• Summon Research Assistant
• Integration with Rapido
• Leave the end date open in the publication date facet
• Omit other libraries' LibGuides when a search is expanded
• Display series volume in brief results
• Implement new rules for book review identification

• New secondary resource type for “online first” articles
• Customize the Summon splash page
• Search for Summon Admin Console options
• Add more links to the hamburger menu
• Incorporate Document Insights in the results display
• Begin integrating Mixpanel user analytics

Summon Research Assistant

• Semantic search / Natural language queries of Central Discovery Index (CDI) content.

• Answers with references based on the abstract of the top five results found in CDI.

• Links to the full text.

• Links to the complete results list in Summon.

• Provide search suggestions to expand topics and explore further.

• Local language support.

Researchers can query the trusted content in CDI using conversational searching. The resulting summarization helps gauge relevance and guides content access.

Coming March 2025

Integration with Rapido

• Addition of the Rapido resource-sharing option in Summon.

• Users can request document delivery from participating Rapido libraries based on articles and book chapters found they find in Summon.

Expand the universe of knowledge accessible to Summon users, beginning with articles & book chapters and later, physical materials.

H1 & H2

Leave the end date open in the publication date facet

• Users that select the 1-, 3-, or 10-year publication date filter will see results past today.

• Currently, the filter applies an end date of today, omitting results that don’t have an assigned publication date.

Provide users with “online first” results or otherwise lacking an official publication date.

H1

Omit other libraries' LibGuides when a search is expanded

Non-local LibGuides content will not be shown in results when a user selects the Add results beyond your library’s collection option.

Eliminate confusion and unproductive use of time caused by irrelevant results.

H1

Display series volume in brief results

Show the volume information in the brief display (as is done on the Quick Look and Details pages).

Display series information to researchers without extra clicks.

H1

Implement new rules for book review identification

Create, test and implement content ingestion rules to better distinguish between books and book reviews.

Improve user satisfaction with more accurate content type designations.

H1

New secondary resource type for “online first” articles

Advance online articles usually lack volume, issue & pages, often impeding linking to some platforms.

A new secondary resource type will be applied to these articles.

Provide a display cue to users that an article may not be accessible. The new type supports faceting.

H2

Customize the Summon splash page

Provide library administrators with tools to add local content, such as announcements, the carousel, notifications, events, and so forth.

Leverage the available space on the splash page to engage with users.

H2

Search for Summon Admin Console options

Provide library administrators with a search option in the Admin Console interface.

Help administrators quickly find the option they need for configuration, eliminating a lot of searching.

H2

Add more links to the hamburger menu

Provide library administrators with the capability to add more than one custom link to the hamburger menu.

Configure links for users in a menu with which they’re already familiar.

H2

Incorporate Document Insights in the results display

Integrate with ProQuest Research Assistant to show users—in brief results—that additional key takeaways are available on that platform via the Quicklink.

Users get an indication to click through for in-depth insights and summaries into a desired article.

H2

Begin integrating Mixpanel user analytics

• Evolve usage statistics beyond basic click-tracking.

• Show the full user journey to understand how users use Summon, where drop-offs occur, which features are most used, and so forth. 

• User analytics are anonymous.

Improve and increase user engagement with better analytics.

H1 & H2 - development integration. Rollout TBD.