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1. SlimPAC: Under rare circumstances, searches could ignore the requested search type (such as title or author) and instead perform a keyword search. | - SlimPAC: Under rare circumstances, searches could ignore the requested search type (such as title or author) and instead perform a keyword search. |
2. Closed Dates Editor (Staff Client, Local Admin): Dates did not always display, or displayed incorrectly. | - Closed Dates Editor (Staff Client, Local Admin): Dates did not always display, or displayed incorrectly. |
3. Hold Shelf display (Staff Client, Circulation): If only one hold was on the hold shelf, it would not display. | - Hold Shelf display (Staff Client, Circulation): If only one hold was on the hold shelf, it would not display. |
4. Force This Action override (Staff Client, Circulation): Previously, multiple events tied to one item could not be overridden in one step. | - Force This Action override (Staff Client, Circulation): Previously, multiple events tied to one item could not be overridden in one step. |
5. Copy Details (OPAC): Copy information displayed incorrectly if organizational hierarchy was more than three levels deep. (Patch from James Fournie / SITKA). | - Copy Details (OPAC): Copy information displayed incorrectly if organizational hierarchy was more than three levels deep. (Patch from James Fournie / SITKA). |
6. Offline/Standalone Client: Transaction list would not clear unless the transactions were printed. | - Offline/Standalone Client: Transaction list would not clear unless the transactions were printed. |
7. Hold Targeter: Enhancement to the holds targeter to make it more efficient and reduce load. | - Hold Targeter: Enhancement to the holds targeter to make it more efficient and reduce load. |
8. Spine Labels (Staff Client, Cataloging): The top margin of the first label was misaligned by a small amount. | - Spine Labels (Staff Client, Cataloging): The top margin of the first label was misaligned by a small amount. |
9. Spine Labels (Staff Client, Cataloging): When adding items, there was database lag time affecting label printing. | - Spine Labels (Staff Client, Cataloging): When adding items, there was database lag time affecting label printing. |
10. Authority Record Import (Staff Client, Z39.50 Importer): Authority record import not functioning correctly. | - Authority Record Import (Staff Client, Z39.50 Importer): Authority record import not functioning correctly. |
11. Patron Holds (Staff Client, Circulation): Display for patron’s holds showed all the holds the patrons had ever placed, whether active or not. | - Patron Holds (Staff Client, Circulation): Display for patron’s holds showed all the holds the patrons had ever placed, whether active or not. |
12. Z39.50 Client (Staff Client): When searching multiple sources, the display rendering could become unreadable. | - Z39.50 Client (Staff Client): When searching multiple sources, the display rendering could become unreadable. |
13. Renewing Checkouts (Staff Client, Circulation): Critical fix for issues surrounding staff renewing multiple items for a patron. | - Renewing Checkouts (Staff Client, Circulation): Critical fix for issues surrounding staff renewing multiple items for a patron. |
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== New Features == | == New Features == |
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1. MARC Editor (Staff Client, Cataloging): Provides a default record type-behavior when the record is incorrectly coded. Note that this function does not replace the improper record type; it simply assigns a default behavior in the event an unrecognized record type is entered. | - MARC Editor (Staff Client, Cataloging): Provides a default record type-behavior when the record is incorrectly coded. Note that this function does not replace the improper record type; it simply assigns a default behavior in the event an unrecognized record type is entered. |
2. MARC Editor (Staff Client, Cataloging): Copy/Cut/Paste context menus are now available for all editable fields. Right-click in an editable field, and the menus pop up. | - MARC Editor (Staff Client, Cataloging): Copy/Cut/Paste context menus are now available for all editable fields. Right-click in an editable field, and the menus pop up. |
3. MARC Editor (Staff Client, Cataloging): Authority validation made even more strict, to avoid failing validation on floating subdivisions within a MARC field. | - MARC Editor (Staff Client, Cataloging): Authority validation made even more strict, to avoid failing validation on floating subdivisions within a MARC field. |
4. Item Attribute Editor, Volume-Copy Editor (Staff Client): Templates now sort alphabetically. Note: templates in lower case will precede templates in upper case. | - Item Attribute Editor, Volume-Copy Editor (Staff Client): Templates now sort alphabetically. Note: templates in lower case will precede templates in upper case. |
5. Holdings Maintenance (Staff Client, Local Administration): Allows a choice between "alert on last copy" and "delete with last copy" for bibliographic records. | - Holdings Maintenance (Staff Client, Local Administration): Allows a choice between "alert on last copy" and "delete with last copy" for bibliographic records. |
6. Billing interface (Staff Client, Circulation): Billing retrieval now much faster due to new API (programming). | - Billing interface (Staff Client, Circulation): Billing retrieval now much faster due to new API (programming). |
7. Patron Search (Staff Client): Improved autofocus, which controls how and where the cursor defaults for data entry. | - Patron Search (Staff Client): Improved autofocus, which controls how and where the cursor defaults for data entry. |
8. Z39.50 Client (Staff Client): PQN search feature restored. PQN (for Prefix Query Notation) is a powerful search tool used by some catalogers for direct querying of Z39.50 servers. To see it in action, try ''**@mosher beer**'' (the equivalent of the keyword search, ''**mosher and beer**'') or try this more complex search: ''**@or papazian @attr 1=21 beer**'' (a search for ''**papazian or beer**'' except that the first term can be anywhere, while the second term must be in the subject field). Note: found under label, ''**Raw Text**''. | - Z39.50 Client (Staff Client): PQN search feature restored. PQN (for Prefix Query Notation) is a powerful search tool used by some catalogers for direct querying of Z39.50 servers. To see it in action, try ''**@mosher beer**'' (the equivalent of the keyword search, ''**mosher and beer**'') or try this more complex search: ''**@or papazian @attr 1=21 beer**'' (a search for ''**papazian or beer**'' except that the first term can be anywhere, while the second term must be in the subject field). Note: found under label, ''**Raw Text**''. |
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== General Cleanup == | == General Cleanup == |
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* User names used in the example configuration files simplified | - User names used in the example configuration files simplified |
* Various translation cleanups | - Various translation cleanups |
* Avoid entirely empty searches (database performance issue) | - Avoid entirely empty searches (database performance issue) |
* Apache example configuration tidying | - Apache example configuration tidying |
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