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

• Mistyping the tenancy name on the Soprano URL now displays the LMC home page

When accessing Soprano, if the tenancy name is mistyped, the system will now show the  Library Management Cloud home page – https://www.ess-librarymanagementcloud.co.uk/

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: Thursday 9th February

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 that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

• In-transit messages in Return

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 release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

• Volunteer enablements – searching for borrowers in Issue and when placing a reservation 

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 release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

• Re-ordered year of birth when creating a borrower

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 release of Soprano that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

• Speed improvements related to some environment variables

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 the item below:

• Speed improvements related to some environment variables

We have resolved a defect in the way we store the settings for some environment variables. The settings are now cached in Soprano for a period of 10 minutes. This improves the performance of processes and pages using this data and reduces the load on your LMS at the same time.

If you do make changes to the settings of some environment variables, these will automatically update in Soprano’s cache within 10 minutes.

Release Procedure

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 01/11/2022.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, 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 that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

• Speed improvements for the site lists displayed in some areas of the system and the list of departments

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 the item below:

• Speed improvements for the site lists displayed in some areas of the system and the list of departments

We have resolved a defect in the way we handle site lists when working with borrower records and ordering copies. Similarly the department list when editing a borrower record has been addressed. This information is now cached in Soprano for a period of 10 minutes. This improves the performance of processes and pages using this data and reduces the load on your LMS at the same time.

If you do make changes to the site names or add a site (and similarly with departments), these will automatically update in Soprano’s cache within 10 minutes.

Release Procedure

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 25/10/2022.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, 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 that was previously in preview has been released to live service this morning.

This release includes the following:

• Speed improvements for the lists of item types, sizes and sequences when creating or editing item records

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 the item below:

• Speed improvements for the lists of item types, sizes and sequences when creating or editing item records

We have resolved a defect in the way we handle item types, sizes and sequences, where these items are now cached in Soprano for a period of 10 minutes. This improves the performance of processes and pages using this data, and reduces the load on your LMS at the same time.

If you do make changes to the Item Types, Sizes or Sequences, these will automatically update in Soprano’s cache within 10 minutes.

Release Procedure

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 06/09/2022.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, 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.