Allow Online Services Order to include electronic collections with public name overrides
Currently the Online Services Order documentation includes the following note: "This feature will not order electronic collections that have a value in the Public name (override) field. To use this feature, you must remove the override." Overrides are important for simplifying Primo/Primo VE display so that users are not faced with overly complicated resource descriptions. Online Services Order is a critical tool for improving linking behavior. We need this tool to accommodate electronic collections with public name overrides.
Public name override was not taken in consideration in the online services order sorting, this issue is fixed as of Alma January release
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Jeff Karlsen commented
Hi Simon,
Thanks--I heard from others that it was working, too. Probably there is an odd detail that is still buggy in the particular circumstance I'm looking at. I will put in a case. -
Simon Read commented
Hi Geoff,
I checked it yesterday and it seems to be working for me now so it's at least working in some circumstances. Unsure why it's not working for you - maybe log a case and describe your specific setup?
Simon
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Jeff Karlsen commented
Hi Dana,
The January release is now live, but as far as I can tell the issue is still not fixed. -
Simon Read commented
Thanks Dana, that's great news!
Simon
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Simon Read commented
Hi Dana,
The Online Services Order used to take into account the collection Public Name Override but it no longer does so. When we add a public name override to a collection we remove the original collection from the Online Services Order and re-add the collection with the Public Name override but this no longer works - the collection remains sorted at the bottom of the list in View It.
We have logged Salesforce case 981142 as a regression but it has been set to Pending Work Plan. Judging by the number of votes a number of sites would like this functionality re-instated - is there any way a fix could be expedited seeing as you consider this is functionality that already supported?
Many thanks
Simon
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Sandra Wong commented
I totally agree that we need to be able to use the public name override field to account for unhelpful e-collection names that are only useful for library staff and not for patrons, such as:
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals - Not for CDI Discovery
SpringerLink Books Computer Science without Lecture Notes yyyy
Theatre in Video, Volume 1 - North America (Pre-June 2011 Purchasers Only)
Cambridge EBA ebooks Complete CollectionAlthough we can sort by interface as well - setting up the Online Services Order table by e-collection name including their public name override (where that is populated) offers libraries better control over the order since many e-collections share the same interface and libraries will want to order by e-collection name in those cases rather than interface.
Libraries who have set up direct linking will want to ensure that their preferred version is the first one listed when there are multiple options.
As Stacey van Groll mentioned via Alma-L on this topic (September 14, 2021):
"a situation where it undermines the NISO Open Discovery Initiative.
https://groups.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/24113/NISO_RP-19-2020_ODI_Open_Discovery_Initiative.pdfSpecifically 3.3.2 Fair Linking:
2. In cases where the same content is available through multiple content platforms (such as a primary publisher and a secondary database, or multiple secondary databases), discovery service providers should provide mechanisms to enable libraries implementing the service to establish preferences regarding which platforms to present to users as link targets, and in what order or priority. Discovery service providers should continue to support the OpenURL standard in their outbound links.5. Discovery service providers should make other aspects of link presentation associated with a given result configurable options by libraries (including the number of links presented, the order in which links are presented within a given result, and how libraries’ “get the full text” link is labeled/branded)."
Thanks for considering.