CUL Discovery and Access

Release notes

This website provides information about the development of Cornell University Library’s search interface and catalog. See the release notes below, or review the frequently asked questions.

Feedback or questions? Please email us at cul-dafeedback-l@cornell.edu

February 5, 2024

• Hid unmaintained subject terms from subject vocabularies we do not manage
• Fixed bug preventing donor search as phrase
• Fixed a bug where items listed in the Book Bag were not correctly linked to the item record
• Avoid an extra login click when emailing selected items
• Fixed a bug where Zotero had problems exporting non-Roman characters
• Fixed a bug in Librarian View
• Fixed a bug where citations were sometimes missing authors, editors, etc., due to repeated MARC tags
• Fixed a bug where the Digital Collections view was not working
• Enabled Interlibary Loan requests for Paged items
• Fixed a bug where multi-quoted searches in a selected field was searching all fields
• Fixed a bug: Don’t error when querying by quoted call number in advanced search
• Fixed a bug where quoted catalog searches were not returning similar results to phrase advanced searches
• Added “Repositories” jump link to single search results
• Changed work info and author popovers to links
• Made “Add to Book Bag” link more prominent when saving selected items to book bag
• Changed references from Borrow Direct to BorrowDirect in My Account, Requests, and the Help menu

November 28, 2023

• Removed proxy prefix from Ebsco links containing our opid
• Added the Hours link back to Catherwood Library items
• Improved behavior of login button for emailing items
• Fixed missing alt tag on Discogs thumbnail
• Fixed alignment of previous/next links in modal window
• Cleaned out old Summon code
• Fixed a bug where links to item titles in Book Bag did not work

October 11, 2023

• Implemented a special workflow for Annex microfiche in the requests system
• Enabled YAML alert

October 4, 2023

• My Account
  • Removed link to Borrow Direct resolver script
  • Fixed a bug where pending requests and ready for pickup were not displaying for a user

September 26, 2023

• Added Former Owner field
• Changed Advanced Search field from Donor Name to Donor/Provenance
• Updated skip link destinations
• Added My Account link to single search, Databases, Digital Collections, and My Account
• Connected the single search to the new eCommons index
• Fixed a bug where paging through records produced an error after a Donor search
• Fixed a bug where Advanced Search choked on booleans
• Fixed a bug with the “return to results” link from Advanced Search Notes searches
• Fixed a bug where some Aeon link did not work

August 4, 2023

• BAMWOW updates
• SMS bug fixed
• Tests implemented for containerization
• Removed Universal Analytics ID

July 14, 2023

• Updated Requests to use Prefect 2 for the PDA workflow

June 4, 2023

• Added Google Analytics 4
• Fixed accessibility error for duplicate OCLC book cover IDs
• Added javascript loading, My Account, and Requests test

May 8, 2023

• Integrated Aeon-specific styles and javascripts to retire newcatalog-login server, part deux

April 27, 2023

• Integrated Aeon-specific styles and javascripts to retire newcatalog-login server

April 17, 2023

• EBSCO changed the format of their API’s search results so ‘Get it! Cornell’ is no longer included in the label for full text items. Adapted Bento Search for this change.
• When a bento search produced Digital Collections or Institutional Repositories results, but no EBSCO results, no results were shown. Now the other results are shown.
• Fixed Endnote (non-xml) export.
• Removed dependencies on the old pre-solr 8 environment so the old solr server can be retired.
• The URL of the solr core was visible on the production version of the site when catalog.library.cornell.edu domain name was in use. Now it does not show (security issue).

April 7, 2023

• Moved from newcatalog.library.cornell.edu to catalog.library.cornell.edu
• Fixed bug in MyAccount that wasn’t displaying requests
• Addressed copyright filter for LD4P images
• Fixed EndNote bug that was stopping exports

March 9, 2023

• Fixed a typo for an empty search in Databases

March 8, 2023

• Requests
  • Fix bug causing fatal error with on-order items
• My Account
  • Show date shipped for ReShare items in pending requests.
  • Show author for ReShare items in requests.
  • Remove nonfunctional checkbox selection from available requests.
  • Don’t show catalog links for ReShare items.
  • Don’t show ReShare items with status REQ_CHECKED_IN (let FOLIO handle them) (avoid duplicates).
  • Restore source badges for ILL items in checkout list.

February 26, 2023

• Fixed a bug where using the Date Acquired facet without a search term loaded incorrect results

February 8, 2023

• Fixed display of terms of use from Availability box
• Fixed contrast of selected facet panel
• Updated more links to library website after redesign, including Requests
• Fixed a bug where text a call number was not working (escape uri)
• Restored old behavior for records with no items attached

January 31, 2023

• Updated feedback button to include current page URL
• Updated links to library website after redesign

January 26, 2023

• Multiple values can now be selected within a single facet

January 17, 2023

• Digital Collections results now displaying in the bento (again)
• Updated Feedback link URL
• My Account
  • Ensure ReShare results are only for the user’s netid
  • Skip ILL items with status ‘Request Sent to BD’
  • Avoid duplicate request entries

December 13, 2022

• Switched from Relais to Reshare for Borrow Direct; updates to request system and My Account
• Updated My Account login page text

December 8, 2022

• Fixed an HTML vulnerability
• Fixed an Aeon bug

November 29, 2022

• Fixed a bug where the Cite feature was displaying a blank screen

November 20, 2022

• Fixed a bug where items with a missing ISBN caused a request error
• Fixed a bug where the Librarian View threw an error

November 17, 2022

• Upgrade to Ruby 3/Rails 7
• Fixed various Aeon bugs – page count field, requesting multiple boxes, duplicate requests, requests not showing up in user’s account
• Guard against no results in Digital Collections bento box
• Fixed a bug where the login link in the email modal gave a page not found error
• Fixed a bug where Best Bets threw an error with every non-asciii query string
• Fixed a bug with the date range facet
• Fail gracefully when discogs.com does not return data for a recording
• Fail gracefully when the virtual browse can’t find an adjacent call number
• Prevented facet pages from crashing

October 25, 2022

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Mann Special Collections request form from appearing

October 11, 2022

• Roll back haml version to fix request errors

October 10, 2022

• Re-enable PDA requests

August 4, 2022

• Updated links to EBSCO Articles & Full Text again with proxy fix

July 20, 2022

• Updated the PDA workflow to call new Prefect script
• Updated the PDA availability message
  

July 18, 2022

• Updated links to EBSCO Articles & Full Text again (new replacement URL)

June 29, 2022

• Updated links to EBSCO Articles & Full Text that were not working

May 26, 2022

• Updated header links – added Help button and Recommend a Purchase
• Fixed a bug where links to donor bookplates were not working
• Accessibility – visible label and accessible name now match on ‘Other works’ links
• Updated wording of My Account notes

May 12, 2022

• Added Engineering collection filter for use by the Engineering Library

April 5, 2022

• Added Hotel Permanent Reserve to hierarchical location facet
• Fixed a bug where simple searches were not working from request pages
• Fixed a bug where Solr rejecting call number browse record results in infinite loop
• Fixed a bug preventing display of service point name for requests
• Now only displaying ‘On order’ message once when both order note and on-order item exist
• Now displaying restrictions on copyright materials
• Implemented omniauth for authentication
• Appsignal bug fixes relating to bookmarks paths
• Aeon bug fixes for requesting items through the catalog
• Aeon accessibility updates for request and screen pages

February 16, 2022

• Re-enabled Olin and Lab of Ornithology as Borrow Direct pickup locations

February 10, 2022

• Removed Adelson Library available and requesting restrictions

February 9, 2022

• Re-enabled Fine Arts Library as a Borrow Direct pickup location

January 31, 2022

• Cached FOLIO auth token to reduce number of API calls
• Fixed a bug causing cancelled requests in My Account to be deleted

January, 28, 2022

• Fixed a bug where the PDA link didn’t appear in the availability box
• Added Aeon templates

January 24, 2022

• Single search
  • Removed Get It! Cornell and other links from Articles & Full Text box
  • Removed some search results where full text was not accessible to Cornell
• Accessibility
  • Updated aria-label for Text links in Availability box
  • Fixed label for virtual browse library select list
  • Fixed typo in close buttons for email login modal windows
• Stopped using “effective” location for to determine item location
• My Account: Added Borrow Direct label and removed title link for BD items
• Additional Aeon 5.1 upgrade work
• Created FOLIO to Blacklight bookmarket
• Added Matomo events for Author and Subject info buttons on item view and browse screens

