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Display both print and ebook holdings for one bookmark for the same title (an archived Idea for 2013)
Here at Sussex we're very keen to have this Idea, archived for 2013, available for voting in the 2014 Ideas Forum: http://ideas.talisaspire.com/forums/32805-talis-aspire-reading-lists-ideas-archive/suggestions/4381768-display-both-print-and-ebook-holdings-for-one-book.
We're increasingly buying ebooks in addition to print copies, and it would be extremely useful, both to Library staff and students, to have a single entry for a specific work in Aspire, but with linkage to alternative editions. This would provide users with a choice of available formats depending on their needs, as well as promoting the Library’s collection.
72 votesWe would like to improve the ability to display as much info that we have about a resource even if it is not the specific format that was originally bookmarked.
A redesign of how we display holdings would probably be required and this is not currently in our short term development focus.
This idea so it has been moved to the longer term backlog. It will be merged with a similar existing idea.
Ideas may be graduated from the backlog as we get through the ones that are planned.
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Organising 'My Bookmarks'
It is becoming really important for our academics to be able to organise their bookmarks. We know tags are the currnet thinking with filters- but some academics have a mental block against this. They are so used to having very structured resources/citations and without the ability to oraganise and sort (things like author- title- date- type- notes/modules ....) the resources within their 'library'
46 votesWe are currently refactoring the My Bookmarks screen to work in a way that allows users to sort and filter more effectively. Although this won’t include tagging or sorting yet, it does provide the framework for further options in this area.
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Selective copy-and-paste of list items and sections
With a dynamic course environment, existing lists sometimes need to be merged or disaggregrated to support changes in module or course provision.
At present, the facility to 'copy to my Bookmarks' enables a Publisher to copy list items one-by-one to their My Bookmarks set and then add them one-by-one to a new destination list using the Edit feature.
This can be a very laborious and time-consuming process when large scale item replication is required.
Aspire could include a list View which enabled list Publishers to selectively tick the items in a list (including a one tick option for an entire…
32 votesThis is not currently in our near term development focus so it has been moved to the longer term backlog while we focus on items in the development focus.
Ideas may be graduated from the backlog as we get through the ones that are planned.
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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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Display sections on their own
Related to the idea of compressing/opening sections (in this idea: http://ideas.talisaspire.com/forums/32805-talis-aspire-ideas/suggestions/3160575-compressing-sections) I'd like some facility to be able to link/jump to a specific section or sub-section of a list, and display it in a way that is uncluttered by the rest of the list.
Ideally this would mean jumping to a section and the display automatically compressing all the other sections. The user could expand / navigate to them if they wanted.
Alternatively the user is taken to a version of the display that only contains the specific section, with a hyperlink back to the full list.
The reason…
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Setting a default reading list style for students
It would be useful if list publishers could set their own default reading list style and it "sticks" for students. At present list publishers can set a view to a particular style, however that view only lasts during the time they are looking at the list. Any other action on the reading list and the style reverts back to the tenancy default. With users such as the Law Faculty they could set a default citation style and this will be consistently viewed by students rather than having to be manually applied by individuals. We use several citation styles depending on…
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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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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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Display alternative to 'view online' button for physical items in results list
Problem: If there is no 'view online' button for a resource many students assume we do not have the resource. It does not occur to them to click the title to see if there are print copies. The default behaviour is to scan through the list looking for/clicking the 'view online' button and no button means no access to the resource.
Solution: For physical resources there should be a button or link on the list in the same place as the 'view online' button so students understand there may be another way to access the resource. Ideally this would be…
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Search tool on new list view to include ability to search text in notes
On classic list view it was possible to search a resourcelist for a piece of text in a note using your browser's 'Find' tool/Ctrl + F. On new list view you can search for authors and titles using the search box, but the way pages load means it's not possible to use Ctrl + F to find the text in notes.
We often use notes as place-holders on lists we're working on (e.g. for a book not in stock in the Library that needs to be ordered) and it would be useful if some equivalent find tool could be put…
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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.
16 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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Student note formatting in New List View
In New List View student notes it would be helpful to have some formatting ability. At the moment all the text is all clumped together and you cannot add spaces or dot points. With some formatting features it would make student notes clearer to read.
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Lists will automatically be added to the list owner's "My Lists" tab
Many of my academics are forgetting/not realising that they need to add lists into "My Lists". This is especially an issue after rollover when they are attempting to edit lists from previous years instead of the current one. They expect the lists that they own to automatically appear in "My Lists", which I probably would if I were them too! Is there any chance this could be possible? It would make my academics' lives a lot easier and avoid some frustrations and confusions with the system.
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Reporting/requesting option for missing book jacket images in New List View
Given the increased prominence of book jacket images in New List View, could we please have a means of requesting jacket images be sourced when they are missing? We have a number of instances of books where we do have a jacket image in our library catalogue, but it doesn't appear in New List View because those images are sourced elsewhere (Nielsen Book Data apparently). We'd like to be able to request missing ones.
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Display the total number of students associated with a work across all current Reading Lists
The calculated total across all courses will better inform the acquisitions decision. For instance the library may have a guideline to provision 1 book per 50 students. Book ABC is then added to Course X which has 100 students. The Librarian sees that we have 1 book in stock so orders a second copy. A little later Book ABC is added to Course Y which also has 100 students. The Librarian sees that we have two copies which covers the Course Y students, and ignorant of the Course X requirements does not acquire any more copies. The end result is…
12 votesWe’ve introduced this capability in the new reviews area and we will review how it can be exposed elsewhere in the system
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Users searching resources across reading lists
One of our academic liaison librarians encourages their students to use other module reading lists when researching topics for assignments as these are curated lists from academic staff. They would like to make this easier by enabling better search functionality in the home search bar. It would be good if the search bar on the home page could include an advanced search that would keyword search resource titles so that if students wanted to find resources on a subject that could find if there was a reading list with these resources on.
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View Online button to be made more noticable on new student interface
Hello,
We recently changed our branding at Northumbria, at the same time we moved to the new student view.
Our brand is black and white, which unfortunately makes our View Online button not very noticable on the page, the button is based on the theme colour of the tenancy.
We would like to explore ways to make the button more evident to users, for instance a black line around the button or go back to the blue online button.
We have had instances where students have thought that we don't have an ebook, only print,as it just blends into the…10 votes -
Students sharing notes about reesources
One of our academics has suggested that it would be useful for some of his students to collaborate with each other when going through their reading lists. He thought that it would be helpful for students to be able to share comments they have made about resources or to add comments to the reading list itself. Students have access to collaborative tools in the VLE but this would be specifically readings-based.
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Suggested improvements to My Notes & Reading Intentions
The summary list of "my notes" and "my reading intentions" displayed on one's username profile page do not expire or archive. Further they seem disorganised and are without a date stamp to indicate when a note was left. Instead the lists grow to contain notes and data from every old list. The lists would get very long and disorganised due to intentions and notes left from past reading lists, leading the profile summary page to become of little use to students.
For the My Notes and Reading Intentions sections, I recommend:
1) sorting (e.g. by date);
2) display the date…9 votesImproving this for students is something we would like to do, but is likely to need a theme in this area.
This is not currently in our near term development focus so it has been moved to the longer term backlog.
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Notes for students in new list view
Although accompanied by a mortar board icon to indicate that there is a note for the student, as the font of the text is similar to that above many students are not spotting the note.
It would be helpful if this was in bold, a different font, or colour. Maybe even giving academics and library staff the ability to select a font option to make these notes more noticeable.8 votes
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