Version 2.2.0 features
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Version 2.2.0
Version 2.2.0 was first launched at Emory University August 22, 2005. This version was the first stable code release of ReservesDirect to the open source community on September 1st, 2005.
- Top-level search engine allows staff to search for and edit items without first being in a specific class
- For staff, copy or merge reserves lists, instructors, proxies, and/or crosslistings of existing classes, or copy one class to a new class.
- From within a class, ability for instructors or staff to copy items from one class to another
- For students, ability to hide readings already viewed to reduce clutter of long reserves lists
- Enhanced reserves list organization to allow instructors and staff to create "headings" that divide list of materials into categories
- For instructors and staff, added ability to select what icon appears next to documents to indicate what type they are (system autmatically selects doc type if none is selected by user)
- Ability for instructors/staff to review and edit items immediately after adding them
- Added ability for instructors to select desired loan periods for physical items when reactivating past classes
- Enhanced "Request Queue" for physical items that allows sorting requests by date, request ID, instructor, or class. Also added print functionality that can print each request on a separate page (or not, according to style sheet settings) and displays current holdings (location/status) information for each physical item
- "Duplicate item" feature allows easy creation of multiple items that share the same or similar metadata (for example, multiple chapters from the same book)
- Enhanced instructor lookup mechanism, allowing easier searches by instructor name
- Enhanced controls to prevent creation of duplicate classes
- Check physical and electronic items being added to a class to prevent duplicate records from being created
- Enhanced sort screen metadata
- Improved item numbering of reserves lists when viewing a class
- Improved page load times for lists of class materials
- Enhanced workflow of staff interface for adding items to classes
- Enhancements to persistency of skinned interfaces
- Added notifications to user when account is created and when an override password is created or modified
