Blacklight release notes 1/7/2019

  • 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