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
- 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