Ares Ideas
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Ares main menu auto updates
Have the main menu update either when something changes or at time intervals such as every minute.
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Remove tabindex=0 on elements that do not need focus
the tabindex=0 should be removed from any elements that do not explicitly need to be focusable via tab. Screen readers users will be able to reach the text regardless whether it is in the tab order or not. It'll likely just confuse keyboard users.
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Remove Inline Styles from IRFMenu.html
The inline styles prevents us from being able to modify the menu via CSS.
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Reporting on User information and Copyright information
At the Access Services conference in 2017 Ares users mentioned they would like more reporting about User information and Copyright information.
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Ability to limit which status(es) batch item upload will work with
They would like for the batch item upload to only upload files for items that are at specific queues, such as 'In Stacks Searching' and/or 'Awaiting Scanning.' They would like for it to work the way Odyssey Helper does in ILLiad. This is because the batch upload functionality automatically routes the item to available on reserves. Staff might still have to do a few things with it, such as finish copyright processing.
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Make OpenURL importing smarter regarding possible blank values
If an OpenURL string contains a field with a blank value, skip that field and use one of the later ones in the string that does contain a value.
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It'd be nice to have active links in the location field for eReserves items (similar to how links are displayed in the Link Checker).
Therefore, there would be no need to open the item record in order to access the link, and it would also make it easier to copy/paste.
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Monitoring length of time item is in "Awaiting copyright processing" virtual queue
It would be nice to measure how long items stay in the “Awaiting Copyright Processing” queue. Currently, when staff open an item in this queue and check for copyright compliance, if everything is ok, they simply remove the checkmark in the “Copyright required” box and the item is removed from the queue. However, removing the checkmark is not recorded in the “History” tab of the item. Therefore, I cannot see a way to measure (retrospectively) the time it takes between an item arriving in that queue (currently I look at the CurrentStatusDate to see when an item has arrived in…
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recommender services via JSON
include a space in the service request pages (openURLBook etc) that allow the query of json results to different recommender services based on mediaType (syndetics for books, bx recommender service for articles, etc.)
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create mail merge function for Harvard Business Review permissions letters
Frequently, there are rightsholders who require custom permissions letters to be sent to them via PDF. the course information is in Ares, but there is no good way to merge this information with a mail merge template.
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Make item availability dependent on copyright being processed
The copyright process is a virtual queue, meaning that it can be processed at any point during the transaction. But there is nothing stopping a site from putting something up on the web before copyright has been verified.
It doesn't often happen, just because of the timing. And if something comes up, sites typically just remove the item. But some sites would like to make the item availability dependent on copyright being completed.
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Explain how you are meeting WCAG 2.0 (A/AA)
Provide explanations on how you are implementing each of WCAG 2.0 (A/AA) success criteria. ("To meet 2.4.3 'Focus order' on each page we are using technique G59...")
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Check out feature for instructor owned items
Currently, the majority of our physical reserves are faculty copies that we have to add as temporary items to our ILS. This causes all manner of problems for our catalogers and for ILL (as we get a number of requests for these items). However, if Ares had a system very similar to the one in ILLiad that allows us to check in items from other libraries, I feel this would solve that problem. In ILLiad, we check a book from a lending library in using the ILL number, and a slip prints out with our TN, allowing us to scan…
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Allow for multiple LMS/CMS field-mappings with different params
Many sites have multiple CMS/LMS integrated with Ares. Sometimes they require different params to match to important Ares fields. For example, one site uses Moodle, Schoology and Blackboard. Moodle is unable to add a custom param that pulls from the database. They're using the userid param for the username, but both Blackboard and Schoology's userid values do not match up to the Moodle user_id. They're faced with either a complicated username conversion or just allowing users to end up with multiple accounts, one for each LMS. (Luckily they won't have much overlap, but it will probably happen to…
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Workaround security issues with edge browser in hosted LMS environment
The MS Edge browser has become particularly stringent in enforcing security matters. In particular, when using Canvas (hosted) with an in-domain Ares server through LTI Edge will sometimes refuse to display the Ares interface. This has been confirmed while working with Angela. The workaround to move the Ares server is somewhat undesirable, as is reminding users to use a different browser.
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Add crosslistings to custom course search results
We include crosslistings in course counts for statistics and it would be helpful to see CourseNumber and CourseCode for crosslistings displayed in custom course search results in the client. Thanks!
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Support for addons within the Ares item forms
This came up because sites want certain fields like ItemInfo2 to be a dropdown. If they make a whole new addon form/tab it's not easy to see, but we think they could have a section of the request form.
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Prevent students from being able to view an instructor form via a direct link
If an instructor sends the link to the instructor view of an item to a student, it's not clear why it's not working.
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