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Insert name, date of birth and address using an ID scanner
I am wondering if Sierra can be adapted to automatically insert name, date of birth and address using an id scanner, such as those used at grocery stores when verifying a person's age. This would save staff the time of manually entering this information into the appropriate fields. It would also allow less typos and/or other mistakes when inputting the information. Of course, having the manual option would still be necessary.
8 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Check out circulation desk - add filter for home library or statistical group
We have a large consortia set up. Many clients are not required to bring their library card to the library circulation desk/s. When the library staff are searching for patrons with common surnames, quickly identifying their branch's patrons can be difficult - staff suggest adding a filter for home library or limiting the browse to their statistical group in their logins will limit the number of mistaken attempts to open the incorrect borrower record.
8 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Allow staff modification of frozen holds
The current "Frozen Holds" function in WebPAC does not allow for patrons to select a date at which they want their holds to be "unfrozen". Staff have the ability to set a "Not Wanted Before" date on behalf of the patron, but there is currently have no way to modify the date of a frozen hold on behalf of a patron in the Sierra Desktop App. SDA should have the option to change that date once frozen by the patron, in the event the patron cannot unfreeze it themselves.
Staff feedback: "We've had a lot of patron confusion around freeze…
21 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Be able to create and edit paging list templates with LXStarter rather than Jaspersoft
I'm hoping that the great improvements to patron notices with LXStarter can be considered for staff use, like paging lists.
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Override Prompt/Authorization Required - List Permission(s) Needed
Sometimes it's unclear what permission is triggering the authorization required/override prompt during a transaction and thus what staff member will need to step in to override/allow the transaction to go through. It would be helpful if the "authorization required" prompt included the permission(s) that apply to the transaction.
13 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Postpone/freeze a hold after it's Ready for Pickup
Postpone/freeze a hold after it's Ready for Pickup
Similar to Overdrive's redeliver option. Allow a patron to postpone/redeliver their hold one time if it comes in unexpectedly or at a time when they cannot come to pick it up.13 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Automatically email Manage Holds results to library staff
Have the results of Manage Holds automatically emailed each morning.
This would let staff pick holds even if they don't have Sierra open or available. The automated emails could be set up within the Manage Holds function itself, or could be accomplished if Scheduler worked with Manage Holds (right now Scheduler only works with Create Lists and Data Exchange).
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Include hold pickup location in circ_trans
Analysis of holds is often requested by managers keen to see what users are requesting and how much material is going where across multiple sites.
However a lot of detailed information on holds in the SQL tables is transitory e.g. hold, hold_removed.
I have long thought that it would be helpful to include hold pickup location in circ_trans, which provides a historic perspective and can be downloaded and/or adjusted to capture longer time frames.
This would enable data and analysis which is not possible currently.
13 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Arrange Saved Notice jobs
by Kathy Setter Although we can sort by columns. in the saved notice jobs there is no way to rearrange them into a preferred order without being creative in naming the jobs (numbering, adding letters, etc). I would like to be able to move the lines to arrange them in the order most useful for staff. In other places you can right click and move up or move down, and that's what I would like to do here.
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Mark damaged items improvements
There are two things we would like to see in the Mark Damaged Items process. First we need a separate notice text for damaged items. We are trying to differentiate between lost and damaged and having to use the same notice text is problematic. Second, we'd like the status after the bill is paid to be Damaged & Paid (just like Lost & Paid) instead of just Damaged, as staff can't tell if this is an initial damaged status or one that has been paid for. These are handled differently and being able to create a list, for example, of…
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Remove patrons from hold queue when they check out non-holdable copy
Problem: Many patrons have holds on titles in Quick Pick or Lucky Day collections. When they "get lucky" and check out one of these non-holdable copies their original hold remains in the queue and the patron often neglects to cancel their hold.
Impact: Fulfilling these unnecessary holds wastes time for staff and patrons and delays trigging other patrons' holds as the item sits on the holdshelf until the expiration date. Collection budgets are also negatively impacted as these unnecessary holds can skew the item-to-holds ratio for high-demand items that selectors use to determine how many additional copies to purchase.
