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Facet search results by Custom Database Name
As to Database Facet, it is recommended to facet search results by "Custom Database Name" field instead of default "Database Name" field.
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Improve holdings display for journals in Summon or turn off catalog details page based on material types
We're looking for ways to improve the way holdings display for journals in Summon.
We're screen scraping Real Time Availability for our books, but our journals just display "Check availability" and link through to the OPAC (because the records have a different structure).
We would like to turn on the catalog details page, but this adds an additional click for users before they can actually see our journal holdings.
For example, here is a journal record in our OPAC (we have print and electronic on the same record):
http://librarycatalogue.griffith.edu.au/record=b1551062~S1and in Summon preview
Whereas the ebook displays…
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Video Game Enrichment with Syndetics
Syndetics offers video game enrichment via UPC, which integrates with things like Primo. While other discovery platforms support UPC integration, Summon does not. Summon should offer a UPC integration with Syndetics for enrichment.
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Increase Facet Limit
Summon facets are currently limited to only display 100 values for performance reasons. Would it be possible to increase this or ideally remove the limit without causing performance issues?
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Update Summon's AGLC citation style - AGLC4 is now available
We would like to see the AGLC3 citation style available in the Summon UI replaced by AGLC4 (or at least AGLC4 be made available as an option).
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Create a facet for Abstracts (or Conference Abstracts)
Abstracts are currently classified as Journal Articles, which causes confusion as readers are expecting to be able to read the full text of a published article that does not exist. Creating a facet for Abstracts would allow them to be correctly classified and would improve the user experience
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Licence terms displayed in Summon search results
We would like to see the same functionality in Summon as is currently available in Primo - licence terms being visible in search results within the Summon interface.
As we are on Intota for our ERM, we would want to see Intota licence content linked to Summon search results and displaying there.
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Ability to add custom filters/facets on the advanced search screen and result set screen
Hi --
Can someone include a way to search within databases in both the advanced search screen and a facet to narrow by database? This way if a result is returned, we can then narrow results down by db?
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"Littel Navigator" for Topic Explorer
"Littel Navigator" is a discovery support tool which is used in libraries in Japan. With it, user can check the conceptual relations between search words and other related words. The ralations are presented like network diagram.
It would be helpful for users to expand their knowledge, if it can be integrated into Topic Explorer in Summon result page.
https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/03f/denhan/littel/littel.htm"Yewno" integration in the following website is close to our image.
https://koral.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?ho=t&l=en&q=darkweb13 votes -
Include MARC 505 and 511 fields in the Details Page
For music recordings and films, it is particularly important to include the 505 and 511 fields to identify the unique aspects of an item. These fields are currently indexed in Summon, but not displayed, and Syndetics is not complete enough to replace them. Additionally, it can be confusing to users to have items in the search results for key terms found in the 505 and 511, but not displayed in the record.
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open the "search within a journal" results in a new tab or window
Clicking on a journal title to use the "search within a journal" feature eliminates the original search. It would be helpful to have this open as a search in a new window or browser tab so that the original search is not lost.
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Make it a higher priority to work with Ebook Central on deduplication, titles missing from Summon etc.
Some Ebook Central titles do not appear in Summon, while others appear multiple times. Some are not linked with the library's print title. Work with Ebook Central to reduce the incidence of these errors.
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Apply the same tag to multiple Best Bets
We enter our databases as Best Bets and add tags for their title and title variations. There are a few instances where we have multiple collections with similar title variations, such as Joanna Briggs Institute. It would be a great improvement if we could add the same tag to multiple Best Bets and have all of them display when that tag is searched; this would also be more consistent with how our database entries in our 'classic catalogue' can be searched.
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Have the option to download usage statistics for the number of "Report a Problem" emails sent broken down by month.
To be able to download the number of "Report a Problem" emails sent, broken down by month, in the Client Centre. This will help with problems tracking and with seeing if changes to the Summon environment have an impact on the number of "Report a Problem" emails sent.
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Springshare Chat Widgets in Summon Mobile Friendly
We have noticed with the Springshare v2 chat widget (LibAnswers) found in our Summon search page, it completely disappears when accessing it in a mobile device. With most of the links found in the Summon interface (such as the "Advanced Search" and "Add results beyond your library's collection"), they automatically get pushed into the hamburger menu.
Is it possible for the LibAnswer’s chat widget (link) to be automatically pushed there also?
We feel like users using mobile devices should be able to access our Library chat just in case they come across a reference question or would like to report…
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Be able to limit bX Recommendations to fulltext holdings in your library to avoid too many "not available" results
Smaller academic libraries like community colleges will not have a lot of the recommendations suggested by bX Recommender, leading to too many "not available" results for students. For big university libraries who subscribe to 10 times the amount of content, this won't be an issues. For us smaller folks, it would be nice if we could limit bX recommendations to our own fulltext holdings so students would get usable results most or all of the time. bX recommender is otherwise a great tool for even the student who is new to college.
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Request link on catalog details page should not display for electronic only material
For libraries that have switched on the catalog details page, they have the option to configure a Request link.
This button displays on all records from the catalog, even if they are not requestable - for example if they are online only, the button still appears.
For example, this book is only available electronically (but the request link (Place hold button) is displaying then you get an error on the LMS side when you try to request it):
The dragon and the elephant : China, India, and the new world order
This setting should be configurable to…
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Westlaw UK (Thomson Reuters) - adding new indexing metadata
Westlaw UK is currently a 0 titles database in the Client Centre (Code AYDUG).
Can the metadata be acquired from the provider and added to the index?
12 votes -
Allow users to browse the "Virtual Shelf"
The Virtual Shelf tab would appear for each record on the search results page. It would allow users to browse items based on the location of an item in the search results. Then the user could navigate through items "on the shelf".
11 votes -
360 link customisation
Add the ability to customize the "Sorry, this item is not available onlie. Please use options below to get it:" message in 360 link
11 votes
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