CR2 Blog » Blog Archive » LISWire: Aspen Discovery Announces 20.08.00 Release and Notes
Summary
Change default text of frozen holds to frozen rather than suspended for consistency Translate the status of a hold for ILS and OverDrive Abstract patron reset functionality such that the ILS controls what fields are displayed and how the results are processed Administration Updates Prompt administrators when leaving a page if they have unsaved information Allow IP Addresses to be specified as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx-xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Allow Libraries to configure a Pinterest page within contact links Correct patron account blocking functionality Properly validate adding by barcode and display a meaningful error to the user if the patron cannot be found Remove supplemental instructions that were improperly formatted Fixes for adding new Sideload Settings to reduce the number of required fields Add a new option when creating new settings to create the object and continue editing it Hide History button when creating new settings Allow onchange event for select lists Add the ability to link to another object within properties form Give sticky table headings a solid background for better readability Updates to the default display of panels to ensure text is always readable Add a new superCataloger role to allow access to additional areas that require more trust like Indexing Profiles Updates when creating new objects to better handle checkboxes and numeric values Aspen API Updates Add a method to retrieve patron barcode by a given patron id Add total amount outstanding to return call from getPatronFines When an ILS provides both the original and outstanding amounts for each fine, return: amount = current amount owed amountOutstanding = current amount owed amountOriginal = original amount of the fine Update methods to retrieve patron checkouts, holds, and fines to allow calling with id or patronId Add a method to retrieve patron id by barcode Remove expireTime from the documentation for getPatronHolds since it was not being returned Browse Functionality Updates Allow browsing of events, archives, indexed web content, and genealogy Do not show the option to add to browse when there are no results for a search Additional error checking messaging when loading recommendations if the users session expired Collection Spotlight Updates Allow creating spotlights for different types of searches (Events, Open Archives, etc) Hide options for spotlight list that arent relevant to the selected source Update administration interface to make it easier to administer lists in a spotlight Update old collection spotlights to use new method of defining them Do not show create spotlight option from events search page Do not show the option to create a new spotlight when there are no results for a search Indexing Updates If an item does not have a call number in the item or bib, but does have volume information, show the volume information as the call number Remove the old method of grouping works by specifying grouped work ids in favor of new method which specifies alternate title/author information IP Address Blocking Extends the existing IP Address functionality to allow blocking of all access to Aspen based on IP Address. Optionally submit the form with values in all upper case Allow a message to be displayed regarding password requirements on the self-registration form Properly detect when Koha has locked an account due to the maximum number of login attempts being reached and issue an appropriate message to the patron Update filtering of pickup branches when setting contact information to use the full list of valid pickup branches Password Recovery can now be set up so that the patron completes the password recovery process within Aspen Discovery rather than Koha Update to support new fines structure from Koha 19.11 When displaying contact information form, do not use the list of libraries allowed for self-registration Do not suppress items with no collection code for Koha Fixes for updating messaging settings in newer versions of Koha Add author name to each hold within Koha Cleanup of calls when marking fines paid within Koha to pass numeric values as numbers and properly case payment type PayPal Updates Update PayPal to trim the description further when creating new orders RBdigital Updates Additional error trapping when loading RBdigital ID from the API Do not show sample call numbers for eMagazines within search results Record Display Updates When displaying subjects for a MARC record, dont show subfield 9 Website Indexing Updates Add required fields for website indexing settings Other changes Remove culturally insensitive terms from codebase that are not part of third party libraries Fix Select Interface to use defined base url for a library When checking system health, look at the last 3 log entries for indexing to prevent rapid changes in the health report during eContent outages When checking system health take into account the number of processors while looking at load average Allow display of both offline message as well as system message Updates to determination of audience and form (Fiction/Nonfiction) for Arlington custom processing Updates when creating records to include and records owned to allow blank sub locations Additional error handling when submitting tickets via Aspen Add AhrefsBot to list of bots that are blocked by default Ensure that ping of Solr server happens more quickly by reducing timeouts Cleanup of facet code Cleanup of unused Pika code and references About Aspen Discovery Aspen is a full-featured Discovery System that integrates with e-content and other 3rd party providers, giving your patrons comprehensive access to all of your materials in one place. Aspen was created to give users an improved experience over other Discovery systems with less of an impact on library budgets. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in the first-rate implementation and support services with library systems of all sizes for the Koha ILS, Aspen Discovery, Folio LSP, Coral ERM, and Libki PC Management. Partnering with ByWater Solutions not only lowers the cost of implementation and maintenance of OSS but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve.
