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Suppress bib records with no available items
I have been cleaning up holds, and found a lot that have the "Display in PAC" box checked in the bib record because at one time that was a record that had items attached. Now the items are all withdrawn, missing, lost, etc., so the bib still shows up in Discover, but there are no items for patrons to place holds on. I'd love it if there was a way that Discover would look at the item status mapping settings, and if there are no items available on a bib, automatically suppress that bib. In the future if an item…
16 votesThis feature already exists. Please see: https://knowledge.ag-software.clarivate.com/vega-discover/admin/HideRecordsFromCatalog.htm
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wrap titles in checkout/holds/reading history lists
Titles in the checkouts/holds/reading history push the column to the right of the title farther to the right.
I have attached an image. This makes reading the lists very difficult. It does not matter if I change the scale of my font. All of the lists have this issue, and I would suggest that this layout is difficult to scan/read for most.15 votesThis view problem has been fixed. If you are still seeing an issue please enter a Problem Report through Support.
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Overdrive/Libby Holds Display With Physical Holds
We have received multiple requests from patrons who would like to see their Overdrive/Libby holds display in the list with their physical holds.
Since Vega Discover displays Overdrive/Libby checkouts in a list with physical item checkouts, it is inconsistent and confusing/misleading to not have the holds display in the patron account portal as well.
15 votesDigital holds do display in the holds view for patrons if they are associated with the displayed account. If you are missing holds that should display please submit a Problem Report to Support.
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Add "Available now" facet
Add a facet for "Available now" which would filter to only show items which are currently available to be checked out.
This should work with other filters, so for example, people could look for items at Location A that are currently on the shelf and available to be checked out.
This should also work with online content, for example only showing ebooks/e-audiobooks which are available to be borrowed.9 votesThe Availability Facet is the Available Now Facet.
At Library only shows works where at least one item is available.
Online only shows works that are online (we cannot have live availability for online content because it requires pinging the econtent vendor for each title, that is why the availability is only populated as the content loads in search results now)
You can combine the Availability Facet with the Location Facet and other facets to limit your search results to materials at a certain locations.
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Option to remove pay fine button in account portal
We currently aren't able to use Vega to allow patrons to pay their fines. We'd like the option to remove the pay fine button as we've had many patrons querying why they can't pay their fine, as the button currently does nothing. If not possible we'd like to be able to link to our library website with information on how to pay fines in the account portal instead.
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Remembering facets for searching
Patrons doing multiple searches want to keep facets active. For example, someone looking for physical Adult DVDs at a particular building doesn't want to reset the facets with each search for a different title.
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Switched to Ingram and need to link directly to Vega Discover and not PAC
Support has said Ingram links only with PAC. We do not use PAC. Can this functionality please be added to connect directly to Vega Discover? Thank you.
7 votesFrom what I understand this function being requested is a catalog lookup via individual ISBN from Ingram to your Vega catalog. In this case we have the following options.
In the configuration where you "Enter your library's Internet OPAC address" enter your preferred Vega Catalog URL.
In the ISBN specific search index enter either:
/search?query=
or our direct link to isbns:
/search/card?isbn=
The first option does a search for the ISBN in the everything search. Vega indexes ISBNs into the All/Everything search to help find individual titles by ISBN.
The second option is one of our 4 available options we added to use with 3rd party vendors to link directly to titles using IDs. These are all outlined here: https://documentation.iii.com/vega/admin/admin/LinkToWorksBook.htm
You will not be able to use the iMatch option in Ingram with Vega Discover as you did in Polaris because it uses z39.50 which is not supported in the…
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reading history
It would be useful if one could see the cover art in their reading history (like you can in the powerpac and app).
7 votesReading History already shows cover art if the title in the reading history still exists in Vega Discover.
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A facet to allow searching for only a certain library's materials
A facet to allow patrons to search only for items (available) in their library -- for consortiums.
7 votesThis can be done with the Location and Availability Facets used in tandem
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Due date display
Allow an option to display the Due Date if an item is checked out. Also helpful: displaying item statuses such as whether something is "on order" or "on Holdshelf" or on the "Repair Shelf." These previously appeared under "Status" in encore. This is the #1 thing our patrons and staff miss seeing in Vega.
7 votesPlease view the new comment explaining the existing functionality and reply back with clarification on this request.
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Issue and Item-specific holds
Users need to place item level requests in a variety of circumstances. The most significant issue is they are currently unable to request specific issues of magazines. They can only place a request at the title/work level – which means they end up getting a completely random issue. This is also a problem for Serial format titles for things like travel guides that may have two item records attached, one for the 2020 edition and one for the 2023 edition. There is currently no way to request the specific item. This also includes copy-specific holds for any item on a…
6 votesHi All,
Vega already supports volume and items as volumes type holds for materials with volume information. Please reach out to your support representative to gain insight in how to add the required volume information to your materials so that Vega will present a volume or item selector when a patron places a request on these materials. The feature was added for Polaris at the end of 2021.
