Release Notes for 08/07/2018

Pika Release Notes 2018.07.0
Released August 9, 2018
New Functionality

• Sacramento Public Library Implementation
  • Site visit in mid-July
  • Spun up production server
    • DNS entries created - sites directing out to correct URLs
  • Still finalizing indexing, record displays, facets, and configurations
  • Overdrive integration for multiple accounts in single consortium
    • Indexing for multiple collections.

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• Patron interactions happen through the correct shared collection
• OverDrive API Information Page

• Discovered configuration settings that are now obsolete
  • Will likely be removing some values from the configuration pages
• Completed initial themes
• Expanded automatic eContent suppression to hide Overdrive records in the ILS
• Improved handling of ILS eContent records
  • Econtent source determination
• Hold placement for single-item bibs with item volume information
  • System will now place hold on standalone item with volume information instead of prompting the user to choose an item

• Moved Arlington suppression settings out of hard-coding to Indexing profile

• ​We will do this for all Discovery Partners at some point, as the situation dictates

• Self Registration and PIN resets for Anne Arundel
  • Made allowances that should mitigate need to make changes as Sirsi ILS changes values -- long term fix
• Format displays improved
  • Formats now look to language present in multiple 250 and 538 MARC fields
  • 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo DS

• Improved determination of game formats in general
• ILS eContent handling from Anne Arundel
  • Moving away from certain collections that were previously sideloaded
  • Need to account for different format and item types
• OverDrive Magazine format handling
  • Initial display fixes

Bug Fixes

• NYT lists couldn’t be manually updated
  • NYT API changed to a secure URL
• Pay fines button on fines page
  • Button wasn’t displaying to link out for payment from page
  • Linked accounts fines weren’t displaying on fines page

Sideloads

• N/A

Additional Work

• Migrated AspenCat to LetsEncrypt Certs
• Fixed secure browsing for LION sites
• Fetching Marmot Sierra exports
• Anne Arundel processing of holds counts migrated
• Suppress records for Santa Fe by shelving locations and iCode2
  • Immediate fix needed to suppress holdings from flooded branch
• Now indexing an additional status for Anythink as an available status. (y,i,s)