Solution:…
37 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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add "recent search" to checkout browse (used when staff search catalogue to place holds)
The "recent search" in Search/Holds allows Libraries to determine how many past searches are saved. This is a huge benefit for staff when they are performing reference interviews with customers.
This "recent search" option is not available in the checkout browse workflow.
Our library has multiple bib records for DVD TV series (eg. Season 1, Season 2 etc). Staff that assist customers to place holds at the circulation desk struggle to place holds on these DVDs because they must keep typing the same title again and again into the checkout browse search query.
We have communicated to staff they can…
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Checkout : ability to place bib level holds on titles listed in a search result
Customers still want staff to place bib level holds for them at the circulation desk. In checkout it is fantastic that staff can search the catalogue to place holds, but they often don't want to view every bibliographic record before placing the hold.
Customers asking for assistance at the circulation desk often have complex needs. They are looking to place holds on a number of titles within a series or they found the Discovery Catalogues did not meet their needs.
It would save staff a lot of time at the circulation desk if they could place holds on the titles…
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Add "Available at Branch" to Sierra Search/Holds facets
Staff want to limit their search in Search/Holds to items that are on the shelf at their branch. These would be items with a status of "available" and a loan rule equal to zero.
Circulation workflows are severely impacted when staff have to use the SDA and the Discovery Catalogue to determine if items are in the branch.
Libraries with floating collections or multi-branch libraries do not always know what is on their shelves.
Customers that visit the circulation desk want to know if an item is in the branch. Staff want to know if items on a particular subject…
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Add permission to prevent user deletion of notice jobs
We frequently have the unfortunate situation where staff accidentally delete their paging list from the list of Notices. Ideally, we'd prefer that frontline staff be able to prepare, print, & fulfill their paging lists but not be able to delete them.
Separating authorizations to create/edit/delete these lists from the preparation & printing would save support staff a great deal of time spent recreating these lists & remove some of the potential for frustration & confusion among frontline staff.
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Floating Collections Minimum Item per Location Threshold
We're looking to replicate the behavior in the attached picture from Polaris on our Sierra site.
Specifically, our goal is to show an override prompt to try to prevent a location from going under a specific number of copies for a title. We're aware of Float Determiner Rules as far as entire location codes, but we're interested in using the number of copies of a bib record to prevent the item from floating if doing so would put them under the threshold number of copies.
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OCLC Direct Requesting Ability to Map Data to Patron Notes
The protocol used for the transfer API (ISO 18626) does not provide a field for a patron note. There is a "serviceInfo/note" which OCLC maps to their Borrowing Library note. OCLC said they would look into whether there are any other potential options, but any solution would require development by both OCLC and Innovative. We would like to map data to patron notes or a Sierra ILL request location field.
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Notify when Holds exist for linked patrons
Notify user when a patron linked to the current patron has holds available for pickup. This would eliminate the need to check individual accounts. The also eliminates having a patron leave without all the available holds for that family.
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Toggle for Autorenew HLOVERDUE Patron Block
We'd like autorenew to look at the overdue count of the item rather than the patron HLOVERDUE (highest level overdue) when determining if the item should be renewed. This might be best implemented as a toggle in Admin Corner.
Currently, if the patron has a billed item, autorenew will cite the patron block for HLOVERDUE when blocking other items that would otherwise renew. In our system, we prefer to use the item's overdue count rather than HLOVERDUE for autorenew. When a replacement bill is on a patron record, they don't understand why autorenew has stopped working for their patron record.…
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Browse Display in SDA - Allow Ability to Customize or Expand
We would like the ability to customize the "browse display" where the result of records show up after the indexed search. Specifically, we'd like the option to show fields that are only available if you make the effort to expand the display.
Currently, the description column shows the indexed entry, title, author, ISBN, Call Number and location. The pub year would be helpful (as would the 490) for when staff is asked for an author's next book in a series, and they don't know the series title, just the author's name. Especially authors who have multiple series. So for our…9 votes
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