Best Regards,
Samantha Cunning
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6 votes
Please use this Supportal Solution to create a Collection Site Dropdown list in Vega (Basic Vega Header Template for Consortias to Add a Collection Site Drop-Down) https://iii.rightanswers.com/portal/app/portlets/results/viewsolution.jsp?solutionid=240201122129203&page=1&position=2&q=collection%20site%20vega
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Not wanted before date option instead of Freezing holds
Would love to be able to put a hold on an item and enter a date when you want that hold to activate instead of freezing the holds. Sometimes when placing a hold and you're the only hold, it won't let you freeze the hold. Having a date for the hold to activate would be more ideal.
5 votesHold Activation Date (Polaris Libraries Only)
A Hold Activation Date setting has been added for Polaris Libraries only. This setting can be found in the Staff UI Settings under the Cog Menu > Library Defaults > Patron Settings: Allow hold activation date. When this setting is on, patrons in Polaris Libraries will have an option to select a "I don't need this item before" date in the hold placing workflow. The default activation date is today's date. When a date in the future is set by the patron when placing a hold, the hold will appear in the patron's hold list in Frozen state until the activation date has been reached.
Note: Hold Activation Dates are not supported by the Sierra APIs at this time so this setting cannot be enabled for Sierra libraries.
From Release Notes 2024 June
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Make Terms and Vocabulary Editable
We'd like the option to make some of the terms and vocabulary used in Vega Discover to be editable:
At patron login, we'd like to be able to change "Passcode" to something else ("PIN", as this is the terminology we use with our patrons);
Also at login, we'd like to be able to change "Barcode" to something else ("Library Card Number")
We'd also like to update the default wording that is used when patrons choose to save their reading history, so that we can make a reference to such data being accessible to law enforcement when the patron opts in
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5 votesThis can be done using the Vega Admin Localization Settings to change the default string for English: https://documentation.iii.com/vega/admin/admin/Staff_Admin_menu/Manage_Translations.htm
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Add "Refine Results" to searchable showcases
Please enable the 'Refine Results' option for our 'Searchable Showcases.' Currently, the feature only filters by title and author, but patrons browsing a list would benefit from additional filtering options. If a patron already knows the author and title, they would typically use our catalog directly to search for that material.
Example photo 1) Showing the search bar at the top right included in showcase search that is limited to title/author on that particular list.
Example photo 2) Refine Results which is HEAVILY used by our patrons for finding material to place on hold.
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Location filter needs to be alphabetical
Instead of having the location filter list location by number of available copies, please change to alphabetical order, so customers can more easily find the location they want in the same place every time.
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Allow other languages to be linked up
For example allow us to link up our website to automatically go to Spanish. We have a few spots on the website that are meant to link to the catalog in Spanish for ease of use of Spanish speakers. I can bring up Spanish language materials, but the catalog itself always defaults to English.
4 votesVega Discover respects the default language set in the user browser. When I set my browser default language to Spanish and go to https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/ I am defaulted to the Idioma: Espanol (ES) view of Vega Discover without having to select a language.
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Allow us to view all of the books in a series from the item record
Currently, when you go into the item record for a book there is so much useless information yet trying to simply see all the books in that series isn't listed. There is an option for related resources which is library jargon to patrons and isn't the same as simply having a display of other books in this series to make it easier for patrons.
Also, instead of just telling me (unreliably) if a book is part of a series, it should tell people what number a book is in the series. Doing detective work to figure out if a book…4 votes -
Incorporate summary from 520 field and index it
Currently, the summary displayed in the resource card is from Syndetics. We would prefer the summary to come from the 520 field, and the Syndetics summary to be included as an extra below the resource where all the other Syndetics info is. Or perhaps, it would be better to allow a choice in admin for where the summary comes from - 520 field or Syndetics. (We'd also like the 520 to be indexed for searching.)
4 votesThe 520 data displayed on a work IS from the 520 one of the editions that is rolled up into the work. It does not come from Syndetics. 520 data is also indexed for the everything search.
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Change "barcode" at login to "barcode or username"
When logging in to a patron's account, they might not realize they can use their barcode or username, since it only says barcode. I log in with my username all the time. We would like to change the wording from barcode to "barcode or username" so it's clear that patrons have the option to use both.
4 votesHi Margaret,
You can change this easily today in your Vega catalog by going to the Staff Admin and using the Localization settings to edit your English strings file.
Search for 'loginFormBarcode' and edit this string to read, "Username or Barcode" and save. Vega will immediately display this string instead in the login prompt.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Best Regards,
Samantha Cunning
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