Talis Aspire Reading Lists
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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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Return to same point on list after editing bookmark in new list view
Previously (i.e. on classic list view) when editing a list, the 'Edit metadata' option for individual bookmarks allowed you to make changes to a bookmark and then to return to the same point on the list when you clicked Save. This was useful if you needed to work through a list (e.g. to upgrade the quality of the metadata in bookmarks).
In new list view the 'Edit metadata' option returns you to the top of the list when you click Save, rather than to the point on the list you were working on.
Particularly when working through long lists, it…
27 votesThis is one of the features that we will be looking to bring across into the New List Edit so the behaviour is the same as the ‘Classic’ editing experience.
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coutts oasis widget to search on title rather than ISBN
The coutts oasis widget links on ISBN which limits its effectiveness for searching for later editions, it would be better if it searched on title.
27 votes
Keji Adedeji
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We had some discussions with Coutts towards the end of last year about this and they need to do some work. As they are migrating to a new version of their site iPage, they advised that they would make the changes for the new site. We will need to touch base with them again to catch up on their migration and plans for implementing the requested change
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Manual entry - fields appear automatically according to resource type selected
Would be helpful, when using manual add, if once you had selected the resource type, a standard set of entry fields could appear automatically, as appropriate to the type of resource, e.g. for article, 'author', 'page numbers', 'part of' & for journals, 'volume', 'date' etc.
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Customisable Text in Role Invite
Rather than be stuck with the set text provided out of the box, it would be good if each site could customize the text and language they would like to use when sending out the Role Invitation email.
26 votesThis is not currently in our near term development focus so it has been moved to the longer term backlog.
Ideas may be graduated from the backlog as we get through the ones that are planned.
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Option to schedule metadata refresh
We like the option to schedule metadata refreshes at particular time/days, still including the choice to manually run these as I understand customers may still wish to log in and push a refresh at a time of their choice (and/or switch off the scheduling option when not required).
This request will assist us in the timings the metadata refresh to fit with our automated reports that run in LMS so the correct LCN is captured at the point of refresh. As it would be preferable for us to run these in the early hours scheduling would allow us to do…
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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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Extend the Copy to my bookmarks function
Enable academics to copy an entire list worth of bookmarks from an existing list to their bookmarks folder.
Really useful where lists have been created by admin or library staff and then passed on to the academic to manage.23 votes -
Have option to restore to a previous version of a list
A number of our academics, especially when quite recently trained in using Aspire, are horrified to discover that if they make major mistakes on lists (such as accidentally deleting whole sections and their contents - yes, I know there are big red warnings but they click past them!) there is no way they can easily revert to the previous version.
Nor is there any way Library staff can make a copy of the published version of a list if there are unpublished changes (because you can only see the unchanged, Published version by being logged out, and you can only…
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Include time periods filter in the Reviews screen
For the purposes of prioritising reviews it would be very useful to have the ability to view and filter on list time periods in the Reviews screen alongside Stage, Status, Assigned, etc.
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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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Change 'review complete' notification recipient
Many of our lists are added and sent for review by library staff or temps. When we complete the review the notification goes back to them rather than the relevant academic even when the correct list owner has been assigned. It would be useful if there was an option for staff to alter the recipient at this stage by pasting in the correct email address.
21 votesThis is not currently in our near term development focus so it has been moved to the longer term backlog.
Ideas may be graduated from the backlog as we get through the ones that are planned.
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Add a word to .RIS conversion feature to Talis
Many of our academics comment that they would be more likely to use Talis if they could simply upload their word document and automatically populate a list in the same way they can with Endnote. There are online tools which convert word files into .RIS format. If Talis could develop this functionality it would go a long way in promoting the service to the academics.
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search
In the New List Edit View / Published view you cannot use the browsers built in find function to search through an entire reading list.
You can only search for items that are in close proximity to where you are on the page.
In the attached video I am pressing ENTER as I move down the list searching for the item. It only finds and highlights the item when I am close by.
I use the browsers find feature as part of my workflow to jump around the reading list while I am editing. This way I can quickly find…
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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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Option of Student Numbers defaulting to hierarchy not list
We have student numbers for our modules stored in our student administration system. We want to be able to upload this information through the hierarchy into Aspire, and this be the definitive student number for the lists. Academics editing the list however, are able to add their own numbers, and this is the number which is shown in Reviews 2.0 i.e. list numbers have precedence over hierarchy upload numbers. We would like to be able to choose which number is set as the default – hierarchy or list number
20 votesWe are looking to explore this further and make changes to the way the hierarchy is used within Talis Aspire.
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