1. Ex Libris
2. Ex Libris Developer Network
3. IGeLU, ELUNA
4. Miscellaneous
5. See other institutions’ CSS or js

Ex Libris

• Release and maintenance schedule
  Semi-annual indexing takes ca. one month, starting just after Alma/repository indexing is finished
• Release notes
  Known issues related to the 2023 releases Primo, Primo VE
• Roadmap
• System status – you see which instance you’re on after you click on the ? in the top right corner in Alma
   
• Idea exchange for feature requests – you have 25 votes per product. It is not possible to follow an idea (= get updates) without voting for it
  See also Wishlist
   
• Meta search by James Day
  searches Knowledge Center, Developer Network, Idea Exchange, Trust Center
   
• primo-explore-package, including:
  – CSS
  – js
   
• Webinars, including “What’s new in Primo”
• Primo VE glossary
  related: CARLI Alma and Primo VE glossary
• End user help

Ex Libris Developer Network

Open to everyone

• Primo VE Normalization Rule examples
  with additional examples in the comments
  Related: Orbis Cascade Normalisation Rules standing group
   
• Library of Congress Classification facet in Primo VE; parity issue, see also idea exchange

IGeLU, ELUNA

• Mailing lists – just enter your email address to subscribe.
  You only need an account / password to see the archive and to unsubscribe
   
• Primo working groups: IGeLU, ELUNA
   
• IGeLU Primo community support, including:
  – Primo – useful bookmarklets
   
• ELUNA Primo customization and developer resources, including:
  – SUNY FAQs
  – CARLI Primo VE customizations
  – Orbis Cascade Primo VE toolkit
  
  – CSS selectors
  – List of Primo sites; …discovery… in the URL = Primo VE

Miscellaneous

• “You could use the API”, a crash course in working with the Alma APIs using Postman. code4lib journal
• DACHELA mailing lists in German
• Working with the Central customization package on Mac: you can use keka to unzip/zip

See other institutions’ CSS or js

Doesn’t always work, but often.

Chrome

Right click – Inspect – Sources
Top – [URL] – Discovery – Custom – [view] – css / js – custom1.css / custom.js

Construct the URL by hand

Look at the URL of the view, for example https://basel.swisscovery.org/discovery/search?vid=41SLSP_UBS:live
Change it to https://basel.swisscovery.org/discovery/custom/41SLSP_UBS–live/css/custom1.css
or https://basel.swisscovery.org/discovery/custom/41SLSP_UBS–live/js/custom.js

16.2.2023