February 6, 2022: 2022.206.1

Other Recent Releases

New Features

Add the ability to import a configuration
This feature allows users to download a copy of their configuration, and keep it as a backup or to share it among multiple machines. The feature is still under development, and currently only configures the libraries that the user has setup.

Improvements

Case LIB-276 Add support for book searches with no authors
Various sites will have no author information available intermittently. Previously, the Library Extension would end up finding no matches in these cases. This behavior has been changed so that the Library Extension will instead only match on the title and include the found author information from the searched catalogs. In addition, a message will be displayed to let the user know about the potential for 'bad matches'

Bug Fixes

Case LIB-273 Re-enabled that ability to add or remove 'Sites'
A recent change to how the Library Extension configures permission left the 'Sites' tab broken. This has been fixed, and a a result, users will no longer be prompted permission to catalogs that have already had permissions granted
Case LIB-275 Properly identify all authors for books with multiple authors on TheStoryGraph
Books on TheStoryGraph with multiple listed authors would only have the first author used. This could sometimes lead to matching library results being empty or incomplete.
Case LIB-277 Fixed Scribd (catalog) support
Minor changes to the Scribd site left the Library Extension unable to identify items available from Scribd. This is now fixed.

Known Issues

OCLC catalogs running on 'version 2' of their catalog software are currently not functioning
If your library uses an OCLC catalog, the functionality is currently broken. This remains on our backlog to resolve.

In Case You Missed It

The Library Extension now has the ability to display multiple matching results for physical catalogs
This new Beta feature will return all matching items for physical catalogs. Previously, only the first matching item was returned, even if no holdings were available. This behavior is now more consistent with how digital catalogs will return all matching items.

To enable this feature, open the Library Extension configuration page and choose 'General Settings'. Scroll down the list of displayed items until you see 'Beta Feature' with the description. Choose 'Yes, I want all possible matches to be displayed'

One more thing...

The Library Extension is provided at no cost, but it still takes time and effort to make this tool available to you. Consider supporting the Library Extension with a contribution to ensure that we can continue to bring these updates to everyone!

Please consider visiting our support page here and becoming a project supporter.

Last updated February 6, 2022