Added navigation updates to user interface, including:
A new navigation menu bar for Everything, Books, Articles, Journals, and More search views
Persistence of basic queries across these search views
Changes to filters to provide visual cues and expanded search functionality
Added new request option for E-ZBorrow
Added summary notes for physical holdings to availability displays
Added electronic service notes for online materials to availability displays
Added separate field for “Genre” in catalog record displays
Updated “Cite” feature so that the citations are more accurate (now pulled from Worldcat-generated citations)
Updated availability display so that suppressed holdings do not appear
Updated search relevancy boosts for combined title/author searching
Fixed bugs with the “Request Item” form, including drop-downs for description and pick-up location
Fixed minor bugs for catalog record displays, including updates to title, author/creator, notes, and location fields
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Additional changes on 1/18/2019
Added changes to prepare for requesting rapid access of e-books via purchase order in search results
Fixed bug related to the display of request options when there are multiple holdings/locations
Fixed bug related to the display and suppression of new location codes
This week, the core Blacklight team will finalize a new release, which will be rolled out in production at the beginning of January. We originally planned to roll this out in December, but made the decision to postpone this until after the break. This update will include the following major updates:
Navigation updates to user interface: see Discovery updates 11/30/2018 for full details
New request option for direct integration with E-ZBorrow
Fixes related to display of physical items and electronic resources, including suppressed holdings, the addition of the summary holdings field (MARC 866), and the addition of electronic service/collection notes
Updates to Alma-Blacklight metadata mappings and ongoing improvements to search relevancy
Note that this list is not comprehensive. We are also regularly responding to other issues reported by library staff and patrons. Library staff may continue to provide input about the Library Search via tul-web-support@temple.edu and/or our public feedback form.