Today we held a demo of LORLS v6/CLUMP for any and all interested library staff. Previously we’d only demoed it to a small focus group of library staff and those few academics that came to the e-Learning showcase. Reactions to the system seemed pretty positive although it did highlight that we still have a long way to go as the staff gave us a long list of “must have” additional features. These include:

  • Alert library staff to any changes made to reading lists
  • Logo for the Service (other than just the words “Online Reading Lists”)
  • Can the data be cleaned up? For example remove dates from authors
  • Include classification/shelfmark on full record
  • Change colour of links when you hover over them
  • Need to think about terminology for hide/unhide option
  • Useful to have number against items on long lists – these are often used when liaising with academics
  • Have an alternative to drag and drop re-ranking for large lists
  • Draft items on lists should be greyed out
  • Option to publish all draft items on a list at once