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We’re bringing new features to CataList’s search tools! You can now filter your search results by availability, product form detail and Thema codes. Publishers can also see a Loan Stars eligible icon for titles that librarians could recommend to be a Loan Star!

Check out our new features at bnccatalist.ca!

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Availability filter

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CataList’s new Availability filter pre-set lets you limit your results to titles that are:

  • Forthcoming

  • Available

  • Temporarily unavailable

  • Unavailable

Once your search results return, you can use the refine tools to filter the results by the availability that is recorded in the title’s metadata.

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Mapping Product Availability from ONIX 2.1 to CataList

The availability data is pulled from the <ProductAvailability> codes in the ONIX file, specifically the codes in list 65.

Learn more about how publishers can supply Product Availability data and how the codes are mapped into CataList.

New refine tools

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We have three new refine tools to help you limit your book results:

  • Availability – Filter your results according to the title’s Product Availability code.

  • Thema Subject – Limit by Thema subjects. You can select multiple subjects, and drill down through subject levels. (Learn more about Thema subjects from our blog post!)

  • Product Form Detail – Choose the product forms you would like to see in the search results.

Loan Stars eligible icon

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Publishers can now see when a title is eligible for Loan Stars. If it is, the Loan Stars eligible icon will display in key areas of the site, making it easier for publishers to identify and promote those titles.

For more information about how Loan Stars can help your books gain visibility, visit the Loan Stars website.

The Loan Stars icon displays on the title detail page, catalogue thumbnail view, and catalogue scroll view.

Other changes in this release

  • Improved readability of metadata on title detail page

  • Fixes for Thema searching and search for BISAC codes with + character

Latest features added on August 19, 2021.In this release, we’ve added new search features to help you find accessible digital products, such as ebooks, in CataList. You can also filter your search results to return titles with the specific accessibility features that meet your needs or preferences.

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In the Advanced Search form, use the new “Accessible products” checkbox to search for titles that include accessibility details.

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Publishers: Accessibility details can be provided in your ONIX 2.1 and 3.0 files using the code type ‘09’ in <ProductFormFeatureType>, and supplying in <ProductFormFeatureValue> the applicable accessibility features using code values in List 196: E-publication Accessibility Details.

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If your search results include any titles that provide accessibility details, you will see the Accessibility filter display in the left sidebar. You can expand the Accessibility filter by clicking the + symbol to see the types of accessibility data available.

The accessibility data points are grouped into categories for your convenience.

  • Accessibility features - The majority of specific features for accessible experience will be listed in this category.

  • Compliance and certification - If you are looking for products that have passed specific certification, you can see more detailed compliance details in this section.

  • Limited accessibility - If you have selected the accessible products search checkbox in the advanced search form, titles with limited or unknown accessibility data will be excluded from your search results. However, if you are doing more general searching, you can select this category to see publisher-supplied details of accessibility limitations.

  • Contacts for more information - You can limit your results to titles where there are additional contacts for further accessibility information. This might be a publisher or product website, or an email address where you can request more information.

Select one or more checkboxes to expand the categories and view further options to refine your search.

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You can limit your results to titles that contain the specific accessibility features that you’re looking for by clicking one or more of the resulting checkboxes.

If you select options from more than one category, you will see the results from both categories combined in your search results.

Latest features added on December 12, 2023

Check this space often to find out more about the changes and new features added to BNC CataList.