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Intota: Coverage Date to “Present” in LSH-databases shouldn't be converted to 01/01/1900
When you enter “Present” as “Coverage Date to”in Intota this is converted to the date 01/01/1900 in eJournal Portal. If you leave the “Coverage Date to” field blank, then eJournal Portal shows the end date of the holding as “to Present”. Our wish is that entering “Present” will show up as “to Present” in EJP as well.
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Intota Consortium Sharing: Status should be inherited on title level as it is on database level
When you cancel a subscription to a single journal in a database in the “parent instance” in Intota and wish to be able to see all data entered (payments etc.) after the cancellation you must choose any other Status than “Not Tracked” for the journal in question. On the other hand, you must choose “Not Tracked” to remove the title from the eJournal Portals belonging to any “child instance” that have inherited the journal through Consortium Sharing. Setting Discovery to “Off” doesn’t solve the problem. This is both illogical and annoying.
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Do not allow eBook and Computer File records to match and merge with each other
There are CDI records, largely listed as eBooks but they seem to be merging with other catalog records with the 'Computer File' content type.
The result is that e-books are displayed as computer files via the filter.
This is confusing for users, and the merges may be causing more frustration than good.
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MyResearch Access in Summons
Provide access to a user's ProQuest MyResearch Account ...permanent and individual folder for saving articles, searches, alerts, etc.
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Search Results Permalink
Clearly indicate to users that the search results page url is actually a permalink to the search results .... it is a permanent link that can be shared, emailed, etc.
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fuzzy keyword search in the E-Journal Portal (AZ List)
Our patrons do not always know the exact name or spelling of a journal or how to use an asterisk.
We think the E-Journal Portal search box should support fuzzy keyword searching.
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Allow filtering of UnPaywall and Open Access Button results on Link Resolver
360 Link should allow filtering of the Unpaywall and Open Access button results so that libraries can choose which versions to display. This would allow us to display only peer-reviewed results. Both services return version information in their API. Our library would like to use this open access button feature, but we need to be able to filter the results.
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Allow Best Bets to be date-limited
It would be great to have date-limited best bets so it's easier to promote events, programs, etc. If implemented, it would be good to include a checkbox option to designate if a post is persistent or date-limited.
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Batchediting Option for Administrative and Resource Renewals
We buy JSTOR EBA books, and other ebooks in bulk. Every time we buy new ebooks, we need to add Administrative and Resource Renewals notes mannualy, one by one. These notes are often repetitive, especially for the same batch (like "Payee: JSTOR", "2021 EBA purchase" etc.).
Currently there's only one bach editing option: Cost data.
It would be nice if we could update admin and resource renewal notes by batch editing, so that we don't have to edit them one by one for 100+ times. Thanks!1 vote -
Send notifications when quarterly loads are live
It would be great if notifications were sent to the content ingestion report subscribers when quarterly full loads (SUM-######) of library catalog and institutional repository records have been processed and are live in Summon.
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We'd like the ability to add additional status options for databases in the data management module, for example, open access.
Subscribed often means resources we pay for, it would be nice to be able to set an item status for databases that we obtain freely (open access) so we can better audit the systems.
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Be able to access usage statistics without needing the Discovery Admin role.
It would be good if Library Staff members, who are not system administrators, to have the ability to go into Summon's Usage analytics without needing the Discovery Admin role and access to the Summon Admin Console.
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1 vote
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Allow a custom message to display on the front page of Summon
If users arrive at the main page of Summon, it may be confusing for them to understand what content they are searching. Adding text below the basic search box would be a useful way of adding an explanation (see attached picture for potential placement of text).
Adding a message in this area currently requires use of the external script function in Summon admin. It would be convenient to have a field in the Summon admin to allow the addition of easily customizable text to this part of the page.
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Scheduling Summon reports
Summon Usage Statistics are accessed via the Summon Admin Console (usage tab). This means a very high-level permission (General Systems Admin) is necessary to access basic reports, statistics and analytics.
Can the Summon OAS instance be joined with the Alma/Leganto OAS instances so that Summon reports can be scheduled? This would allow a wider array of library staff to gather and process Summon usage stats?
Thanks,
Áine21 votes -
searching az list click on database - no list of your titles
we now use SFX and on the a z-list, our users can click on vendor (= database name) and then see all titles within this selection. pe click on sage and then see all your active sage titles.
We will shortly switch to 360 core client centre (and stop with sfx) We now do not see on the front on the new a-z list ejournals this functionality.
Our users miss this3 votes -
Move Cites/Cited by data to the right pane "custom panel"
In order to reduce patron confusion, I would like see the Cites/Cited by information to be displayed in the right-hand pane. This would reduce confusion and allow patrons to see their search results simultaneously with citations. Additionally, I would retain the title of the result on which I clicked.
This makes functionality more similar to "Related Items"
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Change Availability Statement of DDA titles to something other than Full Text Online
We currently have Automatic Holdings set up for E Book Central Perpetual and DDA database.
The original set up was done quite quickly and therefore only our owned titles appeared in Summon, but students could search for DDA titles in the EBC platform.
However EBC have sorted out the set up so now over 500,000 DDA titles are discoverable in Summon.
This might not be a bad thing except that the availability statement tells the user we have Full Text Online.
My proposal is that there is a way of distinguishing DDA titles from Owned titles for Automatic Holdings, and…6 votes -
Have the ability to change from OR to AND in the list of subjects
Right now, unless something has changed, when we use the Subjects list to apply additional terms, the OR statement is automatic and there is no alternative. However, that is not necessarily how a student thinks when selecting Subjects. There are many times one will want to have more than one subject term added to the search with an AND statement.
So, for example, if I am looking at "emergency nursing" and I see in the subjects list "hospitals" and "health policy & services" I may want both terms in my search not either.
If it's doable, it would be nice…
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refworks export
Include the functionality to select multiple results to export to Refworks (etc) via the dropdown menu.
1 vote
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