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option to make email entry mandatory on report a broken link feedback forms

We have been receiving a number of report a broken link reports from our users, but without the email address being added. We would like us to have the option to make the email entry be mandatory as often when looking into these we need more infor...
Jill Hazard about 1 month ago in  2 Planned

★ Make the 'Unpublished changes!' warning bar float as you scroll down a list

Unfortunately our users tend to miss the 'Unpublished changes!' yellow warning bar. If it floated as you scrolled down the list (like the 'Back to top' button and Table of Contents/Filters do), it would be more visible and obvious to users.
Sarah @ AUT 3 months ago in Edit List 2 Planned

Create a 'List Health' function in the list 'Analytics' dashboard

In the list 'Analytics' dashboard there is 'Resource health' function. It would be useful if there was also a 'List health' function, indicating: How long since any resources have been added or removed from the list (not just when the list was las...
Sarah @ AUT 3 months ago in Edit List 1 Planned

Enable multiple timestamped 'Notes' to be added to resources including 'Notes FROM Library'

Currently we ask users to manually add the date and their name when they create a 'Note for Library' so librarians know when their note was written and by who. Unfortunately, our users often forget, and it can be difficult to distinguish new notes...
Sarah @ AUT 3 months ago in Edit List 0 Planned

Enable a 'Key Theorist' label to be added to resources that are old but foundational

To enhance how reading lists can support the development of students' information literacy skills (particuarly among first-years), it would be useful if resources could be tagged/labelled as 'Key Theorist'. This would indicate to students that the...
Sarah @ AUT 3 months ago in Edit List 1 Planned

Add a 'Newest Edition' label to Books/Chapters based on metadata

Currently, if we want to indicate a Book/Chapter is the newest edition, we need to communciate this through Notes. It would be very useful if Books/Chapters were automatically tagged with a 'Newest edition' label based on their metadata. This woul...
Sarah @ AUT 3 months ago in Edit List 1 Planned

Limit the available 'Add field' options based on the Resource type selected

Currently, all possible 'Add field' options are able to added to the metadata window regardless of what resource type has been selected. To enhance the user experience, it would be helpful if only the fields necessary to reference the selected res...
Sarah @ AUT 3 months ago in Bookmarking 1 Planned

Enable system administrators to add, edit, and remove Time Periods themselves

I believe this may already be in the pipeline, but just to reiterate, it would be useful if system administrators could add, edit, and remove Time Periods on their tenancies themselves.
Sarah @ AUT 3 months ago in Time Periods 1 Planned

Improve 'Resource health' functionality in List Analytics

Currently in list analytics, a resource says the 'Metadata could be improved' if: it has Editors instead of Authors if it has no Edition information because it is a first edition This is particularly frustrating when librarians are metadata-checki...
Sarah @ AUT 3 months ago in Edit List 1 Planned

Add counting View Online clicks to Reading List Dashboard

It would be great to let Faculty look at a dashboard for their own lists without awaiting central Google Analytics. However, the fact that this doesn't include View Online stats renders it quite useless. Instructors want to know that students are ...
Julie Cole 3 months ago in  1 Planned