Provides tools to make it more clear to staff when a purchase order or items on an order have been ordered before.

Staff now have the option to specify a PO name during PO creation. If the selected name is already in use by another PO at or below the ordering agency for the PO, the user is warned, the save/submit operations are disabled, and a link to the existing PO is display. The link opens the related PO in a new tab when clicked.

Selecting a name which is not yet used or clearing the name field (which defaults upon creation to the PO ID) will clear the warning and re-enable the submit/save operation.

Similarly, when editing a PO, if the user attempts to use a name already used, the user will be warned and a link to the offending PO will be displayed.

In the select list and PO view interfaces, beside the lineitem ID #, we now also display the number of catalog copies already owned at or below the ordering agency for the bib record in question.

The count does not include copies linked to the lineitem in question nor does it include copies that are in some form of lost, missing, or discard status.

The Context Org Unit Selector on the Funds screen will now remember and default to the most-recently selected org unit. On first use, the selector will continue to default to the workstation org unit.

This Perl module is intended for limiting patron access to configured locations in Apache. These locations could be folder trees, static files, non-Evergreen dynamic content, or other Apache features/modules. It is intended as a more patron-oriented and transparent version of the OpenILS::WWW::Proxy and OpenILS::WWW:Proxy::Authen modules.

Instead of using Basic Authentication the AccessHandler module instead redirects to the OPAC for login. Once logged in additional checks can be performed, based on configured variables:

As the AccessHandler module does not actually serve the content it is protecting, but instead merely hands control back to Apache when it is done authenticating, you can protect almost anything you can serve with Apache.

The general use of this module is to protect access to something else. Here are some examples of what you can protect:

A deleted flag is now available for copy locations, allowing them to be "deleted" without losing statistical information for circulations in a given copy location. It also allows copy locations that are only used by deleted items to be deleted.

When a copy location is deleted, it will remain in the database, but will be removed from display in the staff client and the catalog.

There is a new option for TPAC to show more details by default.

The option to show full details as a default may be especially important for e-content. Valid values are true, false and hide.

Setting this to true shows full details by default but allows the link to appear for Show Fewer Details. The hide option shows full details and also suppresses the link from displaying at all.

Look for "show_more_details.default" in config.tt2.

Vandelay MARC Batch Import/Export now supports match sets for authority record import matching. Matches can be made against MARC tag/subfield entries and against a record’s normalized heading + thesaurus. Internal identifier (901c) matches are also supported.

If a library uses the copy’s active date to calculate holds age protection, the active date will display with the copy details instead of the create date in the staff client view of the catalog. Libraries that do not enable the Use Active Date for Age Protection library setting will continue to display the create date.

A new setting is available via the Library Settings Editor to stop any billing activity on fully-paid lost or longoverdue transactions. When the Do not change fines/fees on zero-balance LOST transaction setting is enabled, once a lost of long overdue transaction has been fully paid, no more lost fees will be voided or overdue fines restored or generated if the item is returned. The setting will reduce, though not eliminate, negative balances in the system.

There is now a new mechanism via which messages can be sent to patrons for them to read while logged into the public catalog.

Patron messages can be generated in two ways: when a new public note is added to the patron’s record, and when an A/T event that is configured to generate messages is processed. Three new default A/T event definitions are added to generate patron messages when a hold is canceled due to lack of a target, staff action, or the item expiring on the shelf.

In the public catalog, patrons can read their messages, mark one or more messages as read or unread, or delete messages that they do not want to see again. The XUL staff client has a new menu option on the patron display, "Message Center", that allows staff to view messages. Messages are intentionally not meant to be editable by patrons or library staff.

During upgrade, existing public patron notes that are marked public are copied over as new patron messages that are marked as read.

There are four new fields available in the A/T event definition:

If these four fields are set, when the A/T event is processed, a message is generated in addition to whatever reactor is specified by the event definition. This means that, for example, an email overdue notice can also generate a message that the patron can view in the public catalog.

Four new settings have been added to allow sites to void lost item and long overdue billings and processing fees when an item is marked as Claims Returned.

When a hold is successful in the client, staff will now see a link to place another hold on the same title. This link provides some workflow improvement for times when staff are placing holds for multiple patrons on a newly-added title or when they are placing holds for book clubs.

A number of discoverability enhancements have been made to the catalog to better support search engines:

There is now a direct link to "My Lists" from the "My Account" area in the top upper-right part of the screen. This gives users the ability to quickly access their lists while logged into the catalog.

The record summary page will now offer a link to a shorter permalink that can be used for sharing the record with others. All URL parameters are stripped from the link with the exception of the locg and copy_depth parameters. Those parameters are maintained so that people can share a link that displays just the holdings from one library/system or displays holdings from all libraries with a specific library’s holdings floating to the top.

The Bib Call Number Search has been removed as a default numeric search in the catalog. Evergreen sites that wish to restore this search to the catalog can add the following to the numeric_qtype menu in the numeric.tt2 file.

 <option value="identifier|bibcn">[% l('Bib Call Number') %]</option>

New styling on the Text call number screen has added highlighting to the displayed message, makes the font consistent with other text on the screen, and displays better on mobile devices.