This is one of those low priority development issues we bat around every so often. Copy notes have a number of problems, this being one of them. As Sara says, having them available as an item in the column picker would be wonderful. As well as an easier way to edit/add all copy notes, including by batch.
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: Open-ils-general [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarah Childs Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 2:59 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Non-Public Copy Notes That's my understanding. Whenever I place a hold on a particular copy for some reason, I use private copy notes to jog my memory about what I need to do with that item, since it can be a few weeks before the hold is filled. That is to me useful since I know it is there to look for it. You can also generate reports that contain them, so they could be used for projects. On the whole, though, I agree with you, they are not particularly useful, since other staff will never see them unless they specifically seek them out, and it is very tedious to access them. I've always thought it would be very helpful if there was an option for copy notes in the column picker. I could use it for checking my public copy notes without viewing every item in the OPAC, and it would make private copy notes much more readily visible to staff. On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Scott Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: We have been doing some tests with Copy Notes. My assumption was that, if you did not mark the “Public” checkbox when creating a note, it would appear in catalog displays in the staff client, but not in the public catalog. Our tests revealed that non-public Copy Notes appear…well…nowhere except in Edit Item Attributes / Copy Notes. This, of course, renders them pretty much useless. Am I missing something? Scott Scott Thomas, MLS Head of Information Technologies and Technical Services Scranton Public Library Lackawanna County Library System 2006 N. Main Ave. Scranton, PA 18508 Ph: 570-207-2379 Fx: 570-348-3020 Email: [email protected] -- Sarah Childs Technical Services Department Head Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library 250 North Fifth Street Zionsville, IN 46077 317-873-3149 x13330 [email protected]
