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Mandatory importances to be available when using the 'Add Resource' feature in list view

We have recently enabled mandatory importances. However, many of our academics use the 'Add Resource' feature to add items to their lists. Unfortunately adding items in this way does not force an importance to be set, only a prompt at list publish...
Guest 3 months ago in Importances 2 Planned

Enable upload of documents in MS Word format (or other non pdf formats) into reading lists and TADC vault

To enable management of alternative accessible format documents provided to our students, we would like to manage these documents by creating a reading list and uploading the documents to the TADC vault. The optimum format for accessible documents...
Fiona Lowe 5 months ago in  TADC 1 Planned

Note For Library - see reporter + get alert when note has been added to reading list

We don't currently assign list owners to reading lists, so can't see who has added a Note for Library. It would also be helpful to have (optional) ability to turn on functionality to send alert when Note to Library has been added.
Guest about 1 year ago in Edit List 1 Planned

Can the drop down list for resource types be in alphabetical order please?

We are pleased to see the introduction of 4 additional resource types, however it would be great if the drop down list in the edit screen could be in alphabetical order please.
Fiona Lowe 2 days ago in Bookmarking 1 Planned

Change the appearance of the bookmarking screen.

We are finding the new appearance of the bookmarking screen to be very problematic. The item being added/edited no longer previews. This was very useful for librarians when editing the metadata. Bring back the preview. The metadata fields section ...
Sarah @ AUT 5 months ago in Bookmarking 6 Planned

Make OpenLibrary searching optional when bookmarking

We are finding, when bookmarking ebooks which are not stored in our library catalogue, that the URL is not being pulled through into the bookmark. This is because, upon finding the title not in our LMS, TARL is searching Open Library and pulling t...
Stephen Graham about 1 year ago in Bookmarking 3 Planned

Add the field 'Article number' to the metadata

Many journal articles are now published with an Article number instead of page numbers. Please add this option to the available metadata fields so accurate citations can be created.
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Bookmarking 1 Planned

Put Add field selector above Part lookup in the bookmarking screen

While we have more issues with the new bookmarking interface that I think would be good to address in the future, a relatively easy change that would be beneficial to us would be to 'flip' the Add field and Part lookup selectors in the bookmarking...
Kia Owens 17 days ago in Bookmarking 4 Planned

Create a 'List Health' function in the list 'Analytics' dashboard

In the list 'Analytics' dashboard there is 'Resource health' function. It would be useful if there was also a 'List health' function, indicating: How long since any resources have been added or removed from the list (not just when the list was las...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Edit List 1 Planned

My Bookmarks - list of bookmarks: add filters & tags

In the My Bookmarks area of Talis Reading List, add: tags or a method of grouping / categorising bookmarks a method of filtering items User feedback is that this would be beneficial for teaching staff who are delivering multiple courses / lists wi...
Guest 9 months ago in Bookmarking 1 Planned