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Resource type list - allow customisation

We would like to add 'Databases" to the resource type list. I have seen other users would like to add other resources types. Why not allow users to add resource types to the list that work for their organisation?
Guest 10 months ago in Edit List 4 Reviewed - on hold

Note field for list itself

A 'Note' field (that students cannot see) that applies to an entire list would be useful. This would allow us to tag lists as 'Online only module - e-resources only' or 'Visually impaired student on this module 24/25' so that everyone who edits a ...
Julie Beard 12 days ago in Edit List 3 Reviewed - on hold

Copying sections and bookmarks in bulk into another list

This is something we've wanted for quite some time for a variety of reasons: Able to more quickly deal with requests to take two or more lists and merge them together for a new module e.g. where course revalidation results in two 15 credit modules...
Sarah Purcell 9 months ago in Bookmarking 9 Reviewed - on hold

Bookmarking screen to include 'Note for library' and 'Note for students' fields

It would be really useful to be able to populate the 'Note for library' field (and indeed, the 'Note for students' field as well) at the point of Bookmarking, like we used to be able to do in the old list view. Our academics naturally assume that ...
Julie Beard 7 months ago in Bookmarking 2 Reviewed - on hold

Easily clear/remove items from My reading intentions & My notes

We recently had a feedback ticket raised by a student asking how to clear the "Will Read" section of the "My reading intentions" tab in their profile (See screenshot). After exploring the functionality of this part of Talis (as the students experi...
Kia Owens 9 months ago in User Profiles 0 Reviewed - on hold

Library notes date/time stamped

It is often impossible to figure out how long a library note has been in a Talis review for - an automatic date/time stamp from whenever a user adds a library note would be really helpful to help solve this problem. As library staff, we do add the...
Guest 4 months ago in Reviews 1 Reviewed - on hold

Ebook cover images

We find the book cover images useful for new users in making the lists more attractive to the eye. These work fine when we are including physical books on the list, but as we are increasingly moving to an e-first policy the ISBN no longer has a co...
Ian Haydock 8 months ago in Edit List 3 Reviewed - on hold

Relocate the Google Preview Button

The new 'View Availability' button is currently overridden by the 'Google Preview' button. We believe that this may confuse students, and make them think that resources with the Google Preview button might not have items available in the library t...
Rachel Dowe 7 months ago in Edit List 5 Reviewed - on hold

option to make email entry mandatory on report a broken link feedback forms

We have been receiving a number of report a broken link reports from our users, but without the email address being added. We would like us to have the option to make the email entry be mandatory as often when looking into these we need more infor...
Jill Hazard 7 months ago in  5 Reviewed - on hold

Add ability to change icons for Library and Student notes

In consultation with stakeholders on our Indigenising Curriculum reading list, a question was raised on whether it was possible to change the icons for Library and Student notes to something less aggressively Western. The specific suggestion made ...
Kia Owens 7 months ago in Branding 1 Reviewed - on hold