of this indexing.
2 votes -
Enable withdrawing digital representations job based on rep ID and/or file ID
We have been using Alma Digital for our e-reserve for a couple of years now, and have a need to withdraw representations that are no longer required for courses.
Since we have different chapters or extracts attched to the same digital title, we need to be able to target via a representation ID or a file ID. Being able to use a set of Digital Files for the job would make this possible.
Without that the job "Withdraw Digital Representations" would remove all of the reps attached to that title.
None of the other available parameters help us identify specific…
15 votes -
Allow externally hosted IIIF manifests to be added to Alma records for display in Primo Universal Viewer
Hi there - can you allow externally hosted International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) manifests to be added to Alma records for display in Primo Universal Viewer?
The documentation indicates you can use IIIF with Alma - https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/integrations/digital/almadigital/access/ - but, in fact, Ex Libris has clarified with our institution that IIIF only works if you use internal, Alma-D manifests. Ex Libris has said: "We looked into this and got some clarification on how IIIF manifests work in Alma. There is no option to ‘enter IIIF manifests into Alma’. Instead, Alma generates its own IIIF manifests, on the fly, from Alma bibs…
14 votes -
Make Public Note of a Representation Translatable
The public note of a representation is not translatable. This would be useful for following use cases:
- The library wants to offer high-resolution digital reproductions of individual files from representations on demand.
- The library wants to comment on the quality of files from a representations (eg. not OCRed).
- The library wants to inform, that the digital files does not contain complete content, etc.
By now following components in relation with digital content are translatable :
- Collection name and description
- Copyright declarations
- The denied note in the access right policy
It would offer a more streamline experience to discover digital content,…
30 votes
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