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Ability to self-sort library locations in mapping in Admin Console
After making changes in Mapping>Library Locations in the Summon Admin console, it would be helpful to have the ability to sort the library locations table by both the Location Code or the Location Name. I make changes here based on a sorted list I receive from our cataloging department. Having the screen I initially see be sorted in alphabetical order (the same way I receive my list from cataloging) lets me eyeball how much work, if any, is needed. If I could see a sorted list, I could more easily see if we have a location code or a location…
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Please change the contents of "Problem Link Report" email being sent out
If you don't have the original text in Google Scholar and when clicking find@ and there will be a button to request help from the library. If you use that button to request a copy, an email will be sent to the administrator.
Could you change the content of "problem link report" email form a little?
Unfortunately, Korean translated version is currently not unavailable.
We have noticed that the provided URL exhibits characteristics consistent with spam. We kindly request that you consider relocating it using the information provided below for improved reliability and security.
Google Scholar has a button to…
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Restore the ability to search note fields with Basic Search
We request that the ability to search note fields using basic search be restored as before.
The note fields contain many important keywords to help users encounter the materials they need.6 votes -
Include a mapping field for indexed names and titles
Added entries in a MARC 7xx field should have their own Summon Field Name and be displayed in the preview and detail page. This is a basic need for music and sound recordings which often contain several titles by multiple people. Users will then be able to click on the indexed name or title in the display page and search for other resources containing it.
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Changes to the default content type mapping to accommodate music
The current default MARC field mapping for web resources and computer files includes an option for MARC field 008(026). For most content types, this field position indicates that the resource has online content or is accessed electronically.
HOWEVER
Music scores and sound recordings have a different set of values for the 008 field. Their data elements for the 008(26) position indicate that the resource has accompanying matter, such as historical information, biographical content, or a discography.By having the 008(26) as a default MARC mapping for all types, many music resources will get incorrectly identified as web resources or computer…
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Prioritise published articles over repository content
Where there is a published version of an article in a journal and the same article in our open access repository, we would like Summon to put the published version first in the search results.
This request has come from our academics who are concerned that people are choosing the top result (the pre-publication version in our repository) and missing the published version. This is particularly a problem when the repository version is only available on request or has limited access.
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Include the journal impact factor in the results display
To help our students judge the quality of the results it would be good if the journal's impact factor could be displayed in the results. Or even better, provided as a sorting or limiting option so that students could view results in those journals with the highest impact factor, in the same way they can limit by peer review. Although impact factors are not a perfect tool, it would help get the message across that not all journals are equal. This feature would probably need to be restricted to those libraries with a subscription to JCR.
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Have the "search within" work for magazine or newspaper titles in the same way as it does for journal titles
We just learned that only journal titles are linked in the results records to allow for easy "search within". I would like the same functionality for magazines and newspaper titles. This would support easier classroom instruction.
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Make it easier to add hyperlinks to custom panels
At present, URLs can only be added to custom panels with HTML. It would be good to have the option of using the rich text editor (or, failing that, adding a URL below the panel's main text, as is possible with Best Bets)
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French topics be expanded to include other sources even if In other words, in the French language Summon interface, it is currently by desi
French topics be expanded to include other sources even if we use a French language Summon interface.
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Expand the 500 row limit on usage reports in Summon OBI
Hello all,
I have recently had to extract some statistics from the OBI interface and found out that there is a limit of 500 rows at a time. This seems like a tiny amount of rows, given that I used to extract 50,000 - 100,000 at a time from the old stats platform. For libraries that have to extract statistics in order to do analysis, etc, it seems like a good idea to expand this limit from 500 to a much higher number.
When extracting statistics for March 2017 for one particular report (Zero Search Results), I had to extract…
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Ability to display split holdings in MARC record
We want to be able to display split holdings in the MARC record for a journal. You can add a Public Note:
https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/bcE3CgZo1xHBGWYvso7snJ?domain=knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com
This displays in the ejournal portal but it doesn't show in Summon or the MARC record. I've been told that it will show in Summon after the next release, but there are no plans to make it show in the MARC record. This is a problem for users when they check our catalogue for holdings.5 votes -
RestrictionsOnAccess
Make access restrictions visible (MARC field 506 / mapping "RestrictionsOnAccess").
In mapping, MARC field 506 is assigned under RestrictionsOnAccess. Unfortunately this field is not visible in Summon. For the user it would be a big advantage if the access restrictions are shown at the hits.5 votes -
Make the Summon search box widget a responsive design
I want to embed the Summon search box widget on a Moodle page. Search box length is 'static'. It can be set to particular length but it is then not responsive in different screen sizes. The Summon preview pane widget is already responsive i.e. you can set length to 'fluid' and it changes width in different screens. I would like to see this also for the search box.
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IP Anonymization (or IP masking) in Google Analytics
Make it possible for a library to add anonymization to their Google Analytics code. See https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en
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Allow a custom message to display on the front page of Summon
If users arrive at the main page of Summon, it may be confusing for them to understand what content they are searching. Adding text below the basic search box would be a useful way of adding an explanation (see attached picture for potential placement of text).
Adding a message in this area currently requires use of the external script function in Summon admin. It would be convenient to have a field in the Summon admin to allow the addition of easily customizable text to this part of the page.
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Send notifications when quarterly loads are live
It would be great if notifications were sent to the content ingestion report subscribers when quarterly full loads (SUM-######) of library catalog and institutional repository records have been processed and are live in Summon.
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Remove identical links in Summon results for eBooks
eBook titles that have a MARC record in Library Catalogue are duplicated in the Summon results as a single result entry with 2 links.
Advised by technical support that this is the current design, case response below. The two links (particularly in the new interface with dropdown is an extra step for users).
"ILS gets one record by 360 MARC update service and ILS sends the record to Summon.
Accordingly, the link URLs are same, however, Summon thinks there are two link candidates after M&M, one is from ILS, the other is from Ebook Central. Currently, this is a design."…
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Option to rename CSL citation styles in admin console
At this moment, the name of citation styles provided by RefWorks can be changed in Translataions tab in Summon Admin Console.
As we can now load citation sytles from CSL styles repository, it would be great if library can customize the name of the CSL styles as well.style as well.5 votes -
'eBook Full Text Online' on Advanced Search option
We'd like to add 'eBook Full Text Online' to 'Limit to' of Advanced Search option.
5 votes
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