January 13, 2022

• Updated Aeon screens to support 5.1 upgrade
• Adjusted spacing of items in Cite pop-up
• Added dynamic updates for pickup locations

December 22, 2021

• Requests: Fixed crash caused by BD API returning a 404 if search term not found

December 21, 2021

• Fixed a bug caused by an unhandled ampersand (Appsignal error)

December 20, 2021

• Remove stray test string

December 16, 2021

• Set Adelson Library items to not currently available or requestable
• Minor changes to virtual shelf browse

December 15, 2021

• Disabled some pickup locations
• LD4P updates
  • Author pop-up enhancement – photo and brief description from Wikidata
  • Changes to author and subject info pages – description from DBpedia, image and metadata from Wikidata
  • Summary of library holdings with counts for formats
• Added availability back to virtual shelf browse
• Added library filter to virtual shelf browse expanded view

December 9, 2021

• Fixed an Aeon bug for vault location
• Changed references to web fonts from sass to template

November 18, 2021

• Requests
  • Improved API call to Borrow Direct to fix false positives for availability
  • Enabled default pickup location
  • Updated purchase request form with correct email address
  • Disabled request button after it’s clicked
• Single search – removed publication date from author line
• Added link to record in FOLIO on item view
• Removed code handling json requests for Selected Items and Book Bag, to fix an appsignal error
  
• Fixed Mysql2::Error: Duplicate entry error
• Modified Book Bag Cite feature so that user selects citation style first, to allow for faster generation of citations
• Added item record stand-ins to Solr for RMC materials without item records to allow them to be requestable through Aeon

November 2, 2021

• Fixed an Aeon bug
• Removed code handling json requests for bookmarks and bookbags to fix an Appsignal error
  
• Added validation to user.rb to avoid low level exception and fix Appsignal error

October 29, 2021

• Added an alert message to My Account

October 19, 2021

• Advanced search – Fixed a bug where NOT searches where performed as AND searches

October 18, 2021

• Fixed a bug where quoted phrase searches were not working for a Title or Subject basic search
• Fixed a bug where erroneous requests were displayed in My Account

October 4, 2021

• Added Ornithology circ desk as a pickup location

September 27, 2021

• Removed “Unavailable at this time” message for noncirc materials
• Fixed a bug where “Returned” status was misreported in Availability box
• Fixed a bug where virtual browse previous/next would crash at end of call number range
• Fixed a bug where advanced phrase search against Notes returned false positives
• Fixed bugs for Aeon reading room request
• Fixed display of “Available – on-site use” for noncirc items
• Fixed a bug where invalid sort error produced 400 Solr response
• Changed link from “Hours/Map” to “Hours” in Availability box
• Changed Info button from a badge to a button and updated labels to “Author info” or “Subject info”
• Removed unnecessary link on Online badge search results
• Widened width of metadata for mobile devices
• Accessibility
  • Added underlines so links are clearly identifiable
  • Fixed empty container element (empty <ul> for physical holdings)
  • Fixed link without alternative text errors
  • Added a label for call number select list in virtual browse item view
  • Fixed element IDs are not unique error for virtual browse
• Shibboleth work in preparation for October CUWebAuth retirement

September 15, 2021

• Added a nil check for Aeon reading room request (DISCOVERYACCESS-7253)
• Fixed a bug for false positives in advanced search using notes as a search field
• Added aria-label to differentiate ‘Other forms’ links where the same link text goes to different destinations

August 30, 2021

• Updated delivery locations in requests (added Nestlé, renamed Industrial Labor and Relations to Catherwood ILR)
• Fixed a bug causing renewals to fail (or appear to fail) in My Account
• Now displaying pickup location names for available requests

August 25, 2021

• Aeon – caught exception when item values are nil during sort of items by enum

August 24, 2021

• Fixed home page loading slowly, due to ‘expensive’ Solr query

August 23, 2021

• Updated list of pickup locations

August 12, 2021

• Removed COVID banner

August 10, 2021

• Added a nil check for an Aeon scan request (DISCOVERYACCESS-7255)

August 9, 2021

• Expanded list of pickup locations

August 3, 2021

• Added Vault location to Aeon records
• Improved appearance of alert banners
• Checkouts now sorted by both due date (primary) and title (secondary)
• Fixed a bug where multiple cancel/renew attempts no longer generated for a single button click
• Resolved invalid date error with pending requests
• Result of renewal attempts now reported correctly
• Due dates are displayed correctly for local time zone

July 28, 2021

• Added information about open orders to display
• Added recent issues to display
• Fixed bug related to call number display
• Fixed bug related to call number search (fix 75% applied)
• Completed updating of Guest IDs to fix login issues
• Fixed a bug where Browse by Author-Title was not working correctly
• Updated tests to use fewer bibids
• Fixed a bug where Browse by Author-Name was not returning the correct number of results
• Fixed an invalid date error in My Account

July 19, 2021

• Fixed a bug where search history was displaying incorrect activity

July 14-16, 2021

• Fixed a bug where a record “did not exist” due to scan=yes parameter
• Adapted call number tests to newly visible records
• Fixed a bug where holdings information was missing from RSS feed
• Modified virtual browse time indicator so that it gets hidden after page load
• Fixed a bug where selecting an item in Aeon caused an error
• Fixed Aeon controller exception and syntax error
• Updated handling of some items attached to online holdings, which caused indexing errors
• Removed FOLIO migration alert from My Account page
• Fixed GuestID login issue
• Eliminated UnknownFormat error due to missing call number
• Migrated BestBets to new server
• Updated Browse by Author Title due to FOLIO migration
• Resolved status language changes
• Item restriction now displaying when requesting material, and restriction note is now passed to corresponding Aeon field

July 8, 2021

• Fixed a bug relating to the Solr search query (plus sign caused problems)
• Removed the GuestID login button; GuestID users can log into My Account the “regular” way
• Reactivated the Aeon request button

July 7, 2021

• Updated temporary My Account message

July 6, 2021

• Request bug fixes relating to FOLIO migration

July 2, 2021

• Took My Account out of read-only mode.

July 1, 2021

• Went live with FOLIO! Requests and other systems were reactivated.

June 21, 2021

• Put My Account in read-only mode in preparation for FOLIO launch
• Deactivated request scan button for Rare materials due to service pause

June 17, 2021

• Deactivated request button in preparation for FOLIO launch (turned off all requests except scanning)

June 15, 2021

• Fixed a bug where the Librarian View threw an error for some records (added nil checks)

June 14, 2021

• Deactivated PDA request options in preparation for FOLIO launch

June 7, 2021

• Deactivated Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan request options in preparation for FOLIO launch

May 26, 2021

• Hathi Trust Emergency Temporary Access Service was discontinued
• Added hidden data block for ARES integration
• Continued FOLIO integration work
• No longer blocking ‘online’ call numbers from item view browse-nearby virtual shelf browse
• Updated Bootstrap markup for purchase request form

May 17, 2021

• Added additional message to My Account regarding borrowing service interruptions
• Updated font style for “Library Catalog” site name

May 11, 2021

• Added alert message for end of Hathi Trust ETAS and upcoming borrowing service interruptions
• Added message to My Account regarding borrowing service interruptions

April 30, 2021

• Suppressed Restrictions heading in Availability box if there are no restrictions

April 27, 2021

• Display the request button for items that are available for purchase

April 8, 2021

• Reverted request portion of new Borrow Direct API
• Fixed a bug relating to quoted phrase searching

April 1, 2021

• Migrated Best Bets to AWS
• Added new Library logo
• Added event tracking for Discogs links
• Added user limit to Terms of Use page
• Added collection facet filter to publisher number/other identifier search mode
• Cleaned up bad characters from ILS API
• Fixed a bug where Advanced Search phrase search was not using *_quoted search fields
• Fixed a bug relating to a user being logged out of Book Bag often
• Parameterized email credentials
• Improved expensive Solr query on catalog home page
• Improved Borrow Direct error messages
• Implemented request portion of new Borrow Direct API
• Collapsed user menu on mobile devices
• Update library website link labels in dropdown menu
• Increased font sizes in sidebar expand search and facet links
• Fixed a bug where metadata did not wrap around a cover image in Safari

March 15, 2021

• Enabled Syndetics Unbound Table of Contents
• Removed Cornell-wide emergency banner because it has been decommissioned

