Aspen Discovery

Aspen Discovery Community Announces 25.01.01 Release

by Elise Aiello on Jan 28, 2025

Aspen Discovery announces that the 25.01.01 release.

This release includes code contributions from

ByWater Solutions

  • Lucas Gass (LG)
  • Nick Clemens (WNC)
  • Yanjun Li (YL)

Grove For Libraries

  • Mark Noble (MDN)
  • Kirstien Kroeger (KK)

PTFS-Europe

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

Theke Solutions

  • Lucas Montoya (LM)

Special Testing thanks to

  • Desiree Saunders (WYLD)
  • Carol Witt (CW Mars)
  • Alyssa Drake (ByWater Solutions)
  • Myranda Fuentes (Grove)
  • Bryan Jones (Nashville Public Library)
  • Jordan Fields (Grove)
  • Kate Lozyk (ByWater Solutions)

Special Documentation thanks to

  • Myranda Fuentes (Grove)
  • Jordan Fields (Grove)

This release includes sponsored developments from

  • Greater Manchester Inter Library Consortial System (GMILCS)
  • Milwaukee County Federated Library System (MCFLS)
  • Wyoming State Library (WYLD)

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25.01.00 Release Notes

Account Updates

  • Let patron name display have first and middle initials to help discern between family members, works for any (ILS that stores middle name as part of the first name). (DIS-118) (MDN)
  • Let patron set preferred pickup sublocation if available. (DIS-48) (KK)

Updated Settings

  • Primary Configuration > Library > ILS/Account Integration > User Profile > Patron Display Name Style

Administrations Updates

  • Add a "select all" and "deselect all" button to all lists of objects where the select checkbox shows. (DIS-37) (MDN)
  • When showing selected values for multiselect lists within a table, only show the first 3 values. (MDN)

API Updates

  • Add Out of Hold Group Message to getPatronHolds API. (DIS-34) (MDN)

Boundless/Axis360 Updates

  • Update Boundless/Axis360 get records availability API URL and adjusted response processing (DIS-162) (YL)

CloudLibrary Updates

  • Correct loading actions for CloudLibrary records. (MDN)

Docker Updates

  • Check if ils tables have been initialized to avoid database conflicts. (LM)
  • Add a condition to either create or not create symlinks. (LM)
  • Include control of processes into the entrypoint script to avoid waiting for a cron job. (LM)

Greenhouse Updates

  • Allow base URLs for sites within the Greenhouse to have port numbers. (MDN)

Holds Updates

  • Allow patron to select sublocation, if available, when placing a hold. (DIS-48) (KK)
  • Allow patron to select sublocation, if available, when updating a hold's pickup location. (DIS-48) (KK)
  • On the Holds page if a pickup sublocation set for a hold, display the sublocation. (DIS-48) (KK)

Hoopla Updates

  • Optimize Hoopla daily indexing behavior and set "Index By Day" as a default setting. (DIS-180) (YL)
  • Hide "Index By Day" in the Hoopla settings page. (DIS-180) (YL)

Indexing Updates

  • When indexing the 100, 700 and 800 fields to load information about authors and contributors include subfield c to distinguish between authors where titles and additional information is important. (DIS-161) (MDN)
  • When checking for Yoto players, check to be sure yoto is found with word boundaries on either side to avoid matching Kyoto. (DIS-154) (MDN)
  • When checking for Yoto players, prefer the Yoto format over Kit format if both are found. (DIS-154) (MDN)
  • When checking for Tonies, check to be sure tonie is found with word boundaries on either side. (MDN)
  • Add WhaZoodle format based on 028 subfield when subfield b contains playaway and subfield a starts with WZ. (DIS-156) (MDN)
  • Add note and debugging information to Large Print check (DIS-110) (WNC)

Koha Updates

  • Fix an issue that caused indefinite growth of auto_increment value for ils volumes when any of them was updated. (LM)
  • Ignore the case of item types when updating item types in the Format Map table during indexing to avoid duplicate key errors. (MDN)
  • Fix volumeId check for the items without valid item group when placing volume holds (DIS-147) (YL)

LibKey integration Updates

  • For records found in an Articles and Database search through the EBSCO host or EBSCO EDS integration:
    • patrons of libraries with a LibKey subscription can access full-text document using an 'Access Online' button to the right of 'More Info' on search results. (CZ)
    • if the LibKey API does not return a direct link, then 'Access Online' does not show. (CZ)
    • for EBSCO EDS and host records, if the LibKey API sends back a cover image url, show this cover image on the search result. (CZ)
    • if the results from the LibKey API indicate an article has been retracted, they are marked as such. (CZ)
    • for retracted articles, a link to a LibKey page giving information on the retraction is displayed. (CZ)
    • for retracted articles, the 'Access Online' button is not displayed. (CZ)
    • fixed an issue where the LibKey integration would prevent EBSCO host records from appearing due to a control flow issue. (CZ)
    • fixed an issue where the LibKey integration would overwrite retraction notices for EBSCO EDS records. (CZ)

Local ILL Updates

  • Properly handle volume level holds with Local ILL. (DIS-34) (MDN)

Location Updates

  • Added a new settings group for sublocations. (DIS-48) (KK)

