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Stop going back to the start of the list when a bookmark is edited

As I have to often edit bookmarks on very long lists, it would be useful if once a bookmark was edited and saved, the page would return to the point in the list where the bookmark is, rather than sending me back up to the top of the list. This get...
Guest 4 months ago in Edit List 6 Future consideration

Add functionality for list mediation

This fall term, we piloted a mediated list creation option by giving instructors a Google form to request this and provide us with their syllabus. We then created the list on behalf of the instructor. The mediated list creation option had to be ru...
Guest 5 months ago in Reviews 1 Future consideration

Librarian Dashboard

My "blue sky thinking idea" - a librarian dashboard. A librarian could log in and see, all on one page things like: Recently updated lists Scan requests "Your" lists Actions to take Lists to review etc!
Katy Maydon 28 days ago in User Profiles 1 Future consideration

Return to the item after editing its metadata, not the top of the list

After we have edited the metadata for an item on a reading list it would help us if Aspire was to return us to that section of the list, rather than the top of the list. Where we have a long list this would reduce a lot of scrolling.
Guest 28 days ago in Edit List 1 Will not implement

Warning message for deleting items with active/pending digitisation request

Recently an academic deleted a number of reading list items with digitisations attached, but there was no warning for them (beyond the standard item deletion message), and no indication to us that this had happened until we were checking the link ...
Chantal Tucker about 1 year ago in  TADC 3 Reviewed - on hold

Separate 'Report Broken link' button for online resources

The 'Report broken link' option for students is buried in the item menu, and is often hard for them to find. One of the ways we promote TA to academics is the ability for us to fix links without their intervention, but this requires them to educat...
Chantal Tucker about 1 year ago in Accessibility 2 Reviewed - on hold

Add a librarian to a list.

Your subject librarian is…” and then link to email/message them.
Katy Maydon about 1 month ago in Edit List 1 Already exists

Add a “I want this” or “buy this book” button

So academics can easily notify the library they would like an item ordered.
Katy Maydon about 1 month ago in Advanced Mis 1

Increase the size of student note

It is small and can get missed.
Katy Maydon about 1 month ago in Edit List 1 Future consideration

More General Customisation

For example: bold text, background colours, different coloured sections, etc. This would allow easier browsing for users and make it better to distinguish between sections.
Katy Maydon about 1 month ago in Branding 1 Will not implement