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  1. Add "Uploaded file" as availability option in questions

    Currently we can have a question appear based on whether a citation is held in print, electronically, or in the digital collection. It would be useful to also have the option of having the question appear based on whether the user has uploaded a file to the item.

    Example use case: we configure a question "EU" and it appears when the item has Electronic holdings and the user has also Uploaded the file. This lets us confirm whether they really need both methods, and make sure that copyright clearance is dealt with, which we haven't been able to make work…

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  2. Automatically update reading list code in Alma

    When a list is 'rolled over', the new 'course' created in Alma has the correct code from the LMS e.g. Canvas. The correct code also appears in the 'reading list' in Leganto. However, in Alma the reading list copies the code from the previous year and adds a (1) to the end.
    As an example:
    In Alma the course code is: LAWU9CH202223AutumnA
    In Leganto the code is LAWU9CH    202223AutumnA(2022/23)
    but in the Reading List in Alma it says LAWU9CH39_2020(1)(1)

    It would be much clearer for the reading list in Alma to automatically follow the same…

    2 votes
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  3. Sort citations by section in Alma

    ​Most of our institutions use a two-section structure in Leganto, where one section is recommended literature. Citations in this section are not treated the same way by the library as "mandatory citations". Hence the need to sort citations in reading lists by section in Alma.

    The feedback we got from an institution is that they would like "Section" to be a filter/dropdown menu where they can choose a specific section, the same way the tag menu works.

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  4. Citations' Sticker price

    In a webinar recently, the trainer talked about being able to add a sticker price to a Leganto citation. This would allow the ability to generate a more accurate report on savings for students. However, currently this has to be manually entered for every citation. I know eventually we will be able to use the API to add this data, and even though that's better, it's not a great way to utilize the system. My idea is this:
    1) within Alma, citations have an assigned sticker price;
    2) in Leganto, when Instructors pull from these citations, they get that sticker…

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  5. Add a simpler method of updating the number of participants on courses (in bulk)

    Although the API and Course loader options exist, the mandatory requirement to have a course ID and Course Name using the full CL template and the unwieldiness of the course loader profile SFTP etc for non technical staff suggests that it would be beneficial to add a simpler method for staff to manually update course participant numbers in bulk (i.e. a simple upload of 2 columns Course ID and Number of participants). Appreciate campus functionality, but for situations where no enrolment loader is possible, but regular updates are possible it would save much manual entry to just be able to…

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  6. Review how the Alma course load/reading list rollover job works

    We run Leganto Rollover through Alma every year. It has been increasingly more difficult as the job takes longer each year.

    Can we please request that rollover process be re-evaluated in general. But specifically in the time it takes to process.

    We need the rollover to run in one day if possible. It seems that if rollover uses a large input file it takes a very long time. It's becoming unmanageable for our users as currently one load job is taking over 48 hours.

    We'd like it to be simplified in general. Obviously we are all different and each site…

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  7. Hide misleading 'Available in Formats' status in Search Results

    When searching Summon, via 'Add Items', it shows eBooks as available just because an ebook exists, and not necessarily because we own it - this can be misleading. It updates once the item is added to the Reading List, but should only show formats that are available or not show any format detail at all until the book has been added. In the example shown, we only own a print copy - but the results make it look like we own the e.

    3 votes
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  8. Restrict Tags to specific Material Types

    It would be really great if tags could be restricted to specific material types.
    We are using tags that are e.g. only applicable for books and e-books but not websites etc. but still show up for those types, too.

    6 votes
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  9. Enable tags generated by questions to set item status

    Currently the "revert_citation_status_by_adding_tags" options have no effect on citations that are tagged as a result of a question. This is because when the instructor answers the question and clicks "Confirm", first the tags are added, and then the citation is actually created.

    Our use case is that if the instructor selects a certain answer, we want to apply a tag and based on that tag apply an automatic citation status ReadyForProcessing to ensure it appears in the tasklist for library staff.

    A possible solution is to reverse the order of operations when the instructor clicks confirm: first create the citation…

    11 votes
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  10. Notification for new courses created in Leganto via Webhook

    We would like to get notifications via webhook when a new course is created in Leganto.

    8 votes
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  11. Display more course details when pushing to Leganto from Primo

    Instructors often teach the same subjects which are rolled over each new semester. This results in a long list of indistinguishable lists in the Push to Leganto feature since it only displays the list name.

    Please provide configuration options for displaying course details alongside the list name, including course code, term and year. Institutions should be able to decide which of these course details to display in the Push to Leganto feature.

    See attached for an example of how it might look.

    15 votes
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  12. Add a refresh option (or auto-refresh) to My Collection when adding an item to a list

    Currently if you try to add an item to a reading list using the Add item/My collection option in the right-hand pane, there is no refresh option (unlike in My Collection proper which does have at least a refresh button. If users add items using cite it or push to my Collection from Primo, the list is not updated automatically and so it appears that the My Collection is not correctly updating.
    Adding a refresh would ensure the option shows all added resources as soon as they are available.

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  13. Automatic status depending on file upload and copyright clearance

    We've configured Leganto so when a file is uploaded the copyright status goes to Waiting for Approval, and the citation status shows as In Process. On the other hand when an instructor creates a citation which has a full text link available, the citation will automatically be Complete. This covers the simple cases: a citation with only a link is ready for students to use immediately, and a citation without a link needs the instructor to upload a file which they then need to request copyright clearance for.

    But it doesn't support our copyright requirements for more complex cases. Eg…

    3 votes
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  14. Lock/hide courses

    When instructors associate a course to their list, they can choose between all the courses they are an instructor on, including previous years. With very similar names, if not identical, they often choose the wrong one. This is not always easy to discover. It would help if it was possible to lock all courses previous to a chosen year & semester/date so that they don't appear in the list or at least, so that they cannot be associated.

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  15. Managing data on rightsholders

    If customers could maintain records of the rightsholders that they interact with (publishers, etc), then they could use the same kinds of Leganto-based processes for managing copyright permissions for those vendors that they do now when interacting with CCC. This would prevent many customers from needing to maintain an external database for copyright clearance activity that doesn't relate to the CCC.

    4 votes
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  16. 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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  17. Complete change log for reading lists

    Our Instructors are in need of a feature that allow them to retrieve/view a complete change log for reading lists.

    The feature ‘View recent changes’ is somewhat similar, but the feed currently only display changes made by others - not your own. It would be great if this feature were expanded to include all changes made on a list.

    Being able to review all changes made to a reading list is not only useful for monitoring a list, it is also an important collaboration tool – primarily with fellow Instructors, but also e.g. when reviewing course material changes with faculty…

    28 votes
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  18. Automatic purchase request needs to be triggered automatic with a scheduled job

    Currently the Automatic Purchase request process in Alma. Is not Automatic. Staff have to go into a citation and re-save it for the automatic process to be triggered. Or we have to run the Process and Enrich Citations job to trigger the automatic purchase request.
    It would be better if this process was ran as a scheduled job like the active courses process. Rather than staff accidently triggering a purchase request by just re-saving a citation that they are working on.
    It would be also good that automatic purchase requests do not have to be assigned a staff member to…

    9 votes
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  19. The ability to ask multiple questions and answers on one citation

    We currently have a question setup in Leganto. To ask whether a piece of reading is mandatory or supplementary. We were testing asking a question about Print only items needing to be digitized. However, we found out that you can only ask one question for one citation. It would be good to have the ability to have more than one question for one citation being created.

    24 votes
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  20. Clearer display of link source

    We had a citation with two links, both broken. One showed the name of the collection it was in so easy to fix. The other one just showed "online.wiley.com" and I spent at least an hour trying to figure out what collection that was only to discover by accident that actually it was referring to the "Source URL" in the citation's own record.

    The display of links in Leganto should clearly tell administrators where the URLs are coming from to facilitate troubleshooting.

    Broken link alerts in the Alma tasklist should likewise clearly name (or ideally link to!) the collection or…

    4 votes
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