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Advanced Cataloging
1. The Search dialog now applies scope restrictions.

2. On Step 3 of the Import, the list of organizations is now restricted to the accessible organizations for the

logged-in user.
3. Orphaned holding records were causing an export of records to fail, creating a 0 KB export file – that has

now been addressed.
4. Organizations in the Search dialog are now set to display alphabetically by name.

5. Advanced Cataloging has been optimized to reduce and clean up the number of open socketconnections,

resulting in greater availability and stability.
6. It is now possible to upload barcodes directly from a scanner, or from a file, for batch operations in Find/

Replace.

Catalog
1. A simple interface to manage comments has been implemented. The number of comments needing review

is reflected in the notification bubble next to My Account on the homescreen.
2. Organizations now appear as a post-query filter after retrieving results from a scoped database.

3. Catalog initiates search on the selected Autocomplete entry without having to separately click the Search

button.
4. A new key has been added that allows turning off the bibliographic call number display in the results and

record details views.
5. If the user deselected all databases and attempted to search, Catalog would search the first default

database in addition to the selected database (if not the default) after the user corrected the original selection
error – that has now been addressed to search only the selected database(s).
6. Numerous improvements to scoping access have been implemented.

7. Catalog has been optimized to reduce and clean up the number of open socket connections, resulting in

greater availability and stability.
8. When Postgres searching is enabled, Catalog now retrieves bibliographic and holding results exclusively

from the Postgres database, resulting in a significant performance increase.
9. Decimal values are now supported for the Reading Counts and Accelerated Reader reading program ranges

on the search page.

Circulation
1. In a non-scoped environment, the database name is placed in the header.

2. Self-Mode now has a configurable timeout.

3. When an item is returned that has been reported missing by the prior patron, there is now an option to enter

a redesigned Refund screen and process a refund to that patron.
4. When loading an item that has been marked missing, there is no longer a reference to the prior patron,

unless ‘missing’ was notated for that patron’s transaction.
5. Receipts have been corrected to reduce unnecessary length.

6. The Self Mode interface has been stripped down to remove elements that the user cannot access.

7. Scope restrictions are applied to holdings when searching from the Barcode field.

8. Patron records can now be duplicated.

9. The issue where uploading and attaching a patron picture caused a random different patron picture to

display instead of the uploaded image has been addressed.
10. Receipts can be printed for each approved ILL.

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