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Ability to update inventory date from "checkin no patron" function

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Edit Half-Deleted Item Records

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Trap hold with first item received

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Show Due Date for ILLs in Request Manager

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Expose web-based System Administration APIs

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Update Language Field in Item Bulk Change

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Return ItemRecordID in responses to BibHoldingsGet

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  1. Changes to Vega Passthrough Search

    In Vega Discover, when executing a passthrough search, the external link icon is used as a button. This UI is confusing to patrons, who are expecting the catalog name to be the link or looking for a button that looks more like the other buttons on the page.
    When the passthrough search only has one option, the option is a link, and that behavior is preferred. On the resource page, when there are more than one option, the external link icon appears, and the behavior is different. Our collection sites have more than one option, while the full collection Vega…

    9 votes
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  2. Include Call Number in Checkout Summary

    We would like the checkout summary in Discover to have a call number column like it does in the PAC. Some libraries use the call number to store information for linked uncataloged items. Please see the two attached examples.

    15 votes
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  3. Add shelf location to library holdings for each edition

    We would like to have the option to include the shelf location for each item that is listed within each edition. It is much easier to identify when an item is, for example, a New item when a patron happens to be looking at holdings in this way.

    23 votes
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  4. Make collection facet available for Sierra Customers

    We were able to do this is Encore/WebPAC using scoping and the location codes. This is a critical feature that Vega is missing for Sierra customers, please bring this functionality back.

    10 votes
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  5. Require login to bookmark

    We've received several tickets from our member libraries reporting that patrons' bookmarked items aren't being saved. It seems this happens because patrons are bookmarking items while logged out. Although Vega does display a warning that users need to log in to save bookmarks, we believe user errors could be minimized if the option to bookmark items were only available after confirming the user is logged in.

    14 votes
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  6. Clicking next page should display the search results at the top of the page and not remain at the bottom of the search results

    Currently when you click to go to the next page of search results, you remain at the bottom of the page, which means you have to scroll all the way to the top to view the next page of results, then scroll all the way back down to get back to page navigation to go to the next page. The navigation should either display the top of the search results when the next page is clicked and/or allow the page navigation to be accessed from the top of the page/search results also and not just the bottom of the page/search…

    24 votes
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  7. Showcase Display

    We would like more automated showcase displays like the NYT Bestsellers. Since we are in Canada, we specifically would like to see the Globe & Mail Bestsellers as an option.

    9 votes
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  8. Filter by Location Limits Updates the Roll-Up Results

    When a patron applies a location filter to Discover search results, the edition and items are limited to the location(s) selected.

    The roll-up tabs are updated to remove items and editions at other locations.

    The filtering is passed to Vega Mobile so the filtering experience matches.

    8 votes
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  9. Titles for Deleted Items in Reading History

    In the public catalog, titles in your reading history will say “Resource is not available” if the record has been deleted. In Leap, you can still see the titles, but it will tell you the resource is not available when you click on it. It would be great if Vega Discover could be set up like the staff interface so customers could see what the titles are even after the records have been deleted.

    20 votes
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  10. Add a call number index for searching

    After testing a few call number searches, we are realizing that this feature would work best if there were an index for call number searching, to prevent erroneous results from appearing in the list. For example, if I want to search JUST Dewey call numbers of 300, I don't want to retrieve the movie with the title "300". Also, for our world language materials, we use call numbers to distinguish between Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, and we are getting a lot of additional results with the keywords "Traditional" and "Chinese" in the bib. records. We want to be able…

    37 votes
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  11. Consortia and Hoopla Integration Within Vega

    We are part of a consortium and have an enhancement request, specifically for our hoopla integration. Currently, we have to choose 1 library ID for title ingestion (Solano) and can choose a separate library ID for circulation (St Helena, for example). We choose the least restrictive library catalog to ingest all titles and then circulate based on the individual library. This causes patrons to be able to see titles that are in fact unavailable to them/not borrowable at their individual member library. This isn’t the ideal patron experience, so we would like to propose the following: we would like the…

    14 votes
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  12. Show In Library Use status on the Search Page

    We would like a way to show on the search page when an item is a In Library Use Only status. Right now, ours just says everything is available with no search button which can cause confusion for patrons. We want people to find these items so they know we have them, but to make it clear when looking at a search that they will have to come into the library to use it.

    22 votes
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  13. Patron account view - allow fullscreen display

    Patrons using laptops with smaller display resolutions are finding the limited height of the account display frustrating, as they can only see one item at a time and scrolling via touchpad can be difficult. Many have asked if an option to extend the display to cover the full height of the screen could be made available.

    31 votes
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  14. Adding a List View within the Bookmarks Tab

    We recently received a request to add a list format option for the bookmarks tab. A patron stated that they wanted, "A list format option of looking at the titles with visible author, pub date, brief description as it was in the old catalog". This could be similar to our options when searching to switch from list to grid view.

    17 votes
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  15. Non-circulating Materials

    REQUEST: Ideally suppression rules would be the same as currently followed in the ILS (Sierra and Polaris) along with requesting parameters. Would help with reference only collections that can't be checked out/removed from building but say 'checked in'
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    FEATURE DETAILS: ​​

    Job Stories: ​​
    A a Vega Admin, I can expect Vega Discover to respect NonCirculating and Does Not Circulate flags applied to items and instances.  

    As a Vega Admin, I can use the Material Type settings to set all X Material to disallow request in Vega.

    Acceptance Criteria

    NonCirculating Content from ILS

    Items where the Sierra I(item) Type = Does…

    37 votes
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  16. Ability to suppress English (US)

    In the Localization settings configuration page, all languages listed can be selected or unselected except for English (US). Although we can make a different one the default, for those countries wanting to have a different English option (CA in our case), we have no option but having two English languages listed in the drop down menu. We would like to be able to suppress the English (US) option.

    7 votes
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  17. Showcase metadata and management

    We have a number of different staff creating and updating Showcases across our system. Currently, it is getting difficult to manage this as staff are beginning to duplicate each other's work and it is difficult to know which showcases are current and which are scheduled or embedded somewhere. When adding Showcases to Vega Homepage, it is impossible to distinguish between two showcases with the same name since no details display other than the title in the home page editor.

    Please consider adding some features to improve showcase maintenance and management:

    • ability to add a staff note to a showcase which…

    7 votes
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  18. Add default collapsed view or "don't show this again" option for featured available titles display in My Bookshelf

    The planned/upcoming feature (as of January 2025) to add the ability to filter My Bookshelf lists by item availability is a nice addition. However, in looking at the preview, staff have expressed concerns that some patrons may find the carousel display of featured available titles too much, as a common theme we hear in feedback about the My Bookshelf feature in general is that there is too much scrolling and clicking involved to navigate it. The planned feature includes an option to collapse the view, which is nice, but allowing patrons an option to either set the default view to…

    10 votes
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  19. Add the Ability to Limit Display of Showcases by Collection Site

    Currently when a showcase is published, that showcase shows up for any titles that are in it, even if that showcase is for a different Library/collection site. The ability should be added to limit the display of showcases to only certainly collection sites, such as only a Library's own collection/kiosk sites. This would be most useful in an consortium.

    11 votes
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  20. Change information icon

    Our customers don't think the 'i' information icon is a clickable thing. They think it just looks like a static image and assume there's no further information.

    We'd like to see the icon changed to something that looks more like a button or link.

    12 votes
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