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Fulcrum Release Notes

Fulcrum Release Notes

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Last updated: 2025-03-13 by Melissa J Baker-Young
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  • Sprint 98: February 19-March 11, 2020

  • Sprint 99: March 11-25, 2020

  • Sprint 100: March 25-April 15, 2020

     - Grant 3 started April 1, 2020

  • Sprint 101: April 15-May 6, 2020

  • Sprint 102: May 6-27, 2020

  • Sprint 103: May 27-June 17, 2020

  • Sprint 104: June 17-July 8, 2020

  • Sprint 105: July 8-29, 2020

  • Sprint 106: July 29-August 19, 2020

  • Sprint 107: August 19-September 9, 2020

  • Sprint 108: September 9-30, 2020

  • Sprint 109: September 30-October 21, 2020

  • Sprint 110: October 21-November 11, 2020

  • Sprint 111: November 11-December 2, 2020

  • Sprint 112: December 2-16, 2020

  • Sprint 113: January 4-27, 2021

  • Sprint 114: January 27-February 17, 2021

  • Sprint 115: February 17-March 10, 2021

  • Sprint 116: March 10-31, 2021

  • Sprint 117: March 31-April 21, 2021

  • Sprint 118: April 21-May 12, 2021

  • Sprint 119: May 12-June 2, 2021

  • Sprint 120: June 2-23, 2021

  • Sprint 121: June 23-July 14, 2021

  • Sprint 122: July 14-August 4, 2021

  • Sprint 123: August 4-25, 2021

  • Sprint 124: August 25-September 15, 2021

  • Sprint 125: September 15-October 6, 2021

  • Sprint 126: October 6-27, 2021

  • Sprint 127: October 27-November 17, 2021

  • Sprint 128: November 17-December 8, 2021

  • Sprint 129: December 8-15, 2021

  • Sprint 130: January 5-26, 2022

  • Sprint 131: January 26-February 16, 2022

  • Sprint 132: February 16-March 9, 2022

  • Sprint 133: March 9-30, 2022

    • Grant 3 ended April 30, 2022

  • Sprint 134: March 30-April 20, 2022

    • Completion of the work to improve authentication usability

    • Google Analytics Universal to GA4 work

    • PDF download issue; Update pdf.js

    • Import HEB backlist metadata into TMM 

    • Create American Society of Papyrologists subpress; move published titles into it

  • Sprint 135: April 20-May 11, 2022

    • Implementation of monograph catalog page redesign

    • Auto handle generation fix

    • Integrate IRUS gem

    • Final usability report completed

    • Automate MARC record assembly for HEB

  • Sprint 136: May 11-June 1, 2022

    • Format award metadata on monograph catalog page

    • Gabii 3d Model and Database access through Resources

    • Default sort by changed to Publication Date (HEB remains as Date Added)

    • Chapter Download Button aligned in Table of Contents

    • Updated language on counter_reports page for librarians accessing outside of IP range

    • HEB/Bagnall EPUB adjusted to allow for quicker load of table-heavy section

    • Fix PDF thumbnail links in E-Reader

    • Bridwell Press title published May 25, 2022

  • Sprint 137: June 1-22, 2022

    • Created unpack button to rebuild enhanced epub

    • Delete and rebuild Fulcrum handles to fix permissions issue

    • Upgrade to Hyrax 3.0

  • Sprint 138: June 22-July 13, 2022

    • Delayed release to July 28, 2022 

    • Create tombstones for titles removed from EBC and HEB

    • Change default selections in COUNTER reports 

    • Set up and style MichELT on Fulcrum

    • Create MACPRA free-to-read product for UMMAA 

    • Use full (book level) HEB ID in displayed "Citable Link" box and citation

  • Sprint 139: July 13-August 3, 2022

    • Sitemaps were modified to skip over tombstoned monographs and monographs without FileSets

    • Footer for Lever Press updated to Ann Arbor, MI and Oberlin and Amherst were removed as partners, as the operations of Lever Press have been fully transferred to Michigan Publishing.

