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

• Fixes to the shelf mark display in the Resources> Recent Activity and search results cards (LDS 2.9.34)
• Recent activity and search result cards count of branches where copies are available
• Timestamp on supplier reports in ILL records
• Soprano offline Return Items – Item Barcode field is now cleared
• Changes to the VIEW MARC template to incorporate further updates from the Library of Congress

Fixes to the shelf mark display in the Resources> Recent Activity and search results cards

Where a copy is available at the current login location, the system now only shows the Sequence once in the shelf mark. In addition, where a size is specified as part of the shelf mark, this now displays. These fixes require LDS 2.9.34.

Recent activity and search result cards count of branches where copies are available

When looking at the bibliographic record ‘cards’ in Resources, if a copy isn’t available at the current site, the number of other branches where copies are available is shown. The number of branches now only includes those with ‘In stock’/Loanable status copies.

Timestamp on supplier reports in ILL records

Reports from suppliers now display in create date order and the timestamp is displayed.

Soprano offline Return Items – Item Barcode field is now cleared

In Soprano offline, once an item has been scanned in return, the field is now cleared and the cursor focus is placed in the returns field while the system is returning the item.

Changes to the VIEW MARC template to incorporate further updates from the Library of Congress

Changes have been made to the Marc21 template used by Soprano to update it it with further Library of Congress changes. Additional updates will be provided in a future release.

To preview this release

You can preview this release by inserting ‘-demo’ into your tenancy URL after the word ‘soprano’: soprano-demo.librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. Please remember that it accesses your live data.

Release to the live service

This version of Soprano is expected to be released to the live service on: Wednesday 17th January 2024.

If you need an LDS upgrade

Your current LDS version number is displayed in the footer of Soprano pages. If you require an upgrade to LDS 2.9.34 mentioned above, please raise a support case through the customer support portal.

Comments and contact

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