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Email notification function for mark as broken
I'm writing about Leganto's "mark as broken" feature.
Since it is difficult for librarians to notice when a user marks as broken, we request a function that sends email notifications in real time.38 votesThis is available in the February 2024 release. It was a NERS development.
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Support Local Resource Types in Library Search faceting
Provide the option to include Local Resource Types in Leganto’s Library Search facets.
We have created Alma Local Resource Types for use in Primo. However, those resource types are not reflected in Leganto’s Library Search resource type facets. As a result users have no way to limit by those local resource types.
For example, we have created a local resource type printbook, and all remaining ebook items that don’t fit the local printbook criteria remain in the default book facet. Leganto users can limit by the default “Book” resource type which actually contains our ebooks, but cannot limit…
0 votesAvailable in new UI interface November 2024.
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Link prioritization in Leganto
Some aggregators, e.g. EBSCO, don't make preprints available as quickly as publishers, e.g. Wiley. But because the preprints do fall in our coverage range, the aggregator links appear and look like broken links. In discovery, we can use Link Prioritization to place the publisher links above the aggregator links. Direct linking, then, doesn't point to "broken" links.
Can Leganto set up Link Prioritization too? So that we can place the functional links (publisher) above broken links (aggregator).11 votesAvailable in February release.
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Fix citations reverting to older editions when added from the 'Rialto search scope' in Leganto
The current problem occurs when we use the Rialto search scope in Leganto to find a new edition of a book, and we already hold previous edition(s) of the same title. When we add the title to the reading list, it associates to the ISBN of previous editions and the citation reverts to an older held version. This is the opposite of what we want it to do, we want it to be used to highlight where a new edition is available so we can begin a purchase of this new content - which would be in ProQuest's interests too!
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8 votesAs of May 2023, Leganto no longer tries to locate resources that are added to a reading list using the Rialto search scope in Leganto.
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Increase the number of page range fields for Book Extract citation type
Colleagues whose day job involves working with Leganto have expressed interest in being able to add more page range fields for the Book Extract citation type.
At the moment there are only two page range fields that can be made use of, which use these types:
• Start Page
• Start Page2
• End Page
• End Page2We would like to be able to add at least 4 page ranges, so have these field types available also:
• Start Page3
• End Page3
• Start Page4
• End Page4Thank you for your consideration!
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Header
In a course reading list within Leganto, it should be possible to 1) make the header persistent or 2) always hide once you start scrolling. In 3 different browsers - Chrome, Edge, and FireFox - when we scroll, the header sometimes shrinks and stays that way (which is good) and other times, it pops back up. This is a UI issue and should be an easy fix and/or configuration, but it is rather annoying for users when the header keeps minimizing and then un-minimizing, over and over again.
15 votesResolved in the new UI. The header is now persistent and doesn't change sizes or disappear.
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Reset X when searching for items in list should reset results to all citations
When using "Search for item in this Reading List", if a term returns a subset of citations, clearing the search term using the X ("Reset") icon in the search box does not return the user to the full list. It only clears the term out of the search box, leaving the limited results. The user has no intuitive path back to the full list, so they often click the back button at the top of the window and exit the list entirely.
Conversely, if the search term returns no results, clicking the X icon does return the user to the…
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Reset X when searching for items in list should reset results to all citations
When using "Search for item in this Reading List", if a term returns a subset of citations, clearing the search term using the X ("Reset") icon in the search box does not return the user to the full list. It only clears the term out of the search box, leaving the limited results. The user has no intuitive path back to the full list, so they often click the back button at the top of the window and exit the list entirely.
Conversely, if the search term returns no results, clicking the X icon does return the user to the…
0 votesResolved in the new UI.
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Enable possibility to create deep-links /search-box for Leganto
We would like to be able to create a link to predefined searches for courses in Leganto. For example a link that gives you all of the courses from Spring 2022 that covers economy.
Leganto should support something like this:
https://[BASEURL]/leganto/rl/search/find/lists?academicDep=ALL&courseCode=&courseName=&courseStatus=ALL&description=economy&direction=asc,asc&instructors=&listName=&publicationStatus=PUBLISHED&sortOrder=code,rlnamesort&term=SPRING&year=2022Leganto use this functionality internally and you could create a response that provides a JSON-response.
It should be added an url-syntax that instead of the JSON converts this to be presented as a regular search-result within Leganto.
This is an example of a JSON-URL
https://[BASEURL]/leganto/rl/search/find/lists?academicDep=ALL&courseCode=&courseName=&courseStatus=ALL&description=%C3%B8konomi&direction=asc,asc&instructors=&listName=&publicationStatus=PUBLISHED&sortOrder=code,rlnamesort&term=SPRING&year=2022The functionality should support the same parameters/fields as in the…
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Keep deleted citation records in the system
When we remove a citation record the system delete it without any historical information.
It would be very useful to mantain the information about the deleted citations (and be able to collect this information with Analytics, as is currently the case with bibliographic records) to perform tasks on the documents physically, like changing items location or removing stickers...
