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1. Displaying movie info

   Movies need to have clearer display of the actors, director, etc. when you go into the item record. Some movies have been remade and I currently have a lot of trouble locating the right movie for my patron when they tell me the year it was made and I can't even find that in the item record because it only tells me when that disc edition was made not when the movie itself was first made. I'll also get patrons who give me a title where there are several movies with that title and I currently can't even find a list of actors to try and find the right movie. I shouldn't have to go back to the old catalog for this because finding movies is pretty much impossible if I don't know exactly what the patron is asking for to begin with.

   Movies need to have clearer display of the actors, director, etc. when you go into the item record. Some movies have been remade and I currently have a lot of trouble locating the right movie for my patron when they tell me the year it was made and I can't even find that in the item record because it only tells me when that disc edition was made not when the movie itself was first made. I'll also get patrons who give me a title where there are several movies with that title and I currently can't even find a… more

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   Planned for H2 2025

2. Add "sort by author" to My Bookshelf

   Add "sort by author" to My Bookshelf
   Requested by patron

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3. 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.

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   This will be addressed when we make the move soon to the Account Portal views.

4. Only show children's content when in children's catalog/viewing children's material

   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 site or through the children's catalog.

   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… more

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

5. 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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   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 Not Circulate are considered non-circulating items.
   Items where the Polaris Item Level Checkbox of Non-Circulating is set are considered non-circulating items.

   NonCirculating Flags in Vega Configuration

   Non-Circulating Item Locations can be selected in a New Non-Circulating Collections Setting in the Vega Staff UI:
   Select Item Level
   Select Locations that do not circulate items.
   Items belonging to non-circulating locations are considered non-circulating items.
   Allow libraries to mark Material Types as unrequestable:
   The Material Types setting for Request Bibs with No items is modified to include the following settings under the heading Request Setting:
   Allow request on bibs with no items
   Disallow request on bibs with no items
   Non-requestable material
   Non-requestable materials are considered non-circulating items.
   Existing Item with Item Statuses defined as 'Available' but set to "Suppress Get It" are considered Non-Circulating

   Patron UI Display of NonCirculating Materials

   In the Location Drawer and Edition Table non-circulating items display a green status of: In Library Use Only.
   For works where all items are considered Non-circulating, the work displays In Library Use Only as the Availability Status for the material in Green followed by any call number, location, collection, OPAC MSG, and/or item note information.
   For format groups in works where all items are considered Non-circulating, a Get It Button is not displayed.
   When a material type is marked 'non-requestable material' no bib or edition level request buttons are shown for any material with that format group in Vega Discover.
   The In Library Use Only string is customizable for all Languages.

   Idea came from: https://portal.productboard.com/iii/15-vega-product-portal/c/584-suppress-items-by-location-in-vega
   https://ideas.iii.com/forums/951766-vega-discover/suggestions/47159908-additional-options-to-suppress-the-ability-to-plac

   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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   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… more

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6. Disable Vega Discover Cookie Prompt for Kiosk Sites

   As of May 8th, 2024, Patrons at Vega Discover Kiosks which run in incognito mode are now presented with a greyed-out screen with a small white cookie banner at the bottom. For patron privacy, best practice for any Kiosk deployed in a public space calls for the erasure of all browser cache and cookies at the end of the kiosk session. For a walk-up session, there is no clear instruction as to what action needs to be taken to get to the full site, clicking a small "x" in the lower right corner is neither intuitive nor accessible. This prompt should be rewritten for clarity and/or there should be a feature added to disable this feature on published kiosk sites.

   As of May 8th, 2024, Patrons at Vega Discover Kiosks which run in incognito mode are now presented with a greyed-out screen with a small white cookie banner at the bottom. For patron privacy, best practice for any Kiosk deployed in a public space calls for the erasure of all browser cache and cookies at the end of the kiosk session. For a walk-up session, there is no clear instruction as to what action needs to be taken to get to the full site, clicking a small "x" in the lower right corner is neither intuitive nor accessible. This prompt… more

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7. View MARC

   Since the MARC to BIBFRAME conversion doesn't convert every tag, Staff would like the ability to view MARC from Discover

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8. Contributor info in edition "i" area to better tell the actual difference between editions

   Add contributors, such as translator, illustrator or foreword author to the edition bib-frame info "i" window to better distinguish between different editions of a title. Most people are likely looking for contributors when choosing between editions.

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9. Song title

   We need to be able to search by song title when searching for music cds or for sheet music books.
   It also its hard not be able to see the track listing for compilation albums (the Now cds for instance).
   We have patrons complain about this weekly.

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   PLANNED  ·  AdminSamantha Cunning (Admin, Innovative) responded

   This work is a part of: https://portal.productboard.com/iii/15-vega-product-portal/c/980-notes-are-indexed-for-search which is work being done in Q2 of 2025

10. Link from catalog to WorldCat needs to be added for when we do not own an item.

    Link from catalog to WorldCat needs to be added for when we do not own an item

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    https://portal.productboard.com/iii/15-vega-product-portal/c/452-support-worldcat-integration-for-ill

11. My Bookshelf General Functionality

    I still feel this is sort of a bug, but I'm going to try submitting an idea.

