Blacklight

In December, we completed a sprint to improve and refine metadata mappings for our Alma catalog records in Blacklight, including display, search, and facet fields.

This month, we are working to prepare for a beta release of the Blacklight search, which is scheduled for February 2nd, 2018. At that time, the Blacklight beta search will be made available on the TUL website for public review (note that Primo will continue to serve as the main search until summer 2018). In January, the development team will be working to build the infrastructure for upcoming beta release and will be making improvements to the prototype, such as incorporating general feedback from the "Strategic Partners" group.

To view the current prototype, see http://libqa.library.temple.edu/catalog (please note that you will need to be connected to the Temple network via an ethernet cable or VPN). For further details on the development of this project and upcoming milestones, see the Discovery project pages on Confluence.

Primo

Major updates from 12/11 to 1/12

Fix harvesting issues related to CONTENTdm records in Primo

We have also continued to review and address smaller bugs related to Primo, including electronic resources.

Known issues that we are in the process of reviewing

Improvements to the search relevancy results
Issues with title-level results for serials, especially newspapers and magazines (ex. New York Times, Newsweek)
Improvement to sign-in banners in Primo

To follow the progress of ongoing bugs and improvements, see the TUL Web Support issue tracker: https://tulibdev.atlassian.net/projects/WEB/issues.

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