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1. Link to course

   When attempting to link a reading list to a course in Leganto, the dropdown menu does not display the instructor names - only Instructor's Alma ID numbers. This creates a challenge, especially for courses with multiple instructors, as it's difficult to identify the correct course without visible names.

   As a result, we often need to switch back to Alma to look up the instructor’s ID number in order to select the appropriate course. This adds unnecessary steps and reduces efficiency.

   It would greatly improve usability if instructor names were displayed alongside instead of ID numbers in the dropdown menu. Thank you for considering this enhancement.

   When attempting to link a reading list to a course in Leganto, the dropdown menu does not display the instructor names - only Instructor's Alma ID numbers. This creates a challenge, especially for courses with multiple instructors, as it's difficult to identify the correct course without visible names.

   As a result, we often need to switch back to Alma to look up the instructor’s ID number in order to select the appropriate course. This adds unnecessary steps and reduces efficiency.

   It would greatly improve usability if instructor names were displayed alongside instead of ID numbers in the dropdown menu. Thank… more

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2. Allow additional staff roles to be configurable in Courses and displayed in Leganto

   I would love the option to configure a new Course Instructor role in Alma/Leganto; it could be called something like ‘Course Collaborator’ to use wording consistent with other similar roles. This could then map more accurately between different staff roles in the VLE and different reading list ownership roles. Currently there is only one overarching Course role (Instructor), but the Course is the LTI linking point between VLE page and reading list, and the Course Loader is where you update details in bulk, so there does not seem a good way of keeping 'list collaborators' up to date without doing it manually.

   Use case: in our VLE (Brightspace) the academic staff associated with a module have different roles, either ‘Module Leader’, 'Module Co-Leader' or ‘Module Teaching Team’.
   We have always had the LTI role mapping rule enabled since implementing Leganto, and the configuration for course instructors to be given ownership of associated reading lists, meaning any academic who clicks through to a reading list from their module page is assigned as instructor of the course and owner of the list. This saves work as it means collaborators don’t have to request ownership to the appropriate lists and list owners/library staff don’t have to then add them manually.

   However, due to a recently developed integration with another system (e-textbook supplier), we now need to identify the module leader in Leganto. We’ve had to edit course instructors in bulk via Course Loader to just show the module lead so only they show as List Owner; assign other teaching staff manually as List Collaborators; and will either tweak or turn off the LTI rule or leave it and clean up any future issues as they arise, none of which seems ideal.

   Ideally I want any person who is Module Leader/Co-Leader in Brightspace to be Course Instructor and Reading List Owner in Alma (ie the process we’ve been using), and I’d like there to be a parallel Alma role/mapping process for the Module Teaching Team in Brightspace, ie Course Collaborator and Reading List Collaborator. This would mean we could utilise the LTI mapping rule without issue, nobody would have to manually request or assign collaborators, and would also mean we could edit collaborators in bulk via the Course Loader form if need be.

   For us it isn't about the specifics of the reading list editing permissions, we just want to:
   a) clearly identify who is the module leader from the Leganto interface;
   
   b) be able to update all associated staff of courses/lists in a bulk job.

   I would love the option to configure a new Course Instructor role in Alma/Leganto; it could be called something like ‘Course Collaborator’ to use wording consistent with other similar roles. This could then map more accurately between different staff roles in the VLE and different reading list ownership roles. Currently there is only one overarching Course role (Instructor), but the Course is the LTI linking point between VLE page and reading list, and the Course Loader is where you update details in bulk, so there does not seem a good way of keeping 'list collaborators' up to date without doing… more

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3. Citation thumbnail images - upload by Library staff (separate to instructor file upload)

   Currently it is only possible to upload a citation thumbnail image in the Leganto interface (Librarian view) when the instructor file upload parameter is set to allow instructors to upload, i.e. maxfilesizeallowedfaculty_MB is not zero.
   It would be useful for Library staff to always be able to upload/edit the citation thumbnail image, and for this to be separate from any instructor-only configuration.

   It would be particularly beneficial as part of enabling Library Staff to check and manage lists, in their own view in the Leganto interface.

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4. Run Resource Locate process automatically upon purchase of an item

   I would find it very useful if, after purchasing a book from a citation (via the 'Search in market' workflow in Alma/Rialto), the Resource Locate process would automatically run and update to indicate the new record in our repository. Currently this workflow links the order to the citation so it does reflect the inventory there, which is great, but it does not actually run the resource-locate, so this is something that has to be cleaned up manually to ensure the status is accurate and this field can be used consistently to indicate holdings.
   We are short on staff/time and find the Process and Enrich Citations bulk job to be fiddly, and would love the locate status to update as part of the standard ordering process.