53 votesDeleted citations (other than citations deleted via a bulk job) are now saved for 30 days in the recycle bin, available in the Leganto UI. See the March 2025 release notes for more details. This was a CERV enhancement.
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The system don't sort correctly the citations without principal author
When we order a list by author, If you don't have a princial author, it does it wrong. We would like it to be possible to order taking into account field 700 "Additional person name".
At this time, if there is no principal author, it orders it randomly and it is not a behavior that we want.
113 votesAvailable in March release in the new UI interface.
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Citation creation date and operator should always reflect the most recent action - even when copying citations
Currently there is a significant problem with how Citation Creation Date works in Alma/Leganto.
The citation creation date and operator details should always reflect the most recent action - even when copying citations.
Currently the date is not updated from the original creation, even if a list has been copied by way of list rollover, and then copied, so the date will not reflect the reality of when and who actually did it - this prevents accurate counting of citation creation due to copying, and thus accurate measurement of total citation creation activity, and impedes regular reporting based on creation…18 votes -
Broken Link improvements
Currently there is no way to directly contact the original person reporting the broken link (student/lecturer) to let them know the link has been fixed and is available. We would expect the reporter to be notified when a fix has happened, without a notification they will have no idea when a broken link is accessible, or if it can’t be fixed.
At Imperial we have one Library team who checks and fixes broken links (Acquisitions) and a different team (liaison librarians) who would contact the original person reporting the broken link (student/lecturer) to let them know the link has been…18 votesIn March 2024 release it is possible to notify users when broken links are resolved (NERS development). For the rest of the items in this request please see the similar idea here or open a new idea if the other request doesn't capture the need.
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Automatic status according to material type
At the moment it's possible to define automatic statuses for a bunch of citation types (electronic, digital, resolved, resource located, etc.)
What we not yet have is a parameter allowing us to decide the citation status according to material type.
For example: We'd like citations of type website, audio, database, other, video, etc.) to be set to 'Complete' automatically because this would spare us a lot of time and work as those are not citations we check up on as library.
This could be solved via a new parameter in the 'Course Reserves Automatic Statuses' table with the parameter value…
37 votesDone for Dec release.
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Allow file uploads to be visible to students regardless of citation status
Currently a citation has to be ‘Complete’ for an uploaded file to be visible to students.
We use 'Course Reserves Automatic Statuses' to change citation statuses from 'Complete' if tags or metadata are edited. This means that students won't be able to view a file if a tutor edits or tags the citation. Library staff can set citations back to complete but are only available in Mon-Fri, 9-5, so students may lose access for several days at a weekend.
We're currently trialling the 'Social readings' feature where students can highlight and add comments to documents, but the risk of students…
14 votesThis is available in the November 2023 release, developed as part of the NERS enhancement cycle.
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Add option to edit source URLs in bulk
The option to manually add static URLs to citations is extremely helpful. We use it in various ways, but mainly to point users directly to the resource when it is not possible to do it automatically. However, managing manually added URLs is a nightmare due to the lack of functionality in this area. Whenever an URL needs to be changed (e.g. an EZproxy prefix has to be removed etc.), it must be changed manually.
We would like to have a possibility to search for and replace/delete part of the citation's source URL by running a job on a set of…
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Add option to add multilingual 'Guided Videos' links
There is only one Video URL field in the Guided Videos mapping table. We are a bilingual library and users switch the interface depending on which language they wish to use.
To add bilingual guided videos to Leganto, the only option we have is to add Welsh and English links in the same table so that users will see a long list of both options rather than just the links that correspond to their preferred language.
We would like to see an option to add multilingual video links.
38 votesAvailable in the new UI as of the December 2023 release.
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Divide labels into areas for easier management
Currently there are 2179 label rows. Is a very slow loading table and hard to work with.
If the management of labels could be organized into areas or sections - something like the label table for Discovery/Primo VE - it would make the work flow a lot smoother, quicker and enjoyable.
8 votesThe labels table is now divided into multiple pages, reducing load times. There is a search option, but we don't plan to separate into multiple tables because we want to keep the option to search the entire table.
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My Collection enhancements
Our instructors are big fans of My Collection but they are missing features that are available for lists:
1) Sections or folders. Having tags is nice but in no way the same thing
2) Drag & Drop citations to re-order the list. Goes together with 1) - at the moment there is no way to bring structure to My Collection which makes it cluttered and takes the joy out of working with it.
3) Separate the menu options into "Suggest item for a list" and "Add item to a list" so that there is a clear distinction between adding something…
47 votesWe are closing this idea. Parts 3-6 are available in the new UI. Please open a new idea if you would like additional changes after using Favorites in the new UI.
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Display usage relevant to citation type in List Analysis
Student usage of a citation is only generated if a student interacts with a citation, such as by opening the citation in full view. For some citation types, this does not present a meaningful view of usage.
For example, for print citations, it would be more relevant to display number of loans for the print copies, rather than evaluating usage purely on how many times the full citation has been viewed. Usage for fields such as Student Full Text Views are also not relevant for this citation type.
Usage shown in List Analysis should either be relevant across all citation…
8 votesThe instructor analytics in the new UI displays number of loans for print items.
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