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Add the option to force Summon to load over https
In October, Google Chrome release 62 will begin labeling any website loaded over http and containing a form (i.e. every library webpage ever) as "Not Secure." You can read more about that here: https://security.googleblog.com/2017/04/next-steps-toward-more-connection.html
We currently have all our links to and search forms use HTTPS to access Summon, but we can't force all our users onto HTTPS. Since the *.summon.serialssolutions.com wildcard certificate covers every instance of Summon, why not add an option to force all Summon connections to use HTTPS? (Or just make it the default.)
While you're at it, why not add your exlibrisgroup wildcard certificate to your…
95 votesYour institution can now set your site to force redirect to HTTPS. You can turn this on or off for your institution via the Admin Console under Settings under the default General tile; simply turn on the 3rd setting from the top: Force HTTPS via redirect.
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Make Open Access facet statistics available in OBI
It would be great to be able to look at usage stats for Open Access facet(s) in Summon searches. Since the "Is Open Access" facet is already available in the OBI interface, it makes sense for this functionality to be added to the enhancement list. Considering that Open Access materials are becoming more important globally, and in our library we are looking into raising the profile of our Open Access resources in general, being able to report on statistics would be great for us.
47 votesThis functionality was included as part of the August Summon release.
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Make "Best Bets" show up when tag keywords are present in search, not just when there's an exact match
Right now, Best Bets show up when there's an exact match on tags, e.g., our job search assistance information shows up when someone searches "jobs" or "job search," etc., but not when someone searches "how can i look for jobs," etc. (unless we anticipate every situation where that tag word might be used). Could the Best Bets be brought up whenever keywords are present in the search, not just when there's an exact match?
169 votesThis has been completed as part of the Summon 2021 Roadmap.
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Make new Summon Usage Statistics Dashboard publicly viewable
There is currently no way to share a dashboard of Summon usage statistics in the new "Current" interface viewable for all users within our institution. Please create a way for Summon administrators to send a publicly viewable link to others at our institution without having to make everyone log in through the Client Center.
21 votesCompleted as part of the 2023 roadmap, courtesy of ELUNA and IGeLU NERS voting.
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"Exact" search for certain fields
Add the functionality to do an "exact" search on certain fields. For example there are very short titles which can be search much better this way. Also signatures in the LCCallNumber field could be found much easier. We are api users (Backend Summon, Frontend VuFind) and are helping ourselves at the moment with "constructed" values for the (for example) LCCallNumber to simualte the possibility of an exact search - but this is far from optimal.
62 votesThis has been completed as part of the Summon 2021 Roadmap.
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Create an LTI for Summon so that it can be integrated into LMS (Canvas or others).
We want to integrate Summon into our Learning Management Ssystem (LMS) which is Canvas. The easiest way to do this is if we use an existing library service that has an LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability').
Libraries who add search option are using some kind of library LTI product. That's the only way to add something in the sidebar of a Canvas course. Our ILS/catalog does not off an LTI application for connecting it to an LMS. It would be a great improvement if Summon offered an LTI.
92 votesCompleted in the February 2024 release.
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Language selection
We have received complaints about the difficulty in changing the language on the Summon-page. It's not intuitive to have to click on the language you already see in order to get the other alternative/s. We would like the alternative you click on first to be called Change language or maybe just "language". As it is now, if I want to change language from Swedish to English, I first have to click on Swedish to get to the Language-menu and be able to chose English.
67 votesThis was completed as part of the February 2022 release of Summon.
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Stop match and merge for client catalog records.
We suggest a fully supported, optional, product feature to stop match and merge for client catalog records.
In the result list of Summon where there are several links to resources, the titles are linked to only one resource, which most of the time is good. However when a print record from the local catalog is merged with an e-book, the link most often lead to the e-book and we have noticed that the print version of the book is very often not noticed by the user. Our library have no e-books in our local catalog so we would very much…
19 votesYou can now stop match and merge for your catalog records. In the Summon Admin Console, under Content Ingestion > Catalog Merge Settings, simply drag and drop your catalog from the Include column to the Exclude column. If you have used this feature and have feedback, please send it to us!
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Open Access filtering and restriction
Open-access resources should not need to be selected in a library's Intota instance to reliably indicate that they are accessible to the Summon user.
Currently, when a user checks both the OA filter and the 'include outside sources' box, some resources present in results with the ambiguous message that they are open-access, but are unavailable or only obtainable via ILL (according to what text the library displays in this circumstance.) Users can't know which to believe- is it accessible or not?
