While I do agree that this would be good for patrons, catalogers would love to have a version of shelf browse that allows them to easily and quickly shelf list – place their call number in shelf list order to ensure they haven’t duplicated their number (where libraries don’t duplicate call numbers) and ensure they have it collocated correctly with other similar works in their collection. This view is better than the current grid for that; but, a browse list of call numbers and titles/authors would be better. I would love to see both.
Elaine J. Elaine Hardy PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Ste 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235.7128 404.235.7201, fax [email protected] www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McCanna, Terran Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 2:47 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Results list of the "Call Number (Shelf Browse)" list Yes! That's exactly the usage that patrons would love to see with the shelf browser (IMHO). There are some third party widgets (LibraryThing makes one I believe) and various javascript tutorials to do pretty / visual things like this with static booklists. It would be cool to extend the idea to a shelf browser. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 [email protected] -------- Original message -------- From: "Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich" Date:01/16/2015 2:40 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Results list of the "Call Number (Shelf Browse)" list On 2015-01-15, at 09:45 , McCanna, Terran <[email protected]> wrote: > What I'd REALLY like is a single-row horizontal widget that you can scroll > back and forth so it shows the books in question as if they were lined up > on an actual shelf. Slightly different usage type, but TADL has something like that: http://catalog.tadl.org/. Theirs also happens to be the most user-friendly and inviting Evergreen catalog landing page out there, at least of the ones I’ve seen. KCLS also has something along those lines, but they are using BiblioCommons: http://kcls.bibliocommons.com/. Aleksey Lazar IS Developer and Integrator - PALS http://www.mnpals.org/
