VuFind® Community Call Minutes: September 3, 2024

Attending: Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Claas Kazzer, Maccabee Levine, Juha Luoma, James Staub, Mario Trojan, Susan Turkel, Thomas Wagener

The August, 2024 Newsletter was discussed.

• #3557 - Fix bug: incorrect author link hidden filter in combined search
  • Status: In development
    • ACTION ITEM: Demian and Ere should complete implementation.
• #3853 / VUFIND-1703 - 4+ filters dropdown has a strange appearance in Sandal5 and Bootstrap5
  • Status: In progress; solution found, but some implementation details need adjustment.
    • ACTION ITEM: Chris should refactor CSS to prevent build failures. Ere is willing to help if necessary.

The following pull requests are scheduled for inclusion in release 10.1:

• #1230 - Open ID Connect implementation
  • Status: Needs to be adjusted to reflect v10 refactoring; Demian has offered to help if necessary.
• #2612 / VUFIND-1588 - Add support for WorldCat Search v2 API
  • Status: Demian has completed the basic implementation; this is now a “minimum viable product” and is ready for testing/review.
    • ACTION ITEM: WorldCat users should test/review.
• #3103 - Add Notifications CMS functionality
  • Status: Needs to be adjusted to reflect recent database refactoring.
    • ACTION ITEM: Johannes should continue work based on latest review.
• #3860 - Possibility to use secret file rather than string password in config files
  • Status: In review

• #3760 - Clarify use of getWorkKeys in documentation
  • Status: In review.
    • ACTION ITEM: Maccabee should revise based on latest review.

• #2060 - DAIA: make accepted service list configurable
  • Status: Work is still needed here, but it's not clear if anyone has time to move it forward.
• #3421 - Use Koha REST API endpoint to pull recalls into patron holds page
  • Status: In review.
• #3758 - Display status of item locations by status priority
  • Status: In review. Needs some broken Mink tests fixed.
• #3838 / VUFIND-1701 - Display FOLIO holdings record information
  • Status: In review.

• #1680 - Display flash message on login
  • Status: In progress.
    • ACTION ITEM: Chris should continue to work on this.
• #2688 - Announce number of search results in title
  • Status: This PR needs a champion to move it forward.
• #2999 - Get unique html element id from record view helper
  • Status: In review.
• #3279 - Small enhancements to the DefaultRecord class
  • Status: In review.
• #3546 - Improve accessibility of cover images
  • Status: #3868 was resolved to simplify the work here; now conflicts need to be resolved.
    • ACTION ITEM: Chris or Demian should resolve conflicts and re-review
• #3552 / VUFIND-1673 - Set unique labels for checkboxes
  • Status: waiting for #2999
• #3826 - Back to browse results feature
  • Status: in review; collecting feedback on design (both code and UI).
    • ACTION ITEM: comment with opinions if you have any
• #3834 / VUFIND-1665 - Persist limit value in record driver search links
  • Status: Needs review.
    • ACTION ITEM: Someone, please review!
• #3836 / VUFIND-1674 - Show count of saved items in account menu
  • Status: Needs review.
• #3877 - Minor OverDrive bug fixes
  • Status: In review.
• #3881 - Introduce option to display shorter author data on EDS item detail page
  • Status: In review.

• VUFIND-1611 - Accessible local CAPTCHA option
• VUFIND-1643 - Configurable brute force password protection
  • Discussion: existing rate limiter probably doesn't meet this need (it's a slightly different problem, based on username rather than url) but infrastructure might be adaptable to help.
• VUFIND-1652 - Add database support for storing session-specific data

• VUFIND-1660 - FOLIO driver: add pagination/sorting support to getMyTransactions
• VUFIND-1664 - Improve consistency of numbering in result lists in Search and Account areas
• VUFIND-1679 - Fix layout of “Results per page” in narrow widths/on mobile
• VUFIND-1698 - Add functionality to FOLIO driver to select only allowed pick up locations in the request form for Poppy release
• VUFIND-1704 - University of Colorado Accessibility Report
  • ACTION ITEM: Needs assessment/creation of sub-tickets.

• VUFIND-1560 - DeduplicationListener: Add tests and clean up

• VUFIND-1625 - Document access to advanced search capabilities through API

• VUFIND-1693 - Update dependencies for release 10.1
• VUFIND-1695 - Update language translation files for release 10.1
• VUFIND-1702 - Change default theme to sandal5

We will aim for November 4th as the 10.1 release date, with translation requests going out in early October.

No news. Peter is still working on adjusting the OLF Slack to be less FOLIO-specific. It's worth setting up an OLF/FOLIO Slack account if you don't already have one to prepare for the eventual move.

WOLFcon and the German VuFind® Summit both begin this month, and both will offer in-person and virtual participation options. Please consider joining us there, and see the events page for more details.

The next scheduled call date will overlap with the German Summit; all are encouraged to join that meeting instead. We will next meet here in November.

Note that the Eastern time zone will return to “Standard” time before the November meeting, so adjust your calendar accordingly.

The next call will be Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT).