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  1. Add a language toggle to the Summon Research Assistant

    We need to provide our users with a language toggle on our web pages to switch between English and French. We've noticed that users can't switch from English to French and vice versa once they're on the Summon Research Assistant page. Users have to switch languages on the Summon page, or click on the Library Search function to return to the Summon search page before they go to the Summon Research Assistant page.

    Can you please add a language toggle/switch to the Summon Research Assistant?

    4 votes
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  2. How Online Learning is Transforming Career Development

    The ability to adapt and learn new skills has become a necessity in today’s job market. UNICCM offers industry-specific courses that equip learners with practical knowledge and certifications. Online education makes professional development achievable, even for those with demanding schedules. Many professionals use online courses to boost their credentials and increase their chances of career progression. Employers value employees who proactively seek to improve their expertise, as it leads to better decision-making and job performance. Enrolling in a structured learning program can be a powerful step toward professional success. https://www.uniccm.com

    1 vote
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  3. Add help text to Custom Citing AI Content

    In the client center settings area for the Research Assistant, it would be helpful to have help text for Custom Citing AI Content field since there's no indication currently whether it's meant to have text or a URL or ?.

    Suggest: "Use for the URL of your guide to citing AI-generated content."

    But feel free to wordsmith.

    8 votes
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  4. South Asian Chicken Cuisines Idea To Follow

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    1 vote
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    🍢 Delicious Starters for a Dinner Party – Their appetizers are a perfect way…

    1 vote
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  6. Should You Bet on Filecoin as a Top Crypto to Invest In?

    The future of Filecoin in 2025 depends heavily on its successful execution of Web3 market opportunities. Investors who seek risks can gain substantially from purchasing FIL at $4.20 today because it rises to $15 which means their initial $1,000 investment becomes $3,571. To maximize stability during investing individuals should put their funds into more stable cryptocurrencies while allocating only discretionary funds to the market. The potential for Filecoin to position itself as a top investment in cryptocurrency remains uncertain even though it presents promising opportunities. Before purchasing FIL check its roadmap and adoption to determine if this currency should be…

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    1 vote
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  8. Report version of Data Summary Dashboard

    We love the Data Summary Dashboard in 360 Services. We use it for IPEDs. The only way to access it is by going into the Client Center manually. So we have to remember to go to this screen precisely on July 1st each year.

    It would be great if we could have this summary information automatically reported out monthly to specified email addresses.

    (For Data on Demand you can only print out title lists. You have to count them manually.)

    3 votes
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  9. Would like to see more options

    Great initiative! I'd love to see more options e.g., advanced search filters, integration with X platform etc. This would significantly improve my research workflow.

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    1 vote
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  10. We would like to add our IPv6 in the client center

    We’d like to request the option to add our IPv6 address in the client center. We’ve been using IPv6 for years, and it would be great if you could support this. It would really help ensure we have the best connectivity possible.

    I’ve asked about this before, and I noticed someone else had also suggested it, but the idea was closed. I think revisiting this could be really beneficial for those of us who rely on IPv6 to keep things running smoothly and future-proofed.

    3 votes
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  11. Add "Game" to Content Types in Summon

    Games have become an important way to teach concepts to GenX, Millennials and GenZ. Both at college level and for use in teacher training, games are a growing component of our collections. Users want to search for games in our collection. This content type would be very useful. In MARC this would translate into 008 character position 33 = g when Leader type is any of the following: o, r, g or k

    4 votes
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  12. Retain special characters in 245 subfields

    It would be nice if Summon was able to selectively retain special characters in the title mapping field, for example 245$p. It currently strips special characters such as brackets [] from these fields. We use brackets in our $p field for certain reasons and it would be nice if Summon would leave them in when displaying the Title fields.

    1 vote
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  13. Provide ability to make a link to Advanced Search with pre-selected facets

    I would like to be able to provide a URL to the advanced search page and have the English language facet preselected.

    3 votes
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  14. Make Request button display behavior more configurable

    Give libraries a configurable option to suppress the Request Button under certain conditions. For example, the library may not want to present the Request Button to patrons when there are multiple copies (items) attached to a bib record and at least one of the items is Available (on the shelf).

    Academic libraries in particular may have a policy of not paging on-shelf materials for patrons.

    Allowing libraries to set this kind of display option would improve the user experience as it would be clear to the end user from the outset that the item is not requestable, rather than presenting…

    5 votes
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  15. Provide the ability to separate journals and ejournals when searching

    Similar to Sophia Birden's idea for books and ebooks, currently I do not think there is a way to separate journals and ejournals without clicking the full-text limiter for the electronic.

    3 votes
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  16. Database recommendations on Summon over Alma. Add the ability to customize the database descriptions

    In Summon you can customize Name, URL and description of each database recommendation via the Client Center.
    Summon over Alma customers have an uncomplete feature: they can customize Name and URL of each database recommendation (changing name and level url in the corresponding collection in Alma),
    but they cannot change a default database description or add a description when it is not there.

    When a customer has Summon over Alma, the Client Center is not anymore connected to Summon, but it looks like that it is still expecting eventual customized descriptions from there, from the Database Details page.
    If would…

    1 vote
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  17. Search Scope based on a selection of databases, library catalog + open access in CDI

    Search Scopes are based on the fields available in the Advanced Search (Search Options) and are useful to our current students, faculty and staff. I'd be really excited to create a scope in Summon for our alumni. Alumni have access to content from a selection of our databases, so being able to present them with a search scope that, for example, includes e-books, journals and articles only from that subset of databases (plus open access things and the print materials in the catalog) would save them the aggravation of, say, clicking on a ProQuest Ebook Central title, and being denied…

    5 votes
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  18. Support Usage Data for Advanced Search Analytics

    Currently, Advanced Search displays as an option in Summon Analytics, but when one tries to use it (as I did) it gives an error, as support for usage data for Advanced Search has yet to be added. Reports can only show basic search counts.

    14 votes
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  19. Display of "Public All Titles Note"

    For the Publication Finder displayed in Summon Custom Panels, I would like to see the contents of the “Public All Titles Note” set in the Data Management page of the 360 Core Client Center.

    2 votes
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  20. Summon Database Recommender Management

    I would like to be able to sort and filter the list of databases in Summon Admin aka Summon Editor because the list of databases is very long (29 pages). I would like to be able to filter the list to those that are either active or inactive so that I can more easily prioritize databases and review settings for those that need editing. I also need to be able to review recent edits so to confirm that updates took effect correctly.

    2 votes
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