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Prism release Thursday 29th August 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview has now been released to the live service.

The details are described in this release notice and include the following:

  • Strengthened security checks on the feedback form displayed after an error has occurred
  • Further accessibility fixes
  • Updated accessibility statement

Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions or suggestions. You can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our Support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

Prism release to preview Thursday 22nd August 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview. This release includes the items below:

  • Strengthened security checks on the feedback form displayed after an error has occurred
  • Further accessibility fixes
  • Updated accessibility statement

Strengthened security checks on the feedback form displayed after an error has occurred

Additional security checks have been introduced into the Prism feedback form displayed when an error occurs. These include:

  • A CAPTCHA check
  • A check for a minimum of 5 characters entered in the feedback field
  • Cross scripting checks

Further accessibility fixes

We have fixed some issues related to fields being incorrectly labelled or not labelled (WCAG 1.3.1. Info and Relationships and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value) which may hinder assistive technologies’ ability to navigate the screen. Changes have been made on the following screens:

  • On the full bib record screen for the summary of copies at sites, a navigation role=”tablist” has been added indicate that there could be more than one site listed.

  • On pages where the search field is displayed, an aria-label has been added to the Local catalogue drop down.

  • On the Build search screen an aria-label has been added for the main search field.

On the Login to My account page, the autocomplete attribute had been used incorrectly on the PIN field (WCAG 1.3.5 Identify input purpose). This has been fixed.

On the following pages, the ‘Prism’ link in the footer is now underlined (WCAG 1.4.1 Use of Color) and displays when zoomed in at 200% and 400% (WCAG 1.4.4 and WCAG 1.4.10 Reflow)

  • Home page
  • Search results page
  • Full record page
  • Login to My account page
  • Advanced search page
  • Accessibility page

On the following pages more of the breadcrumb displays when zoomed in at 200% (WCAG 1.4.4)

  • Search results page
  • On the full record page

Updated accessibility statement

The default accessibility statement within Prism has been updated to reflect the findings of the accessibility scan we have carried out.

Release procedure

Please review the preview version as early as possible, to familiarise yourself with the new functionality. Other functionality, extensions and styling will be unaffected by this change.

It is necessary to use the prism-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name} URL to preview a release, even if you have your own host name for the live service.

Release to the live service

Prism will be released to the live service on Thursday 29th August 2024.

Comments and contact

Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions or suggestions. You can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

Prism release Wednesday 31st July 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview has now been released to the live service.

The details are described in this release notice and include the following:

  • Accessibility fixes
  • Updated accessibility statement

Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions or suggestions. You can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our Support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

Prism release to preview Wednesday 24th July 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview. This release includes the items below:

  • Accessibility fixes
  • Updated accessibility statement

Accessibility fixes

We have fixed a problem where the focus was lost when tabbing between the Search button and the Build search link (1 tab) on a number of pages (WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible).

Two issues with the contrast between the text and the background colour have been fixed (WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum)). Firstly, on the full record page the contrast has been increased on the ‘Expand All’ and ‘Collapse All’ links and the text now turns red when you hover over it.

In addition, on the Build search page the hints under the search fields have been made darker.

Updated accessibility statement

The default accessibility statement within Prism has been updated to reflect the Model accessibility statement provided by the UK government.

Release procedure

Please review the preview version as early as possible, to familiarise yourself with the new functionality. Other functionality, extensions and styling will be unaffected by this change.

It is necessary to use the prism-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name} URL to preview a release, even if you have your own host name for the live service.

Release to the live service

Prism will be released to the live service on Wednesday 31st July 2024.

Comments and contact

Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions or suggestions. You can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

 

Prism release Thursday 18th July 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview has now been released to the live service.

The details are described in this release notice and include the following:

Accessibility fix

Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions or suggestions. You can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our Support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

Prism release to preview Thursday 11th July 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview. This release includes the item below:

Accessibility fix

With this release we have addressed an accessibility issue related to: Missing page titles (head metadata) (WCAG 2.4.2) on a number of pages. We’ll be releasing more changes to improve the accessibility of Prism and update the accessibility statement over the coming weeks.

Release procedure

Please review the preview version as early as possible, to familiarise yourself with the new functionality. Other functionality, extensions and styling will be unaffected by this change.

It is necessary to use the prism-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name} URL to preview a release, even if you have your own host name for the live service.

Release to the live service

Prism will be released to the live service on Thursday 18th July 2024.

Comments and contact

Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions or suggestions. You can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our Support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

Prism release Wednesday 19th June 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview has now been released to the live service.

The details are described in this release notice and include the following:

Strengthened security checks on the Prism feedback form

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, you can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our Support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

Prism release to preview Wednesday 5th June 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview. This release includes the item below:

Strengthened security checks on the Prism feedback form

Additional security checks have been introduced into the Prism feedback form including:

  • A CAPTCHA check
  • A check for a minimum of 5 characters entered in the ‘Your feedback’ field
  • Cross-site scripting checks

Release procedure

Please review the preview version as early as possible, to familiarise yourself with the new functionality and to check that the existing functionality, extensions and styling still work as expected.

It is necessary to use the prism-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name} URL to preview a release, even if you have your own host name for the live service.

Release to the live service

Prism will be released to the live service on Wednesday 19th June 2024.

Comments and contact

Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions or suggestions. You can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

Prism release Thursday 11th April 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview has now been released to the live service.

The details are described in this release notice and include the following:

Improvements to the handling of NOSTATE errors in SSO authentication

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, you can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our Support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).

Prism release to preview Thursday 28th March 2024

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview. This release includes the item below:

Improvements to the handling of NOSTATE errors in SSO authentication

When a NOSTATE error occurs in SSO authentication, a re-direction to the account page now takes place.

Release procedure

Please review the preview version as early as possible, to familiarise yourself with the new functionality. Other functionality, extensions and styling will be unaffected by this change.

It is necessary to use the prism-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name} URL to preview a release, even if you have your own host name for the live service.

Release to the live service

Prism will be released to the live service on Thursday 11th April 2024.

Comments and contact

Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions or suggestions. You can comment here on the Prism blog, or contact our support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please contact Heather Brown (csm@librarymanagementcloud.com).