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Searching physical items that are currently checked out
When you search for a title and apply the “At Library” filter to remove online items, Vega also excludes any titles where all copies are currently checked out. This can make it appear as though the library doesn’t own the title at all, and it prevents users from placing a hold.
While it’s possible to filter by format instead, patrons may not think to do that. They might select “At Library” and “Book,” expecting to see everything the library owns, but still not find a title that is actually in the collection.
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E-resources: Remove "Note" if more than one link
We're very happy to see the full text being displayed for multiple links when clicking "Access Online" - however we would also like to see in cases where there are multiple links for the "Note" field to be removed. It currently only displays the label for the first link, obfuscating our other sources.
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Citation export improvements
Some suggestions for the citation export in Vega:
1. RIS export only - Repeats the first AU field in A1. Solution: Remove A1 field from RIS, or first AU field if always identical to A1
2. RIS export and in-Vega citation - Edition (ET) includes all MARC 250 subfields when only subfield a (Edition statement) is necessary. Solution: Ideally just take first word of 250 $a, less ideally take all of 250 $a only. (Note: Endnote auto-generates the rest based on citation style e.g. takes first word "Eighth" and auto-generates following word: edition, ed., etc.)
3. RIS export and in-Vega…1 vote -
Add More Options for "Results Per Page"
Some patrons have reported they would like more options for the "results per page" when searching -- specifically, an option for 100. The PAC gave options up to 100, but Vega Discover only gives options up to 40 per page.
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Expand Content Scoping for Custom Sites/collections to include scoping by subject or material type
I'm trying to make an Accessibility Site/Catalog that focuses on our materials such as large print, braille, and audio. However, you can only use location/shelf location or collection type to as scoping parameters.
It would be lovely to be able to expand the scope to include subject headings, material types, genres, etc.
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show order records
In Encore it would show x copies were ordered on x date. We would like to see this in Vega.
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Special Error message for patrons who do not have a Hoopla account
Currently there is only one error message for all eContent errors: no message from overdrive available. This is confusing for when the error is due to the patron not having a Hoopla account.
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Improve Surfacing of Syndetics Content
Presently all Syndetics content is "below the fold." It would be great if we could make this content more visible through one or more options:
-Allow for direct navigation links on record detail pages.
-Allow for direct access to desired Syndetics widgets via search resultsBoth are available in comparable discovery systems, see screenshots. Both would ideally be optional and configurable.
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better renew item failed message
We have had several customers state that the error message that displays when you try to renew an item that cannot be renewed is misleading and "makes them feel like they have done something wrong". The image is fine, but we just want to change the text around the image. The customer has not really made an error - it is just that the item they want to renew cannot be renewed because there are holds on the title. [Note: I cannot attach the image and have tried various formats. The image text says "ERROR" and shows a woman at…
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Vega: Cover link at top of series' search results
The series covers, information, and linkage that are available further down in search results make tracking specific volumes and placing holds accurately much easier. Unfortunately, many people don't like to scroll and if it's not up top they don't see it, don't use it, and become annoyed. It would be great if a "See full series" link showed at the top of the scroll and took them down to the appropriate information.
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Always have call number appear in search results whether or not there are available copies
The two main pieces of information people need when they are looking for an item are the title and the call number. The call number should ALWAYS appear on search results and any other page following. Right now, the call number only appears in search results if there are available copies. This prevents people from seeing where they could browse for similar titles. Please put call numbers everywhere they need to be.
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Add Vega Discover Patron Language Translations
Library staff have asked for the following translations to be made available so that patrons can select them in Vega Discover:
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Korean
- Russian
- Telugu
- Tagalog
- Bengali
- Hindi
- Gujarati
Many of our libraries serve linguistically diverse populations, but I know that Gujarati, Hindi, and Urdu would be adopted by several of them.
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Allow for more information to be searched while using the Search Editions bar in the Resource pages
For materials that have a large number of editions, the search bar feature doesn't currently assist with narrowing down to a specific item. It will only search for Item Record Data. Being able to search for the Publication Date, Edition, and Publisher would assist those looking for a specific material.
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Ability to edit collection and kiosk site names
Sometimes the site name given to a collection or kiosk at creation ends up not being useful or accurate later on.
Before the patron portal, only staff could see these names so the problem was limited, but now that patrons can choose a default collection, the unchangeable site names are exposed.
Issues that would be fixed by this: typos in site names, test sites turned into real sites, collections and kiosks with the same name making user management confusing.
Deleting and re-creating is not easy because the sites may already be configured with staff permissions, homepages, settings, etc. that would…
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Remove Bookmark option when not logged in
The Bookmark feature does not seem to work now that the new patron account feature has been released. A user can click the bookmark icon and gets the message "temporarily saved to Bookmarks", but there is no way to see them. Is it possible to remove this option or changing the message to indicate the user must login to save?
8 votesThere is a problem with the bookmarking functionality that was originally intended to allow a non-authenticated user to bookmark items and when they realized they are not logged in, Vega would put all the current 'guest bookmarks' into the user's for later list.
This seems to have stopped working with other development and no one has reported the Problem. I would love to hear from customers whether we should reinstate the old guest workflow, have the bookmark action prompt a user to login, or hide bookmark actions from guest users.
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Reading History Filter
Patrons with a lengthy reading history are looking for more options to filter objects, for example, by collection or item type. Right now, there is only the ability to sort by title, author, or date of checkout.
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Promote Relevance Button
In Encore there was a button for staff to manually promote the relevance of certain titles to appear at the top of search results. We'd like to see something similar implemented in Vega to ensure titles that we expect patrons to want to see first are listed first. Example below, of Ulysses by James Joyce being fourth in the results for a basic search of "ulysses"
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Account Portal - limit default collection options
In the account portal we would like a way to limit what is displayed in the "default collection" drop down. Often times there are times when we might have a collection site used for testing or one not ready to be discovered that the patron will have access to.
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import saved searches from PowerPAC as well as saved lists
During implementation, saved searches should be imported as well as saved lists when a library requests it. We recently went through Vega implementation and patrons are very disappointed that their saved searches aren't in the Account Portal. While they can recreate the searches, this discourages Vega adoption by a large number of our patrons. They would rather say within the PowerPAC and continue running their searches there.
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account linking/associations
Linking accounts in the account portal appears to have no effect on patron associations in Leap. Because linking and associating accounts have similar functions and names, it makes sense to more fully integrate them with each other. For example, if accounts are associated in Leap, create the link automatically in Vega Discover rather than requiring patrons to go through the whole passphrase process, and vice versa. Having two functions that are very similarly named and do almost the same thing will get confusing for staff and patrons.
9 votesThis is planned for later this year.
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