March 2014
Advanced Cataloging.
1. The barcode or title has been added to the message “Unable to purge due to open transactions …”.
2. ISBN/ISSN Fetch has been updated to handle an invalid present scenario. A Deselect All button has been added to handle selection of large numbers of Z39.50 servers.
3. An issue where Save Failed is logged during a Patron Overlay has been addressed.
4. Under certain circumstances, it was possible that the list of Groups on Step 3 of the Import could be empty.
Catalog (Web OPAC).
1. TABvue: Oasis now integrates with TABvue to facilitate the management and display of ebooks.
2. Catalog now creates a statistical “loan” transaction similar to in-house circulation each time the 856 URL is clicked on a bibliographic record. There does not have to be a logged-on user. This requires an update to record formats.
3. Oasis will now display cover images and summaries using the Google API, if Syndetics is turned off. Legacy local picture table can still be accessed by setting the Syndetics option to ‘legacy local’.
4. A problem that could prevent attaching pictures in Visual Search has been corrected.
5. Some issues involving display or functionality in Internet Explorer 11 have been addressed.
6. The ILL request email has been enhanced to include title and location as part of the subject.
7. The number of overdues is now displayed in My Account > My Info. If the user has overdues, a red exclamation mark appears next to the My Account entry in the menu.
8. If the location is School, My Account > My Info now displays grade, homeroom, and teacher in place of address and phone number. Barcode is also removed and the student’s last name is initialized.
9. In order to improve relevance of Record Fetch results, queries are now sent as a phrase.
10. German Eszett (ß) and the euro sign (€) are now handled.
11. Record Fetch handles non-responsive Z39.50 servers and its performance has been enhanced.
12. A new field has been defined in Bibliographic records: 994. If 994#a = ‘0’, the record is ‘invisible’ in search results. This requires an update to the Bibliographic.REG file and a reindex of the Bibliographic table.
13. Large-size patron images are scaled down in My Account > My Info and in search results.
14. When adding a new record, the new record is now displayed automatically on returning from Record Editor.
15. All records added using Record Fetch are automatically displayed in a new search result.
16. An issue with how Cataloging Access is handled has been addressed. This issue could have allowed users with insufficient rights to post unreviewed comments.
17. The Reading Program selection no longer defaults to Lexile. ‘Select reading program’ is now the default selection.
18. My Account > My Info now includes ‘Welcome back, %FirstName%’.
19. It is now possible to change the number of results on the fly, up to 200. The maximum number of results to display is now 200. The maximum number of holdings per page is now 100.
Circulation.
1. If Suppress overdues messages is true, the user is no longer prompted that an item is overdue every time the user tries to renew an overdue item from the Patron view.
2. In Library Transactions, a Call Number column has been added before the Item column.
3. Holidays & Exceptions now display with the most recent date at the top. If a date is changed, the entry will reposition in chronological order.
4. Overdue loan count now displays in the Patron pane (requires update to Display.cfg).
5. Item informational messages now display correctly.
6. Searching form the Barcode field now uses the Title attribute when the bibliographic table is searched.
7. The ‘Place on Hold’ message has been disabled during the Upload Transaction process.
8. There is a new due date option – “Due date same day of week”. If this option is selected, the due date will fall on the first open day that is the same day of the week as the loan date.
9. The loaded patron is no longer cleared when switching from Return to Loan mode.
10. Receipt printing has been improved.
11. The Send Notification link was absent on Overdue Loans Current Day.
12. Circulation now gives only the error tone on Barcode Not Found in Quick returns. Previously, Circulation had given a pop-up message.
13. Global Recalls now has the same ordering and chronological adjustment as Holidays & Exceptions.
14. A crash involving the browser’s Back button returning to Library Transactions and selecting another patron has been addressed.
Group Editor.
1. The Default Patron and Item groups now display a blank entry if the defaults have not been set. Previously, the first group alphabetically was displayed.
2. A crash involving item searches has been addressed.
3. The user interface on the Members tab has been corrected to show selected holdings. A related crash has been addressed.
4. On the Members tab, for each select bibliographic record, all the holding are automatically selected by default.
Reports.
1. Reports has been updated to use the default Oasis theme style.
2. Eye-readable barcodes are no longer blurry.
3. The speed of report creation is much faster.
