Search and discovery
Let patrons search, find a work and browse the collection. The calls are in the Provider API, and search also exists as the Search API — a subset with its own specification that can, for example, be handed to a third party.
12 of 34 supported · 11 groupsWhat you can build
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Search that knows the collection
Free-text search across works, with people in the same result, and suggestions while the patron types.
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Filters from the library system itself
Filters and sort orders come from the provider's own configuration, so patrons only see choices the library system supports, and facets can show how many results each gives.
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A work with everything around it
Editions, formats, availability and shelf mark for one work — the page where a patron decides to borrow or reserve.
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Browsing without a search term
Departments and categories the client defines, and subject pages, let patrons explore the collection without a search term.
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Not yet in PLAS
The groups Series, Library recommendations, Recommendations, Digital materials, and Campaign are in the feature list, but none of their features is supported yet.
Features in this area
1.1 Search
3 of 5 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.1.1 | Search Find works by free text, with people alongside the titles. | Supported |
| 1.1.3 | Search suggestions Suggest works, people, subjects and searches while the patron types. | Supported |
| 1.1.4 | Filter and sort search results Narrow and order a search result by format, language, audience, subject and more. | Supported |
| 1.1.5 | Search with a query language Search with a query language such as CQL. | Not yet |
| 1.1.6 | Advanced field search Search in a specific field, such as title or author. | Not yet |
1.2 Work
4 of 6 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.2.1 | View work Show a work with its editions, its availability and what the patron can do with it. | Supported |
| 1.2.2 | Find material, shelf mark Show which branches have the material, and where in the branch it stands. | Supported |
| 1.2.3 | Send shelf mark Let the patron take the shelf mark with them, by email or on paper. | Supported |
| 1.2.4 | View item Show a single copy of a publication. | Not yet |
| 1.2.5 | Item history Show the history of a single copy. | Not yet |
| 1.2.6 | Select periodical issue Let the patron choose a specific issue of a magazine or newspaper. | Supported |
1.3 Agents
1 of 2 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.3.1 | View agent Show a person or an organisation behind works, together with the works they are connected to. | Supported |
| 1.3.2 | Follow contributor Let the patron follow an author or another contributor. | Not yet |
1.4 Series
0 of 2 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.4.1 | View series Show the works in a series. | Not yet |
| 1.4.2 | Follow series Let the patron follow a series. | Not yet |
1.5 Library recommendations
0 of 2 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.5.1 | View staff recommendations Show recommendations that library staff have written about works. | Not yet |
| 1.5.3 | View collection Show a list of material put together by the library. | Not yet |
1.6 Recommendations
0 of 3 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.6.1 | View personal recommendations Show recommendations based on the patron. | Not yet |
| 1.6.2 | View similar Show works similar to the one the patron is viewing. | Not yet |
| 1.6.3 | Non-personal recommendations Show general recommendations when personal ones are not available. | Not yet |
1.7 Wayfinding
1 of 1 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.7.1 | Find material, map Show on a map where in the library the material is. | Supported |
1.8 Digital materials
0 of 9 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.8.1 | E-book reader Read an e-book in the client. | Not yet |
| 1.8.2 | Audiobook player Listen to an audiobook in the client. | Not yet |
| 1.8.3 | Video player Watch a video in the client. | Not yet |
| 1.8.5 | Check out digital material Borrow a digital title, such as an e-book or an audiobook. | Not yet |
| 1.8.6 | Reserve digital material Place a hold on a digital title. | Not yet |
| 1.8.7 | Sample Try a sample of a digital title. | Not yet |
| 1.8.8 | Continue digital material Pick up a digital title where the patron left off. | Not yet |
| 1.8.9 | View digital loan limit Show the patron's limit on digital loans. | Not yet |
| 1.8.10 | Minimized player Keep a title playing in a minimized player. | Not yet |
1.9 Browsing
2 of 2 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.9.1 | View department Show a department of the collection, with its categories and shelves of works. | Supported |
| 1.9.2 | View category Show the works in one category of a department. | Supported |
1.10 Subject page
1 of 1 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.10.1 | View subject page Show the works on one subject, typically opened from a subject on a work. | Supported |
1.14 Campaign
0 of 1 supported| # | Feature | Status |
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| 1.14.1 | View campaign Show a campaign to patrons. | Not yet |