Talis Aspire Reading Lists
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Currently there is no option to hide/unhide sections of lists, we would like to see the option to allow gradual release of lists, and to publish those sections which are ready before a list is complete.
99 votesWe have been reviewing this idea following on from the list edit work that has been taking place and would like to now explore this piece further.
This is an example of how an idea may be declined at a point in time but as we explore and develop new areas we do review all ideas past and present and consider them all.
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Compulsory setting of importance field
The majority of our academics are not using the 'Set importance' tag for each item on their list. Could this be made a compulsory field when adding the item? This information is required to enable the correct number of items to be purchased and for student information of the books importance.
69 votesWith the change in New List Edit the importance field is now more prominent and highlighted in red when it has not been set.
We will continue to review this functionality in line with Continued Improvements.
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Add a message box on the Request Review screen
I think it would be benficial to be able to add a note in a box on the request review page. At present you only had to stipulate student numbers.
At my insitution only one person does the review, the Subject Librarian, and a number of lists are created by the admin team so messages in this box could include:
"Only one item needs attention as not in stock" (useful on a longer list to speed things up)
"Same list is also being used on three other modules" (could then duplicate etc)
Or academics could add a note such as:
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Add a request digitisation button in the review screen
Could there be a 'request digitisation button' in the review process so that they could be requested as you go?
61 votesWe are considering this for the next round of work we will do on the Reviews area of Talis Aspire and will feedback to our UX and Development Teams,
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Show review history in lists post rollover and in Reviews 2.0
At present when lists are rolled over to a new time period or copied manually the 'review history' (in the list review drop down menu) does not rollover- it resets as a new list. Nor is this review history available to view in Reviews 2.0, only the previous review comments and/or alerts attached to bookmarks.
The review history information (dates requested/completed/by whom) is very useful to view as part of the workflow and we would like to see the review history details rollover with lists year on year and also appear in Reviews 2.0 detail screen.
Thanks
49 votesWe would like to consider this when we next review the acquisitions area of Talis Aspire.
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Put a Google Analytics tag on the online resource button
We've been asked to demonstrate whether there is any link between eResource usage and the Reading List System.
While we can, with some work, demonstrate correlation, the general upward trend in eResource usage means we are ubable to definitively claim causation.
If the 'online resource' button had a google analytics tag, allowing us to view not only how many times students look at lists but also how many times students are clicking on online resources from the list, we would be better placed to demonstrate value for money to university leadership.47 votesWe are investigating the possibilities of this and the priority within the Continuous Improvement work.
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Undo button
It would be useful to have an "undo" button, like in other programs, when editing reading lists. This has been suggested by academics as well as other library staff, as of course would be useful if you made a error and needed to "undo" it.
41 votesWith the changes to the list edit screens we are keen to review this and make it possible to undo some actions within the list.
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Method to lock\freeze lists while still being visible to students during and after roll over.
We need the status of the list adding to the API, and therefore making it possible to retrieve archived, draft and published lists. Also the block plugin used in Moodle should be able to return archived lists. Currently the plugin loses access to the list.
Currently for the reasons below the roll over process is problematic, we believe this would solve those problems:
• Due to the process of resits and non-standard module dates it also means the archiving process cannot happen until after the start of the following year, meaning lists cannot be “frozen” at the correct time for…
40 votesWe are currently reviewing this idea as this is an interesting concept and one we would like to explore further. If anyone would like to add their use case to this ticket it would be helpful to understand all scenarios.
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Automatic email to an Academic when a review is requested
Following feedback from one of our academics, regarding a lack of response from the system when a review is requested. I would like to suggest that an automated message, acknowledging when they have requested a review should be built into the system.
It would be a good idea for each Library to be able to configure their own standard message, e.g. thanking them for submitting a review so that they have a record of when the review was submitted.
Ideally we would like to add information about how they publish their lists and attach information as to how they attach…35 votesWe would like to consider this when we next review the acquisitions area of Talis Aspire.
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Warning re. live digitisations when deleting a list
Would it be possible to warn a user that there are live digitisations attached to a reading list they are about to delete?
We have had a few instances where people have created a copy list and deleted the original (accidentally or purposefully), without realising that there are live digitisations on the list.
