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What additional features would you like to see in circ, in the catalog, in adding items, in acquisitions, reports, in general?

Ideas
Pros and cons
Votes
No automatic in-transit status for a clean hold item; only when physically removed from the shelf.
by Irene
 
13

Angela, , Vicki and 10 more

Would be helpful to email directly from Workflows to the patron
 
13

Vicki, Dawn, Patricia Perito and 10 more

A catalog able to sort alphabetically titles of prolific author like Patterson without getting the message "sort not available. Maximum sort limit exceeded.
by Sharon
 
Max sort limit can be increased tho it does slow down the system while searching
5

Angela, Dawn, Patricia Perito and 2 more

Touch screen integration
5

Angela, Melanie, Marge and 2 more

No longer require exact spelling of a title or author to produce a result
by Emil
 
A spell check feature would be nice.
by Patricia Perito
3
Angela
Irene
Patricia Perito
Allowing deletions of materials that have holds on them if there are other copies in the system
2
Irene
Patricia Perito
Renew items when there are more available copies than hold requests. (Currently renewals are blocked if there is one hold but several copies available.)
2
C. Arciola
Irene
Searching - The search engine needs a little fine tuning. If you misspell a word in a title or an author's name, the results do not come close to what you were trying to find.
1
Dawn
Like copy specific hold in reverse - be able to request everything but copies you may not want for whatever reason.
1
C. Arciola
Have the ILS check for associated bills, items, patrons, etc. when deleting items, patrons or any other records.
by John Lolis
When deleting an item or a patron, have the ILS do a database check to see if the deletion would ... more
1
Melanie
In number of checkouts, being able to tell how many were owning library's patrons
1
Angela
It would be nice to be able to place a hold on a book we have looked up in Item Search and Display without having to open another window and re-searching for the book again
 
If you start in the Place Hold Wizard and use the search icon you can place the hold right there.
0
On any screen (checkout, etc) have multiple tabs going across the top so you can easily click on the tab to see holds, items checked out, fines, etc.
0
Allow substitution of another copy to fill a hold
0
Author-title search needs more work to search properly
0
Searching on the OPAC is sometimes challenging and not user friendly. It is also not mobile friendly.
0
If an item is "lost" and we wish to delete it but the patron has not yet paid for it, it would be nice if we could still delete that item and the title automatically stayed on the patron's account with the price.
0
Hyperlinks from the catalog - When a reference material is searched for, there should be a link that comes up that can direct a patron to a website that would be helpful.
0
Have option to do multiple searches against one entry
When linking an item, sometimes the ISBN doesn't match the bib exactly, then have to search by ti... more
0
When cataloging, is there a way to change the template without going in and out of Call Number and Item Maintenance?
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