• Streamlined management of shared resources within consortia
• Ability to exclude shared resources from local institution scopes, reducing clutter for smaller institutions

• Improved resource management and data clarity for consortia institutions, especially smaller ones
• Enhanced control over the visibility of shared resources, ensuring that only relevant data appears in local institution scopes

• Accurate “Contains” logic for linked records
• Holdings shown only for relevant relationships
• Clear distinction between relation display and functional use in GetIt/ViewIt.

Introduction of conversational capabilities to Primo Research Assistant.

• Support for follow-up questions and context retention
• Improved query refinement based on previous responses

• More intuitive and user-friendly research experience
• Deeper exploration of topics through continuous dialogue
• Reduced need for repetitive query formulation

• Incremental introduction of Research Assistant elements within the primary Primo search flow.
• Support for natural-language queries directly in the main search box where appropriate.
• Intelligent identification of queries that may benefit from AI-assisted responses.
• Final behavior and scope will be designed to ensure a sustainable, performant, and responsible experience.

• Provides a more seamless and intuitive discovery journey for users.
• Enables institutions to benefit from AI capabilities while maintaining reliability and control.

• Integration of local Alma records into Research Assistant's knowledge base
• Seamless combination of CDI and local content in AI-generated responses

• More comprehensive and tailored research assistance
• Increased value of institutional resources in AI-driven research

• Users can more easily identify and apply search filters in their research
• Option is no longer “hidden” behind vague icon

• Draws users’ eyes to the search filters and encourages use
• More satisfying user experience

• Introduces a dedicated field to store Authority Identifier explicitly.
• Supports matching against Authorities Storage based on LC (or LC in later stage).
• Eliminates dependency on Alma’s internal CZ-based linking logic.
• Applies uniformly to Alma local records and externally sourced bibliographic data.

• Broader and more consistent Linked Data coverage across all records.
• Enriched discovery experience with more complete Person/Organization/Location entities.
• Improved accuracy and reliability of authority-based linking.

• Adds support for consuming GND authority data from the Alma CZ.
• Allows matching of Linked Data entities using either LC or GND identifiers.
• Improves alignment for records enriched with European authority standards.

• Significantly expanded Linked Data coverage for institutions using GND or mixed authority workflows.
• Better representation of German-language and European creators, subjects, and organizations.
• Enhances user discovery experience in multilingual and international collections.

• Extends the existing Library facet to include electronic resources in addition to physical holdings.
• Uses the same logic as “Available Online” (inventory = E) to identify electronic items.

• Patrons see all library-owned resources, avoiding confusion when electronic items are missing from Library facet results.
• Enables institutions to represent mixed physical + electronic collections accurately.

• Support upload of a single file containing up to 20 records per format.
• Automatically split and store individual records, similar to the import profile behavior.
• New dropdown listing all uploaded records by title.
• Persist the uploaded file and records until explicitly removed.

• Streamlines iterative testing of normalization rules
• Reduces repetitive manual upload/copy-paste steps and saves significant staff time.
• Makes it easier to reuse the same test set, improving consistency.
• Encourages more thorough testing of NR changes, lowering the risk of regressions in production discovery behavior.

• Configuration of which authority fields and subfields are displayed in the Authority full-record page.
• Ability to customize field labels for improved clarity and localization.
• Review and fine-tune existing punctuation rules (currently hard-coded).

• Libraries gain deeper control over how authority data is presented in Primo VE

• Replaces the single “Availability” option of the FRBR Preferred Record selection with three criteria: Availability – Physical, Availability – Electronic, Availability – Digital.

• Improves usability and relevance of FRBR preferred record selection

• Extends Linked Open Data beyond Alma-sourced records to CDI records.
• Leverages ORCID and additional persistent identifiers to link CDI entities.
• Enriches Entity pages with authoritative data

• Significant increase in coverage of Linked Open Data enrichment across discovery results.
• Users benefit from richer and more complete Entity pages.
• More accurate and comprehensive author profiles

• Extends map generation to include coordinates stored in authority records.
• Leverages Wikidata location information associated with authority entities.
• Complements existing bib-based coordinate extraction rather than replacing it.

• Increases map widget coverage.
• Improves geographic discovery for places and organizations.
• Reduces dependency on complete geographic metadata in individual records.

• Better manage and expose what is most relevant.

• Quick Links
• Announcements
• Welcome Message
• About the Library
• Uploading images such as landing page background

• Insights from Web of Science are being integrated into Primo VE, including Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) and Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
• Displays a direct link to Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Web of Science on brief records for journals and articles, matched by ISSN
• Available to institutions with both Web of Science and Primo

• Increases value for institutions using both Primo VE and Web of Science
• Enhances user experience by providing key metrics at the point of need

• Enables the use of wildcards (* and ? ) within quoted phrases, including prefix, suffix, and mid-word positions, consistent with existing wildcard behaviour outside quotation marks.
• Supported in both Basic and Advanced Search; in Advanced Search, this applies to the “equals exact phrase” operator.
• Once released, this enhancement will be available to all

• Add a Compact layout to brief results (in addition to the default List view) — allowing users to see more results at once before starting to scroll.
• The Compact view will display the resource type, title, creators and publication for each result, and will omit Thumbnails display, availability lines and exploration features.

• Improved user experience with more information when needed.
• Simplified implementation for library staff

• Configuration for “Use proxy for CDI links” will now have a “Selective” option in addition to the existing On/Off options

• Improved experience for OpenAthens Redirector libraries
• Proxy setting is automatically published from Alma to CDI to ensure quality linking

• Display accessibility indicators for content identified as accessible
• Include filtering options

• Users can quickly see that records have “full audio,” are “screen reader friendly,” etc.
• Users can facet results to their desired accessibility features

• Some content types will be excluded from the peer-reviewed designation (e.g. Book Review)
• A full list will be published 

• Carousel of digital content displaying images that are similar to the current record.  
• Display up to 100 similar items.
• Using AI and Vector analysis to identify images with similar content.

• Dedicated representation for archival collections in Primo VE.
• Hierarchical navigation across fonds, series, sub-series, and items.
• Contextual browsing that preserves archival structure and relationships.
• Visual presentation aligned with archival discovery practices and standards.

• Significantly improves usability and discoverability of archival materials.
• Helps users understand archival context and provenance more easily.
• Reduces fragmentation when navigating complex archival hierarchies.

• Support distributing chosen view configuration parameters and allow sharing configuration between multiple views within the same institution.
• Selective distribution—only explicitly supported configuration elements will be eligible.
• Initial scope focused on high-impact, commonly duplicated view settings.

• Reduces manual effort and configuration errors.
• Improves consistency across views and institutions in consortial environments.