Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] standalone transaction files

2013-07-16 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Deana, They are stored in a different spot in XP than they are in Windows 7: Windows 7: C:\Users\USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\OpenILS\open_ils_staff_client\Profiles\RANDOMLETTERS.default\chrome\pending_xact_#.complete Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Ope

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Billing Fixes and Enhancements Sponsored by MassLNC

2013-07-16 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Jason, I've asked for input from the PINES Subcommittees on the billing changes you've been asked to make. In general their overall response was a request for you to make each of the items optional (system-wide) so that if they are included in the core Evergreen product eventually, that PIN

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Billing Fixes and Enhancements Sponsored by MassLNC

2013-07-16 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thank you for the additional explanation, Kathy, it sounds like they will all be good additions to the product - even if the PINES libraries choose not to use them! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2014 Conference Call for Proposals (REMINDER)

2013-10-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Amy, I am working on modifying the out-of-the-box KPAC for use with PINES. We are still working out some bugs and haven't rolled it out yet, but you can see it on a test server here for now: http://test.gapines.org/eg/kpac/home Chris Sharp suggested that I do a conference session on it, but

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] It's Newsletter Time!

2013-10-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
Georgia PINES Update: We will upgrade to Evergreen 2.5 in January 2014 and roll out several additional development projects at the same time: Long Overdue handling, a new KPAC skin, and patches for the staff client memory leak issues. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public L

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: Opinions needed on copying patron data to the clipboard

2013-11-06 Thread McCanna, Terran
My personal thoughts on this (not speaking for the rest of PINES) - First, if the average person clicks on something, they will expect something on the screen to visually change - a pop up message, a new window, a value change, etc. Second, when most people see an underlined link, they are not

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

2014-01-16 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Donald, If it would help you, our circulation matrix is posted on our site: http://pines.georgialibraries.org/pines-circulation-matrix-review It's much more complex than most institutions will need (because we are a consortium of 54 library systems with over 270 service outlets with varying

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Macros

2014-01-23 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi David, We haven't turned on the permissions to do it in PINES quite yet - I'll be sending out an email with instructions soon! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds placed prior to status change (Hardy, Elaine)

2014-02-28 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Deanna, Our libraries typically run reports to get lists of Missing items to check the shelves for them on a regular basis. It's a much more reliable and consistent way of recovering those items that have mysteriously reappeared, plus it helps you get a broad overview of how many items are m

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser staff client development notes / updates

2014-03-06 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thanks Bill! I missed the print discussion on IRC, so thank you for summarizing that on the wiki. I'm delighted that you're working on printing solutions at this early stage since printing has been acknowledged as one of the biggest unknowns in the development of the web client. (And, for some

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser staff client development notes / updates

2014-03-06 Thread McCanna, Terran
Yay, I win! (I will happily accept any small victory I can get today.) If it would help your testing to have details on the models/manufacturers of the printers that our libraries are currently using, actual receipt templates that incorporate graphics, or anything else that would help, please le

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] PC reservation systems

2014-03-19 Thread McCanna, Terran
Many of the PINES systems in Georgia use PC Reservation and LPT:One by Envisionware. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: jmu...@tc

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Don't miss next year's Evergreen International Conference

2014-03-24 Thread McCanna, Terran
I agree! This was my first Evergreen conference and I am already looking forward to next year's. I've been to a lot of software and library conferences in the past, but I truly got more out of this one than any of the others because it is so focused and nearly everyone here has the same goals -

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] TODAY: IRC practice time on Thursday, March 27 at 2PM - new presentation link

2014-03-27 Thread McCanna, Terran
I will be there, too! Thanks so much, Yamil! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Amy Terlaga" To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" S

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Browser client dev log update / feedback request on grids

2014-03-31 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Bill (and group), I apologize for being too late to add my input. In general, I'd prefer users to be able to interact with the grid as close to 'normal' web behavior as possible. With that in mind, I agree that double-clicking should select text rather than opening a page. Either having t

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Browser client dev log update / feedback request on grids

2014-03-31 Thread McCanna, Terran
Bill, >>The approach I'm testing now is a combination of checkbox (single select / >>multi-select), row click (single select), row ctrl-click (single select / >>multi-select), and row shift-click (batch select). The different styles seem >>to complement each other well and in each case the stat