Since open-access resources brought into search results come from either a library's Intota selections or the Summon index, it…
12 votesCompleted as part of the 2022 Summon Roadmap.
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Create a method for searching an exact word which does not apply corrected spelling
Create a method for searching an exact word which does not apply corrected spelling. Sometimes there are specific words that are not "normal" spelling which get change to variants and the term you are looking for disappears within a sea of results.
e.g. frocta - a latin word gets changed to frota
and you get 18,000 results - none of them the word we searched upon.
6 votesThis is a bug; the feature should search on the word as you type it and provide a link to search results with the suggested corrected spelling. Are there other examples where this is occurring?
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Add Chicago Notes-Bibliography Style as an option for the citation generator.
Chicago Notes-Bibliography (NB) style is the preferred citation style for historians, but Chicago Author-Date is the only option available in the automatic citation generator in Summon. As the formats are noticeably different, it would be useful to have both options available for users to choose from.
5 votesCustom citations are now available in Summon as part of the August 2022 release. This citation style should be available. If it is not, or if any citation style does not meet your criteria, you can create your own.
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Making available a list of the resources indexed in Summon Index
It would be great to have an up-to-date list of what is in the Summon Index. Or have a new column in the Center Center for each database, indicating if it is in the Index or not.
Today, when we select a database as "subscribed" in the Client Center, we are not sure whether this database is in the Summon Index or not. So we have to check in Summon by clicking "Add results beyond your library's collection" and see what shows up in the results. This is tedious.106 votesIn the November release we added a column into the Client Center that shows what’s indexed.
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Results Beyond Your Library's Collection
Add "Results Beyond Your Library's Collection" as a filter to the "Refine Your Search" Area.
4 votesCompleted as part of the facet improvements in December 2021.
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4 votes
Custom citations are now available in Summon as part of the August 2022 release. This citation style should be available. If it is not, or if any citation style does not meet your criteria, you can create your own.
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Create system agnostic ways to integrate with the UI e.g. chat and readings
At the moment, you have to cross your fingers and hope ProQuest/ExLibris partner with the system you want integrated. For example Summon supports LibraryH3lp, Springshare's LibAnswers or OCLC's QuestionPoint chat widgets. We use a different system. I would like to see fields in the Admin console that are not provider specific. e.g. Enter your chat widget code here. Similarly we would like to see integration with our course readings system. That system has APIs that would allow us to link out to lists based on a course/unit code search. It would be great if there was a way to introduce…
38 votesThis functionality is available via custom panels: Summon: Administration Console: Custom Panel Sections - Ex Libris Knowledge Center
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1 vote
Completed as part of the May 2017 release.
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Make Scopus citations live links or change to make clear not live like WoS
We have both Scopus and Web of Science. In Summon the WoS links are live but Scopus is simply a number. However, as they both look the same this leads to users thinking Scopus is not working properly. Can we either have a live link to Scopus or some change in the design to make it clear the Scopus link is nothing more than a number?
28 votesCompleted as part of the July 2017 Release
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Make facets user friendly
We would like the facets in Summon to work more in the way they do in Primo. In Primo the included or excluded facets are shown above the search results in little boxes with an easy to understand cross to remove them. Similar solutions are used on several database platforms, so our users would recognize how to use the feature without thinking too much.
In Summon it’s not intuitive to remove a chosen facet. If you have included a facet and want to remove it and you hoover over the text, you are tempted to click on the red dot…
19 votesWe have released a revision of facet behavior, including removing the hover to include and exclude and providing a better way to select either include or exclude.
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Provide an obvious way to return to search results from Saved Items folder
Currently, in the Saved Items folder, the only way to return to the Summon search results is by clicking on an unmarked X on the right-hand side of the screen. This is confusing to users because there are so many other Xs on the page which remove or clear saved items.
We suggest providing an obvious way to return to the search results from the Saved Items folder. This may be accomplished by making the browser’s “back” button work or by adding a “Return to Results” link.
26 votesWe added a large label to the X that says “Back to Search Results.” If you prefer a different label, you can change this in the “translations” section of the admin console.
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Ability to prioritize databases in the Database Recommender
We want to prioritize the list of databases in the Database Recommender so that we can emphasize certain databases over others.
42 votesThis has been completed as part of the Summon 2021 Roadmap.
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