Blacklight release notes 4/13/2020

Created by Emily Toner
Last updated: Apr 13, 2020
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  • Added a new fulfillment button (“Get help finding a digital copy”) for physical items in the Books & Media and Journals searches. The button connects patrons with a librarian for assistance in finding a digital copy, or getting suggested alternatives, for a currently inaccessible print item in our collection. The new button does not appear for archival materials.

  • Removed the request button temporarily

  • Removed the blue banners in Availability sections for BookBot and Charles items temporarily

  • Added a Google Books preview button for Books & Media and Journals record pages, when applicable

  • Added the LibAnswers chat widget pop-out on all Library Search pages

  • Added HathiTrust bib keys through lookup process when indexing catalog records (no visible feature for users yet)

  • Added an icon for "Temporary Resources" database type in Databases search

  • Added “Service Unavailable” information to electronic resource displays, when applicable

  • Fixed process for updating electronic service and collection notes for electronic portfolios

  • Fixed issues with deep paging navigation/timeouts by removing links to skip to last two pages of results and preventing page loads past 250 result pages

  • Fixed minor styling issues on log-in window and search results pages

  • Updated indexing process to suppress catalog records when all items are lost/missing/etc

  • Removed prefixes from indexed OCLC numbers in catalog records

  • Replaced local file cache with local memcache