Overview

Alma Enhancements to Consider Word Document. The word document exists to describe the enhancement and allow the members of FuWG review and discuss asynchronously between meetings. The tables below is used to track reviewed dates and decisions over time.

Fulfillment

Enhancement Name	Release Month	Date Reviewed	Decision/Assessment
Quick Printing Option for Multiple Records	February 2020	2/25/21	In Production
Pop-up Messages in the Scan In Interface	March 2020	2/25/21	Action: Try turning some on (see list below) in SB and testing Item has requests, feeback message Transit, feedback message Work Order, popup message
Option to Exclude the Grace Period When Calculating Fee	July 2020	2/25/21	Not implemented because no fines are currently accruing
New On hold shelf reminder	December 2020	2/25/21	Action: SB testing Test with Lamont and Countway – needs to be configured to reflect "normal times" (i.e. 7 days on the hold shelf) Add FWG folx to email table so they receive notices from SB 3 days before hold expiration; 4 days after hold date Should say, where it is held; link to make a reservation if they haven't already; when the hold expires Test to see what happens if patron has 1 item at Lamont and 1 item at Countway where the hold expires on the same day
Display Override Return Date	January 2021	2/25/21	Shared logins shouldn't be able to override due dates; if staff want some student workers to have more privileges then they can get an individual login

Leganto

Enhancement Name	Date Reviewed	Decision/Assessment
Enabling Hiding the Collaborators Panel	2/25/21	Didn't warrant significant discussion
Automate Reading List Status While Course Active or Inactive	2/25/21	Reading List status not widely used among Access Staff
Primo Newspapers Scope Added in Leganto	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
overlay_no_type	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Purge menu added to Reading List actions list	2/25/21	Action: Alma Enhancements to Consider Communicate with relevant Access Staff the difference between "Purge" and "Delete" for Reading Lists and update Staff Libguide
Generating Citations Based on Reference Files (Beta)	2/25/21	Action: Kara Young (Unlicensed) will look into testing
Hide or Show Newspaper Menu when searching for resources	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Notification to Students of upcoming due dates	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Subscription Letter for List Owners after Rollover	2/25/21	Group didn't see much value-added to this enhancement as most rollovers are initiated by the List Owner (aka instructors). However, If someone is rolling over a list that I [AS staff] have to deal with, then I [AS staff] would like to receive the letter/notice
Personal Copies	2/25/21	Group liked the idea, but wasn't clear on how it would appear in Alma for the librarian processing the item Action: Someone should look at the documentation to see how this is represented
Create Reading Lists by importing RIS, BibTex, References, and Folders	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Leganto has integrated with Syndetics Unbound	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Leganto now displays the View online or Check availability links in the brief display of a citation	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Citation’s Public Notes in Compact View	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
YouTube how-to videos for Leganto	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
How to install Cite It! video	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Changes to label values	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
URLs can be included in a citation’s public note	2/25/21	Group sees use case for this if DRP continues post-Spring 2021
The Lists view now displays the instructor(s) for the list's course	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Move a citation to a different list or section within a list, using the new Move Citation option	2/25/21	Didn't inspire significant discussion
Lock section for editing	2/25/21	Group didn't see much value-added to this enhancement
Reading lists in the Recently Deleted lists group will now be automatically removed from the system once they have spent more than 30 consecutive days in the deleted lists group.	2/25/21	Action: Spruill Harder Communicate with relevant Access Staff the difference between "Purge" and "Delete" for Reading Lists and update Staff Libguide
Citations Insights job	3/18/21	Currently available to staff with the appropriate permissions
Guided Tours	3/18/21	Action: Kara will activate in Sandbox; Add an item based on library resource Add an item with a file Create a sharable link Action: Reserves folx will review and provide feedback
Locate citation source config	3/18/21	There are options for tweaking this if we find that citations are not being located properly or if it becomes an issue
Create reading lists by import	3/18/21	Group didn't identify any use cases for this enhancement (other than the current Ares>Alma migration project underway for HKS)
Duplicating course lists in Leganto	3/18/21	Different behavior depending on how it is duplicated, training issue. Duplicated lists can appear in a queue of unassociated lists that need cleanup
Using tags to update citation status	3/18/21	Action: Are there any applications for this functionality? Spruill Harder will take this to March's reserves meeting
Edit multiple citations within 1 reading list	3/18/21	Group is uncertain what the options are and cannot think of many use cases for this enhancement
Default section name	3/18/21	Option to make certain default templates available when a new list is created, this could come in handy when the project to improve the reading list experience for students begins (based on URC study) – otherwise, the enhancement was viewed as both "harmless and pointless"
Configure notifications for when new notes are added to a list
You can now add a second page range for citations of type Book Extract
Update a set of courses with the Course Bulk Update job
Display item’s chapter number in brief display
Add general message to top of reading list citations
Select how permalinks appear in export file
Automatically Calculate Total Chapter Count
Add/Edit public notes, due dates, and visibility dates on edit and create item forms
Reminder email to instructors to create reading lists
You can now create a set of courses from an uploaded file
Help page customization
Update of text labels for links
New filter menu in Leganto
New display_in_process parameter
You can now use multiple digital viewer services in Leganto
general_message_dates and general_message_role parameters
default_list_sort_instructors parameter
Find lists by course year and term