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Browser client - Scroll versus Page

2014-04-02 Thread McCanna, Terran
A few more questions about scrolling versus paging that popped into my head at 1am this morning: 1) With paging through a very long result set, it's normal practice to be able to jump ahead in the list (to page 5 of 9) instead of clicking through the pages one at a time. I haven't seen this typ

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Browser client - Scroll versus Page

2014-04-02 Thread McCanna, Terran
velopment Discussion List" , "Evergreen Discussion Group" Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:29:04 AM Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Browser client - Scroll versus Page On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:54 AM, McCanna, Terran < tmcca...@georgialibraries.org > wrote: A few mor

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Smart Float: Self balancing floating collections

2014-04-02 Thread McCanna, Terran
Very nice! We have a couple of libraries in PINES that are mulling over implementing local floating collections. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original M

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser staff feedback request / integration

2014-04-04 Thread McCanna, Terran
My preference would be to leave the existing client as is (with the exception of bug fixes, etc.), but to offer the browser-based modules as options once they become available. My reasons for this are: 1) It will allow for indepth use of the new module in a production environment to uncover any

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser staff feedback request / integration

2014-04-04 Thread McCanna, Terran
>> Conversely, as another contrived example, if v1 of web-based circ required that you jump to the XUL staff client during a checkout session to add a pre-cat, that would be more disruptive, as it scatters the overall workflow of "check out a bunch of items" across two interfaces, and raises questi

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser staff feedback request / integration

2014-04-07 Thread McCanna, Terran
Every system has a few. "The Closers" is fantastic. For our users, I plan on recommending that the staff members that have trouble switching back and forth and that are intimidated by the new interface should just stick with the existing staff client when they are busy and practice using the web

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering

2014-04-07 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hmm... I could be wrong (and I'm very tired), but I would guess that with the way the global filter tag is set up in the kpac.xml file, that you could put any sort of defined filter in there. It is configured for "audience(a,b,c,d,j)" and that is easy to modify, but my guess is you could replace

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering

2014-04-07 Thread McCanna, Terran
neral-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of McCanna, Terran Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 4:57 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] KPAC filtering Hmm... I could be wrong (and I'm very tired), but

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not checking in?

2014-04-11 Thread McCanna, Terran
Agreed. Staff going too fast and not watching the screen has been an issue with every ILS in every library I've ever worked at, and it's not surprising if they're at the desk because they are so often trying to multitask. I've worked several places (some using Evergreen, some using those OTHER I

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client update for 2014-04-11

2014-04-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thanks, Bill! I'm excited to see the grid design and looking forward to seeing how the status bar will work. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Mess

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client update for 2014-04-11

2014-04-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
gh, so we'll need to carefully consider how to handle that. -b On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:01 AM, McCanna, Terran < tmcca...@georgialibraries.org > wrote: Thanks, Bill! I'm excited to see the grid design and looking forward to seeing how the status bar will work.

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client update for 2014-04-11

2014-04-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
vergreen Discussion Group" Cc: "Evergreen Development Discussion List" Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 11:58:34 AM Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client update for 2014-04-11 On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:49 AM, McCanna, Terran < tmcca...@georgial

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] speaking of testing.. (Was Re: browser client update for 2014-04-11)

2014-04-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
Nice! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Bill Erickson" To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" Cc: "Evergreen Development Discussion

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not checking in?

2014-04-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
Most of those alerts are important, are they not? It's been a little while, but when I've covered Circ and done check-ins, I don't recall getting anything that I regarded as an unnecessary alert - I only recall things that required some sort of staff action such as routing, printing hold slips,

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not checking in?

2014-04-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
ardware and slow connections. Cheers! Buzzy Library Director Hood River County Library District 502 State Street Hood River, Oregon 97031 541-387-7062 http://hoodriverlibrary.org On 04/14/2014 01:12 PM, McCanna, Terran wrote: Most of those ale

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not checking in?