  • Sprint 140: August 3-24, 2022

    • Fix Kibana dashboard link on Impact page

    • Wrote service that analyzes a HEB monograph and decides what handle(s) need to be registered for it. The service will: 

      • Look at the namespaced HEB ID in ‘identifier’ (e.g. heb_id: heb01234.0123.001) and then:

      • Book level handle with no dot (the actual HEB Book ID):

        • will look like 2027/heb01234.0123.001

        • will link directly to the monograph in question

      • Title-level handle with no dot (the actual HEB Title ID):

        • will look like 2027/heb01234

        • will link to (based on checking Solr for the HEB Title ID)

          • Directly to the Monograph if there are no additional volumes for the title

          • To a Blacklight search that uses the HEB Title ID if there are multiple titles

    • Replicated navigation that was on DLXS and was lost when migrated to Fulcrum. The title Architecture and memory: The Renaissance studioli of Federico de Montefeltro/Kirkbride. Included these changes:

      • The Navigation section has been updated with the text provided in the Text for navigational icon page. The text wraps around the left side of the Navigation icons.

      • Links in the Navigational icon were updated per the authors request including linking to the Preamble button, update the link to the List of Illustrations, update the header for C to “Infrequently Asked Questions’; and D should link to Extended Captions

      • Continuous scroll is now the default for the EPUB 

  • Sprint 141: August 24-September 14, 2022

    • Released Lever Press’s Princesse de Cleves - September 6, 2022

    • Disabled delete button on catalog page and dashboard for monographs with more than 200 filesets

    • Remove “locale=en” param from BAR DOIs, which is a problem for WAYFless URLs

    • Increase recent books to 4 on Lever Press Aboutware

  • Sprint 142: September 14-October 5, 2022

    • Completed Jira Cloud migration (HELIO, FULCRUMOPS, CSB)

    • Journals resource mockup work

  • Sprint 143: October 5-November 2, 2022

    • Extended sprint to 4 weeks bc of Samvera Connect

    • Journals resource metadata work

    • Updated HEB VPAT

  • Sprint 144: November 2-16, 2022

    • HEB Round 19 Published 11/10/22

    • APTrust work

    • SEAS Styled, DOIs on Fulcrum

    • Send EPUBs to NewGen for remediation

    • Fulcrum About page updated

  • Sprint 145: November 16-December 7, 2022

    • Fedora as backup

    • Completed PageMajik art audit review

    • Removed Carillon score code

    • Bridwell Press Aboutware development

  • Sprint 146: December 7-14, 2022*

  • Sprint 147: January 4-25, 2023

    • Monograph page TOC full/partial option

    • Updated VPATs on Accessibility page

    • Removal of Safari 13 accommodation for video

    • Annual cleanup of users/roles on Fulcrum

    • Process and Reversion Remediated UMPEBC EPUBs

    • Completed HEB Round 19 publication tasks

    • Journal resources work

  • Sprint 148: January 25-February 15, 2023

  • Sprint 149: February 15-March 8, 2023

    • Hotfix during this sprint (2/23/23) to handle Janeway article embeds and correct date published on Fulcrum work

    • EXProxy attempted fix

    • All BAR series were removed; BAR auditing these values

    • Create Big Ten Open Books Collection

  • Sprint 150: March 9-29, 2023

    • Wireframes completed and approved for Download/Read button to access a free PDF

    • Wireframes completed and approved for adding warning labels to monograph and fileset pages

    • Metadata changes: copyright holder to rightsholder, and keywords

    • GA4 plugin for aboutware

    • Completion of backup and restore work

    • Automatic creation of KBART files

    • EZProxy work including removal of attempted fix from last sprint and the disabling of browser caching requests (Chrome/Chromium)

    • Update skylight gem

    • Add Gabii feedback message to collect user feedback

    • Michelt styling, preparation for move from subpress to press

  • Sprint 151: March 29-April 12, 2023

    • Hotfix during this sprint (4/6/23) to put unpacking work into the same queue as ingest activity to try to improve speed of unpacking books and not leaving books in an inaccessible state

    • Update PDF.js from version 2.13.216 to 3.4.120

    • Michigan ELT migrated into an independent press

    • Amherst College Press aboutware updated to include four slots for recent books

    • Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies, Volume 41 published; first example of cross platform integration - Janeway and Fulcrum

