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  1. Scrolling improvement on facet pane

    When the screen is scrolled to the bottom of the search results list, the refinement function is not visible. It is desirable to be able to scroll facet portion and search result display portion independently.

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  2. Add the ability to hide a title from E-journal portal public view in the Client Center

    When "we subscribe to only some of the titles in this database" is selected then titles have to be manually updated. We would like to be able to not check that box so that the collection is updated and maintained automatically, but we want to be able to hide individual titles from public view.

    2 votes
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  3. Upping the limit of characters in the menu setting

    We would like it if we could up the limit of characters in the menu settings part of the admin tools in intota. Currently the limit seems to be 50 characters.

    3 votes
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  4. Add a new report for all search terms

    Add a report similar to popular search terms that lists all search terms no matter how many times it has been searched as the popular search terms report has a default of a minimum of 16 hits.

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  5. Improve author search in Summon

    Users are frustrated trying to limit a search to a specific author. I.e. using Author: "kelly, Daniel" - the results returned are for Kelly, Daniel J ; Kelly, Daniel P etc.

    Why is this search function not more precise, and returning only Kelly, Daniel ?

    3 votes
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  6. Block titles across multiple databases

    We want to filter out several publications and publishers from wherever they might appear in our holdings, rather than having to go in and edit the title lists in individual databases in the Offline Date and Status Editor. Once you deselect titles in ODSE, the title list no longer updates automatically and you have to manually update the database lists. We keep seeing the same lousy titles showing up over and over again (especially in various Gale products) and it is a pain to edit them out of every single Gale collection and/or deselect entire databases.

    12 votes
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  7. Enable DOI search for not CrossRef DOI

    360 Link can search content by DOI published by CrossrRef.
    But DOI published by other institute (e.g. JaLC) is not searchable.
    So please enable DOI Search for not CrossRef DOI.

    9 votes
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  8. resizeable Logo in Saved Search Email

    It would be great if the email sent when a user clicks on the Saved Search option used a size appropriate logo.
    At present it looks like it uses the largest logo imaginable and makes the whole thing look like it was made in GCSE computing class. Its not very professional looking.
    At least a Saved Searches email logo option in the Summon admin would be a start.

    2 votes
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  9. Improvement request for Removed Titles report

    If titles are removed to make a zero title database, the information does not appear in the Removed Titles report.

    Example)
    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/360_KB/Knowledge_Articles/360_KB%3A_American_Society_for_Microbiology_Journals_Database%3A_ TitlesWillBeRemoved--September2022

    Therefore, I must constantly check 360KB News to be aware of any title removal.
    I would like that information to appear in the Removed Titles report.

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  10. No information on the necessity to use parentheses in complex queries on Summon Search Query Help

    Currently, there is no information about the necessity to use parentheses in case of more complex search queries in the Summon Search Query help (at least in our library and I was told that the help page is the same around the world). Users who often use Google Scholar as a rule of thumb do not use parentheses because Google works well even without them but in case of Summon, the use of parentheses in more complex queries is essential.
    Even on ExLibris Knowledge Center web (page Summon: Phrase, Field, Boolean, Wildcard and Proximity Searching - https://tinyurl.com/2fy5sx2h) it is…

    35 votes
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  11. Add an option to limit "Print resource"

    Summon has the refinement to filter the results to print books. We need an option to limit "Print resource" (not only book, but also, print journals, microfilms ...).
    Especially, Print journal is important for the customer Summon over Alma, since former ILS had it.

    8 votes
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  12. Remove double separator for more identifiers (hardcoded)

    Remove double separator when the bib record has more same identifiers:

    I.E.: for two ISBN, Summon display the separator ;,
    ISBN 0521451639;, ISBN 0521466903 (pbk.)

    The display of the identifiers in the Summon Over Alma services page is hard coded by design, so it is not possible to modify the display of the delimiter in the Brief record.

    6 votes
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  13. Request for indexing the articles of Journal of oncology navigation & survivorship to CDI

    Please index the articles of Journal of oncology navigation & survivorship to CDI.

    Journal title: Journal of oncology navigation & survivorship
    ISSN: 2166-0999
    Platform: https://www.jons-online.com/issues
    Publisher: Green Hill HealthCare Communications, LLC

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  14. Allow merging of duplicate metadata records for newspaper articles prior to January 1, 2000.

    I reported a case of 12 metadata records for the same NYT newspaper article. Search: "carmichael oregon high desert"

    This was the response from support:

    Records with the resource type "newspaper articles" from before January 1, 2000 - CANNOT MERGE.
    Unfortunately it seems that CDI is currently not designed to provide the functionality described.
    The next step is to pursue this as an enhancement.

    3 votes
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  15. Add the ability to reorder locations in Real Time Availability Results

    Real time availability results display only one available location in the search results and the location name is in alphabetical order. We would like to order those locations so that our circulating collection locations appear first. Right now Archives (which is non-circulating) location displays first and users don't notice the arrow to click to see other locations/copies we have available. They often give up and assume we don't have the item in our main circulating collection. When users limit a search to a specific circulating location, but the results that appear say they are in Archives it is confusing.

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  16. SAML authentication

    We would like to login with SAML through eduGAIN

    There is a "new" interfederated login with SAML through eduGAIN

    Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) is a member of the Swedish Academic Identity Federation – Swamid.
    There are similar solutions for universities around the world.
    Swamid is a member of the Interfederation eduGAIN (https://edugain.org/).

    Our IdP is published through the Swamid Metadata and eduGAIN interfederated Metadata.
    The metadata for the IdP (supplied through Swamid/eduGAIN) is stripped, so it only contains the necessary information for the federated authentication.
    We prefer that all federated authentication and Metadata exchange are handled through…

    3 votes
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  17. Statistics for Best Bets

    I would love to get data on how effective our Best Bets are in Summon -- to get a sense of how often users are engaging with a Best Bet to find information or a resource, based on certain anticipated searching behavior. Such data would help me to decide how much time to invest in crafting future Best Bets -- particularly the tags. But I could also include the data in annual reporting.

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  18. Include conference proceeding, manuscript and dissertation/thesis in Book/eBook filter

    It would be very helpful for the Book/eBook content type filter (and related refinements) to include "conference proceeding", "manuscript" and "Dissertation/Thesis". Examples from our library include:

    "The Finality of the Gospel"
    What you see at the top of this filtered search is a "Best Bet" that I created manually to improve discoverability:

    https://ptsem.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?ho=t&include.ft.matches=f&fvf=ContentType,Book%20%2F%20eBook,f&l=en&q=finality%20of%20the%20gospel

    https://ptsem.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?ho=t&include.ft.matches=f&l=en&q=finality%20of%20the%20gospel

    and "Shadows of the Soul"

    https://ptsem.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?ho=t&include.ft.matches=f&l=en&q=shadows%20of%20the%20soul

    https://ptsem.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?ho=t&include.ft.matches=f&fvf=ContentType,Book%20%2F%20eBook,f&l=en&q=shadows%20of%20the%20soul

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  19. 'eBook Full Text Online' on Advanced Search option

    We'd like to add 'eBook Full Text Online' to 'Limit to' of Advanced Search option.

    4 votes
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  20. Option to rename CSL citation styles in admin console

    At this moment, the name of citation styles provided by RefWorks can be changed in Translataions tab in Summon Admin Console.
    As we can now load citation sytles from CSL styles repository, it would be great if library can customize the name of the CSL styles as well.style as well.

    5 votes
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