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Request Manager go back to where you were

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Improve Hold Notifications in ExpressCheck

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Add searching PO Status date and POLI Status date to Find Tool.

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Automatic notification for holds on missing items

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Managing holds

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Customize Order of Holds in Polaris ExpressCheck

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Display place in queue when hold is inactive

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  1. It would be very useful for consortia managers to be able to copy the homepage configuration, global header, and potentially other settings from the main site/parent domain to kiosks and collection sites or from any type of site to another. Or, similarly, to be able to simply duplicate a site and then edit it from there.

    This would save a lot of time when trying to create multiple sites that are harmonious in appearance and experience but distinct in content.

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  2. Some of our patrons, those who are teachers or book club leaders, for example, borrow multiple copies of the same title on their library account. They need to control the return of such materials and do so by barcode. Unfortunately, Vega Discover doesn't display the item barcode in the Checkouts information in My Bookshelf. Please add the item barcode# to the Checkouts data in My Bookshelf.

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  3. Some patrons are getting confused with the 'request any edition' button and the 'request edition' button when there is ONLY one edition.

    Is it possible for this to be dynamic? The 'request any edition' becomes 'request edition' and the 'request edition' button disappears when there is only one edition to choose from. Then back to the way it is when there are 2+ editions.

    Please see attached screenshot.

    27 votes

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  4. When a patron is looking at a monograph serial title and wants to place a hold on a volume, they click on place a hold and get the option to choose which volume they want. The volumes are listed by digit, rather than numerically. For example:

    1
    10
    100
    101
    102
    103
    11
    12
    13

    We would like to see the volumes listed numerically (preferably with the latest volumes listed first):

    103
    102
    101
    100
    99
    98
    97

    This would help patrons find exactly the volumes they are looking for, particularly having the latest volumes listed at the top.

    27 votes

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  5. 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.

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  6. When in the children's catalog, the Vega & Syndetics sections (Related Resources, Topics, etc) in the records should ideally only display children's titles. As an example, right now, when I pull up the Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVD, I'm seeing the Where'd You Go Bernadette DVD under Related Resources and A Man Called Otto DVD in Topics. We don't want to direct children toward adult titles.

    It would actually be great to also be able to hide any adult items from Related Resources, Topics, etc. anytime a record for children's material is being viewed, whether in the main Vega…

    27 votes

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    PLANNED  ·  Angela Nolet responded

    https://portal.productboard.com/iii/15-vega-product-portal/c/685-syndetics-unbound-features-for-consortias-50-complete

  7. Edited by Samantha C October 6, 2025 after release of Title and Author sort options

    We would like too add more sorting options to Vega Discover when on the results screen after doing a search. The options that are listed above for example will help with bringing the most relevant titles to the top of the results based on the user's searching preferences. This will promote giving users more options for better discovery.

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  8. Clearer wording for the "Request Failed" box that displays when a patron attempts to place a hold on an item for which they are already on the hold list (this is prohibited in our implementation). This version of the Request Failed box says "couldn't find suitable edition for the request." Despite the new green alert bar indicating the hold status of the item, this error box wording would not likely be intuitive to our patrons.

    The version of the Request Failed box that displays when the item is currently on the hold shelf for that patron says "request denied -…

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  9. Currently, if a suppressed bib is included in a showcase, it displays but doesn't include details and is not clickable. It shows the default colour block with title instead of the cover image and does not link to more information. Additionally, if the showcase is embedded outside of Vega, the titles display this way and are clickable but lead to a 404 error.

    This can be resolved by removing the title from the showcase but that requires someone to notice and report the issue and then for the showcase list to be updated manually. This workflow also doesn't allow for…

    26 votes

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  10. When a showcase is opened and it is sorted by title 'The' is not excluded. For example, The Gatsby would be under T when we think it should be under G.

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  11. A customer has provided feedback that by being able to see what checked out titles on their bookshelf had holds placed against them would help them prioritise their reading, e.g., if they knew a title was going to renew or not, or had holds on it, they would read that title first.

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  12. We would like to have LEAP Patron message show up in Vega Discover not just in the PAC, an example of something like this or it popping up when a patron logs into VEGA would be great.

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  13. Currently, the only way to stop a branch's holdings from appearing in Vega is to uncheck "display in PAC" for each item assigned to that branch. It would be nice to have the ability in Vega admin to automatically suppress a branch (as we can in Polaris System Administration for PowerPAC)

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  14. Patron Registration - patron enters their postcode / zipcode, then Vega displays the associated cities/suburbs based upon that postcode that can be selected.

    This option is available in both LEAP and PAC Registration page. It will prevent errors in our patron address data.

    25 votes

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  15. 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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  16. As a System Administrator managing over 100 Collection Sites, identifying which assets a user has access to requires manually checking every single site. This is prohibitively time-consuming and leads to errors when editing, auditing, or deleting user accounts and Collection Sites. A Centralized User Access Management feature would help audit and efficiently manage user permissions across all Vega Discover assets. Ideally, the feature should allow staff to:
    1. Select a User
    2. View a comprehensive list of all associated Collection Sites, Kiosks, and Showcases the user has access to.
    3. Manage those access points centrally (e.g., bulk removal of access)…

    25 votes

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  17. After being on Vega Discover for awhile, we are running into an issue with our holds queues. We understand how the algorithm works when selecting "Request Any Edition", and it makes sense in that moment, but we have a few problems that have come up.

    On-order records aren't rolling up because there are slight differences in the metadata. Holds start accruing on one of these records before we are able to fix the metadata. Additional copies may not be ordered in that format (i.e. it's a softcover and most libraries tend to order the hardcover, or it was a deluxe…

    25 votes

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  18. Would like to see the ability to place a one click hold like you can currently do the Polaris power pac. If you've chosen a preferred pickup location I don't see the necessity of having that 2nd window pop up that makes you confirm that.

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  19. We would like a refinement facet that uses the ITEM LEVEL "material types" from Polaris that are more specific than the current bib level Types of Material used in the Format Facet.

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  20. 690 $v is currently ignored upon ingest, causing Local Subject entries to disregard subheadings in Concept displays. We're attempting to create showcases based on saved concept searches for some of our local collections, rather than needing to manually updated showcases as new items are added. Subcollections with subject heading like Diversity Collection -- Asian/Pacific Islander literature, Diversity Collection -- Latinx literature, and Diversity Collection -- LGBTQIA+ literature all display under the concept Diversity Collection in Discover.

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