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).