Aspen Discovery 24.08.00 Release Notes

by Kalleen Marquise on Aug 14, 2024

Aspen Discovery announced this week that the 24.08.00 release is now available.

See Release Summary Here.

24.08.00 Release Notes

This release includes code contributions from

ByWater Solutions

• Mark Noble (MDN)
• Kirstien Kroeger (KK)
• Kodi Lein (KL)
• Katherine Perdue (KP)

Nashville Public Library

• James Staub (JStaub)

PTFS-Europe

• Pedro Amorim (PA)
• Alexander Blanchard (AB)
• Chloe Zermatten (CZ)

Theke Solutions

• Lucas Montoya (LM)

Accessibility Updates

• Added ability to open/close search filter accordions using the keyboard. (KK)
• Added tab path to the Refresh button on the Holds page. (KK)
• Added tab path to Display/Languages & Display/Languages button in the header. (KK)

Account Updates

• Show account renewal links on the Library Card page when applicable. (MDN)

• Correct error showing update message when account linking message is displayed. (MDN)

API Updates

• Added getInbox to User API to fetch user ILS messages.
• Added markMessageAsRead and markMessageAsUnread to User API to update user ILS message isRead status.
• Added check if library has inbox features in getLibraryInfo in System API.

Aspen LiDA Administration Updates

• In Notification Settings added option to assign ILS Notification Settings. Applies to Koha libraries only at this time. (KK)
• Added ILS Notification Settings to define what types of ILS messages should be sent out of Aspen Discovery. Applies to Koha libraries only at this time. (KK)

New Settings

• Aspen LiDA > Notification Settings > ILS Notification Settings
• Aspen LiDA > ILS Notification Settings

Help Center Documentation - Note: These settings are in Discovery but full functionality and documentation will be rolled out over the next release(s).

cloudLibrary Updates

• Add the ability to use alternate library cards (such as state library cards) with cloudLibrary. (KP)
• Fix automatic login for Open in cloudLibrary button. (KP)
• Remove account key from lists when viewing settings and encrypt the key at rest. (MDN)

Help Center Documentation

EBSCO/EBSCOhost Updates

• Remove unimplemented option to change search results from List to Covers mode. (MDN)

eCommerce Updates

• Fix issues with Stripe and Square donations where the card info box does not appear when user is not logged in (KL)
• Fix issue with Square donations resulting in AJAX errors (MDN, KL)

Indexing Updates

• Update check for Blu-ray / 4K combo packs to look for either the word "and" or a plus symbol. (MDN)
• If a record is identified as both Manga and Graphic Novel, prefer Manga. (MDN)

• Add check for "Manga" in addition to "GraphicNovel" to determine eComic format for side loads(KL)

• Add setting to choose which fields to use to look for bib-level call numbers.(KP)

• Fix inconsistent shelf-location facet translation for records with an 852 and 866. (KP)
• Add literary form information to grouped works diagnostic panel (KP)

Help Center Documentation

Install Updates

• Updated the way the passkey file is generated. (PA)

  To generate the passkey file, the following command should be run (as root):

  php /usr/local/aspen-discovery/code/web/cron/createKeyFile.php

Koha Updates

• Fix issues related to updating patron contact information for Koha version 24.05. (KK)
• Fix issues related to updating messaging settings for Koha version 24.05. (KK)
• Added function to get data from the message_queue table in preparation of ILS Notifications. (KK)
• Added function to get data from the letter table in preparation of ILS Notifications. (KK)
• Added x-koha-library header to API requests containing the patrons home location code to provide library context to Koha. (KK)

OverDrive Updates

• Add clearer debugging info for Libby if our authentication requests are unsuccessful (KL)
• Increase series length allowed in overdrive_api_products table for Libby (KL)

Palace Project Updates

• Add a collection report which shows the number of titles owned by each collection for each library. (MDN)

Help Center Documentation

Polaris Updates

• Correct notice while Masquerading if PAPIErrorCode is not set. (MDN)

Reports

• Nashville-specific: Circulation Holds Report now includes item-level holds (JStaub)

Search Updates

• Add a new option within Show Hold and Copy Counts to always show hold and copy counts.(MDN)

• Fix bug where call number searches were not returning expected results. (KP)
• Fix searching by grouped work ID and by ISSN(KP)
• Added an Explore More Bar Section to Library Systems. This section gives the option to enable or disable the display of the Explore More Bar in the search results for a catalog search, a Summon Search an Ebsco Host Search and an Ebsco Eds search. By default, the display for all searches is set to true. (AB)

• Adds a new setting to Location(branch) which enables admins to toggle the visibility of specific branches under the 'Available At' search facet.

Help Center Documentation

Summon Updates

• Adjust code to ensure that the filter applies correctly no matter what page of results users are on when they apply it. (AB)
• Remove unimplemented option to change search results from List to Covers mode. (AB)
• Modified summon_usage table to ensure all Summon Dashboard tables populate when records are clicked. (AB)

Help Center Documentation

WebBuilder Updates

• Added grapes.js functionality. (AB)
• Added Grapes Pages and Templates to WebBuilder Section. (AB)
• Added ability to create templates that can be selected and used for Grapes Pages (AB)
• Added Grapes Pages to Web Indexer so that Grapes Pages are displayed in line with other WebBuilder pages when url is navigated to. (AB)
• Add a switch to disable grapes pages during testing period. (MDN)
• Added the option to create a Grapes Page from no template. (AB)
• Increased the font size of the labels for the Grapes JS components (AB)
• Added a blue background to the save button on the Grapes JS Editor in order to make it easier for users to find (AB)

• Increase the Custom Form email recipient character limit. (JStaub)

Other Updates

• Remove setting permissions for old (deleted) solr directories during install. (MDN)
• Correct updating internal numeric representation of IP address ranges when editing an IP Address. (MDN)
• If NoveList is not enabled for a library display an appropriate message on the NoveList API Data page. (MDN)
• Ignore warning on Windows when creating temp files (MDN)
• Correct handling of quoted question marks within URLS. (MDN)
• Fix bug with unexpected 404 errors on Web Builder pages. (KP)
• Sort volume numbers correctly. (KP)
• Fixed a bug where, if a user tried to use filters in the Translation section and pressed the Enter key, Translation mode was activated instead of updating the filters. (LM, MDN)
• Now Aspen allows to switch to other languages even when users fill out forms. (LM)
• Bad Words: stop using cache for bad words. (JStaub)
• Add usage graphs and raw data tables for ILS Integration. These can be accessed through the ILS Integration Dashboard (CZ)
• Add usage graphs and raw data tables for Summons. These can be accessed through the Summon Dashboard (CZ)
• Update bot blocking to be case-insensitive by default. (MDN)

Aspen LiDA Updates

• Fixed sorting and pagination for Reading History screen. (KK)
• Fixed a bug where some devices were scanning incorrect barcode values. (KK)
• Fixed filtering by source for Checked Out Titles screen. (KK)
• When navigating back to Notification Permissions screen from your device settings, the screen will re-render and display the updated options. (KK)
• Fixed sorting on Titles of Hold screen where in some cases the data went out of sync, and it will now re-render. (KK)

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