New Permissions

  • Primary Configuration - Location Sublocations > Administer Sublocations for All Libraries
  • Primary Configuration - Location Sublocations > Administer Sublocations for Home Library

New Settings

  • Primary Configuration > Library > Locations (Branches) > Sublocations

Materials Request Updates

  • Correct showing material requests when the active library has no locations. (MDN)

Polaris Updates

  • Automatically import sublocations from Polaris. (DIS-46) (MDN)
  • Set hold pickup area when sublocations are being used while placing holds. (DIS-46) (MDN)
  • Fix an error where logging in with the staff user used for API access resulted in some account information not showing. (MDN)

Reading History Updates

  • Fix so "Enable Add To Reading History" can be disabled properly within Library Settings. (DIS-132) (MDN)

Record Display

  • Do not show subfield 1 for subjects since this information is not relevant to patrons. (DIS-155) (MDN)
  • When displaying authors for a record, include subfield c to show titles and other relevant information. (DIS-161) (MDN)

Search Updates

  • Ensure that Added in the Last and Date Updated Facets sort properly if two time periods have the same value. (MDN)

Sierra Updates

  • Update the site creation process to prompt for connection information and set up a default Account Profile and Indexing Profile for Sierra libraries. (MDN)
  • Allow libraries and locations to be automatically imported from Sierra using the Sierra APIs. (DIS-122) (MDN)

Symphony Updates

  • Do not allow books by mail holds to be canceled, frozen, or have pickup location changed when their status is "Being Held". (DIS-34) (MDN)
  • Fix loading account summary to properly distinguish available and unavailable holds accounting for Local ILL. (DIS-34) (MDN)

Syndetics Updates

  • Allow multiple Syndetics settings to be created within a single Aspen instance so links within Syndetics Unbound can direct to the proper catalog. (DIS-121) (MDN)
  • Add a name for each Syndetics Setting, so they can be identified within Aspen. (DIS-121) (MDN)
  • Hide or show appropriate fields for Syndetics based on if Syndetics Unbound is selected or deselected. (DIS-121) (MDN)
  • Syndetics cover images now display correctly even if record's UPC contains leading zeroes.(PA)
  • Help Center Documentation

New Settings

  • Third Party Enrichment > Syndetics Settings > Unbound Instance Number

User List Updates

  • When searching lists, allow the results to be sorted by Date Added. (DIS-136) (MDN)
  • When searching lists, add an Added In The Last Facet to the results. (DIS-136) (MDN)
  • When searching lists, allow the results to be sorted by Date Updated. (DIS-136) (MDN)
  • When searching lists, add an Updated In The Last Facet to the results. (DIS-136) (MDN)
  • Force a full reindex of user lists every 24 hours to ensure Date Added and Date Updated facets are accurate over time. (MDN)
  • Remove the non-implemented Covers View for List Search Results. (MDN)
  • Remove the non-implemented RSS export for List Search Results. (MDN)
  • Remove the non-implemented RIS export for List Search Results. (MDN)
  • Ensure Date Updated for user lists updates as titles are added and removed from the list. (MDN)

Web Builder Updates

  • When adding a form to a custom page, limit the forms displayed in the dropdown to those from the user's own library if their permissions are Administer Library Custom Forms. (AB)

Other Updates

  • Fix linking to library websites for consortia within Web Builder and the Hours and Location dialog. (MDN)
  • Add an editorconfig file for template files to standardize using tabs across all files. (MDN)
  • Library card page (under 'My Account') no longer shows Koha user's opac notes if user's library 'Show OPAC Notes' is disabled.(PA)
  • Fix typo in Authentication/DatabaseAuthentication.php (DIS-159) (LG)
  • Fix EBSCO EDS and host searcher so that search results can be displayed and no error message shows. (CZ)

25.01.01

Hold Updates

  • Correctly show the hold popup if only one pickup location is available after sublocation changes. (DIS-46) (MDN)

Local ILL Updates

  • Do not allow placing local ILL requests for specific volumes within Symphony since Symphony does not properly select the correct volume. (DIS-34) (MDN)

Location Updates

  • Allow non-numeric ILS IDs to be saved for sublocations. (DIS-46) (MDN)

Polaris Updates

  • Display an appropriate error message if the user attempts to change the sublocation for a hold without changing the main location since Polaris does not support this. (DIS-46) (MDN)
  • If a location only has a single pickup area, pass the pickup area to Polaris when placing a hold. (DIS-46) (MDN)
  • Fixes for setting preferred pickup area within My Preferences. (DIS-46) (MDN)
  • Correctly bypass the pickup location prompt when a library has a preferred sublocation. (DIS-46) (MDN)

Aspen LiDA Updates

Account Updates

  • Show Volume in holds when applicable. (DIS-34) (MDN)
  • Show Out of Hold Group Message in holds when applicable. (DIS-34) (MDN)

Local ILL

  • Fixes for placing local ILL requests. (DIS-34) (MDN)
  • Allow placing local ILL requests for individual volumes of a record. (DIS-34) (MDN)
  • Improve the error message if a hold fails and needs to be placed with Local ILL. (DIS-34) (MDN)

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