   I would find it very useful if, after purchasing a book from a citation (via the 'Search in market' workflow in Alma/Rialto), the Resource Locate process would automatically run and update to indicate the new record in our repository. Currently this workflow links the order to the citation so it does reflect the inventory there, which is great, but it does not actually run the resource-locate, so this is something that has to be cleaned up manually to ensure the status is accurate and this field can be used consistently to indicate holdings.
   We are short on staff/time and find… more

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5. Quick Notifications to All Faculty

   During the pandemic, we've undergone numerous changes to reserve and library policies and it is cumbersome right now to quickly reach out to all list owners. We want to be able to use Leganto to push notifications quickly and easily to all users to alert them to policy changes.

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6. Make the copyright approval "Number of students" field be a number

   Currently in Analytics, if a citation is associated with multiple courses then the "Citation Copyright"."Number of Students" field displays as eg "20;22;0". Ie it lists the number of students in each course, as a text field, rather than giving the total 42 as a number.

   This is effectively useless. Our copyright reporting requires the total number. And for statistical purposes I might want to multiply the number of students by the number of pages on a citation, which I can't do with a text field.

   Either

   a) this field should be a number containing the total by default (this would be preferred - it would also solve a bug where currently only the last part of the field, ie "0", displays through the Leganto/Alma copyright approval process); or

   b) an additional field should be created to hold the total for use in Analytics.

   Currently in Analytics, if a citation is associated with multiple courses then the "Citation Copyright"."Number of Students" field displays as eg "20;22;0". Ie it lists the number of students in each course, as a text field, rather than giving the total 42 as a number.

   This is effectively useless. Our copyright reporting requires the total number. And for statistical purposes I might want to multiply the number of students by the number of pages on a citation, which I can't do with a text field.

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   a) this field should be a number containing the total by default (this would… more

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7. Course Management System support for 2U

   One of our schools use the 2U Course Management system (https://2u.com/) but currently there is no integration available with Leganto, so our School of Education is doing their own course reading lists instead of using Leganto. Ideally, we want the school to use Leganto like the other schools do with D2L so that the reading lists are all managed within Alma.

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8. Show explanation when file removal is disabled

   When instructorremovefile = true, instructors get the option to delete a file as long as that file hasn't gone through the copyright clearance process. If it is in/has gone through copyright clearance, the option disappears - but there's no explanation why, so it's confusing to them.

   It would be beneficial to show instructors a brief explanation that file removal has been disabled because it's subject to copyright clearance.

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9. Suggest Replacement feature - Handling citations with specific tags during course dates

   If the citation has a specific tag (7 Day, Reserve, etc. as defined by the institution), the course has started and the suggestion was approved:
   1. Mark the citation as ready for processing (or status of the choice of the institution)
   2. Add a citation task-list alert in Alma that the suggestion was approved
   This would allow staff to identify citations that needed action due to the new edition (e.g. copies need to be moved to high demand locations)

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10. My Collection > Increase limit

    The current limit of items you can have in your Leganto Collection is 1000.

    Would be good if we can increase it (or have it configurable) as we have academics wishing to export all their reading list/citations into their Collection from their previous institutions, and sometimes they exceed the limit

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11. Remove the fields "Required Chapters" and "Total Chapters Count" from the Copyright Attributes page when Book Extract is the citation materi

    Our Copyright Officer has informed the library to make a change in how we label our representations and to use Book Extract as the citation material type if only a few pages of a chapter are being used. This is a change for the library as we previously used Book Chapter and labelled the representation to indicate that only a part of the chapter has been used - example: Scan of chapter 3 [in part], p. 26-35: Moral constraints and the state.

    This is to ensure that the two fields are not accidently used by Library staff.

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12. Make subjects usable

    Currently the only way to assign a subject to a list is in the Leganto interface.

    The function to assign subjects should be added to:
    1. Alma when working on an individual list
    2. Alma - bulk assign a subject from the reading list task list - select reading lists then 'manage selected' then choose from the list of defined subjects
    3. Reading List bulk update job
    4. Instructor rollover operations - copy to be supported
    5. Course loader rollover - On rollover copy subject

    This would enable librarians to help with assigning disciplines/study areas to lists, and not leave it to instructors who don't even know the field exists because it is hidden away in "Edit list", and make maintenance sustainable.

    USE CASE: we have an academic trying to encourage greater transparency of resource lists across a whole program. If we published all the lists for maximum visibility in Leganto within our institution, then being able to search for all lists in the discipline would be useful.
    It would also enhance use of sample lists by making them more visible.