March 9, 2021

• Moved Blacklight app to AWS

February 22, 2021

• My Account – Fixed the Borrow Direct cancel link and moved it to the template

February 8, 2021

• Fixed a bug where some requests were not working

February 2, 2021

• Changed availability status to “Unavailable” for Adelson Library items

January 25, 2021

• Index
  • Added Discogs metadata for musical recordings
  • Created Math Library collection filter in Solr for Math Library New Books feed
• Added error checking for determination of expired FOLIO token
• Fixed a bug where signing in from search results loaded the date range facet
• Requests – implemented new Borrow Direct API to speed up loading of request forms
• Single search – fixed a bug where EBSCO article title showed up as escaped in results
• Added Credits page including Discogs disclaimer
• Advanced search – fixed a bug where sequence number in item record did not display correctly
• Accessibility fixes
  • Virtual browse missing heading text
  • Color contrast for Info button
  • Table description for call number browse
  • Call number browse select list for view type lacked description
  • Virtual browse images lacked alt attributes
  • Dropdowns have invalid role, state or property
  • Call number browse titles – replaced<b> with <strong>

January 12, 2021

• Terms of Use – changed column name Note to Permissions in generic display
• Changed Restrictions to <h3> in Availability box to fix order of headings

January 11, 2021

• AWS deployment updates
• Added sleep time for book bags
• Modified bento for Digital Commons@ILR move to eCommons
• Terms of Use – updated new licenses display, retained older fields

January 7, 2021

• Updated display of database titles so that they include vernacular title (to match search results)

December 3, 2020

• Removed result count from Libraries WorldWide and Articles & Full Text in simple search results
• Fixed a bug where callslip requests could not be canceled in My Account
• Temporarily hid the availability in the virtual shelf browse except for online items
• Additional clearance of EBSCO log errors

November 17, 2020

• Virtual Browse
  • Fixed a bug where toggling to list view didn’t start at the right call number
  • Added Matomo tracking events
• Articles & Full Text
  • Now displaying only Get it! Cornell link from EBSCO Discovery Service, styled as a link
  • Removed leftover Summon code
  • Cleared overabundance of EBSCO log errors
  • Fixed sidebar count in search results and removed “(eds)” from link label
• Requests
  • Fixed a bug where code was looped through twice due to HEAD request method
  • Fixed a bug where requests sometimes did not work in Safari; users would see “please enter your email address”
  • Changed text for Annex pickup location
• My Account – Fixed a bug where code was looped through twice due to HEAD request method
• Fixed Appsignal Book Bag error
• Other UI
  • Larger book cover images for mobile devices in search results
  • Accessibility – Increased contrast of dividers in search drop-down

November 5, 2020

• Fixed a bug where advanced search parameters were  not cleared out when a simple search was done afterward
• Fixed a bug where Shibboleth sometimes redirects to the virtual browse route, not the request form
• Accessibility – increased contrast of separators in search drop-down
• Hathi access links should only have changed those links that were already ETAS links
• Fixed Appsignal errors
  • Avoided use of empty arrays
  • Changed class names to BookBag
• Update bento results for eCommons after migration of School of Hotel Administration collection
• Fixed an issue that had resulted in 36,000 records missing their ETAS links

October 30, 2020

• Added “Mail this item to me” special delivery location

October 23, 2020

• Fixed availability for RMC items; not all were displaying the correct “Available for on-site use” status
• Changed Law pickup location from “Law School — Law School faculty, staff and students only” to “Law School — Law School community only”

October 19, 2020

• Changed availability label for Rare items to “Available On-site use”

October 16, 2020

• Updated availability label for ETAS items so they are more easily identifiable
• Changed “Unavailable for loan” to “Unavailable at this time”

October 8, 2020

• Updated process for getting Terms of Use license information

September 29, 2020

• Encoded spaces in Terms of Use database category links to fix accessibility/validation error
• Fixed a search box error from a requests screen where bibid was being passed to the search
• Added a note about scanning to the Ask a Librarian request screen, if scanning is available for that item
• Removed My Account alert message
• Added custom error templates for Page Not Found and Internal Server Error
• Increased font size for small text in the bento interface
• Modified Matomo stats collection so it goes into one project instead of separating out the bento
• Hid the “Withdrawn” status on My Account
• Suppressed items that Cornell cannot access in Articles & Full Text bento

September 21, 2020

• Enabled Interlibrary Loan requests
• Accessibility improvements for call number shelf browse
• Suppressed display of call number shelf browse for ONLINE items
• Added link to library hours page on requests screens
• Extended Library to Library delivery time

September 18, 2020

• Performance improvements for call number shelf browse
• Improved display of requests forms on mobile – width of select list and Notes field
• Fixed width of Recall template
• Placed CUL logo with CSS
• Fixed spaces in URLs on Databases page

September 14, 2020, #2

• Fixed placeholder example text for direct link to call number browse

September 14, 2020, #1

• Added Uris Library as a pickup location for Borrow Direct requests

September 9, 2020

• Enabled request button for Reading Room delivery of Rare items

September 4, 2020, #2

• Added check for nil for Terms of Use

September 4, 2020, #1

• Changed ‘Withdrawn’ status to ‘Unavailable for loan’ for ETAS items
• Added message to My Account regarding problem with renewals

September 3, 2020

• Enabled Scan button for ETAS items

September 2, 2020

• Enabled Recall for requests

September 1, 2020, #2

• Fixed pickup locations for Borrow Direct requests
• Changed link text in the COVID banner

September 1, 2020, #1

• Enabled Borrow Direct requests
• Implemented new call number shelf browse
• Terms of Use now uses EBSCO ERM

August 20, 2020

• Updated the requests system to allow for contact-less pick-up of Math Library items
• Single Search – switched to the edsapi-ruby gem for “Articles and Full Text” in order to improve search results

August 13, 2020

• Updated the requests system to allow for contact-less pick-up of Law Library items

August 12, 2020

• Updated the requests system to allow for contact-less pick-up of Vet Library items
• Added the ability to filter to online items in the call number browse

August 6, 2020

• Restored special delivery request options for Cornell in Washington and NYC-AAP remote program
• Updated the framework for Database’ Terms of Use

August 3, 2020

• Updated the requests system to allow for contact-less pick-up of Fine Arts Library items

July 29, 2020

• Updated the requests system to allow for contact-less pick-up of Africana and Music Library items
• Call number browse
  • Expanded the title citation to include author and date
  • Added call number subject description to top of browse page
  • Included special collections materials under LC call numbers (where available) in addition to shelf location call numbers
  • Added description of call number browse to Help page
• Book Bag
  • Moved from Redis to MySQL
  • Added ability to save Selected Items to Book Bag
• Updated Advanced Search help text
• Improve bento box spacing for mobile

July 20, 2020

• Updated the requests system to allow for contact-less pick-up of ILR items

June 30, 2020

• Updated the requests system to allow for contact-less pick-up at several locations (Uris, Mann, Library Annex)

June 1, 2020

• Added service alert capability

May 26, 2020

• Fixed a bug where citations were not displaying in the Cite window
• Updated library branding and COVID banner

May 19, 2020

• Removed Geneva from delivery locations
• Moved skip link to the top of the page
• Removed deprecated url_access_display field
• Now preventing against zero division in EBSCO Discovery Service
• Prevented deep paging in search results
• Added a link to Citation Management in Book Bag
• Updated Databases to link directly to resource if there is just one access link and to catalog record for multiple access links
• Improved support for missing or invalid MARC data; hide link to Librarian View and added warning message if Librarian View is unavailable
• Improved link text for HathiTrust Emergency Access documentation
• Added bi-directional x-references to subject, author, and author-title browse
• Added “Veterinary Library > Core Textbooks” to location facet
• Added “Cast” to record view
• Added “Keyword” to record view
• Limited the inclusion of potentially irrelevant terms from authority record alternate forms in the general search
• Improved catalog updating of recent annex accessions

April 1, 2020

• Added Repositories bento search
• Accessibility – removed autofocus from search box, minor code changes for HTML validation
• Fixed bug where request options table would sometimes display as empty
• Fixed stray </span> tag at the bottom of the facet window that was due to a Kaminari upgrade
• Added boost for e-records that were temporarily added
• Allowed Interlibrary Loan requests for in-transit items
• Fixed a bug where Book Bag periodically resets to 0 items
• Added COVID-19 banner

March 18, 2020

• Made additional updates to requests – removed Africana
• Added Awards field to item view display
• Added LibChat slide-out widget

