Summon Roadmap Highlights
Overview
The Summon/360 2026 roadmap details the discovery features to be released throughout the year. The roadmap is based on strategic enhancements, ideas from the Idea Exchange, CERV enhancements, and community feedback. This roadmap focuses on the highlights. The feature status will be updated according to each quarterly release.
As always, the roadmap balances necessary infrastructure investment and resolving issues reported by the community. Each quarterly release will include new features, problem resolutions, and infrastructure work and will be detailed in the release notes. The roadmap is subject to change based on community feedback and shifting challenges and priorities.
Important Dates
| Quarterly Release Date | Preview Release Date |
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| February 4, 2026 | January 21, 2026 |
| May 6, 2026 | April 22, 2026 |
| August 5, 2026 | July 22, 2026 |
| November 4, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
Roadmap
2026 H1
| What's New? | Highlights | Impact | Status |
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Distinguish between “Book” and “Book Review” when applying the Peer Review flag
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Present more accurate results to Summon users and reduce confusion
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In progress
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Allow libraries to highlight their music resources in Summon results for search, display, and faceting
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In progress
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Summon users can successfully get results for searches such as “coming out”
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In progress
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Allow libraries to highlight their game resources in Summon results for search, display, and faceting
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In progress
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Standardize the logo sizes to reflect modern conventions and reduce staff frustration
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In progress
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Continuous striving towards WCAG A, AA compliance
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Increased and improved support for Summon researchers that use assistive devices
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Included in the February 2026 release.
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Continuous striving towards WCAG A, AA compliance
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Increased and improved support for Ulrichsweb and USAS researchers that use assistive devices
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In progress
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2026 H2
| What's New? | Highlights | Impact | Status |
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Provide a display cue to users that an article may not be accessible. The new type supports faceting.
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In progress.
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Integrate the Research Assistant overview into the native Summon search results
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Scheduled
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Harness KBART infrastructure in 360 to automatically update subscriptions
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Saves valuable staff time by reducing manual ERM tasks
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Scheduled
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Gives staff more flexibility in managing titles for databases that utilize Auto Holdings capabilities
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Scheduled
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Eliminates the need to open a Support case, giving staff immediate access to the information they need
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Scheduled
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Delivers a consistent, expected user experience to Summon users
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Scheduled
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Gives Summon users supplemental about library resources that staff deem
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Scheduled
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Saves staff time by eliminating the need to keep checking in on the status
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Scheduled
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Enhance 360 Client Center to accept, store, and share with Summon IP addresses that adhere to the IPv6 protocol
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Complies with campus and provider requirements for better security and performance
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Scheduled
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Allows users to input search queries as conversational questions or phrases rather than strict Boolean keywords
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Enables discovery with ordinary language rather than prescribed syntax or an advanced search
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Under analysis
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Refactor the subjection normalization rules to retain link between main headings and sub-headings
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Display and facet full, authorized subject headings to Summon users for discovery precision
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Scheduled
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Continuous striving towards WCAG A, AA compliance based on the 2026 VPAT
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Increased and improved support for Summon researchers that use assistive devices
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Scheduled
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