This website provides information about the development of Cornell University Library’s search interface and catalog. See the release notes below, or review the frequently asked questions.

Feedback or questions? Please email us at cul-dafeedback-l@cornell.edu

December 13, 2022

• Switched from Relais to Reshare for Borrow Direct; updates to request system and My Account
• Updated My Account login page text

December 8, 2022

• Fixed an HTML vulnerability
• Fixed an Aeon bug

November 29, 2022

• Fixed a bug where the Cite feature was displaying a blank screen

November 20, 2022

• Fixed a bug where items with a missing ISBN caused a request error
• Fixed a bug where the Librarian View threw an error

November 17, 2022

• Upgrade to Ruby 3/Rails 7
• Fixed various Aeon bugs – page count field, requesting multiple boxes, duplicate requests, requests not showing up in user’s account
• Guard against no results in Digital Collections bento box
• Fixed a bug where the login link in the email modal gave a page not found error
• Fixed a bug where Best Bets threw an error with every non-asciii query string
• Fixed a bug with the date range facet
• Fail gracefully when discogs.com does not return data for a recording
• Fail gracefully when the virtual browse can’t find an adjacent call number
• Prevented facet pages from crashing

October 25, 2022

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Mann Special Collections request form from appearing

October 11, 2022

• Roll back haml version to fix request errors

October 10, 2022

• Re-enable PDA requests

August 4, 2022

• Updated links to EBSCO Articles & Full Text again with proxy fix

July 20, 2022

• Updated the PDA workflow to call new Prefect script
• Updated the PDA availability message
  

July 18, 2022

• Updated links to EBSCO Articles & Full Text again (new replacement URL)

June 29, 2022

• Updated links to EBSCO Articles & Full Text that were not working

May 26, 2022

• Updated header links – added Help button and Recommend a Purchase
• Fixed a bug where links to donor bookplates were not working
• Accessibility – visible label and accessible name now match on ‘Other works’ links
• Updated wording of My Account notes

May 12, 2022

• Added Engineering collection filter for use by the Engineering Library

April 5, 2022

• Added Hotel Permanent Reserve to hierarchical location facet
• Fixed a bug where simple searches were not working from request pages
• Fixed a bug where Solr rejecting call number browse record results in infinite loop
• Fixed a bug preventing display of service point name for requests
• Now only displaying ‘On order’ message once when both order note and on-order item exist
• Now displaying restrictions on copyright materials
• Implemented omniauth for authentication
• Appsignal bug fixes relating to bookmarks paths
• Aeon bug fixes for requesting items through the catalog
• Aeon accessibility updates for request and screen pages

February 16, 2022

• Re-enabled Olin and Lab of Ornithology as Borrow Direct pickup locations

February 10, 2022

• Removed Adelson Library available and requesting restrictions

February 9, 2022

• Re-enabled Fine Arts Library as a Borrow Direct pickup location

January 31, 2022

• Cached FOLIO auth token to reduce number of API calls
• Fixed a bug causing cancelled requests in My Account to be deleted

January, 28, 2022

• Fixed a bug where the PDA link didn’t appear in the availability box
• Added Aeon templates

January 24, 2022

• Single search
  • Removed Get It! Cornell and other links from Articles & Full Text box
  • Removed some search results where full text was not accessible to Cornell
• Accessibility
  • Updated aria-label for Text links in Availability box
  • Fixed label for virtual browse library select list
  • Fixed typo in close buttons for email login modal windows
• Stopped using “effective” location for to determine item location
• My Account: Added Borrow Direct label and removed title link for BD items
• Additional Aeon 5.1 upgrade work
• Created FOLIO to Blacklight bookmarket
• Added Matomo events for Author and Subject info buttons on item view and browse screens

January 13, 2022

• Updated Aeon screens to support 5.1 upgrade
• Adjusted spacing of items in Cite pop-up
• Added dynamic updates for pickup locations