March 17, 2020

• Updated requests options in light of building closures and the move to online instruction
• Updated Cornell-wide emergency banner

February 23, 2020

• Fixed a bug where single search result counts were not correct when viewing the results in the catalog

February 6, 2020

• Security update for XSS vulnerability

February 3, 2020

• Fixed a bug where the Cite feature was not working

January 27, 2020

• Modified EDS results to ensure that 3 good results are found
• Fixed display of skip to content link on focus

January 24, 2020

• Updated EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) bento results so that link title goes to the EDS detail page, due to login issues with the previous full text links
• Added result count to Articles & Full Text link to EDS, on simple search results page
• Fixed RSS button on search results page
• Fixed network error message when using Email feature

January 22, 2020

• Allowed complete disabling of My Account
• Better error handling for My Account
• Updated additional link out to Articles & Full Text (to EBSCO Discovery Service)
• Removed styles that are no longer needed after updating blacklight-hierarchy gem
• Changed “Charged” to “Checked out” in My Account

January 21, 2020

• Switched to EBSCO Discovery Service for Articles & Full Text searching
• Fixed a bug where the “Back to catalog results” link returned incorrect results after viewing a search result set that was linked from WorldCat
• Updated version of blacklight-hierarchy gem to so that the Call Number and Library Location faces are keyboard accessible
• Added “Cornell Tech – Bloomberg Center” pick-up location
• Browse cross references are now limited to three terms, with a link to view more

December 17, 2019

• Updated Solr from 6 to 8 and moved to AWS

November 21, 2019

• Advanced Search
  • Fixed a bug where “begins with” and “Journal Title” searches yielded no results
  • Improved results for partially quoted “all” searches
  • Removed redundancies in templates
  • Fixed UTF-8 error
• My Account
  • Improved error handling for when net IDs are not found; display flash message
  • Added Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan labels for checked out items
• Requests
  • Update Mann special delivery method to reflect new Voyager location codes
• Tightened up spacing and improve readability of online links in the availability box
• Restored missing single search template
• Added a check for nil value when there is a facet parameter
• Removed Internet Explorer 9 alert
• Bootstrap 4/Blacklight 7 SASS clean-up
• Accessibility improvements
• Miscellaneous AppSignal bug fixes
• Updated ILS API code to remove control characters in the JSON it returns
• Prepared for moving Solr to AWS

October 21, 2019

• Fixed a bug where online records missing online links threw an error

October 18, 2019

• Fixed a bug preventing renewals through ILLiad

October 9, 2019

• Fixed a bug where online links were not displaying in Availability box
• Fixed a bug where Online message was displaying for print items in the Availability box
• Fixed title and journal search with only one token

September 25, 2019

• Fixed a bug where the available-for-purchase request page would not display
• Added DOI field to item view
• Added link back to catalog on Databases, My Account, Digital Collections and Single Search
• Fixed a bug where emailing a large number of items within Book Bag caused an error
• Re-fixed duplicate browse by call number buttons
• Various My Account bug fixes
• Fixed various nil errors in requests
• Fixed missing flash message partial
• Miscellaneous clean-up from August Blacklight 7/Bootstrap 4 upgrade

August 22, 2019

• Fixed a bug where Zotero was not saving records correctly
• Fixed My Account bugs
  • Improved renewal status and error message
  • Improve time out error for large collections of charged material

August 15, 2019

• Fixed various My Account bugs
  • Guard against charged items with no due date
  • Guard against empty renewable lookup hash
  • Increase timeout of Voyager API call
  • Rescue error in patron info lookup
  • Additional nil checks

August 13, 2019

• Fixed bugs relating to opensearch method and OCLC requests that resulted from the upgrade to Blacklight 7.

August 7, 2019

• Upgraded to Blacklight 7!
• Launched My Account in Blacklight catalog
• Switched from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery
• Added functionality to prepopulate the ILLiad form from a DOI
• Cleaned up display of Other Forms

June 24, 2019

• Improve color contrast for Info button and various icons

June 13, 2019

• Fixed a bug where requests were not working
• Changed colors for various elements (e.g. Feedback button, Online label, active pagination link) for better contrast and accessibility
• Small accessibility improvements for the requests interface

June 1, 2019

• Fixed a bug where only the first bound-with link displayed when there were multiple links in a holding
• Improved duplicate holdings display for HathiTrust items
• Created updates procedure for HathiTrust holdings
• Fixed a bug where the facet counts were incorrect in the modal pop-up windows
• Improved the appearance for “Available for the Library to purchase” items in call number browse
• Adjusted call number browse buttons in record view to use new Solr field identifying call numbers to link to
• Improved detection of on-order material to ensure they don’t appear as “Available”
• Accessibility improvements – made ‘skip to content’ links visible on focus, fixed link destination that did not exist on “about this search” pop-up
• Updated Advanced Search help text

April 3, 2019

• If you change the number of search results, that number is now remembered after you visit an item record.
• The select box is now removed in cases where a user has 500 items in Selected Items or Book Bag, since there is a 500 item limit. A message regarding this limitation displays  in its place.
• Suppressed “On-site use” note from non-circulating items at the Library Annex
• Fixed bugs in Advanced Search

March 21, 2019

• Fixed devise vulnerability
• Improved spacing for browse call number buttions when they wrap to multiple lines
• Accessibility improvements – added aria-labels to distinguish multiple “Online” links on a single page; added fieldset and legend to advanced search radio buttons

February 5, 2019

• Fixed quoted call number search, plus other search errors

January 24, 2019

• Fixed a bug where single-quoted strings were not handled correctly in advanced search
• Cleaned up display of array in holdings info for “Library has:”
• Improvements for 500 item limit in Book Bag – added tests, prevented crashing of Selected Items when more than 500 items are selected
• Added HathiTrust access links to approximately 60,000 records

January 16, 2019

• Fixed bug where various simple searches were not returning accurate results
• Added buttons to browse call numbers on item record
• Added filter by location on call number browse page
• Added small accessibility improvements: increase color contrast for links and red buttons, make bento “about this search” keyboard-accessible, make font size larger in “Looking for more” box and Librarian View link
• Made small wording change in the ‘clear selected items’ alert box

November 12, 2018

• Fixed a bug where availability notes in triangle brackets were not displaying
• Added tips to the Book Bag page: limit of 500 items, uncheck boxes to remove items
• Fixed a bug where some circulating items displayed as non-circulating in availability
• Fixed a bug where items were listed out of order in the Aeon request form
• Turned off “Did you mean” suggestions
• Removed last two links in results pagination due to possibility of crashing index
• Fixed a bug where the Cite button caused an error on 6783036
• Fixed a bug where click-to-search from the headings browse returned results expected from an all-fields search
• Fixed a bug where subject and author click-to-search on record view were executing all-fields searches
• Now displaying “Works about” field on record view
• Withdrawn items are now displaying as “withdrawn”
• Fixed a bug where ellipsis was being removed from the end of main title in record view
• Fixed a bug where incompatible characters in terms of use (TOU) would cause an error when loading the TOU page

October 31, 2018

• Fixed author search (DISCOVERYACCESS-4647)
• Non-Roman values now display in call number browse

October 1, 2018

• Added call number browse!
• Fixed date slider that went missing
• Stemmer now stems “working”
• Call number suffixes are now searchable
• Fixed a bug where record unintentionally appeared as “order cancelled”
• Changed “Map or Globe” format value to “Map”
• Improved accessibility for icons
• Select all added to book bag
• Changed label of “clear selected items” to “clear all items” to better reflect what happens
• Cleaned up title_starts query from simple search
• Hid tools when 0 items in Book Bag
• Fixed link to Interlibrary Loan on volume select screen
• Fixed a bug where subject search failed intermittently due to incorrect construction
• Fixed bug where LibX wasn’t working properly with multi-word searches
• Added Google Analytics
• Added modal window message that appears when using email button and not signed in
• Added tooltip to select box when not signed in, indicating users should sign in first for email and saving options
• Requests
  • Fixed a bug that allowed some on-reserve items to be requested
  • Added nil method protections (DISCOVERYACCESS-4258, DISCOVERYACCESS-4496)
  • Made sure @ill_link was populated in request_controller.rb
  • Changed parameter names sent to ILL from item view link

