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  1. Allow customization of which OCLC subfields populate requests

    OCLC has recently rolled out URIs in their various author/creator fields (100/700/etc.), which is causing many author names to be pulled into ILLiad with long website addresses that clutter our paperwork. It would be helpful if we could choose which subfields from OCLC records we wanted to import, so that we could suppress subfield 1 in the author field. Ideally, this would work both for the "Copy Info" button and for the mechanism that populates the OCLC request form, so that we could automatically avoid sending the URIs out to our lending partners as well.

    34 votes

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  2. Add an export option (Excel or other format in which data can be easily manipulated preferable) to the forms History > All Requests and Hist

    Many of our patrons need to download their request history to help with their bibliography, at least every six months (due to our data delinking schedule).

    In the old pages, this was possible with a simple copy and paste into a spreadsheet program.

    In the new 9.1 web pages, there is no easy way to export or print the full list of requests. (Copying and pasting will jumble the format; also, for article requests, key parts of the citation will be missing).

    Can you please add a data export option? Thanks! This is very important because we do delink routinely,…

    33 votes

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  3. Would like a way to automate the resend request process

    Currently, staff have to send an email to the lending library to request a resend. ILLiad doesn't necessarily know that the item has been resent and the original document conflicts with the new version. Also, the message itself for a resend is not in ILLiad or Odyssey or any other system.

    33 votes

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  4. Increase the DOI field character limit to 100 characters

    The current 50 character limit for DOIs is not long enough and many get cut off. Please double the character limit to 100. Example: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.20

    31 votes

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  5. 31 votes

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  6. NCIP integration for lending and borrowing

    Integrate the ability to send NCIP messages for both borrowing and lending including support for renewals and recalls into the standard workflow rather than requiring an addon to do so. Settings could be part of the customization manager.

    29 votes

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  7. Staff don't get notified about blocked users when checking in items

    It also doesn't tell staff that a user was automatically unblocked after returning overdue items.

    27 votes

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  8. Support for Controlled Digital Lending Software and Workflows

    Ability to identify requests that will use the lend-like print method using an owned-to-loan ratio, manage due dates, etc. Details on CDL can be found here: https://controlleddigitallending.org/.

    26 votes

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  9. Highlight active requests that you've worked on but need to follow up on

    An option to highlight requests in a queue so if you've opened it, you know you've already worked on it or need to follow up on it later. Ability to assign different colors based on your labeling preferences.

    26 votes

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  10. Ability to make OCLC borrowing requests from a custom queue

    The functions to create an OCLC borrowing request are not available until the request is opened from the Awaiting Request Processing queue. It would be helpful to be able to create OCLC requests from a custom queue eliminating extra steps for processing items that might routed to a custom queue for review.

    26 votes

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  11. "Import" answered email from Outlook into email history of a request

    Currently we only see one side of a conversation in the email history of a request. It would be helpful to be able to import a response into ILLiad so we have a complete history in one place (as opposed to cutting-pasting into notes as we do now.)

    26 votes

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  12. Make OpenURL smarter to ignore possible blank values

    If a string has a blank value for a field, skip using that field in favor of a later one that does contain a value.

    26 votes

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  13. 25 votes

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  14. 25 votes

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  15. 24 votes

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  16. New ILLiad Document Type: E-Book

    Having a new document type of E-Book would help when doing custom reports.

    24 votes

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  17. Want option to right-click on status grid and restore hidden queues

    Would like to reinstate one hidden queue without having to return to the default display and start over

    24 votes

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  18. Add another note type

    We like to hide our staff notes (via customization manager), but it would be nice to have another option for adding notes viewable to the user. Perhaps a Staff-hidden and Staff - so we could hide some notes but make others visible to the user in their account/request.

    23 votes

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  19. Improve retrieval of Alma holdings when there are multiple volumes.

    ALMA doesn't have holdings for each volume when there are multiple volumes, so in z39.50 only the most recent volume is pulled up in the search. Is there a way for ILLiad to handle this better? If not within z39.50, then via an addon maybe? (This is from ticket 8080)

    22 votes

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  20. Spell Check for custom emails

    When I type a custom email to a patron from within the client, I'd like spell check.

    22 votes

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