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OpenAthens Ideas Portal

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  • Librarians (Identity Providers): Share ideas that help organisations that manage user identities and provide access to online content and services. This includes improving the experience for students and researchers.

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Status Feedback wanted
Workspace Librarians
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 7, 2025

Keep a change log for allocated resources in the catalogue

Currently in the resources catalogue, there is very little information available to an institution outside of the resource details.

It would be really helpful to have an additional tab on each resource where the system records any changes applied to the resource by an institution, the date they occurred and which admin account actioned them. For example:

  • When a resource was first allocated.

  • What group/s were allocated/unallocated by a change.

  • If a Link format is updated, a record of what the previous Link format was.

  • Categories adjusted

By recording this information, it allows users to see relevant history related to the resources in their catalogue, allowing people to understand what has changed and when. This can aid trouble shooting and general ongoing management of the resources.

Is this currently impacting your ability to use OpenAthens effectively? No
Idea type Something new
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