This latest release of Talis Prism 3, which is now available for customers to preview, combines with an upgrade to the Local Data Services (LDS) to improve the user experience in some key areas:

* Hotlinks display in the Availability area for all e-resources, not just e-journals
* Copies whose status is not In Stock (e.g. On Order, In Processing, etc), now always display separately in the Availability area
* Change PIN now copes with certain anomalous data conditions
* The My Account page focus is now in the barcode input box, allowing the user to start typing immediately.

The improvement in the Availability area represents early delivery of some of the work planned on the Talis Prism 3 Roadmap for the period beginning in September; there will be more work done on Availability at that time. The other features demonstrate our commitment to spending part of the development effort on addressing bug fixes and customer priorities, in addition to the Roadmap themes.

The LDS upgrade is needed to experience the benefit of the first three features. It is being deployed by Talis into customers’ local environments. The Talis Prism release will function with the current LDS. To register for your LDS upgrade, please email Alison Kershaw.

Release to the live service is scheduled for Wednesday 26th August 2009.

Find out more about Talis Prism 3 on the Talis Prism 3 Microsite.