M5 v5-8-1

March 2025

Ver 5.8.1

 

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

Catalog

  • NEW! A new language filter is now available after a catalog search. 

 

  • NEW! A new key has been added that makes a password mandatory in order for a patron to view their account. It cannot be blank anymore if this feature is enabled. Key (enable_account_require_password)

 

  • NEW! The “My Account” link can be removed from the catalog page. (enable_account flag is set to OFF)

 

  • The "Share search" URL from a result page after performing a search has been improved. If the URL contains spaces, they will now be replaced with %20 to correct issues with how applications handled the URL

 

Circulation

  • NEW! Circulation now displays bibliographic cover images in the same way as Catalog.  

 

  • Classroom Loan Mode has been enhanced to improve the display of student information. 

 

  • A problem in Classroom Mode that prevented all members from appearing if some lacked barcodes has been addressed.

 

Record Editor

  • Emoji characters are now removed from data when the record is saved.