2014-04-14 Thread McCanna, Terran
>> MassLNC had recently come up with some development requirements >> (http://masslnc.cwmars.org/node/2764) that would give Evergreen sites more >> granular control over which alerts display.<< Great! I add my vote to revisiting that once the web client is complete. Terran McCanna PINES Pr

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Call for vote: Release Manager 2.7

2014-04-24 Thread McCanna, Terran
+1 Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Ruth Frasur" To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:52:42 AM S

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen International Conference Selection Committee Announcement

2014-04-29 Thread McCanna, Terran
I'm so excited! I grew up in Oregon and lived there up until I turned *cough* years old, and the Gorge is breathtaking. I hope that all of the attendees will love it as much as I do. Everyone be sure to stop at Multnomah Falls on the way from Portland to Hood River for photo ops! Also, I highly

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update for 2014-04-23

2014-04-30 Thread McCanna, Terran
Bill, Sorry about the late response, I'm still catching up on my emails after a conference last week. I assume that the paper type setting you mention is the same as paper size? (Making sure we can accommodate different sizes of rolls here. I readily admit I'm unclear on what aspects of print

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update 2014-05-01 / feedback requested on catalog integration

2014-05-01 Thread McCanna, Terran
+1 for improving multiple workstation registration functionality! +1 for removing the 50-patron limit on searches! (FYI, I tried to log in to https://bill-dev2.esilibrary.com/eg/staff/login just now to see how the paging looked but was unable to. I assume this is because of changes you're in the

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update 2014-05-01 / feedback requested on catalog integration

2014-05-01 Thread McCanna, Terran
>>As I recall, the primary impetus for absorbing the catalog into the staff >>client was that it allows staff to see what patrons see. << I can understand that, but the staff aren't really seeing exactly what the patrons see right now (at least, not in our implementation). The staff see items i

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update 2014-05-01 / feedback requested on catalog integration

2014-05-01 Thread McCanna, Terran
More thoughts on catalog integration... - All the feedback I've received from our staff so far express a strong preference to keeping the catalog view that is in the staff client as close as possible to the public OPAC view. - Although you're not working on the cataloging phase yet, catalogers

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update 2014-05-01 / feedback requested on catalog integration

2014-05-01 Thread McCanna, Terran
> - Although you're not working on the cataloging phase yet, catalogers switch back and forth between the MARC view and the catalog view of a bib record when creating it / working on it to make sure it will display properly when patrons view it through the OPAC, so please keep that i

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client update for 2014-04-23

2014-05-02 Thread McCanna, Terran
Yes, very useful! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Kathy Lussier" To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Sent: Friday,

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] staff client dev 2014-05-19 / feedback requests

2014-05-21 Thread McCanna, Terran
UI Planning: I looked through the items listed in Sprint #1 and the only interfaces I noticed missing were: Patron -> Surveys (Will this not be added until the Local Admin sprint?) Patron -> Acquisition Requests (Will this not be added until the Acq sprint?) I've asked some of our staff that ar

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting items that are lost or long overdue

2014-06-02 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hello Michele, You might be interested in some development that we had done regarding Long Overdue items - we are not implementing it until Oct 2014, but here is an overview: http://pines.georgialibraries.org/sites/default/files/files/Longoverdue-Processing.pdf Terran McCanna PINES Program M

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting items that are lost or long overdue

2014-06-02 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Michele, Yes, our items remain in the system as Long Overdue. We do not delete records that have outstanding bills for the same reasons that have already been mentioned. In an older version of the staff client, items that were not visible in the public OPAC were color-coded to make it easie

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting items that are lost or long overdue

2014-06-02 Thread McCanna, Terran
Correction - My apologies, some of our libraries actually do choose to delete the records after significant time has passed. Evergreen retains the item info with the bill if this happens. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 At

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting items that are lost or long overdue

2014-06-03 Thread McCanna, Terran
I appreciate your thoroughness, Lindsay! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Lindsay Stratton" To: "Evergreen Discussion Group"

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update 2014-06-01 / billing UIs and print templates

2014-06-04 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thanks, Bill! My notes: Bills Interface - I like the new layout and it makes more visual sense to me. It is not so different that front line staff will have trouble adjusting to it. - In playing around with voids, at one point I got an error message that has a typo (missing 'd' in 'selected')

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update 2014-06-01 / billing UIs and print templates

2014-06-04 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thanks, Bill! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Interface Ideas Mockup

2014-06-06 Thread McCanna, Terran
>>I like the space savings of moving the List nav/control bar to the bottom, >>but that means users will have to scroll down to control the list when their >>page size exceeds the vertical space of the monitor. Is that acceptable? << My two cents: I think it's visually more pleasing to have the