It looks from the TACC side that everything is fine (the module code, title, year etc are correct and the digitisations are live) but its only when we receive a complaint about lack of access that we uncover what has happened.31 votes -
Export bibliography in list order (not alphabetical)
We would like to be able to export a reading list in a bibliographic citation format but keeping the list structure, e.g. week one, week two etc. The current export options are 'export to PDF' which only lists title/author and doesn't contain the full bibliogaphic detail, or the 'view bibliography' button which lists everything alphabetically by author.
Our academics need to add reading list content to their printed course outlines so we need to be able to export reading lists from Aspire into the course outline, with a 'week by week' structure where appropriate. Many academics are understandably extremely reluctant…
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Option to switch off Google Book previews at item or list level
Recent feedback from academics has been that using Aspire would contradict what they tell students- ie don't read/avoid Google Book previews. Could List creators have the option to 'switch off; Google book previews at list and/or item level?
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Bookmarking on iPads
Our academic staff are all being given iPads at the start of the 2018/19 session and will be encouraged to use these as much as possible
It would be really great if a bookmarking tool could be developed for Safari on iPads (or possibly even a list management app?!?) so that we could give our academic engagement a real boost.
22 votesWe are working on bookmarking functionality alongside our List Edit improvements, this will reduce the reliance on the bookmarklet feature and enable more resources to be accessible in the List Edit context. When this feature is released, we will revisit this idea to understand if it still has relevance.
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Links to Worldcat in item view - instead of a bookstore
We'd like to have the option of replacing the bookstore in the item view with a link to Worldcat.
At the moment, several bookstore options exist (see: https://support.talis.com/hc/en-us/articles/209262049-What-bookstores-are-supported-in-the-item-view-). However, in response to feedback from our academics, we would like to see the possibility of linking to a vendor-neutral external catalogue instead.
21 votesThis idea is under review. We would be interested to know if you feel having information like this would cause confusion to students as to whether the library holds the items or not. If you do have feedback then please do add your comments as we would like to understand this more.
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Include top level hierarchy code or name in all list reports
We already get the hierarchy code that a list is attached to in the All List report. I'd also like the top level hierarchy name or code to appear - for us this is institute. This would allow me to easily extract high level engagement information to pass on to Heads of Institute. At the moment, it's a manual task to go through a report and attach Institute info to each module in order to sort and filter.
21 votesWe are investigating the possibilities of this and how it fits into the current Continuous Improvement themes.
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Library note for a list
It would be useful to be able to have notes on lists that cannot be read by public users, but which include admin information for system admins. E.g. if a list does not have a hierarchy node, it would be useful to be able to note the changes on the list rather than having to keep that information in a separate system outside the software.
In fact, an admin area for systems notes would be useful overall.
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Copy one list into another with losing notes etc.
List creators here have asked to be able to copy content from one list into another. Currently it is only possible to export/import records e.g. from someone else's list, from one list to My Bookmarks and then drag them into another list. This is quite time consuming and notes to library/students are lost.
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All Lists Items report - additional column: Hierarchy column
I would like to request that the HIerarchy column , which is in the All Lists report be added to the All List Items report.
I was asked to supply information on the publishing dates of books in reading lists by college. To do this I had to run a report of books in all published lists. This amounted to over 59,000. I then had to manually find which college a list was in and sort it. This was a massively time consuming job. If the HIerarchy column was available I would have been able to sort and find the…
20 votesWe are looking at reporting and will consider this idea alongside that exploration.
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Is it possible to delete the notes added to items in the review section
We make extensive use of the note functionality in our processes - collections assistants append notes on decisions to inform librarians and overseas colleagues of purchasing decisions. Some items end up with dozens of notes and when we make a mistake we have to add another note to say ignore the above note. Can we delete them instead?
16 votesWe will consider this idea in the next round of changes we make to the Reviews area of Talis Aspire.
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On 'recent changes' include who published the list
At present clicking on 'recent changes' shows the name of the list, the date, what was added. It would be very useful to see the email address of who actually published the list to keep track of activity.
15 votesUsing the All List Report does allow you to see who last published a reading list. As changes to a list may have been done by library staff updating a link it may confuse if this is in the front end under ‘recent changes’ as to why the list was published by someone other than the academic. We will keep an open watch on this idea though.
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