July 24, 2018

• Fixed several bugs that needed checks for nil
• Fixed a bug where Geneva patrons could not request delivery of books from Mann Library
• Fixed a bug where search results didn’t display for an item that was missing a title, but had vernacular title
• Now showing more detailed statuses for items that are unavailable (e.g. Lost, In Transit, Missing, Overdue)
• Implemented new version of SAML login code
• Fixed a bug where an emailed book record showed a single holding’s availability instead of every holding’s availability
• Fixed a bug where an emailed item did not contain availability status
• Added ‘Title begins with’ to the simple search box
• Fixed a bug where search boxes were not sanitizing output
• Now displaying return dates when all copies/volumes are available
• CISER hours/map link now links to CISER home page
• Fixed a bug where removing a search term constraint did not remove the constraint or query from the display
• Added a short-term disabler for Aeon requests and scan requests
• Fixed a bug where items were not requestable when they had supplementary material

June 11, 2018

• Fixed a bug where item 833840 could not be requested

June 7, 2018

• Fixed a bug where certain Annex items could not be requested

June 4, 2018

• Fixed a bug where emailing items was not working

May 30, 2018

• Requests
  • Delivery locations are now properly excluded in pickup location list
  • Fixed Javascript alert error that displayed after making request
  • PDA is offered as an option when appropriate
  • Fixed formatting of copy number

May 24, 2018

• Requests
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes ScanIt was the only available request option
  • Requests now user holdings data from SOLR
  • Rewrite of requests logic
  • Accessibility improvements
• RIS export now includes call number and location
• Fixed a bug where citation did not handle ‘analytic’ entry properly
• Fixed a bug where recent issues that are in acquisitions but don’t have item records are missing from the availability box
• Added button for adding selected items to book bag, where they can then be saved and emailed
• When logged in, the Selected Items page (/bookmarks) page now redirects to Book Bag (/book_bags)
• Book bag emails now group items 20 per email, and allow a large number of items to be sent
• Added Mann Library > Ellis Collection to Library Location facet
• Accessibility improvements to Databases interface – column scope, order of headings
• Accessibility improvements for Hours/Map and Text links

April 9, 2018

• Single search now uses holdings data from SOLR
• Fixed a bug where Terms of Use links were not working on item views

April 4, 2018

• Moved holdings data to SOLR for search results and item views. Improvements include the ability to display:
  • Multiple holdings location in the search results
  • Due times for reserve items and other short-term loans
• Added hierarchical location facet
• Made coverage dates more visible in online access links
• Accessibility improvements
• Fixed a bug in Digital Collections where title appeared twice when there are two access links in a record
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the Info button breaks onto a new line in Firefox
• Added a tooltip to the Sign in link; removed tooltip from Selected Items link
• Disabled Email button on Selected Items page
• In Databases, when an item has multiple access links, we are now linking to the full catalog record rather displaying a list of URLs.
• Stemmer changes
  • “Tardis” no longer stems to “tardi”
  • “Homer” no longer stems to “home”
  • “Locks” now stems to “lock”

January 23, 2018

• Fixed a bug where records saved in Zotero produced URLs when they should not
• Fixed a bug where saving a musical score in Zotero didn’t work
• Fixed Ask a Librarian Piwik event
• Fixed a bug where requesting an unavailable volume put you in a loop where you couldn’t request anything
• Allowed for Bailey Hortorium items to be delivered to Mann Library
• Moved main library website (www.library.cornell.edu) to Pantheon
• Fixed a bug where the APA 6 citation format showed two dates
• Accessibility improvements
• Added Date Acquired facet

December 11, 2017

• Fixed a bug where terms of use link was broken due to special character before ellipsis in record 8637394

December 5, 2017

• Fixed bugs in left-anchored searching

November 28, 2017

• Fixed formatting for Info button on item view
• Fixed a bug where in specific cases, Info button pop-up on item view shows “Full Record” link twice
• Fixed a bug where the ScanIt form was not being pre-populated
• Added ‘citation only’ to citation online type in summon bento
• In search results, only display the first edition statement when there are more than one
• Fixed a bug where uniform title CTS performed title/title search when title/author search was needed
• Fixed a bug where the “note” did not appear to be included in the Relais request when the request is submitted via the catalog
• Added additional Piwik tracking links
• Improved alignment of mobile form elements on Borrow Direct request form
• Fixed a bug where request button was not working for certain library annex requests for serials
• Requesting ScanIt or Interlibrary Loan from the “Other options” request table goes directly to ILLiad instead of loading an intermediary page
• Accessibility improvements
• Added an RSS feed link to search results
• Fixed advanced search bugs
• Fixed a bug where the title of “Groton N.Y.” appears as “Groton N.Y” due to stripping of trailing punctuation
• Changes to Voyager now show up even more quickly in Blacklight
• Updated Borrow Direct success/failure message, and disabled Borrow Direct button after it has been clicked

October 18, 2017

• Fixed a bug where non-Borrow Direct locations were listed as pick-up locations
• Fixed a bug where selecting “Any” in an Advanced Search did an “and” instead of “or”

October 5, 2017

• Fixed a bug where Feedback link on search results was not working

October 3, 2017

• Optimized CSS and Javascript based on Google page speed recommendations
• Updated home page text
• Added advanced search links to single search interface
• Integrated browse options into simple search box
• Removed Browse link from header; added Ask a Librarian link
• Added a ‘Menu’ label to the hamburger icon in the Cornell bar
• Improved the Table of Contents display for long values
• Fixed a bug where changing the number of rows from 1 to 2 when modifying an advanced search threw an error
• Fixed a bug where removing a facet from a one-line advanced search threw an error
• Added display limit of 500 records for export
• Added SAML sign-in
• Added edition and description to all fields search
• Fixed a bug where some special characters displayed as boxes in Chrome on Mac

August 10, 2017

• Added boost for exact title matches with or without leading articles
• Added government identification numbers to publisher number/other identifier search
• Made sure the word “works” is stemmed to “work”
• Added language-specific articles
• “Thor” no longer stems to “the”
• Fixed a bug where simple search isn’t blocking stemming on phrase searches
• Added boost for exact title matches with or without subtitle in search
• Adjust unquoted search manipulation for all-fields, title, and publisher number searches, from all of bento, single, and advanced search
• Fixed a bug where begins-with search thinks the word “and” starts with an “e”
• Removed publication information from linking title fields from title search

August 9, 2017

• Fixed a bug where print availability didn’t display on search results if it was also available online
• Updated Databases Terms of Use code to match Catalog Terms of Use code
• Changed style of non-clickable availability status labels
• Removed links to Classic Catalog and updated home page text
• Moved availability box up on the page
• Added Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan links in the header; made Ask and Chat links in the footer more prominent
• Added a Cornell-wide Web Accessibility Help link in the footer
• Removed location/access link titles from “Other forms” box on item view; added “At the Library” to denote print holdings, and updated the style of the Online label
• Removed slight indentation for titles on Digital Collections page
• Fixed a bug where journal title searches displayed as title in the constraint on the results page
• Fixed a bug where special characters were displaying incorrectly in text messages
• Fixed a bug where call number texting failed for many foreign languages
• Removed publication information from linking title fields from title search
• Citations
  • Improved Zotero functionality
  • Improved display of suggested citations
  • Added Council of Science Editors and MLA 8th edition
  • Fixed a bug where corporate authors did not display in citations
• Advanced Search
  • Fixed a bug where author field labeling was inconsistent between Advanced Search create and Advanced Search modify
  • Fixed a bug where removing a facet from Advanced Search threw an error
• Single Search
  • Removed Library Websites box
  • Added Digital Collections and Research Guides boxes
  • Articles & Full Text now searches all formats except newspaper articles

June 26, 2017

• Switched to new, more powerful Piwik installation
• Updated turnaround time for ScanIt service
• Prepped for move to AWS
• Suppressed bound-with link when duplicated by empty items
• Improvements to Borrow Direct connection – timeout; test and production

May 3, 2017

• Update routes for Terms of Use links
• Add links to separate Terms of Use
• Fixed a bug where a colon in a search term through an error
• Add some timing changes
• Updated locations.yml

April 10, 2017

• Single search – only do array work on formats that are arrays
• Fixed bug where display of space craft imaging facility records suppresses request button for other libraries

