I received a reply. Seems like later this month it could be fixed.
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Hi Rhett,
Thanks for your feedback about the Football Record.
The Record is part of our new Collection Discovery portal. Collection Discovery launched on 8 December 2021, replacing the previous image viewer. This symbolised an important step in our digital strategy. The previous Digitool system was end-of-life and did not support digital preservation; the new Rosetta system supports intuitive, powerful and playful digital interfaces underpinned by robust technology, metadata and staff capabilities. Read more about the rationale for this project: https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/accessible-intuitive-powerful-digital/
Please note this is a Beta launch and we're actively engaged with the vendor to improve the performance. We welcome any and all feedback, and we’re aware of a number of issues that may be causing frustration, notably, that searching across the collection is currently not available. See https://slv-vic.libanswers.com/systems/5250 for details.
Mid-January will see some upgrades to functionality including the ability to search across titles. In the meantime you can search for item titles via the catalogue instead. e.g. football record 1912. You can also download items as PDFs, which are then keyword-searchable, although these are quite large files and may be cumbersome.
Thank you again for your feedback, and hopefully many of your concerns will be addressed in updates by the end of the months.
Any further questions, you can contact me by reopening this enquiry using the link below.
