M5 v5-7-11

August 2022

Ver 5.7.11

 

Advanced Cataloging.
1. A crash when searching bibs without holdings has been resolved.
2. Collection members can now be printed.
Catalog.
1. Catalog now supports saving records in RIS format from My List. 
2. The way lists are handled has been redesigned in this release.
3. The way records are added to a database in Record Fetch has been redesigned in this release.
4. Logon and session postback queries have been optimized, resulting in increased performance.
5. Compatibility issues with Microsoft Edge have been addressed.
6. Alt and Title elements have been added to the Logo image. These are based on the value of the Title field on the Library Settings section in Setup. Additionally, there is a new logo_alttext key in Setup that allows the user to specify a different value for the Alt and Title attributes.
7. An issue that prevented printing the results of a Patron search has been addressed.
Circulation.
1. Added Email and Phone columns for the Public Library display in the Library Transactions view on screen and in print.
2. An issue that caused receipts to be emailed twice has been addressed.
3. Circulation queries on the Group table have been optimized, resulting in a significant performance increase when loading patrons with large numbers of transactions.
4. An issue that would cause Circulation to hang on startup when the logged in user had access only to Self Mode has been addressed.
Group Editor.
1. Printing of group members has been implemented.
2. An issue where members of a Special Reserve group were not refreshed when viewing the members of another special reserve group has been addressed.

Advanced Cataloging.

  • A new feature has been added to specify the source of the call number in records that are added by Import or ISBN/ISSN Fetch. For example, if 082 is the specified Call Number source, the data in subfields ‘a’ and ‘b’ will go into 852 ‘h’ and ‘i’, respectively. 

 

Catalog.

  • A new feature has been added to specify the source of the call number in records that are added by Record Fetch. For example, if 082 is the specified Call Number source, the data in subfields ‘a’ and ‘b’ will go into 852 ‘h’ and ‘i’, respectively. The holding/copy will be automatically added.
  • Record display that prevented linked searches involving words with apostrophes from working has been improved.
  • Customized search attributes in a query component created in Visual Search Configuration are now saved properly. 
  • The Recommended Reading performance has been enhanced when using large uploaded pictures.

 

Circulation.

  • Printing in Library Transactions now properly creates PDF documents.

 

Group Editor.

  • Searching and displaying Equipment records have been improved.

 

Inventory.

  • The columns inside the various reports are now sortable. Example: The “Missing” items list.

 

Record Editor.

  • The Generate Holdings functionality has been added to the Advanced Editor view and is also available in the Bibliographic edit view. This allows the user to generate holdings for a bibliographic record from the Results list without having to enter the Details view.
  • When editing a record without a barcode, Record Editor will automatically insert the barcode field/subfield into the Edit view.