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] FWIW Evergreen & Koha sites

2014-06-13 Thread McCanna, Terran
I wholeheartedly agree! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org Original message From: Rogan Hamby Date:06/13/2014 1:05 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Evergreen Disc

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client update for July 2 2014

2014-07-02 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thanks for the update, Bill! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Bill Erickson" To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" , "Evergreen De

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update for July 2 2014

2014-07-08 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Joan, Have you had a chance to review how Bill has the vertical-horizontal combo display set up on the test server yet? At first I wasn't sure about it because our libraries are all currently using the horizontal display, but after I've seen it in action and shared how it looks with some fr

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client dev update July 18 2014

2014-07-21 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thanks, Bill! Patron Registration Screen - While I would dearly love to have that screen redesigned, I understand that's out of the scope of this project. I did a little testing and it seemed to work fine, but when we get to a more complete phase, we'll want to double-check all of the various s

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client dev update July 18 2014

2014-07-21 Thread McCanna, Terran
e. The library setting in question is in the "Security" group and called "Patron: password from phone #" -- Ben On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, McCanna, Terran < tmcca...@georgialibraries.org > wrote: Thanks, Bill! Patron Registration Screen - While I wo

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client dev update July 18 2014

2014-07-22 Thread McCanna, Terran
To: "Evergreen Development Discussion List" Cc: "Evergreen Discussion Group" Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 8:38:48 AM Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] browser client dev update July 18 2014 On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:41 PM, McCanna, Terran < tmcca...@georgialibrari

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Seeking funding partners for upcoming development projects

2014-07-25 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hey, do we get cookies even though we already committed? Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Kathy Lussier" To: open-ils-general@

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Web Client (Sprint 1) demo - initial testing results

2014-08-25 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hello Grace and all, I have begun testing the work on Sprint 1 and here are my notes so far: MAIN SCREEN OF INTERFACE: - Register Patron(s) link missing - Pull List for Hold Requests link missing - Catalog Search field missing - Advanced Search link missing - Item Status link missing - Is the la

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Concerto logins

2014-08-26 Thread McCanna, Terran
Awesome, thanks Kathy! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Kathy Lussier" To: "Evergreen General Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Web Client (Sprint 1) demo - initial testing results

2014-08-27 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thanks, Bill! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Web Client (Sprint 1) demo - initial testing results

2014-08-27 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Grace, >> To be clear, I assume you mean that all of the above should be added as "quick links" from the splash page? These actions - Register Patrons - Pull List for Hold Requests - Catalog Search - Advanced Search - Item Status are all available from the menus at the top. Since w

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Web Client (Sprint 1) demo - initial testing results

2014-08-27 Thread McCanna, Terran
Yes, agreed! My main point was that the spelling should be consistent across all menus and pages. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message -

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Web Client (Sprint 1) demo server

2014-08-28 Thread McCanna, Terran
This sounds good to me, Kathy. Grace, will that work for the developers? And if so, should I work on entering the ones I already pinpointed, or just new ones from here on out? Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Web Client (Sprint 1) demo server

2014-08-28 Thread McCanna, Terran
sses, much the way Bill did during the main body of Sprint 1. Rest assured, I've got this thread starred and marked "unread" in my inbox, so these are not going anywhere. ;-) Thanks, On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:13 PM, McCanna, Terran < tmcca...@georgialibraries.org > wro

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Awesome Box Integration

2014-09-25 Thread McCanna, Terran
Agreed - it's a great idea in theory, but I'm not sure how well it would work in actual practice. Even in a single library, genre subject headings are usually pretty inconsistent in the MARC records because of copy cataloging, and that usually gets even more inconsistent in a consortium of libra

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Awesome Box Integration

2014-09-25 Thread McCanna, Terran
g on how we deliver those recommendations. Looking at a single boolean value tied to the user and item (circ table?) could still be quite a project by itself especially once all the useful bits and pieces are built in. On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 2:37 PM, McCanna, Terran < tmcca...@ge

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: Awesome Box Integration

2014-09-26 Thread McCanna, Terran
Rogan Hamby < rogan.ha...@yclibrary.net > wrote: I suppose I don't understand the concern on your part as at that level if someone could access the raw db they could just query someone's circulation history, fine payments, etc... since those are recorded as transactions unless yo

