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  1. Description
    Increase the default Sierra setting that limits the amount of memory Sierra can use.

    Value
    Improves performance of the SDA.

    Idea Lab
    Selected from the Sierra - Always Open space.

    7 votes

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  2. Idea Description:
    When placing volume level holds, have the ability to select multiple volumes at once instead of having to do each one individually.

    Idea Value:
    Placing multiple volume level holds at the same time will save staff time and help speed up the transaction between staff and patron.

    Idea Lab: Winner of the It Bugs Me challenge

    7 votes

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  3. Description:
    Provide the ability to batch cancel order records by an authorized staff member.

    Value:
    Makes it easy to cancel a group of orders and update encumbrances.

    Idea Lab: Winner of the Show Me the Money Challenge

    4 votes

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  4. Description:
    Libraries will be able to send multiple bill reminders to patrons who have an outstanding balance and to reprint individual bills upon demand.

    Value:
    Makes it easy for libraries to send multiple reminders and track when they were sent.

    Idea Lab:
    The Comeback Challenge winner

    0 votes

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  5. Idea Description:
    Library staff will be able to right click and view the patron record like you do in an item record checkout history. 

    Idea Value:
    It will save staff time when trying to distguish between multiple customers with the same name.

    Winner of the It Bugs Me challenge

    0 votes

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  6. Description
    Enhance the Sierra API responses with the descriptive patron block messages that are shown in WebPAC.

    Value
    Makes the descriptive patron block messages available to applications that use the Sierra API.

    Idea Lab
    Winner of the I Want to Do It Myself challenge

    0 votes

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  7. As an acquisitions clerk, I want to be able to download multiple invoices or status reports from FTP at once instead of downloading the files one at a time.

    Winner of the Sierra - Show Me the Money challenge

    0 votes

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  8. Description

    Enhance the Sierra APIs to provide statistics group information.

    Value

    Allows the library to use different stat groups in different apps so they can get meaningful statistics.

    Idea Lab
    Winner of the Let's Connect Sierra API challenge

    0 votes

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  9. Description

    Add the ISBN, ISSN, and UPC fields to the Bib API.

    Value

    Providing the standard number in the Bib API will simplify the process to retrieve related information about the title from other sources.

    0 votes

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  10. Idea Description: Libraries often share their metadata between our system and external systems. One very convenient way of keeping the databases in sync is using the OAI-PMH protocol. Sierra currently supports OAI-PMH as a harvester, but not the converse; as a repository. We would like to see this protocol implemented to allow external systems to harvest from Sierra to lower the amount of intervention required to keep the data in sync between Sierra and an external repository.

    Idea Value: Currently we use scheduler to generate review files and export data out of Sierra and transfer these files via FTP to…

    0 votes

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  11. Could we please have the 'Verify Heading' functionality developed to apply to call numbers in item records?

    We used the 'Verify Heading' option for call numbers on item records for a long time since Millennium, that bug is fixed in Sierra 6.0. Now that feature only on bibliographic and authority records.

    (Refer to Solution ID:230706091757100 )

    6 votes

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  12. It would be very useful to be able to at least export (if not also filter/search on) the status date in Create Lists. We do things like delete items that have been in certain statuses for a certain number of months, and used to have to guess based on the updated date, but obviously records can be updated without the status being changed. Going forward (as newer items get status dates associated with them) we can check item-by-item by mousing over the status in the item record, but it would be a big help to have the date appear alongside…

    3 votes

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  13. Provide system administrators the ability to export a user's permissions - both assigned and available. I am trying to provide an employee's manager with a list of the permissions her employee has, so she can see what should be added. There is no easy way to do this. I can't even copy/paste; when you highlight the permissions it just allows you to move them around vs. copying.

    6 votes

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  14. Currently we are having a problem when our readers fill in the Encore request note box. There is a hard limit of 125 characters which our readers routinely blast through. In trying to solve this problem, we have added a more descriptive label to the box (saying that the message has to be limited to 125 characters), but still the readers expect us to receive the information that they have typed in beyond the 125 character limit - the request box will allow them to add it in, but won't transmit this information to the library.
    The help desk told…

    1 vote

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  15. Display the date that an item's status was last updated and make this field available in a SQL view.

    Idea Value
    We'd like to be able to create reports that show how long an item has been in a certain status so we can take appropriate action (such as deleting long-missing items). Currently, we can only see the last date the record was updated, but the record may have been updated in some other way after the status was changed.

    5 votes

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  16. Often times when items are moving from one call number to another, holds are placed on the items that are checked out in order to capture these items when they are returned so that any cataloging work can be done.

    The idea is to have an option to have some way that multiple item level holds can be placed on one bib record at the same time.

    Idea Value
    The value of this idea is staff time. By having to place individual holds on each item, this can take a long time when there are multiple copies of an item…

    34 votes

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  17. In the Global Update function, "File" > "Save (Server)" should prompt the user to confirm if they attempt to overwrite an existing search.

    Write-protection of specific saved global updates on the sever would provide additional assurance against data loss for very important/complex items.

    Idea Value
    This would mitigate the risk of accidental data loss due to user error. Sophisticated searches may be saved to the server, the loss of which may require substantial work to recreate accurately.

    As of Sierra 5.4, if a user working with an unsaved session accidentally selects "Save (Sever)" rather than "Load (Sever)", the "Save as..."…

    17 votes

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