We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano previously in preview has been released to live service this morning. This release includes:

• Session Timeout for Soprano picked up from the Admin console
• Changes to the VIEW MARC template to incorporate further updates from the Library of Congress
• Hover hints now appear on attributes of the Leader and 008 fields

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any questions or suggestions 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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

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

• Session Timeout for Soprano picked up from the Admin console
• Changes to the VIEW MARC template to incorporate further updates from the Library of Congress
• Hover hints now appear on attributes of the Leader and 008 fields

Session Timeout for Soprano picked up from the Admin console

The Session Timeout for Soprano will now be picked up from the Admin console interface:

The Timeout value is entered in seconds. If you make a change to the Session Timeout you must then use the Reset Tenant Cache option to force the system to pick up the change.
When a user is inactive for the time specified in the Session Timeout, they are logged out of Soprano when they navigate away from the current page. If no Timeout value is set, the default is 3600 seconds (1 hour).

Please note that now that the software has been deployed to DEMO, the Session Timeout specified in the admin console will be picked up in DEMO.

On Wednesday 13th December, when the software is deployed to LIVE, the Session Timeout value will be picked up by users as soon as they log in to Soprano.

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 in VIEW MARC to update it with a further set of Library of Congress changes. More updates are to follow.

Hover hints on attributes of the Leader and 008 fields

In VIEW MARC, hover hints now appear on the Leader and 008 fields.

Note, that for 008 fields where more than one character can be entered, the space characters present in the field must be removed before you can enter the new characters.

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 13th December 2023.

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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano previously in preview has been released to live service this morning. This release includes:

• Manual return date showing the previous year
• Underlying security improvements (no changes in the Soprano interface)

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any questions or suggestions 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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

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

• Manual return date showing the previous year
• Underlying security improvements (no changes in the Soprano interface)

Manual return date showing the previous year
When an item is being returned to a manual return date, the system now shows the previous year as well as the current year in the year drop down. This is to enable things returned just after the New Year to be returned to a date in the previous year, if required. The year drop down will always default to the current year.

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 1st November 2023.

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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano previously in preview has been released to live service this morning. This release includes:

• Changes to the VIEW MARC template to incorporate an initial set of Library of Congress updates
• Hover hints on subfields and indicators on newly added fields

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any questions or suggestions 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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

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

• Changes to the VIEW MARC template to incorporate an initial set of Library of Congress updates
• Hover hints on subfields and indicators on newly added fields

Changes to the VIEW MARC template to incorporate an initial set of Library of Congress updates

Changes have been made to the Marc21 template used by Soprano in VIEW MARC to update it with an initial set of Library of Congress changes. More updates are to follow.

Hover hints on subfields and indicators on newly added fields

In VIEW MARC when a new field is added, hover hints now appear on each of the subfields. In addition, hover hints appear on the indicators on newly added fields.

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 11th  October 2023

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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum

We’re pleased to announce the availability of new functionality with LDS release 2.9.31. This version of the LDS enables the following:

• Amending the borrower due date for an ILL request on receipt and renew

When receipting or renewing an ILL item, it is now possible to amend the number of days before the supplier due date that the borrower due date is set to.

For receipting, the borrower due date and collect by date will reflect the specified number of days before the supplier due date. When the item is actually issued to the borrower, the loan rules are applied.

The number of days can be edited in the same way for renewals.

When RENEW is clicked, the loan will be renewed to the specified number of days before the new supplier due date. The system does not take account of closed days or days specified as bank holidays when renewing in this way. To force these loan rules to be taken into account, renew the item in Home> Renew.

To obtain the LDS upgrade

Your current LDS version number is displayed in the footer of Soprano pages. To obtain the upgrade to LDS 2.9.31 mentioned above, please raise a support case through the customer support portal.

Comments and contact

If you have any questions or suggestions 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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano previously in preview has been released to live service this morning. This release includes:

• Choosing the contact point for ‘Digital / Email delivery’ and ‘Post to borrower’ ILL requests
• Fix to the display of the product drop down when refunding in the Till

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any questions or suggestions 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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.

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

• Choosing the contact point for ‘Digital / Email delivery’ and ‘Post to borrower’ ILL requests
• Fix to the display of the product drop down when refunding in the Till

Choosing the contact point for ‘Digital / Email delivery’ and ‘Post to borrower’ ILL requests

Customers can use the BLDSS web connector to send requests to the British Library. They can ask for journal articles to be delivered directly to the requester by specifying the Delivery Type Email / Digital Delivery (an email containing a link to the article is sent to the requester) or Post to borrower (a copy of the article is posted to their address). When one of these two options are selected it is now possible for staff to choose an alternative contact point to the default selected by the system.

If the user has only one email or postal address, this is selected by default and it is not possible to amend it.

Once the request has been verified, staff can also now see the contact details on the Fulfilment tab. Note: if the email address or postal address used in the request is subsequently edited, the details and the request method will no longer display.

Fix to the display of the product drop down when refunding in the Till

In the Till it is possible to carry out refunds by searching for products, if this is enabled. The list of products that can be refunded now displays correctly.

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 16th August 2023

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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum

We’re pleased to announce that the release of Soprano previously in preview has been released to live service this morning. This release includes:

• Requested button in inter library loans
• Complete button in inter library loans

The details are described in this release notice.

If you have any questions or suggestions 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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum.