Mandatory Total Page Count

Overview

The total pages field is available for both file-based Book and Journal source documents of file-based resources, and can be populated with a number or a list of end pages, including roman numerals. This field is present for both faculty when requesting the creation of a new resource and for librarians when creating or editing resources within both readings management and request management.

Figure 1 :The total pages field in the source document section of a library book request form

Once a source document has been updated with the total pages, the total page count will be displayed above the field. This count is particularly useful if there are multiple end pages in the field. For example, the end pages for “xiv, 60” would display in the total page count as “74”.

The total page count is located above the total pages field in the book source document creation form. XCI have been entered in the field therefore, the total page count displays 91" — Figure 2 : The total page count displays above the total pages field

By default, the Total Pages Count field is not a required field for creating and importing new file-based resources in eReserve Plus.

By enabling the ‘Mandatory total page count’ feature, the Total Pages Count field will be required for any newly created file-based book resources which is indicated by a red asterisk and help text within the total pages field.

The total pages field has an asterisk to indicate it is a mandatory field in the faculty book creation form — Figure 3 : In the Faculty view, the total pages field is mandatory in the book request creation form

The total pages field has an asterisk to indicate it is a mandatory field in the library book creation form — Figure 4 : In the Library view, the total pages field is mandatory in the book request creation form

Note that any file-based book resources and requests created using the flat file import feature will require an additional column to accommodate for the requirement.

Only User accounts with the Site Admin role can enable/disable this feature by using the following steps:

In the eReserve Plus admin console, navigate to the Insights page.
Click 'Configure', then click 'Resource Settings'.
Figure 5 : The Resource settings option in the Configure menu dropdown
Click the ‘Mandatory total page count’ toggle to the right.
Figure 6 : The mandatory total page count toggle has been enabled
Click 'Apply'.
Figure 7 : Click Apply to save any changes made

With the updates to the total page field, the Audit report has also been updated. There is a new field called 'Section end pages from source publication’, which will display the values entered in the total pages field. The following field, ‘Total page count for Source publication’ will display the combined values of all end pages entered in the total pages field.

The two new columns, Section end pages from source publication and Total page count for source publication, are shown as additional columns in the audit report csv — Figure 8 : The new columns within the audit reports