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1.3. Release Notes

Please read over the release notes for new features and bug fixes:

3.0 series

https://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_3_0.html

3.1 series

https://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_3_1.html

Cataloging

• The MARC editor now handles 008 fields better.
• Adds spaces between subfields when suggesting a call number for a new volume.
• MarcXML exports from the MARC Batch Import/Export ? Export Records screen now downloads the file, rather than opening it in the browser.
• The Item Status Circulation Library column now displays a shortname rather than the full library name.
• The Item Status Remaining Renewals column now displays correctly.
• The Item Status now has a “Last Renewal Workstation” column available.
• Fixes the circulation counts displayed in Item Status Details.
• Fixes an issue where multiple copies with different values for required statistical categories could not be edited and saved in batch.
• Adds an option to remove floating in the copy editor.
• Fixes an issue with the floating dropdown in the copy editor.
• Fixes a problem in which the copy template didn’t properly copy certain objects.
• Reduces the number of API calls that the MARC Editor requires.

Circulation

• Fixes an issue that prevented the offline patron registration screen from loading.
• Fixes an issue with searching patrons by permission group.
• The barcodes in the patron search are now clickable.
• Staff members can now manually override the patron juvenile flag value, regardless of the patron’s date of birth.
• Checkboxes on patron registration screen are now properly aligned with other fields.
• The user permission group dropdowns in the patron registration, edit, and search interfaces now have scrollbars.
• The date picker on the checkout screen is now hidden unless circ staff activates a specific due date option.
• The check-in screen now includes a copy status column.
• The Merge Patrons interface now displays the date of birth.
• The user bucket screen now displays the Bucket ID.
• The payment button on patron bills screen is now inactive if the Payment Received field is blank.
• The Bill History receipt now includes a Finish date and a Last Payment date.
• When a patron summary contains an image of the patron, that image tag now has a null alt attribute to remove it from the flow of a screen reader.
• Corrects an issue that caused the transit dialog to show the wrong branch.
• Corrects an issue with printing transit lists.
• “Find another target” on transiting hold no longer leaves the copy “in-transit”.
• The images now display to distinguish hold and transit slips.
• The Clearable Holds list printout now only shows holds that have expired.
• Restores the call number prefix and suffix fields to the holds pull list.
• The documentation at the top of the hold shelf slip template adds patron.alias.
• The cursor in the in-house use screen now automatically goes to the barcode field.
• The in-house use screen now shows a copy status column.
• Adds support for converting change to patron credit in the patron bills interface, consistent with the XUL feature.
• Fixes a bug that caused pickup/request library fields to be blank sometimes.
• Fixes a bug in the offline org unit tree.

Command-line system administration

• The novelist entry in eg_vhost.conf includes two new parameters.
• Corrects an issue with the –max-sleep argument on the action_trigger_runner.pl support script.
• Corrects an issue with how the eg_pbx_allocator.pl script detects an existing lock file.
• The 3.0.2-3.0.3 upgrade script disables triggers before recalculating bib visibility.

Public catalog

• Fixes an issue that caused records with located URIs to be retrieved in Copy Location and Copy Location Group searches.
• Fixes an error message that appeared in the search box in the public catalog while placing hold after an advanced search.
• Restores the display of copy information for the user’s preferred library in the public catalog.
• Fixes regression errors in the search results page.
• Removes redundant call numbers from the Show More Details search results.
• The cast field in the catalog is now taken from the 511 field when first indicator = 1, rather than the 508.
• Fixes a display issue caused by editing holds.

Serials

• Fixes an issue that prevented users from searching for receivable issues using Database ID or ISSN in the Serials Batch Receive interface.

General

• Adds some padding to the bottom of Web Client interfaces.
• Logins now honor all org unit timeout settings.
• Evergreen will now identify and handle invalid timezones.
• Fixes an issue where a column header in some interfaces were automatically highlighted in green when retrieving the interface.
• The parts column in the Item Status screen now displays parts data.

Additionally, the following improvements were added to the 3.1.2 maintenance release:

• Removes an error that got thrown in the Holdings View when a call number contains no copy.
• The order of the Z39.50 servers on the Z39.50 import screen no longer relies on capitalization.
• Author and contributor names are no longer highlighted in search results when the user has turned off highlighting.
• Repairs broken author search links on the catalog record page.
• Pins AngularJS support to version 1.6, which prevents unsupported AngularJS versions (such as 1.7) from breaking the build process.