Release Notes for 03/06/2018

Pika Release Notes 2018.02.0
Released March  8, 2018
New Functionality

• Pika linked data now provided in the Open Graph protocol (OGP) format so that Pika results may appear in Google Knowledge graphs and possibly improve display in Facebook shares

• LION Pika implementation

  • Required connections to Sierra APIs and Sierra DNA setup and verified
  • Initial translation maps populated
  • Initial Library and Location data populated into Pika
  • Initial Overdrive integration set-up

Digital Archive Updates

• Some Place/Origination entities that use Wikipedia information for the description would incorrectly display some Wikipedia markup when the Wikipedia information wasn’t in a simpler structure typically given.

• The download of large archive objects would fail due to complications with the large file size

Bug Fixes

• Marmot copies with a status of Prospector Paged would display in Pika with a red colored “On Shelf” due to the item’s status not being completely set as available. The text now correctly displays in the expected green.
• Wake County hourly extracts for status updates sometimes don’t get deleted, causing status information for titles in the undeleted extract to not be correct.
• Fixed Item API call loadSolrRecord to use the passed ID when called directly from code
• Prevent html tags from being stored in User List titles, descriptions and notes
• Prevent creation of duplicate My Favorites Lists
• Fixed lookup of grouped works to only accept valid grouped work ids
• Ensure cached book cover files are only stored with grouped work ids

Sideloads

• Pitkin County added to Marmot Kanopy sideload
• Adams State ProQuest (Ebrary) sideload was incorrectly delivering data onto to EDS

Additional Work

• Vail only Pika traffic view set up for Vail in Google Analytics
• Implemented ability to collect bandwidth use stats to help determine hosting requirements
• Using Sierra APIs to replace full MARC extracts (Work still in progress)
• Handled Pika sites when Marmot IT installed new switch in the Marmot server room