April 6, 2017

• Added a tooltip to Text link on item view
• Call number search now sorts by call number by default
• Fixed a bug where removing a facet from an advanced search turns OR into AND
• Added spinner to requests interface
• Fixed a bug where only the first page of items are exported when paginating through selected items
• Fixed a bug where OCLC links to the catalog from Worldcat weren’t working
• Now including referring URL from catalog or single search when using Feedback form submissions
• Delineated reserve and other special volumes in the volume select list
• Added accessibility label to publication date slider
• Fixed a bug where holdings public note was not displayed on online holdings
• Fixed item view page width so it isn’t wider than the browser window on small mobile devices
• Fixed alignment of titles in Databases
• Dispelled confusion over whether item 9861849 was in process or checked out (hopefully)
• Fixed a bug where including “%” in a single search fails in Catalog book results
• Moved covers to the right and removed icon covers on search results and item view
• Fixed a bug where the request system wasn’t allowing requests for items whose status was unavailable, while supplemental material was available
• Fixed a bug where entering a space as a term in Advanced Search threw an error
• Fixed a bug where call number simple searches wouldn’t sort
• Updated home page text to include estimated retirement date of Classic Catalog
• Updated search box label in Databases
• Added analytics tracking for single search results
• Added left-anchored search modification to support word truncation
• Fixed bug where begins-with boosting of general title search failed on quoted search
• Added boosting for exact title matches with or without leading articles
• Added Japanese (and possibly Korean) search improvements with new character filter in Solr
• Fixed a bug where searching for “QA76.” produced no results
• Fixed a bug where bib call numbers were not reflected in search
• Fixed a bug where language flags were not being displayed (or likely faceted)

March 1, 2017

• Fixed a bug where previous/next links on an item view were not stepping through results correctly
• Fixed a bug where number of results per page was not preserved when viewing other pages
• Fixed a bug where a call number search was not sorting by call number

February 9, 2017

• Upgraded to Solr6
• Added new display fields: Indexes, Instrumentation, Thesis
• Implemented “begins with” searching
• Reduced stemming behavior
• Enabled donor searching by book plate code
• Normalization for spacing differences in facets
• Fixed a bug where 555 label doesn’t match Classic Catalog
• Initial articles not used for sorting titles in browse
• Addition of LCGFT terms to the genre facet
• Fixed bug where titles with diacritics were incorrectly sorting

January 24, 2017

• Fixed a bug where selecting Recall on a multi-volume item sent you into a volume-select loop
• Changed the font for call number in the Availability box on the item view, for easier reading
• Fixed a bug that was preventing the creation of “back to search” links for searches originating from single search
• Fixed a bug where sort order was not remembered when paginating through results
• Added a session timer prompt
• Added a non-circulating label for items at the Spacecraft Planetary Imaging Facility
• Fixed a bug where certain Aeon requests failed
• Added “skip to search results” for screen readers
• Added email protection through CUWebAuth
• Improved availability calls on search results – only fetch availability for items that are visible, and starting from the top of the page

November 2, 2016

• Made list numbers smaller in search results, set apart from titles
• Implemented column layout for See Also references in Browse, for easier reading
• Changed “Document Delivery” label to “ScanIt,” in Requests
• Fixed a bug where All Fields simple searches were not being properly added to constraints
• Disabled “Did you mean” from Browse and click-to-search searches
• Added subjects to Databases Terms of Use pages
• Improved Search History for facet-only searches and removed blank searches (no query or facets)
• Added link to catalog when no results in single search
• Added select all button to search results
• Adjusted display criteria for donor fields
• Improved handling of bound-with in Requests
• Fixed a bug where the “more” link in facets didn’t work after an advanced search
• Removed facets from the home page for faster loading
• Improved inconsistent display of dates in 856 link text
• Fixed a bug where simple searches with “&” truncated everything after “&”
• Enabled selective disabling of delivery methods
• Fixed a bug where editing of Best Bets wasn’t working
• Fixed a bug where notes were displayed inline on item view after upgrade to Blacklight 6.31
• Cursor now starts in search box on catalog home page
• Extended Search History timeout to 4 hours
• Moved location displays into one source
• Fixed link to Ives Hall map in Availability box
• Fixed a blank availability row on item 8295841
• Fixed link to SPIF in Availability box

October 4, 2016

• Refinements to Advanced Search to fix bugs – phrase searching, spell check, blanks rows
• Fixed a bug where item records were not viewable from certain advanced searches, and previous/next links did not work
• Fixed other online content field so all links display
• Updated protocol for Best Bets URL

September 13, 2016

• Updated software to Blacklight 6.3.1

August 2, 2016

• Fixed pagination bug when browsing headings
• Fixed bug where Did you mean? picked up field names from Advanced Search
• Fixed bug where using plus or minus in a Databases search would cause an error
• Added option to request a scan of chapter or article in Availability box on item record
• Requests
  • Fixed bug for Library-to-Library restrictions
  • Fixed bug where holds could be placed on serials and certain on-site items
  • Fixed a bug where certain items would trigger Interlibrary Loan requests when they shouldn’t
  • Added link to Interlibrary Loan on volume-select screen

April 21, 2016

• Added Streaming Video category to Databases
• Requests
  • Added location to copies on request forms
  • Fixed a bug where unavailable items caused an Interlibrary Loan loop
  • Cleaned up field alignment for forms
  • Added Bootstrap 3 markup to purchase request form
  • Improved accessibility of volume select page
• Switch placeholder text in Browse search box to include example searches
• Added RIS export format; removed Mendeley format
• Added Terms of Use for ebooks
• Added “begins with” option to Advanced Search
• Updated branding and improved Terms of Use display in E-Journal Titles interface
• Changed display of holdings/availability info into a table format for easier reading
• Fixed a bug where Databases threw an error when no description
• Fixed a bug where parentheses were missing on selected items count when selecting an item
• Updated Hours/Map links
• Improved display of holdings for serials and microform
• Make a quoted Advanced Search work without choosing phrase
• Fixed a bug where sorting was not working on Advanced Search results
• Fixed a bug where status was incorrect in email messages
• Updated item view to mimic subject pipe display in Browse interface
• Removed click-to-search behavior for linking entry fields
• Fixed a bug where some title links were not being dropped when records being linked to are removed
• Improved display of other forms
• Improved display of author/contributor relator information
• Added display of notes related to dates of publication

February 11, 2016

• Added volume numbers to availability information

February 9, 2016

• Fixed bug where titles in Databases were not going directly to the resource
• Updated help text on Browse page

January 21, 2016

• Updated Library branding
• Added call number sort
• Searches using the call number field are automatically sorted by call number
• Added ‘info’ popup on item record for viewing author headings information
• Fixed a bug where a blank call number caused an exception
• Fixed a bug where no item records for items with bound-with caused an exception
• Fixed a bug where unauthorized genre terms were missing from subject browse
• Fixed a bug where the absence of an online URL broke certain Databases subjects

January 11, 2016

• Linking between records for the same work
• Searching expanded to find records based on alternate forms of authors’ names and subject terms
• When a browse item has only one see also, that see also now appears in the browse list.
• Works appearing in subject or author (sorted by title) browses now have pipe characters between the author and title.
• Call number facet expanded to include more call numbers.
• Author (sorted by title) no longer displays dates or relator codes.
• Records now counted under higher level subject terms in subject browse.
• Multiple access links on a record now displayed in controlled order.
• Added 10-minute session timeout

November 19, 2015

• Borrow Direct settings have been updated to work with new Borrow Direct production database
• Added z note (note about access) to the Terms of Use page in Databases
• Removed simple search box from Advanced Search page
• Added Back to Catalog link to works that appear in subject browse
• Fixed a bug where item 3104718 didn’t show delivery time on request screen
• Fixed a bug where library-to-library form comments were not being transmitted

November 11, 2015

• Fixed additional connection issue with Borrow Direct
• Fixed a bug where holdings and requests did not work for item 8688843
• Fixed a bug where the call number didn’t display in emails for item 8688843
• Fixed a bug where the advanced search layout broke when modifying searches of 3 or more rows
• Improved appearance of RDA dates in Browse interface
• Fixed a bug where backslashes in the Browse interface would cause an error
• Fixed a bug where the purchase request button wasn’t working on item 216537
• Fixed a bug where request button was missing from item 1902405
• Fixed a bug where an ampersand in the query resulted in a Libraries Worldwide count of zero

October 15, 2015

• Fixed bug where request fails if perm location isn’t a hash

October 12, 2015

• Fixed connection issue with Borrow Direct
• Integrated Advanced Search functionality into catalog app instead of via separate gem
• Fixed headings alignment on Databases home page
• Made headers smaller in print output
• Browse UI improvements
  • Fixed bug where hyphens were stripped out of Description field
  • Fixed bug with incorrect capitalization in heading view
  • Fixed bug where works link wasn’t displayed for subject browse
  • Fixed bug where works about link wasn’t display for author-title browse
  • Fixed appearance of link for works by