  • Sprint 152: April 12-26, 2023

    • Automate generation of BAR usage reports

  • Sprint 153: April 26-May 17, 2023

    • Hotfix during this sprint (5/16/23) to prepare the Big Ten Open Books Collection for soft launch

    • Improve Platform Search Phase 1 Spike: April 26-May 3, 2023

      • Research what work/tickets need to be done/created to improve search

    • Metadata Template and FMSL updated for Rightsholder

    • Improved load time of monographs with PDF primary FileRepresentative

  • Sprint 154: May 17-June 7, 2023

    • Continued migration off of Bulleit-1 server

    • Migrated from GitLab to GitHub

    • Preparation for the GA4 migration

  • Sprint 155: June 7-July 12, 2023

    • Begin working on Hyrax 4 upgrade

    • Continue migrating cron jobs for migration to isolated hosting

    • GA4 migration work

    • Begin working on sensitive labels feature development

    • Launch Big Ten Collection on Fulcrum (June 21, 2023)

    • Remove access message for Open Access presses, e.g. Big Ten Collection, Lever Press, Amherst, etc.

    • Turn off KBART jobs in TMM

    • FTP KBARTs to Dreamhost

    • Apply styling to The Free Electrical and Computer Engineering Textbook Initiative

  • Sprint 156: July 12-August 2, 2023

    • Index DOIs for search

    • Content warning labels

    • Migrate crons

  • Sprint 157: August 2-23, 2023

    • Implemented content warning labels (How to page)

    • Implement registration required to download/read feature

    • Pagination to OPDS feeds

    • Update AblePlayer from 4.3 to 4.5

    • Experiment with IRUS embed code/widget

    • Redirect map for pressweb rebuild

    • Update BAR Historical Reprints product and licenses

  • Sprint 158: August 23-September 13, 2023

    • Added default thumbnail on content warning FileSet for display

    • Removed fixed layout page scan EPUB (outside of HEB)

    • TMM to Fulcrum csv cron task gets file from FTP

    • Fulcrum DOIs/handles rake task for TMM FTP

    • Implemented changes for Amherst College Press Aboutware

    • Implement content warning labels for UMMAA/MACPRA

    • Prepare the UMMAA PASH volumes 1 and 2 for publication

      • Review and ingest resources

      • Add alt text to the PDFs

  • Sprint 159: September 13-October 4, 2023

    • UMMAA PASH volumes 1 and 2 published (September 12, 2023)

    • Books Analytics Dashboard added to Big Ten aboutware

    • Forthcoming status experiment (Amherst College Press: Deep Horizons)

    • MichELT Take Care

  • Sprint 160: October 4-November 1, 2023

    • Continued work on Hyrax 4 upgrade

      • Work on updating press themes for Bootstrap upgrade

    • Corrected Crossref Submission Log failures (comp instead of cmp)

    • KBART publisher and pub date columns fixed

    • BAR series value changes

    • Big Ten Creative Commons licenses added to monographs

    • UVM Backlist file QC

  • Sprint 161: November 1-15, 2023

    • Update privacy policy with IRUS information

    • Added OPDS feed for Big Ten

    • Tombstoned works removed from royalty reports

    • APTrust consultation

    • Migrate Maize Books from DLXS to Fulcrum

    • Begin work on Aperio aboutware

    • Open Access Musicology Volume 2: Replace Fulcrum resources with links

  • Sprint 162: November 15-December 6, 2023

    • Hotfix v3.24.1 11/30/23: Change destination for PSI reports

    • Prepare Aperio Press for launch

    • HEB KBART now use HEB handles in title_url field

    • Search: count hits in full text search experiments

  • Sprint 163: December 6-20, 2023

    • Allow authors to review ebook on Fulcrum in Draft state using Share Link

    • Remove Admin ebook download; available through Manage Files page

    • Confirmed that multiple MARC records does not cause problems

    • Cleanup users/roles for Fulcrum production and preview for 2023

    • BAR pre-2020 titles finalized

    • Launch Aperio on December 14, 2023

    • Extract Homosaurus terms from MARC records

  • Sprint 164: January 10-31, 2024

    • IRUS usage stats embedded on monograph pages for all titles on Fulcrum

    • Free message modified to remove “temporary”

