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Integrate RightFind API to show article sharing rights in Summon search results
We suggest integration of the RightFind API as an available feature in Summon, so that the RightFind sharing information becomes directly viewable in the Summon search result for articles, journals and books.
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Journal information appearing condensed in Summon (spacing is needed)
The journal information that shows on our Bib records appears condensed in Summon. It would be helpful to have the information separated with a blank line and the word "location" in bold. If bolding can not be done, a new line between the locations would be very helpful.
CURRENT VIEW:
The New York times
Serials
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Location, Access Services Desk (+2 More)
Lib. Has, v.166:no.57426 (Nov. 24, 2016)-
Latest Received:, March 6, 2017 v.166 no.57528
Location, Microfilm
Lib. Has, v.1 -
Latest Received:, November 16, 2016 - November 30, 2016
Location, Hauppauge Periodical
Lib. Has, July 21, 2016 -
Latest…1 vote -
Print PDA
PDA is on the increase so it is essential that Summon can integrate for both PRINT and Electronic PDA.
Print PDA are currently records from Library Management System however Summon only links to Catalogue which is too many steps. Solution would be to link to PDA Request form directly from the Summon Record.
1 vote -
Abilty to customise default search screen
The default search screen is currently empty other than the search box and our logo. We would like to add some custom content to the screen - e.g. info boxes suggesting some resources to try that are not discoverable in summon or some help guides. also to flag up new resources or future training events (e.g. on how to search summon and ebooks. When we set up Summon last year we were told that it wasn't possible to put any of this info on the default search screen.
85 votes -
Add "Search" functionality to Selected Online Resources
Add search functionality to Selected Online Resources so users do not have to click through page after page of resources.
1 vote -
Add language translation export/import tool to Summon, 360 Link
Often translations are incomplete in non-english languages. A facility to export/import translated terms would allow us to easily send text files (XLS) to translators and import into other Summon instances. Allow us to see translated text used by other Summon users. eg. sharing these files across the user community would save a lot of work. Flagging new items added between releases would also help.
2 votes -
More cleary identify between full-text articles and full-text abstracts
As an electronic resources librarian, I often get patron-confusion reports when they believe they cannot access a full-text article; often enough the full-text of the article is not available online, but the article's abstract is. Icons in Summon often represent these abstracts as full-text articles.
222 votes -
Allow URLs for OPAC and ILL tools to change based on Summon UI language
Put the base URLs for OPAC and ILL tools into the language translation tool, so a different URL may be used based on the language chosen by Summon user. Currently we are forced to use custom JS to make this happen.
10 votes -
Improved spotlight treatment for news and images
Ability to customize the font, font color, and background color. Ability to configure thumbnails (size, number, and placement, for example.)
2 votes -
Video spotlight treatment
A rollup of video content, with any video results removed from the main results set and presented in a spotlight. The spotlight would present the top 3 to 5 results with thumbnails and descriptions, with a "more" link to see all video results.
3 votes -
Add Cite Them Right as option for exporting citations
Cite Them Right is a citation service similar to Citace.com and EasyBib that is gaining popularity. To support individuals and institutions who want this option, we would add this option where other citation services are currently offered in Summon. Institions should be able to choose to turn this on or off as an option. It should be included as an option under the Export To lists found in the menu behind the elipses (...) menu for each search result. It should also be available as an option for Export To in the Saved Items folder.
21 votes
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