August 19, 2015

• Publication info is now included in citations
• Fixed a bug where the background was black in IE9
• Fixed a bug where long constraints would extend beyond the layout
• Improved the appearance of printed web pages
• Improved the Browse interface
  • Fixed a bug where hyphens were being stripped out of heading view
  • Fixed a bug where “works by” did not display in subject browse
  • Fixed a bug where “works about” did not display in author (sorted by title) browse
  • Improved the appearance of “works by” links on heading view
• Improved page load time by removing the call number facet for searches without a query
• Fixed a bug where request form validation wasn’t working
• Fixed a bug where status was different between search results and item view

August 6, 2015

• Additional notes display related to thesis work
• Barcode searches retrieve all works in an item
• Additional relator terms display for other contributors
• Fix to overnight record updates for items put on or taken off of reserve

June 18, 2015

• Upgrade to Blacklight 5.9
• Added hierarchical call number facet
• Added headings browse by author, author (sorted by title) and subject
• Added volume information to missing status for multi-volume items
• Now faceting using FAST Subject Headings
• Separated Topic/Genre facet field into separate Topic and Genre fields

June 3, 2015

• Fixed unicode corruption bug
• Requests bug fixed for items with supplementary material
• Improved date sorting to use publication date rather than production date
• Simplified publication date display in search results for many works
• Fixed handling of links between non-Roman and Romanized versions of “other contributor” names

April 22, 2015

• Added item status to contents of email
• Fixed a bug where 8258651 wouldn’t load due to too many pipes in the click-to-search field
• Improved series click-to-search by removing specific item information from the searched value
• Fixed a bug where item 1902405 did not display current issues
• Removed Selected Items menu list from Digital Collections view
• Removed “Back to catalog results” link from an item view if you got there from Digital Collections

April 16, 2015

• Fixed bug in loading request screens for item 314011 by improving call to BorrowDirect API

March 30, 2015

• Added new Cornell Digital Collections view to replace Registry of Digital Collections site.
• Added Borrow Direct access for temporary reserve items
• Improved display of title and subtitle in Databases
• Improved display order for corporate author field
• Added links to items in HathiTrust

March 18, 2015

• Fixed a bug where Libraries Worldwide link sometimes displayed on items when it shouldn’t
• Improved display on diacritics in non-webkit browsers in Catalog and single search interface
• Added area studies category to Databases
• Added a minor relevancy boost to works published in the last 30 years
• Single search: Improved quoted searches where quotes come in the middle of a search string rather than the beginning

February 17, 2015

• Renamed the Journals facet to Journals/Periodicals in the catalog and single search
• Included FAST subject headings in the facets
• Fixed a bug where on-order items broke the email feature

January 20, 2015

• Limit solr fields in results to speed up performance
• Upgrade to Ruby 2 and Rails 4, and fix related bugs: text messaging, Aeon, Zotero
• Changed Library website feedback form to go to libgateway-l instead of cul-dafeedback-l
• Improve publication date slider for impossible dates
• Updated footer content to include additional Library resources
• Removed the “back to search” link if the link is blank
• Automated ERMS terms of use
• Single search: fixed bug where best bets weren’t displaying

January 9, 2015

• Made “available” label more prominent and request button less so on item view
• Fixed a bug where items on order broke the email function

January 8, 2015

• Single search: Changed feedback links to go to Library website feedback form instead of an email address
• Ejournals: Fixed a bug where the mobile navigation wouldn’t stay open

November 19, 1014

• Reordered top navigation links so that Ask a Librarian and Help links are next to each other
• Add Libraries Worldwide link for searches with no results
• Improve interface for 400 and 500 error messages
• Expanded coverage of Libraries Worldwide links for e-only items
• Availability
  • Remove status for holdings records with no item records (e.g. bound with items)
  • Always display copy number
• Databases
  • Improve link to resource when there is no z note
• Requests
  • Law rare items can now be requested from RMC

October 24, 2014

• Fixed display of unicode characters on item page
• Fixed a bug where Journal Title was searching All Fields instead of Title
• Fixed a bug where Previous and Next links didn’t work on Journal Title searches
• Fixed a bug where an empty search in Databases would throw an error
• Put Help link in top navigation bar
• Put Libraries Worldwide link box in the mobile collapsible nav
• Now displaying z note in Databases
• Advanced search
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn’t select journal title in multiple rows
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn’t leave the first row blank
• Requests
  • Fixed a bug where an item couldn’t be requested due to non-numerical data in the chron field
  • Fixed a bug where guest ID holder couldn’t place a hold
  • Removed display of Delivery Time label when the field is empty
  • Removed Other Delivery Options table when there are no other options
• Availability
  • Improved occurrences of “on-site use” message
  • Do not display “on order” information for open orders
  • Display “on-site” use for non-circulating items
  • Improved message for items with no holdings

October 23, 2014

Single search

• Added Help link to top navigation bar
• Added correct singular or pluralization to “View all” links
• Improvements for searches with “&”

September 24, 2014

• Fixed a bug where exporting certain items to Zotero caused an error
• Fixed a bug in uniform title click-to-search behavior
• Enabled bar code searching
• Modified detection of multi-volume works
• Fixed a bug where solr was not alphabetizing accented characters correctly
• Fixed a bug where online works were being added to the “At the Library” facet
• Fixed a bug where online access links were being filtered out too aggressively
• Microform format now displays when other formats are associated with a record
• Added an additional mapping condition for the Map or Globe format
• Changed “Expand your search” to “Looking for more?”
• Added Recommend a Purchase link
• Added a chat link
• Changed the Librarian View to display in a regular page instead of a modal window
• Removed truncation warning in advanced search tips since this is supported
• Updated availability display so location and call number are more clear
• Display temporary location instead of permanent location in availability box
• Blocked display of online holdings call numbers
• Email updates: added location; emailing from Selected Items page now sends multiple items
• Requests system
  • Fixed a bug where certain items that are available for purchase would show a “We’re sorry, something went wrong” screen if you tried to request them.
  • Updated the system so that you can’t deliver an Olin Library item to Uris Library, and vice-versa.
  • Fixed a bug where copies and volumes were confused on request screen
  • Fixed a bug where names would get cut off at punctuation in the purchase request form auto-fill
  • Improved the email subject line for request a purchase form
  • Changed label from “library-to-library” to “Cornell library-to-library”
  • Fixed a bug where Annex items could not be delivery to Annex
  • Improved accessibility of cancel request options form element

Single search

• User interface updates: changed “All Formats” to “Looking for more?”, added result count to Libraries Worldwide link, added a link to Recommend a Purchase
• Changed survey link to send mail to the feedback list instead of going to Qualtrics
• Added a chat link
• Fixed bug where single search was not being nice to boolean operators
• New best bets added based on search term use from August 1-September 15, 2014: Borrow Direct (borrow direct), E-Books at Cornell University Library (ebooks), Interlibrary loan (ILL), Wall street journal (wall street journal), Overdrive e-books and audio books (overdrive)

August 19, 2014

• Improved print styles
• Fixed a bug where some characters were not printing
• Added a print button to item record pages
• Re-styled email, export, print, etc., links as buttons
• Improved contents of email message — added call number, better subject line, better author display
• Now displaying donor from 541 field
• Fixed responsiveness of advanced search form so that all fields in a row display on one row
• Added Mendeley and Zotero export formats (RIS)
• Fixed a bug involving phrase searching with a hyphen
• Updated call number search to allow for prefix inclusion
• Updated call number search to allow for dropping ‘thesis’
• Fixed a bug where locations not named “Library” were missing from the At the Library facet
• Requests system
  • Fixed a bug where number of requests were not seen on certain items
  • Fixed a bug where a “page not found error” was returned for some items
  • Fixed a bug where Document Delivery links were broken for multi-volume items
  • Fixed a bug where “copies” were displaying instead of “volumes”
  • Fixed a bug where rare copy of an item was requestable
  • Document Delivery is now more widely available as a delivery option
  • Remove hidden/collapsible “other options” table so that other delivery options always display
  • Fixed a bug where requesting some RMC items led to a “We’re sorry something went wrong” screen
  • Fixed a bug where a Borrow Direct form displays instead of Aeon (for rare items)
  • Fixed a bug where “other options” link was displaying on Check circulation page
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn’t request an item on order
  • Fixed a bug where volume selection wasn’t preserved when switching from Borrow Direct to Interlibrary Loan

