• Canvas + LTI Integration

• Notes in Advanced Search

• Auto-enable Quicklinks

• Bulk export results list

• Display full title on mouseover

• Replace auto-scroll with pagination

• Scrolling improvements for facets

• Makes saved items permanent

• Showcase carousel widget

• Open search within journal in new tab

• Improved support for custom JS/CSS

Canvas + LTI Integration – Support for the Learning Tools Interoperability 1.3 (LTI) standard has been added to Summon for Canvas.

• Allows libraries to point to and showcase Summon resources from within the Canvas LMS.

• Will be extensible to other LMSs in the future.

Increases resource usage and meets students where they are already working.

Included in the February release.

Notes in Advanced Search – Notes is a new, individual field in the Advanced Search interface.

• Libraries can optionally configure a discrete Notes field to display in the Advanced Search menu.

• The search string may be an exact match or “contains” search.

Enables users to search valuable and unique notes metadata curated by the library.

Included in the February release.

Auto-enable Quicklinks – Enables Quicklinks automatically for customer who have not opted out.

• Defaults the user experience to showing Quicklinks one-click access to PDF or HTML documents. 

• Available for 1.5B records from 50 providers.

• Takes effect in May 2024.

Promotes frictionless access to the resources that users are seeking.

Included in the February release.

Bulk export results list – Ability to export a large number (thousands) of search results.

• Introduce a new option in the user interface to support the bulk export of search results.

• Patrons can select to export search results in CSV/ Excel, RIS or BIBTEX formats.

Users can save and maintain a large literature review outside the context of Summon.

Included in Preview in the May release.

Planned for Production in August.

Display full title on mouseover – Display the full title to the user when hovering the cursor over a search result

Enables users on mobile devices or devices with small resolutions to view the entire title of a resource.

Provides clarity in search results to help identify useful content.

Included in the May release.

Replace auto-scroll with pagination

Enables users to page through search results rather than using the current “infinite scroll” method.

Complies with accessibility recommendations and provides a better user experience.

Scrolling improvements for facets

• Currently, facets are not visible and cannot be refined if the user scrolls beyond the length of the facets pane.

• This feature enables libraries to configure whether the facets pane scrolls independently from the results or is always visible.

Enables users to view and apply facets regardless of which search results they are viewing.

Make saved items permanent – Saved items become permanent once the user authenticates.

Allow saved items to persist in the folder if a patron is authenticated, rather than deleting the saved items when the session ends.

Patrons can retain saved resources past the session timeout period as part of their research process.

Showcase carousel widget – A new Showcase widget will highlight a visual “carousel” of Summon resources on external library web pages.

• Library can configure records/search results to display to users using existing query syntaxes.

• A code snippet is all that is needed to add the widget to desired pages.

• Patrons will see the titles and cover images (if available) on the specified pages.

Promote unique or new content, encouraging exploration and traffic to the library discovery system from sites such as university and faculty pages.

Open search within journal in new tab – Open “Search within [journal]” in a new browser tab.

• Currently, the “Search within [journal]” feature executes the new search in the same tab/window.

• This feature will open a new tab for the secondary search.

Users preserve the original search context and results.

Improved support for custom JS/CSS

• Incorporate a custom JS/CSS field in the Summon Admin Console to directly enter a script or CSS.

• And/or upload a file.

Summon administrators have easier configuration methods in the Customizer.