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Awesome Box Integration

2014-09-26 Thread McCanna, Terran
es@list. georgialibraries.org [mailto: open-ils-general- bounces@list.georgialibraries. org ] On Behalf Of McCanna, Terran Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:33 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Awesome Box Integration This relies on the circulation and rating

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC usability testing

2014-09-29 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Jim, We haven't done any formal usability testing, but I've started informally going through each of the screens with a small working group of volunteers from our libraries to get their initial impressions and feedback - you can see their comments to date at: http://pines.georgialibraries.or

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Proposal to remove some advanced search options from the catalog

2014-09-29 Thread McCanna, Terran
Personally, I wouldn't have a problem with removing the 'Matches Exactly' because of all the issues that have been identified both here and in the bug report. I rarely use that option myself and it's not something that I typically recommend to any other staff or patrons to use either. I actual

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Save the date: 2015 Evergreen Conference

2014-12-23 Thread McCanna, Terran
An excursion to the McMenamin's Edgefield would also be fabulous :D Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Mary Llewellyn" To: "Ev

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Results list of the "Call Number (Shelf Browse)" list

2015-01-15 Thread McCanna, Terran
I like having multiple ways to look at the same info, so a list view would be a great addition. 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. Terran McCanna PINES Pr

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Results list of the "Call Number (Shelf Browse)" list

2015-01-16 Thread McCanna, Terran
(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 wrote: > What I'd REALLY like is a single-row horizontal widget that you can scroll >

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Help for a tiny library?

2015-01-18 Thread McCanna, Terran
Regardless of whether it's feasible in a Windows VM environment or not, I really think that Evergreen is too complicated to set up and maintain for someone who doesn't have a strong skillset in system administration. A hosted ILS would be a better option, but a lot of tiny libraries can't afford

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Help for a tiny library?

2015-01-18 Thread McCanna, Terran
-requisite, something I wouldn't assume from the question. > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Mark Ehle wrote: > >> Ben did say he was decently tech savvy and asked for a way to run >> Evergreen on a pc. VirtualBox fits the bill. >> >> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Results list of the "Call Number (Shelf Browse)" list

2015-01-21 Thread McCanna, Terran
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Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [Evergreen-catalogers] Audience filter excluding blank again

2015-01-23 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thanks Mike, I've created a new bug report for it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1414112 Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message -

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Bug Squashing Day

2015-02-25 Thread McCanna, Terran
I'm heading out of town due to a family illness. I do have a few little things I want to submit, but I won't have time before then.  Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org -

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] General Shout Out

2015-05-15 Thread McCanna, Terran
Taking the opportunity to give a general shout-out to all of the conference organizers and presenters, plus to Galen for helping me with my git permissions!!! +1 to all! It's been a really great conference so far, and I'm already looking forward to next year. Terran McCanna PINES Program Ma

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] presentations

2015-05-18 Thread McCanna, Terran
Your book carousel is awesome, Blake! Thanks for sharing. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org Original message From: Blake Henderson Date:05/18/2015 7:

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Conference Transportation

2015-05-26 Thread McCanna, Terran
There's also Evergreen State College up in Olympia - we ought to convince them to switch to the Evergreen ILS! http://evergreen.edu/ Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration

2015-05-29 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Holly, We added some basic agreement text to our online form (https://gapines.org/eg/opac/register) but we don't capture online signatures. Each member of the PINES consortium has their own document management policies. Some of the library systems print out the patron account information pag

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration

2015-05-29 Thread McCanna, Terran
I know some of our libraries have pulled out old forms before, particularly when someone has claimed to have had their identity stolen or that someone else has the same name and birth date (which is even true sometimes!) However, even the libraries that keep the original forms with signatures us

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration

2015-05-29 Thread McCanna, Terran
Some of our libraries use collection agencies and some don't, but as far as I know, I don't think the signature form is a requirement for those that do use them. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Bills Current Receipt Template and Total Owed

2015-06-10 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Scott, There is a %balance_owed% macro that works on the 'checkout' receipt, but it does not work on the 'items_out' receipt. It sounds like that would be a good bug to add to launchpad! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 A

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] alert for once juvenile becomes adult

2015-06-10 Thread McCanna, Terran
I'm interested in this idea too - have fines entered your discussions? We have encountered patrons who had max fines as a juvenile, but their parents never paid the fines. We wouldn't want to automatically remove the parent's identifying info from the account in these cases since the parent is s