Single search

• Improved print styles
• Added link to Libraries Worldwide when no results or no catalog results
• Added a tooltip (about this search) on the home page
• Changed “Related Websites” label to “Websites”

July 28, 2014

• Added links to Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan in the header
• Fixed a bug with any/all operators in advanced search
• Added a link to WorldCat for items which Cornell only has as ebook
• Added a link to Search Tips page
• Updated look of Expand your search links to match single search interface
• Fixed a bug where certain items displayed as “online” when they are not full-text
• Added WorldCat help text on the Catalog home page
• Authors are no longer retrieved in title searches
• Improved ability to search by music key
• Technical details note (538) now displays as part of Description rather than being buried in Notes
• Requests system
  • Publisher info is now properly parsing into the correct fields in Interlibrary Loan
  • Updated Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan delivery times
  • Added volume info on request screens
  • Only display volume dropdown if there is more than one volume
  • Only show the “request in advance” warning if the item must be requested in advance
  • Fixed a bug where purchase requests were going to Ask a Librarian
  • Fixed a bug where Borrow Direct was not showing up as an option for some BD-eligible items
  • Users with Guest IDs can now make requests

Single search

• Improved ‘no results’ message

July 11, 2014

• Moved My Account link to the main navigation bar
• Export to RefWorks now opens in a new browser window
• Improved print output so it uses less paper
• Fixed a bug where search constraints (facets) were not appearing under the search box
• Removed select all feature for further development
• Added spaces between commas for long holdings data
• Fixed a bug where there was a delay in the cursor appearing in the search box
• Requests system
  • Added user credentials to request screens
  • Fixed a bug where large holdings data timed out
  • Fixed a bug where user would get the wrong request message on certain items: “You have already requested this item.”
  • Fixed a bug where the page would time out when requesting Time from the Annex
  • University of Chicago was added to Borrow Direct searching
  • Fixed a bug that limited Borrow Direct request engine to searching only title and not ISBN

Single search

• Moved Articles box to the left when there are no other formats
• Moved My Account link to the main navigation bar
• Fixed grammar of “result(s)”
• Fixed a bug where there was a delay in the cursor appearing in the search box

June 2014

• Fixed long wrapping of availability holdings
• Fixed a bug where AND, OR and NOT were not working correctly in advanced search
• Updated Catalog home page “other resources” and added links to Classic and Worldcat Local
• Improved UI for mobile navigation and CUL logo
• Fixed and improved “&” and “and” searching
• Improvements to availability services — performances, notes, supplementary info, etc.
• Removed duplicate translations between main and non-Roman title fields
• Fixed call number bug
• Fixed Chinese-Japanese-Korean searching
• Fixed 130 field display bug
• Added ability to specify musical keys in search query

Single search

• Fixed phrase searching
• Fixed “&” and “and” searching
• Search term is now retained on Library Websites results pages
• Fixed bug where some best bets were not appearing in their format boxes
• Small updates to home page layout
• Updated layout
  • Moved formats sidebar to the left
  • Displaying 3 results instead of 5
  • Removed Books from the fixed position in the top left
  • Added link to Classic Catalog
  • Updated labels for Library Websites and Related Websites
  • Added jump bar for formats below the fold
  • Improved UI for mobile navigation and CUL logo

May 2014

• Numerous improvements to call number searching
• Removed stopword filtering from index
• Corrected some records incorrectly reported as “online”
• Fixed bug in IDs for cancel request times
• Fixed bug in volume selection
• Fixed typo in “Cornell in Washington”
• Improved printing of librarian view, added monospace font for easier reading
• Made online link more prominent in search results
• Placed cursor in search box by default on beta site home page
• Fixed bug where title didn’t display in browser window on item view
• Improved web accessibility for request screens

Single Search

• Fixed a bug the was preventing the display of best bets (for both catalog items and websites)
• Fixed spacing between search input and button
• Updated title field  so non-Roman characters display
• Call number searching now works
• Improved mobile display and web accessibility
• Improved formatting for Library Websites Google results

March 2014

• Added heatmaps to single search and catalog
• Completed accessibility check for single search and catalog
• Added ability to ‘select all’ on catalog results page
• Improved display of holdings statuses
• Suppressed ‘no linguistic content’ and ‘undetermined’ values from the language facet
• Improved author click-to-search behavior to include additional subfields
• Fixed bug in requesting item with temporary location
• Updated Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan delivery times
• Removed sticky header from catalog
• Left-aligned catalog constraints so longer labels are easier to read when lines wrap

Single Search

• Added best bets autocomplete dropdown to search box
• Improved single search results layout by removing extraneous space between boxes
• Improved layout of single search home page
• Added search option links to single search home page
• Removed unusable form fields from library websites results page and improved formatting
• Added link to “libraries worldwide” when there are no book results
• Added a survey link
• Improved responsive display

January 2014

• Added incremental updates — catalog is updated at midnight each day
• Beta release of redesigned CUL website and new single search interface
• Added consistent site navigation between new CUL website, single search  and catalog interfaces
• Improved navigation between single search and catalog by adding a “Search” header link
• Improved responsive header
• New domain names for single search and catalog
• Added auto-complete for best bets

December 2013

• Record currency: Records are copied from the classic catalog on November 14.
• Updated formatting of item view availability box so it’s easier to read
• Fixed a bug where advanced searches failed if there were blank fields
• Added back the ‘any copy’ option for requests
• Fixed a bug with holds placed on multivolume items
• Updated most of the site so it passes an accessibility check

November 2013

• Record currency: Records are copied from the classic catalog on November 14.
• Fixed bugs in call number searching
• Fixed bugs in advanced search, including the handling of ampersands
• Moved ‘Expand your search’ links so that they are more visible
• Updated the version of Font Awesome for icons
• Changed ‘status unknown’ label to provide more useful info
• Improved availability display for multivolume items
• Improved availability display of PDA records

October 2013

• Record currency: Records are copied from the classic catalog on September 28.
• Name and email now auto-populate on patron driven purchase request form using LDAP lookup

September 2013

• Record currency: Records are copied from the classic catalog on July 8.
• Added result count for articles to Expand Your Search box
• Added ability to modify an advanced search
• Fixed a bug where the recall expiration date was the same date that the request was made
• Improved the order of volumes in volume select list

August 2013

• Record currency: Records are copied from the classic catalog on July 8.
• Added links to expand your search in libraries worldwide and Summon for articles
• Improved behavior of the location facet
• Improved user interface for multivolume requests
• Added Document Delivery as a request option
• Added new format types: Website, Miscellaneous, Object

July 2013

• Record currency: Records are copied from the classic catalog on April 29.
• Better handling of requests for multivolume records
• Updated checking of Borrow Direct sources for requests
• Numerous bug fixes in requests system
• Advanced searches now show up correctly on search history page
• Fixed bug where sorting after an advanced search was not working
• Improved readability for availability status when viewing a single item
• Header remains fixed to the top of the screen so selected items count is always visible
• Fixed an IE8 bug where the site was not rendered properly when served over HTTPS

June 2013

• Record currency: Records are copied from the classic catalog on April 29. Further out-of-date holdings should no longer be an issue.
• Suppressed shadow records and the records they point to have been boosted
• Punctuation is removed from the author sort
• Publication year facet no longer contains bad data due to data clean-up and suppression of future dates
• Fixed bug where right-to-left language text was displaying incorrectly
• Fixed bug where Access and Library Location facets were missing records

April 2013

• Record currency: All of our records were copied from the classic catalog in mid-February, and have not been updated. Further, our “Access” and “Library Location” filters sometimes reflect even more badly out-of-date holdings.
• All non-Roman script information is being displayed.
• Archival material displays as “Manuscript/Archive” in the Format facet, though there are still 6-7k “unknown formats.”
• Sort by author is mostly fixed, though it still sorts by leading punctuation.
• Fixed bug in publisher number search
• Fixed bug where display values were jumbled because the record subfields weren’t being displayed in the correct order
• Fixed bug for sorting facets alphabetically
• Fixed bug for previous/next buttons on the selected items page

March 28, 2013

Record currency: All of our records were copied from the classic catalog in mid-February, and have not been updated. Further, our “Access” and “Library Location” filters sometimes reflect even more badly out-of-date holdings.