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What it does

Recommended

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Configuration

Added to Config Page

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2022 Nov

Adds social media Share Export Action

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Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > enable

Optional labels:

  • Keeping This Item Tile Labels code table

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2022 Nov

Give Us Feedback Improvements

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Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > enable

Optional labels:

  • aria Labels code table (closing the warning message)

  • Favorites Labels code table (warning message language)

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2022 Nov

Provide Warning Message when Guests Add to Favorites (Idea Exchange)

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  • View Configuration Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > Display Favorites Warning Message for Guests

  • Labels to change 

    • aria labels nui.aria.favorites.CloseMessage – Close message Favorites Labels nui.favorites.guestSaveMessage – customize message

    • nui.favorites.guestSaveMessageDismiss – Dismiss

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2022 Nov

Provide Direct Linking from Full Record

TBD

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2022 Nov

Allow Configuration of CDI Linking Preferences

TBD

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2022 Nov

Enable “exclude CDI eBook” from search scopes that include Central Index

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The Exclude CDI eBooks option on the Define a Custom Search Profile page (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Search Configuration > Search Profiles) remains the same.

  • Depends on electronic collections setting (documentation pending)

  • Depends on which scopes individual campuses have set up

    • If you like the way that another campus has their scope set up, contact them directly

    • Test records based on your individual search scopes/parameters

  • If you are still seeing duplicate records, open a support case

  • Note: This will REDUCE but NOT ELIMINATE duplicates

  • Additional information from Exclude eBooks from CDI Results

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2023 Feb

Support "Starts With" Option for Call Number Searches

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Discovery Customer Settings mapping table (Configuration > Discovery > Other > Customer Settings)

  • Set parameter allow_start_with_for_call_number to true

View Configuration page (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views)

  • Advanced Search Configuration tab > Holding Call Number: enable

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2023 Feb

Changing Number of Titles per Page

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Automatically enabled

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2023 Feb

Support Search in My Favorites

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Automatically enabled

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2023 Feb

Add Barcode Search

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View Configuration (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views)

  • General tab > barcode search: checkbox

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2023 Feb

UNIMARC Format Support

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Automatically enabled

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2023 Feb

Support Country Field in My Library Card

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2023 Feb

Separate Form Description for Booking Requests

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Requires booking form to be enable (See https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/080Configuring_Delivery_Services_for_Primo_VE/Configuring_Request_Forms_for_Primo_VE#Adding_a_Description_to_a_Form )

Go to Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels > Request Labels > almaBookingRequest.formDescription to change description

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2023 Feb

Align Local Website Resource Type with CDI

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Automatically enabled

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2023 June

Improving the User’s Session Timeout Experience

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Alternative is to change the default 60 mins timeout in Configuration > Discovery > Configure View > General. 

  • Go to Configuration > Discovery > Authentication > User Authentication

  • Select from the three options to:

    • Enable extending the session

    • Enable extending the session to maximum

    • Enable user setting for extending the session - Must also go to Configuration > Discovery > Other > Customer Settings > display_user_settings: True

  • Additional configurations include changing labels (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels > Aria Labels or User Tile Labels)

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2023 June

Support Exact Phrase Only Searches in Advanced Searches

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  • Go to Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > Select view > Advanced Search Configuration

  • Select Equals exact phrase 

  • Additional configurations include changing labels (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels > Search Tile Labels)

Note: Under the Hypertext Linking configuration (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Hypertext Linking Definitions), the search operatorfield has been changed from exact to contains exact phrase

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2023 June

Filter by Availability for Newspaper Search

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  • Newspaper search needs to be enabled

  • Go to Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > General > Select Newspapers Search Filter By Availability

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2023 June

Resource Type Filter Bar

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Past release newsletter(s) with recommendations:

View file
name2023 Late Spring VE Releases and recommendations.pdf
View file
name2023 Spring VETT Recs.pdf
View file
name2022 Fall VETT R and R.pdf

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