    In addition to being able to search, it would be great if we could create shareable links to all lists with a specific subject assigned.

    Maintaining subjects is not sustainable without the tools, and therefore these fields are under utilised.

    Currently the only way to assign a subject to a list is in the Leganto interface.

    The function to assign subjects should be added to:
    1. Alma when working on an individual list
    2. Alma - bulk assign a subject from the reading list task list - select reading lists then 'manage selected' then choose from the list of defined subjects
    3. Reading List bulk update job
    4. Instructor rollover operations - copy to be supported
    5. Course loader rollover - On rollover copy subject

    This would enable librarians to help with assigning disciplines/study areas to lists, and not leave… more

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13. Add additional text under section headings in templates in new UI

    In the classic UI we created a bilingual template that included guidance notes for both instructors and students under each section heading. We would like the option to be able to create this template in the new UI, but we can only create section headings.

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14. Quick Analytics for Instructors

    ls there any way that the course start date field in the quick view analytics (clicking the bar chart logo from the reading list itself) can be changed. It currently shows them usage since the list began, but there is no way for them to see usage in the past academic year only. they need something quick. Something they can share with students... "look there are 50 of you on this course and only 12 of you have looked at this article for today's lesson!"?

    Thanks!

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15. Allow Leganto to display different general messages by processing or academic department

    It would be very useful to have custom message display for a specific department (shows on reading list that owned by department) for example, announcement by department.

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16. Search or facet for citation library-only notes

    There's the possibility to add a library note to citations in Alma, which is not visible in Leganto. Currently this field can be searched only in Analytics (Leganto Citation Library Notes, Leganto Citation Library Notes Last Update). It includes the text of all notes of type Library, and the person who added the note. We would like to use this for internal notes of the acquisitions' team, but the fact that it's hidden in Alma hinders its usability.

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17. Allow "on-the-fly" tagging by instructors

    Many instructors want to group their readings in a variety of ways - by week, but also by category specific to the needs of the particular course. It would be very useful for instructors to be able to create and apply custom tags to citations and that they can reuses as they need without requiring the need for staff intervention on the Alma configuration side.

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18. Allow libraries to customise Leganto-Rialto purchase workflow so that citation status auto-completes upon checkout

    We would love to make use of the recently introduced 'rialtopurchasecomplete' parameter, where we can configure citation status to be automatically updated when the purchase workflow is complete. However, this workflow is only considered complete in the system when an ebook is activated or a print book has been receipted. We see the citation status as an indicator of tasks that need action, and once we have placed an order for a book, we have completed the action we needed to take and will immediately mark the citation as complete, regardless of the status of the order (this is already tracked by the loan status of the item). So in its current state this parameter unfortunately doesn't help us, but it would be great if we could configure this so that once we have checked out our order of a book, the corresponding citation will automatically be set to Complete, saving us work.

    We would love to make use of the recently introduced 'rialtopurchasecomplete' parameter, where we can configure citation status to be automatically updated when the purchase workflow is complete. However, this workflow is only considered complete in the system when an ebook is activated or a print book has been receipted. We see the citation status as an indicator of tasks that need action, and once we have placed an order for a book, we have completed the action we needed to take and will immediately mark the citation as complete, regardless of the status of the order (this… more

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19. Improve searching for citations in Leganto list view

    Searching for citations in Leganto can sometimes show inaccurate and unexpected results.

    For example, if someone tries to use "" to search for an exact phrase, it won't bring up results because "" isn't supported as a search operator. Or, if a book title has a )/?/-/./( in it, including that character in your search won't bring up the book. There is also no support for partial matching on words, e.g. "manage" won't bring up "management".

    This causes confusion for users if they don't understand why results are being affected and can't find resources. We would like searching to be updated to better support users' search behaviour.

    Searching for citations in Leganto can sometimes show inaccurate and unexpected results.

    For example, if someone tries to use "" to search for an exact phrase, it won't bring up results because "" isn't supported as a search operator. Or, if a book title has a )/?/-/./( in it, including that character in your search won't bring up the book. There is also no support for partial matching on words, e.g. "manage" won't bring up "management".

    This causes confusion for users if they don't understand why results are being affected and can't find resources. We would like searching to be… more

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20. Reading list comments - alerts removed if comments are deleted

    We receive notification when a comment has been made to a reading list, in both Alma in the Recent Changes tab and in the Reading List Notification (bell).
    However, if the comment is subsequently deleted by the student or instructor no notification is given. We have wasted time searching for comments that do not exist. It would be great to know a comment has been deleted.

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