    • Update FAQ Link on fulcrum.org.counter_reports

    • Update copyright year in footer

    • Survey works on OA, PDF-only books

    • Status page now only available to U-M VPN users or those with Fulcrum role

    • Put in Able Player PR for italics/bold tags line breaks

    • Ingest content to preview for Hyrax 4 Bootstrap review

  • Sprint 165: January 31-February 21, 2024

    • Add UI control to turn/off IRUS stats tab

    • Updated link to the BAR End User License Agreement (EULA) pop-up message that appears on the BAR pages

  • Sprint 166: February 21-March 13, 2024, v4.0

    • The main work this sprint was to finish and put into production the Hyrax 4.0 upgrade; we ran into issues and had to rollback to v3.29 on March 14, 2024

    • Turn Allow Share Links controller on for publishers with Open Access books

  • Sprint 167: March 13-April 3, 2024, v4.1

    • Re-released v4.0 on March 21, 2024

    • Hotfix v4.0.1 3/28/24: Aberdeen styles and OA book survey, update mysql2 gem, silence deprecation warnings in production

    • Fully released Aberdeen University Press (soft launch was 3/18/24, hard launch was 3/28/24)

    • Work on Hyrax 4 deploy failures

    • Press analysts can now see the monograph catalog admin menu so they can access the Read Book link and see the manage files in draft mode

    • Chapter links are disabled for restricted titles for unauthorized users

    • Fix 500 error when editing PDF, PPT filesets

    • Fix EBC components missing from Products

    • Disable continuous scroll for a single title; set to scroll as default

    • Adjust Lever Press aboutware to remove Events, add YouTube links, fix navigation menu, and fix footer

  • Sprint 168: April 3-24, 2024, v4.2

    • Hotfix v4.1.1 4/11/24: This hotfix was focused on implementing fixes to performance issues that emerged after the upgrade to Hyrax 4 on 3/21/24

    • Buy Book URL multi-value field changed to single value to reflect the actual behavior, which is to say, Fulcrum can only currently support one Buy Book URL

    • Fulcrum informational pages were updated to reflect, among other things, new clients, case studies and the addition of Integrity as a core Fulcrum value

    • Added Google Tag Manager to Fulcrum preview and production, which will allow the team to implement tags and trigger events to understand user behavior on the platform

    • ITS storage migration on 3/1/24 resulted in needing to resolve discrepancies

    • Issue with Fulcrum URLs not posting back to TMM resolved

  • Sprint 169: April 24-May 15, 2024, v4.3

    • Develop interactive application resource type

    • Develop report of institution grants for a product

    • Display institution logo in institution access banner

  • Sprint 170: May 15-June 5, 2024, v4.4

    • Hotfix v4.3.1 5/23/24: Fix HELIO-3806 Verma bug

    • Scholarly iQ work started: 5/20/24 kick off

    • Update PDF.js

    • Fix access filters and force platform admin tool

  • Sprint 171: June 5-26, 2024, v4.5

    • Scholarly iQ prep

  • Sprint 172: June 26-July 17, 2024, v4.6

    • Added Altmetric badge to the PDF reader

    • Added clockwise rotate button to the PDF reader

    • Added warning for Admins/Editors/Analysts that if they download a PDF, it is the watermarked version and to not edit this version of a PDF

    • Remove whitespace from DOI field

    • Add milliseconds to FileSet DOI timestamps

    • Posted Hyrax 4 upgrade documentation to the Samvera Community

    • Work on UVM Press aboutware

  • Sprint 173: July 17-August 7, 2024, v4.7

    • E-Reader version: Added warning for Admins/Editors/Analysts that if they download a PDF, it is the watermarked version and to not edit this version of the PDF

    • Scholarly iQ documentation, samples, various

    • Developed Semantic logger as part of the MARC redesign project

    • Various performance improvement, including sitemap generation, status page 

    • Electrical Engineering Textbooks have published to Fulcrum

    • BAR PDFs download

  • Sprint 174: August 7-28, 2024, v4.8

    • Hotfix v4.7.1 8/15/24: Launch University of Vermont Press aboutware

    • Share Link functionality was extended so recipients of a link can view the Draft or restricted access monograph page and resources

