Pika Release Notes 2017.09.0

Released Oct 3, 2017

New Functionality

• Added sorting options for MyHolds page

  • Available Holds options :

    • Title, Author, Format, Expiration Date (default), Pickup Location

    • Library Account (when there are linked accounts)

  • Pending Holds options

    • Title (default), Author, Format, Status, Pickup Location

• Position (in queue) (Horizon, Koha, Symphony, CarlX libraries; also the default for these libraries)

• Date Placed (Symphony Libraries)

• Library Account (when there are linked accounts)

• Pika Opac Admins can now enable “Offline Mode” from the catalog

Backend configuration setting to allow logins while in offline mode must be on

• Set System Variable “offline_mode_when_offline_login_allowed” to “true”

• Note: If the circulation system is already down, the Opac Admin won’t be able to initiate offline mode from the catalog

• Recommended For You browse category

  • Only displays when the user is logged in and has rated titles

• To enable Recommend For You browse category

Note: The R & D team would like another Sprint to perfect the process for the Recommend For You browse category.

• Aspencat format determination “by popularity”

• Archive Book and Page Views now have consistent viewing options

• Archive Collection (Exhibit) page random image generator can now display any archive object

• Sidebar expired card notice now customizable per library, with a substitution tag for the expiration date

• All metadata for place entities are now displayed including the map view

• Archive Usage page now has a total usage row at the bottom of the table

• Archive Page objects now display descriptions when present

• Imported into the Archive EVLD’s Local History collection

Bug Fixes

• Archive metadata audit

  • People

    • Demographic Details - All races and ethnicities displayed

    • Academic Record - Fixed links to publications in the archive

    • Military Service - all places served in the general place category are displayed

  • Places

    • Address & Latitude, Longitude are displayed

  • Organization

    • Addresses - corrected display of latitude and longitude

  • Events

    • Addresses - corrected display of latitude and longitude

    • Related Events - now parent event display the (parent) notation

  • Objects

    • Rights Statements - duplicates of rights holder are not displayed

• Marmot indexing updated so items with Display, Library Use Only, and Reserved Use status can be shown as checked out.

• Prompt to place hold on an alternate edition for other unavailable statuses in addition to Checked Out.

  • Currently Unavailable, On Order, Coming Soon, In Processing, or Library Use Only

• Fixed upload of custom covers for Marmot and Aspencat

• Log correct date-time of last extract for Overdrive extracts

• Some Pika servers were not restarting their web server on a nightly basis which could lead to poor performance as time went on.

• Marmot reading history was not updating in nightly cron process

• Fixed copy count and hold queue lengths for CarlX (Nashville)

• Changed media code used to determine CarlX On Order records

• On Manage Request page, the ID filter label was updated to Request IDs for clarity

Sideloads

• Change Western’s ebrary sideload name to ProQuest Ebook Central

Additional Work

• Removed User Suggestion code, originally developed when Marmot began working on a fork of VuFind

• Preparation for MUG 2017 Presentations

• New Digital Archive brochure for CALCON 2017

• New styling of marmot.org

• Autumn background image for Pitkin header

• Themes for Gunnison High School and Pine and Plains Libraries

• Added library foundation logo to sidebar for Anne Arundel

• Minor clean up for Flatirons server migration