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] alert for once juvenile becomes adult

2015-06-10 Thread McCanna, Terran
-Holly From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of McCanna, Terran Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 5:11 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] alert for once juvenile becomes adult I'm interested in this idea too

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Bills Current Receipt Template and Total Owed

2015-06-11 Thread McCanna, Terran
evergreen/+bug/821640 It didn't come up the first time I searched Launchpad. Thank you, Scott -Original Message- From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of McCanna, Terran Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 4:34 PM To: Evergreen Discuss

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] SQL Library

2015-06-12 Thread McCanna, Terran
I'm sure we could come up with some reports to add too, if it's something that people would find useful. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSearch Question

2015-06-19 Thread McCanna, Terran
Some of our libraries choose to have their OPACs default to their branch or system by tacking on the physical_loc= parameter to the URL. For example: https://gapines.org/eg/opac/home?physical_loc=7 Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suit

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron guides to the OPAC

2015-06-30 Thread McCanna, Terran
It's on my to-do list to re-do all of our patron help pages this summer, so thank you for the links! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message -

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Feedback requested on patron editor in web client

2015-07-09 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Kathy, I'm unable to open your Google link (permission error), but I got a peek at Bill's work a month or so ago and it looked great and it responded very quickly. I know he's made some changes since I saw it last, though, so my comments are based on memory. 1) In my experience, very few p

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Feedback requested on patron editor in web client

2015-07-09 Thread McCanna, Terran
ast public so that you all can actually view it. Kathy On 07/09/2015 04:26 PM, McCanna, Terran wrote: > Hi Kathy, > > I'm unable to open your Google link (permission error), but I got a peek at > Bill's work a month or so ago and it looked great and it responded very

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hours of library open / close

2015-07-13 Thread McCanna, Terran
We have a number of libraries that have unusual operating hour patterns that the current system doesn't accommodate. Some have seasonal differences, some are open every other Saturday, some are on a skeleton crew so are open some days in two shifts (4 hours in the morning, for hours in the eveni

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hours of library open / close

2015-07-15 Thread McCanna, Terran
Thank you, Rogan! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Rogan Hamby" To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web Client Design - Fixed Page Elements?

2015-07-15 Thread McCanna, Terran
What if, when viewed at smaller than a certain size, it not only shrank down the menu but also simplified it so that it looked more like a narrow bar on an app? Just high enough to be usable on small touch-screen tablets or notepads with Home and Back buttons (or Cancel and Save buttons on scr

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web Client Design - Fixed Page Elements?

2015-07-22 Thread McCanna, Terran
I love it! Does it scale nicely to small screens? Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Kathy Lussier" To: open-ils-general@list.g

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Feedback requested on patron editor in web client

2015-07-29 Thread McCanna, Terran
I like it! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org - Original Message - From: "Kathy Lussier" To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Sent: Tuesday, July

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] TPAC and Display of the Summaries & More...can you help?

2015-08-12 Thread McCanna, Terran
Hi Tony, I believe you would want to look at 1) openils\var\templates\opac\parts\record\summaryplus.tt2 and maybe 2) openils\var\templates\opac\css\style.css.tt2 (where it refers to .rdetail-extras-summary ) I hope that helps! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Librar

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] TPAC and Display of the Summaries & More...can you help?

2015-08-12 Thread McCanna, Terran
a data. No mention of c. So something is roping in extra content unexpectedly there. Otherwise, I would expect that multiple 520 statements would result in span content that is broken up into separate lines. -- Ben On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:28 PM, McCanna, Terran wrote: > Hi Tony, >

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] TPAC and Display of the Summaries & More...can you help?

2015-08-13 Thread McCanna, Terran
the world...I was just curious if this was possibleI guess I'm so used to dealing with regular HTML that the *.tt2 files are still somewhat mysterious Appreciate you taking a look at this! --Tony From: Open-ils-general on behalf of McCan

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Introduction

2015-08-17 Thread McCanna, Terran
Welcome to the community, Danell, Kristi, Matthew, and Jennifer! I've been an Evergreen user since 2009, but I've only started becoming involved in the broader community in the past two years so I still feel relatively new, but I participate as much as I am able to. People are very helpful, and

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