    When logged in: You can click on any link in "My Bookshelf" to expand it, but you can only collapse it by clicking either the down arrow or the "My Bookshelf" tab. When on another tab such as "Bookmarks, Saved Searches, or Reading History", I feel that clicking on these tabs should also collapse the My Bookshelf back to the bottom.

    When not logged in: Clicking any link in the "My Bookshelf" will expand it but clicking "My Bookshelf" no longer collapses it - only clicking the down arrow will collapse it.

    I feel this can be confusing for the user - Thank you!

    I still feel this is sort of a bug, but I'm going to try submitting an idea.

    When logged in: You can click on any link in "My Bookshelf" to expand it, but you can only collapse it by clicking either the down arrow or the "My Bookshelf" tab. When on another tab such as "Bookmarks, Saved Searches, or Reading History", I feel that clicking on these tabs should also collapse the My Bookshelf back to the bottom.

    When not logged in: Clicking any link in the "My Bookshelf" will expand it but clicking "My Bookshelf" no longer collapses it… more

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    This problem will no longer be present when we move to Account Portal.

12. Pickup areas in Vega Discover

    Please enhance the functionality of pickup areas in Leap/PAC according to this idea: https://ideas.iii.com/forums/951742-ils-polaris/suggestions/47671613-allow-enabling-disabling-of-pickup-areas-per-libra

    Then add the functionality to Vega Discover!

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    https://portal.productboard.com/iii/15-vega-product-portal/c/744-support-pickup-areas-for-requests-curbside-lockers-etc

13. View and manipulate linked patrons in My Bookshelf

    the library would like patrons to be able to see patrons that are linked in Sierra. For instance, to allow a patron to renew their kids items under their Juvenile accounts, in bulk at once or flipping to that account view for renewing without re-logging in, or see and/or pay their fines, etc, because the accounts are linked in Sierra.

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    This is planned with Account Portal

14. View entire My Bookshelf at once so can see all holds and checkouts

    We have had a few customers report that when they open their My Bookshelf on a laptop they can't see their entire bookshelf. When they open in a new tab or new window it doesn’t display optimally either. You can control and – to make the screen smaller, but then you can't actually read what's on your bookshelf. They know you can use the toggles but you can't see all your holds or checkouts at once.

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    This will be resolved when we roll out our new Account Portal.

15. Display More Note (5XX) Fields

    Note fields include useful information that is meant to be displayed to users. This information helps users decide if the resource described is relevant to their needs.

    A subtitle that appears only on the cover of a book might only appear in a 500 note. A note might specify that a resource is a reprint of an earlier publication or give the original title of a translation, just to name a few examples.

    Most notes are repeatable, so all instances of these MARC fields should display when there are multiple. Currently, only the first 505 (Contents note) displays.

    MARC 500 General note
    MARC 504 Bibliography, etc. note
    MARC 505 Contents note
    (subsequent instances)
    MARC 511 Participant or performer note
    MARC 518 Date/time and place of event note
    MARC 534 Original version note
    MARC 546 Language note
    MARC 550 Issuing body note

    What other note fields are important to your users?

    Note fields include useful information that is meant to be displayed to users. This information helps users decide if the resource described is relevant to their needs.

    A subtitle that appears only on the cover of a book might only appear in a 500 note. A note might specify that a resource is a reprint of an earlier publication or give the original title of a translation, just to name a few examples.

    Most notes are repeatable, so all instances of these MARC fields should display when there are multiple. Currently, only the first 505 (Contents note) displays.

    MARC 500… more

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16. Reporting of Sessions, Visitors, Pageviews, Search Terms Used

    We are still at the stage where we have to request search statistics, and the data is somewhat limited in nature:

    Currently, the two types of statistical overviews available are:

    1. A count of all visits* to any page over the desired time period.

    2. A count of all visits* to search results that were done over the desired time period.

    *The reports don't call them visits; they are called visitors. No idea if they are unique visitors?

    There are pageviews (down in lower right of screen shot) but support staff doesn't always include this information, seem to focus on just sending the number of visitors (not visits) and average time.

    We would find it more useful if the reporting was similar to what we get for other products - sessions/visits, unique visitors, pageviews (like most website search reports) as well as what search terms and indexes are being used We do get # of searches and indexes searched under (and can then dig in to index search terms used) for the Classic WebPAC (via WMR), but we get none of this for Vega, which has been in use for 2 years at this point.

    We need better reporting and the ability to fetch ourselves vs. having to put in a support ticket.

    We are still at the stage where we have to request search statistics, and the data is somewhat limited in nature:

    Currently, the two types of statistical overviews available are:

    1. A count of all visits* to any page over the desired time period.

    2. A count of all visits* to search results that were done over the desired time period.

    *The reports don't call them visits; they are called visitors. No idea if they are unique visitors?

    There are pageviews (down in lower right of screen shot) but support staff doesn't always include this information, seem to focus on just sending… more

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17. Use existing create lists / record sets from ILS for Showcases

    Sierra Libraries can access Create Lists for creating Showcases.
    
    Polaris Libraries can access Record Sets for creating Showcases.

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    https://portal.productboard.com/iii/15-vega-product-portal/c/869-meep-enhancement-winner-use-ils-bib-record-lists-for-showcase-creation

18. Limit Borrow by Mail to specific locations
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19. Display Note for 856 links instead of full link
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20. Close bookshelf if any bookshelf tab is double-clicked or click anywhere on bar
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    This will no longer be relevant when Account Portal is released.