    • University of Vermont Press launched on Fulcrum with six backlist titles on August 15, 2024 and Aboutware

  • Sprint 175: August 28-September 18, 2024, v4.9

  • Sprint 176: September 18-October 9, 2024, v4.10

    • Performance work

    • Accessibility work

    • Scholarly iQ work - added ISBN

    • MARC management system redesign work

    • Can now store monograph-level keywords on Fulcrum, but they will not display

    • Create hybrid epub for EBC Carson/Owning My Masters (Mastered)

    • Began onboarding University of Westminster Press

    • Download csv option on product licenses

  • Sprint 177: October 9-30, 2024, v4.11

    • Onboard University of Westminster Press - launched October 31, 2024

    • Updated Fulcrum Partners page (to include Westminster and EE)

    • Monograph level content warnings feed into TMM to Fulcrum csv

    • MARC management system redesign work

    • Performance work

      • Investigate Site24x7 outages

    • Accessibility work

      • Announce “loading” in E-reader

  • Sprint 178: October 30-November 20, 2024, v4.12

    • Hotfix v4.11.1 11/7/24: Update Accessibility page for 2024 Charleston Conference

    • Scholarly iQ COUNTER platform - launched November 18, 2024

    • YouTube Embeds (in e-reader and on fileset page)

    • Monograph Download button visibility to match Allow Download setting instead of favoring admin users when the book is Public

      • The same behavior for FileSets will be part of the next sprint

    • Readership Maps: the cron job was turned on

    • MARC management system redesign work

  • Sprint 179: November 20-December 11, 2024, v4.13

    • Implemented Cloudflare - 12/9/24

    • FileSet Download button visibility to match Allow Download setting instead of favoring admin users when the book is Public

    • MARC management system redesign work

    • Identifier field visible to Fulcrum users on FileSet edit page

    • YouTube embed adjustments, including to account for YT videos that restrict embedding

      • In addition, YouTube player is used instead of Ableplayer

    • Closed HEB conversion from fixed layout EPUB to PDF ticket (the work was completed earlier in the year)

  • Sprint 180: December 11-18, 2024, v4.14

    • Updated Preservation Statement

    • Extract EPUB metadata on ingest and store (in preparation for accessibility metadata - no display yet)

    • Cloudflare adjustments

  • Sprint 181: January 8-29, 2025, v4.15

    • Hotfix v4.14.1 1/9/25: Temporary removal of Previous/Next buttons on FileSet pages (returned upon release 1/30/25), fix on video controls, and change to TMMData feed presses

    • Fulcrum outage investigations/fixes; Cloudflare adjustments

    • Various performances improvements: remove blank info tab, improve Previous/Next on FileSet pages, remove Draft FileSets from not permitted users

    • New MARC workflow for Metadata Librarians start

    • Remove single-title EBC book from Free to Read

    • Update Buy Book links for University of Westminster Press

    • Various aboutware improvements for Amherst College Press

    • Onboarding Lived Places Publishing tasks

  • Sprint 182: January 29-February 19, 2025, v4.16

    • Hotfix v4.15.1 2/6/25 and v4.15.2 2/13/25: Work to extract accessibility metadata from EPUBs

    • Copyright year was updated platform-wide

    • Platform-wide users and roles cleaned up for production and preview

    • Variety of performance and Cloudflare adjustments/analysis

    • Remove 9px white border from PDF pages in E-Reader

    • Poorly constructed PDF TOCs exposed on monograph TOC to encourage QC and more timely correction of PDF files

  • Sprint 183: February 19-March 12, 2025, v4.17

    • Hotfix v4.16.1 2/24/25: authentication fix

    • Hotfix v4.16.2 3/6/25: change series to collection for Lived Places Publishing and include ID for new Electrical Engineering Textbook

    • Accessibility Claims tab: Displays on all monographs on Fulcrum that have either an EPUB or PDF FileRepresentative. The accessibility metadata that displays follows the W3C UX Guidelines for Displaying Accessibility Metadata 1.0 and parts of the forthcoming 2.0 Guidelines

    • Display Language(s) on monograph page

    • Removal of old Universal Analytics code

    • Added Our Collections page for Big Ten Open Books

    • Onboarding Lived Places Publishing tasks