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

• Copies in transit excluded from branches count in Recent activity and search result cards
• Defaults on the create borrower screen

Copies in transit excluded from branches count in Recent activity and search result cards

In the bibliographic record ‘cards’ in Resources, if there are no copies of the item at the current site, a count of the number of other branches where copies are available is displayed. This count no longer includes items that are in transit. In addition if the login site copy is in transit, the system shows the count of other branches rather than the shelfmark of the intransit copy.

Defaults on the create borrower screen

Following the creation of a new borrower record, if the user doesn’t opt to reuse the borrower details and closes the ‘Borrower created’ message to return to the create borrower screen, the Date of Birth and Borrower Type fields now display the original, default values.

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 March 2024.

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).

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).

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 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 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 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 next release of Soprano is now available for preview. This release includes:

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

Requested button in inter library loans

Where a request is at pending verified status and the request method assigned to the supplier is ‘Do not send’, then a ‘Requested’ button displays. This sets the ILL request to Requested status.

Complete button in inter library loans

Where a request is at Received or Discharged status, then a ‘Complete’ button displays. This sets the ILL request to Completed status.

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: Tuesday 11th July 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 next release of Soprano is now available for preview. This release includes:

• Display of the ILL Total Limit when viewing ILL requests and on the Borrower> ILL tab
• Optional addition of ILL renewals to the ILL Total Limit (LDS 2.9.29)
• Two-step verification enhancements

Display of the ILL Total Limit when viewing ILL requests and on the Borrower> ILL tab

By default the Total Limit reflects the number of ILL requests created since the Total Limit Start Date set in Configure Alto. It is used to control how many ILL requests the borrower can create ‘this year’ so the Total Limit Start Date is often set to the start of the year, or the academic year.

When viewing an ILL request, the Total Limit is now displayed with the Active count below the borrower details.

The Total Limit now appears with the Active count when verifying an ILL request.

On the Borrower> ILL tab, the Active and Total Limit counts are now displayed beside the Filter Active ILLs toggles to make the display clearer. The ALL option shows all the ILL requests a page at a time, in descending create date order, regardless of when they were created.

Optional addition of ILL renewals to the total number of ILL requests count

A new parameter can now be set in the LDS configuration file to include the number of renewals carried out since the Total Limit Start Date in the Total Limit. Once this has been set the number of renewals is included wherever the Total Limit is displayed. By default, renewals are not included in the Total Limit. The total displayed in Prism> My account also reflects the setting of the parameter in the LDS. Please note that this feature requires LDS 2.9.29.

For information, by default Cancelled ILL requests created since the Total Limit Start Date are also included in the Total Limit. A parameter in the LDS configuration file can be used to exclude these from the count.

If you require one or both of these parameters to be set, please contact the Support team.

Two-step verification enhancements

Improved display name in the authentication app

Now when two-step verification is set up through the admin console, if the QR code is used to set up the ‘Authenticator’, the name of the entry will be similar to the following:

LMC Soprano Live: operator_login@tenancy_name

For example:

LMC Soprano Live: KS6@birmingham

Logging in using two step verification takes you to the Home page

Now after logging in using two-step verification, the user will be taken to the Home page rather than the borrower page.

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 21st June 2023

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 2.9.29 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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum

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

• The Year filter in search results is now displayed in descending order
• When placing a reservation, any search for a borrower can be actioned by pressing the Return key
• The message displayed when a password is going to expire has been reformatted
• Speed improvements to the Soprano renew process and displaying an invoice (LDS 2.9.26)

The Year filter in search results is now displayed in descending order

When a search is carried out in Resources, a number of filters are displayed to further refine a search. The year filter is now shown in descending date order.

When placing a reservation, any search for a borrower is actioned by pressing the Return key

In Resources, when you click on the Reserve button the system prompts you to enter the borrower barcode. When a barcode, institution id or name is entered into this field and you press the Return key, the search will be carried out.

The message displayed when a password is going to expire has been reformatted

A space now appears between ‘Your password is going to expire in X days.’ and ‘Change your password’

Speed improvements to the Soprano renew process and displaying an invoice

A new version of the LDS is available (2.9.26) that includes changes to improve the speed of the Soprano renew process and displaying an invoice.

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: Tuesday 7th March

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 2.9.26 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 visit the Soprano Ideas Forum