Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals
Lise, Angela Kilsdonk and I would be happy to reprise our talk from last year if there's interest. We can update it a bit, and talk about future directions for which there are some plans already and next steps needed to head toward that future. What I'd love to do is a new features panel with other developers to introduce some of the features the folks may not even know exist but might make life easier for staff and patrons. Thanks, -- Mike Rylander | President | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: mi...@esilibrary.com | web: http://www.esilibrary.com On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Elisabeth Keppler keppl...@forsyth.cc wrote: I realize the developers are busy writing code, but might a few be enticed to present? - Many library systems are back-leveled and a session about the key features of the newer major releases would be welcome. Perhaps 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8? - What are the key projects in development right now? - I had to miss Mike Rylander's session on authority control last year. Might he be willing to offer it again? Thanks to all who are willing to present! Lise On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Geoff Sams gs...@roanoketexas.com wrote: I’m not sure that I’d be speaking for a majority, but I’d like to see some of the more difficult requests for information that you may have gotten. Okay, maybe moderately difficult for you, I’m not asking for the magnum opus “weeding query” (I think that was what you said it was anyway, it’s been almost a year now) that you showed a snippet of last year. But sometimes I get requests that don’t seem feasibly possible in reports that if I were a bit more comfortable I’d be happy to tackle in SQL. I feel bad because I don’t have an example coming to mind today, but if I think of something I’d be happy to forward it along. Other than that, perhaps a mashup between SQL and reports would be helpful to some? Showing how certain choices translate between reports and SQL? I’m not sure if that would be helpful or not really, but it seemed like an idea. Thanks, Geoff Sams Library Manager Roanoke Public Library *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:53 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals If I do a hands on workshop (I threw a rough proposal up) what kinds of sql tasks would folks like to step through as learning examples? On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: +1 *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:21 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I had been hoping to do a half day session this year but I was under the impression that format wasn't an option this year. I may have misunderstood though. Heck, I'll put one on the proposal listing and we'll see what works out in the wash. On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: *From:* Open-ils-general [ mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:46 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I'm game for that. Heck I'll take requests if someone finds me space in the schedule. I'm willing to do anything useful to others. I learn from others continually in the community so I'm glad to do what I can. What would you like? Something like a workshop? Something like the half day tutorial would be terrific! Having your session last year on Saturday (and only 1 hour) made it difficult to digest, and I left the conference wanting more. Heck, you could just re-present your session from 2014! I will still attend it every year. J -Holly On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: I’m really hoping that Rogan (or someone) will be doing a longer SQL session this year! J *From:* Open-ils-general [ mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Beth Longwell *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 10:54 AM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals Hi everyone, Just a gentle reminder to submit your program proposals for the upcoming Evergreen conference. Below is the original message. Thanks to those who have already submitted. Beth --- Dear Evergreen Community, The 2015 Evergreen International
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices
Hi Ben, Kathy, Suzanne, folks, This helps quite a bit! I will go ahead and file a bug report and then see if we can hack something together! I’m not a developer but if I come up with something, I will add it to the bug report. I just wasn’t sure how other folks were approaching this…. Really appreciate it! Thanks, --Tony From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ben Shum Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 12:30 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Kathy also reminded me that we do have multiple media query already. One kicks in at 600px, but also one at 800px. So there's a lot of ground to cover here. -- Ben Sent from my Nexus 6 On Feb 12, 2015 9:23 AM, Kathy Lussier kluss...@masslnc.orgmailto:kluss...@masslnc.org wrote: Good information Ben! Tony, I also don't think it's a bad idea to file a LP bug on this issue in case somebody can look at it before a hackfest happens. Also, if you follow up on Ben's suggestion and adjust your own CSS so that it works better, that change is something you could submit on the bug. Kathy On 02/12/2015 12:15 PM, Ben Shum wrote: Hi Tony, So admittedly, the first work done in this area, we had to select a resolution to begin writing mobile view for and it was 600px (you can see this in the style.css.tt2 file). So if you're viewing at 615 px, it will not kick in the mobile view version, of course. At 600 or less, it will kick in the mobile CSS. Long-term, I do believe that we need work to enhance the catalog to support multiple viewing resolutions. And there is Dan Scott's filed bug to deal with designing with mobile in mind first (https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1413730). Not sure where that's headed yet, but keeping more mobile views than just smartphones seems like a good thing to do. In the meantime, you can adjust when mobile kicks in (what if you wanted it at 650 px?) by changing the CSS file for TPAC. Or you can help start creating a good middle sized CSS for view on slightly larger environments, like tablets. Continuing work on mobile responsiveness was a project idea during OPW last time (http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=opw#project_ideas) and I can see it being a good project for a future Hackfest session or Hack-A-Way too. -- Ben On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.orgmailto:to...@ohionet.org wrote: Hi Kathy, folks, Thanks much for the note! -- For the most part, the general TPAC looks pretty decent when viewed on a mobile device, but we’re noticing that when logging in to check your personal account, the display is a little wide—the user has to scroll to the right to view the entire box. Also, once logged in, and this is the biggest issue we’ve seen, the lists of items that are checked out are all, for the lack of a better term, “all squashed together”…. J J when you get below a certain pixel count on the screen, say around 615px. I’m not sure if this list accepts attachments, but I’ve attached a simulation of what it looks like. Maybe this is just us? I just wasn’t sure what approach other folks were working on and if anyone had encountered this before…. Thanks again for any thoughts as you have time….I can open a bug if everyone thinks this might be the way to go…. --Tony From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:24 AM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Hi Tony, There is an existing bug with the My Lists area of the catalog - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1353509. What are the specific issues you've experienced? Kathy On 02/12/2015 11:19 AM, Tony Bandy wrote: Hi all, Just to follow-up a bit with the conversation from earlier this week, has anyone else experienced any issues with the My Account portion of the TPAC on mobile devices? I was going to file a bug report, but wanted to check-in first and see if anyone had experienced these issues and had a workaround, update, etc. Any thoughts on this would be super…. --Tony Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.orgmailto:to...@ohionet.org OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 614-486-2966 x19tel:614-486-2966%20x19 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:29 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Development was done for Evergreen release 2.6
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals
Hi Joshua, I think you can submit by editing the program proposals page directly: http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=conference:2015:proposals If you don't have a wiki account, you can request one at d...@evergreen-ils.org Kathy On 02/12/2015 01:39 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: Hello, I didn't see a link on the website to submit (I admit I didn't dig very far) but I would be willing to do a PostgreSQL Performance and Provisioning talk. Joshua D. Drake -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals
Hello, I didn't see a link on the website to submit (I admit I didn't dig very far) but I would be willing to do a PostgreSQL Performance and Provisioning talk. Joshua D. Drake -- The most kicking donkey PostgreSQL Infrastructure company in existence. The oldest, the most experienced, the consulting company to the stars. Command Prompt, Inc. http://www.commandprompt.com/ +1 -503-667-4564 - 24x7 - 365 - Proactive and Managed Professional Services!
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen for Academics meeting today
Hello, Here are the meeting minutes and IRC log of today's Evergreen for Academics meeting: Minutes: http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergreen/2015/evergreen.2015-02-12-14.00.html Log: http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergreen/2015/evergreen.2015-02-12-14.00.log.html Also, the group's wiki homepage is: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics Thanks, Yamil On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Yamil Suarez ysua...@berklee.edu wrote: Hello everyone, Evergreen for Academics has a meeting scheduled today for 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific, 19:00 UTC in the #evergreen IRC channel. A draft agenda is available at: http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics:2015-02-12 Feel free to add additional discussion topics to the agenda. Thank you, Yamil -- Yamil Suarez, MCS Library System Administrator/Developer Stan Getz Library Berklee College of Music 1140 Boylston St Boston, MA 02215 ysua...@berklee.edu 617-747-2617
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Electronic title - search filter
Don – All, Why not search by Circ Modifier? Or copy location?Wouldn’t that be better? Just curious. Especially if you have items attached to the MARC with unique copy locations and circ modifiers already in place. Jennifer -- Jennifer Walz, MLS – Dazed and Confused Kinlaw Library - Asbury University One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390 859-858-3511 ext. 2269 jlw...@asbury.edu From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 3:50 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Electronic title - search filter Hi Don, It comes from the MARC fixed field - form of item. If you're in the MARC editor on a recent version of Evergreen (2.6+), if you right-click on the text-entry box for form in the fixed field editor, you should have a list of forms to choose from. However, if you're on an older version, you need to manually enter the code. The LOC documentation should have them. I hope this helps! Kathy On 02/12/2015 03:29 PM, Donald Butterworth wrote: All, Simply adding an 856 tag to a MARC record does not make it possible to do a search for the described electronic resource using the Advanced Search Filter, Item Form: Electronic. What hook can be added to the bib record so that the Search Filter can be used? Thanks, Don -- Don Butterworth Faculty Associate / Librarian III B.L. Fisher Library Asbury Theological Seminary don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edumailto:don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu (859) 858-2227 -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.orgmailto:kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Electronic title - search filter
All, Simply adding an 856 tag to a MARC record does not make it possible to do a search for the described electronic resource using the Advanced Search Filter, Item Form: Electronic. What hook can be added to the bib record so that the Search Filter can be used? Thanks, Don -- Don Butterworth Faculty Associate / Librarian III B.L. Fisher Library Asbury Theological Seminary don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu (859) 858-2227
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Electronic title - search filter
Quoting Walz, Jennifer jlw...@asbury.edu: Don – All, Why not search by Circ Modifier? Or copy location?Wouldn’t that be better? Just curious. Especially if you have items attached to the MARC with unique copy locations and circ modifiers already in place. Not answering for Don, but I can think of one case where that won't work. Electronic items with URLs and no copies. There won't be circ modifiers nor copy locations to search in that case. Jennifer -- Jennifer Walz, MLS – Dazed and Confused Kinlaw Library - Asbury University One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390 859-858-3511 ext. 2269 jlw...@asbury.edu From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 3:50 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Electronic title - search filter Hi Don, It comes from the MARC fixed field - form of item. If you're in the MARC editor on a recent version of Evergreen (2.6+), if you right-click on the text-entry box for form in the fixed field editor, you should have a list of forms to choose from. However, if you're on an older version, you need to manually enter the code. The LOC documentation should have them. I hope this helps! Kathy On 02/12/2015 03:29 PM, Donald Butterworth wrote: All, Simply adding an 856 tag to a MARC record does not make it possible to do a search for the described electronic resource using the Advanced Search Filter, Item Form: Electronic. What hook can be added to the bib record so that the Search Filter can be used? Thanks, Don -- Don Butterworth Faculty Associate / Librarian III B.L. Fisher Library Asbury Theological Seminary don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edumailto:don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu (859) 858-2227 -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.orgmailto:kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier -- Jason Stephenson Assistant Director for Technology Services Merrimack Valley Library Consortium 1600 Osgood ST, Suite 2094 North Andover, MA 01845 Phone: 978-557-5891 Email: jstephen...@mvlc.org
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Electronic title - search filter
Hi Don, It comes from the MARC fixed field - form of item. If you're in the MARC editor on a recent version of Evergreen (2.6+), if you right-click on the text-entry box for form in the fixed field editor, you should have a list of forms to choose from. However, if you're on an older version, you need to manually enter the code. The LOC documentation should have them. I hope this helps! Kathy On 02/12/2015 03:29 PM, Donald Butterworth wrote: All, Simply adding an 856 tag to a MARC record does not make it possible to do a search for the described electronic resource using the Advanced Search Filter, Item Form: Electronic. What hook can be added to the bib record so that the Search Filter can be used? Thanks, Don -- Don Butterworth Faculty Associate / Librarian III B.L. Fisher Library Asbury Theological Seminary don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu mailto:don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu (859) 858-2227 -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals
Certainly there is a sort of feedback loop between SQL and the Reporter. I was thinking along the lines of doing some practical ones that show off common useful features in SQL like UNION statements (great for weeding and circulation reports) and the idea of using a query as a source for a join (great for too many things to mention). Specifically, what I'd like to do in a workshop is maybe start with a very basic statement like select * from asset.copy; which isn't very useful since it's just a dump of the copy table and how do you get to a robust weeding report, showing not just the code but at least one way of how to approach it as a process. Along the way I'd like to showcase some this isn't how they'd tell you to do it in a book but let's be good librarians ways to do things, like using the online Postgres docs (OK, a book would tell you that) and, frankly, using Google. I've gotten many a good idea off Stack Exchange. Additionally, I think it would be useful to show people how to access a git copy of Evergreen because the code itself is invaluable once you dig deeply into reports. Not sure where the heck that foreign key leads off to? Going the source may seem intimidating to many people but it's actually very easy and a huge time saver once it's demystified. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Geoff Sams gs...@roanoketexas.com wrote: I’m not sure that I’d be speaking for a majority, but I’d like to see some of the more difficult requests for information that you may have gotten. Okay, maybe moderately difficult for you, I’m not asking for the magnum opus “weeding query” (I think that was what you said it was anyway, it’s been almost a year now) that you showed a snippet of last year. But sometimes I get requests that don’t seem feasibly possible in reports that if I were a bit more comfortable I’d be happy to tackle in SQL. I feel bad because I don’t have an example coming to mind today, but if I think of something I’d be happy to forward it along. Other than that, perhaps a mashup between SQL and reports would be helpful to some? Showing how certain choices translate between reports and SQL? I’m not sure if that would be helpful or not really, but it seemed like an idea. Thanks, Geoff Sams Library Manager Roanoke Public Library *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:53 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals If I do a hands on workshop (I threw a rough proposal up) what kinds of sql tasks would folks like to step through as learning examples? On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: +1 *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:21 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I had been hoping to do a half day session this year but I was under the impression that format wasn't an option this year. I may have misunderstood though. Heck, I'll put one on the proposal listing and we'll see what works out in the wash. On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: *From:* Open-ils-general [ mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:46 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I'm game for that. Heck I'll take requests if someone finds me space in the schedule. I'm willing to do anything useful to others. I learn from others continually in the community so I'm glad to do what I can. What would you like? Something like a workshop? Something like the half day tutorial would be terrific! Having your session last year on Saturday (and only 1 hour) made it difficult to digest, and I left the conference wanting more. Heck, you could just re-present your session from 2014! I will still attend it every year. J -Holly On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: I’m really hoping that Rogan (or someone) will be doing a longer SQL session this year! J *From:* Open-ils-general [ mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Beth Longwell *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 10:54 AM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals Hi everyone, Just a gentle reminder to submit your program proposals for the upcoming Evergreen conference. Below is the original message. Thanks to those who have already
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals
I realize the developers are busy writing code, but might a few be enticed to present? - Many library systems are back-leveled and a session about the key features of the newer major releases would be welcome. Perhaps 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8? - What are the key projects in development right now? - I had to miss Mike Rylander's session on authority control last year. Might he be willing to offer it again? Thanks to all who are willing to present! Lise On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Geoff Sams gs...@roanoketexas.com wrote: I’m not sure that I’d be speaking for a majority, but I’d like to see some of the more difficult requests for information that you may have gotten. Okay, maybe moderately difficult for you, I’m not asking for the magnum opus “weeding query” (I think that was what you said it was anyway, it’s been almost a year now) that you showed a snippet of last year. But sometimes I get requests that don’t seem feasibly possible in reports that if I were a bit more comfortable I’d be happy to tackle in SQL. I feel bad because I don’t have an example coming to mind today, but if I think of something I’d be happy to forward it along. Other than that, perhaps a mashup between SQL and reports would be helpful to some? Showing how certain choices translate between reports and SQL? I’m not sure if that would be helpful or not really, but it seemed like an idea. Thanks, Geoff Sams Library Manager Roanoke Public Library *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:53 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals If I do a hands on workshop (I threw a rough proposal up) what kinds of sql tasks would folks like to step through as learning examples? On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: +1 *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:21 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I had been hoping to do a half day session this year but I was under the impression that format wasn't an option this year. I may have misunderstood though. Heck, I'll put one on the proposal listing and we'll see what works out in the wash. On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: *From:* Open-ils-general [ mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:46 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I'm game for that. Heck I'll take requests if someone finds me space in the schedule. I'm willing to do anything useful to others. I learn from others continually in the community so I'm glad to do what I can. What would you like? Something like a workshop? Something like the half day tutorial would be terrific! Having your session last year on Saturday (and only 1 hour) made it difficult to digest, and I left the conference wanting more. Heck, you could just re-present your session from 2014! I will still attend it every year. J -Holly On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: I’m really hoping that Rogan (or someone) will be doing a longer SQL session this year! J *From:* Open-ils-general [ mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Beth Longwell *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 10:54 AM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals Hi everyone, Just a gentle reminder to submit your program proposals for the upcoming Evergreen conference. Below is the original message. Thanks to those who have already submitted. Beth --- Dear Evergreen Community, The 2015 Evergreen International Conference Program Committee is seeking program proposals for this year's conference. The conference will be held in Hood River, Oregon May 13-16, 2015. There are three programming tracks: - *End User*: best practices and techniques for using Evergreen in day-to-day library operations - *General*: programs on administration, training, making the decision to move to Evergreen, participating in the Evergreen community, and other topics related to using Evergreen and open source software - *Technical*: topics related to system administration, software development, implementation, hardware, and integration with other software The deadline for submission is February 27, 2015. Help
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen for Academics meeting today
Hello everyone, Evergreen for Academics has a meeting scheduled today for 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific, 19:00 UTC in the #evergreen IRC channel. A draft agenda is available at: http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics:2015-02-12 Feel free to add additional discussion topics to the agenda. Thank you, Yamil
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices
Hi all, Just to follow-up a bit with the conversation from earlier this week, has anyone else experienced any issues with the My Account portion of the TPAC on mobile devices? I was going to file a bug report, but wanted to check-in first and see if anyone had experienced these issues and had a workaround, update, etc. Any thoughts on this would be super --Tony Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.orgmailto:to...@ohionet.org OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 614-486-2966 x19 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:29 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Development was done for Evergreen release 2.6 to bring the catalog into better compliance with WCAG 2.0. Work was also done for Evergreen 2.5 to make most catalog interfaces more responsive, optimizing the display of mobile devices. There may have been some interfaces that we missed, but if there is any screen that isn't displaying well on a mobile device, I recommend filing a bug in Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen to let the developers know. There's a nice blog post about the project at http://evergreen-ils.org/hackaway13-mobile-catalog/. I hope this helps! Kathy On 02/10/2015 01:55 PM, rita@statcan.gc.camailto:rita@statcan.gc.ca wrote: Good afternoon, Just wondering is there any development for Evergreen OPAC optimizing websites and applications for mobile devices? Will it meet the technical specifications for the Web and mobile presence, ensure that each device-based mobile application meets all five WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements? For the purposes of this standard, requirements of applying to Web pages equally applying to device-based mobile applications screens, such as Web Experience Toolkit (WET4)? Thanks, Rita Liu Library Services | Services bibliothèque R.H. Coats Building | Immeuble R.-H.-Coats / Floor | Étage 2 R Statistics Canada | 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistique Canada | 100, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 rita@statcan.gc.camailto:rita@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-850-6587 Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-0939 Cellular | Cellulaire 613-850-6587 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.orgmailto:kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices
Hi Tony, So admittedly, the first work done in this area, we had to select a resolution to begin writing mobile view for and it was 600px (you can see this in the style.css.tt2 file). So if you're viewing at 615 px, it will not kick in the mobile view version, of course. At 600 or less, it will kick in the mobile CSS. Long-term, I do believe that we need work to enhance the catalog to support multiple viewing resolutions. And there is Dan Scott's filed bug to deal with designing with mobile in mind first (https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1413730). Not sure where that's headed yet, but keeping more mobile views than just smartphones seems like a good thing to do. In the meantime, you can adjust when mobile kicks in (what if you wanted it at 650 px?) by changing the CSS file for TPAC. Or you can help start creating a good middle sized CSS for view on slightly larger environments, like tablets. Continuing work on mobile responsiveness was a project idea during OPW last time (http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=opw#project_ideas) and I can see it being a good project for a future Hackfest session or Hack-A-Way too. -- Ben On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.org wrote: Hi Kathy, folks, Thanks much for the note! -- For the most part, the general TPAC looks pretty decent when viewed on a mobile device, but we’re noticing that when logging in to check your personal account, the display is a little wide—the user has to scroll to the right to view the entire box. Also, once logged in, and this is the biggest issue we’ve seen, the lists of items that are checked out are all, for the lack of a better term, “all squashed together”…. J J when you get below a certain pixel count on the screen, say around 615px. I’m not sure if this list accepts attachments, but I’ve attached a simulation of what it looks like. Maybe this is just us? I just wasn’t sure what approach other folks were working on and if anyone had encountered this before…. Thanks again for any thoughts as you have time….I can open a bug if everyone thinks this might be the way to go…. --Tony From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:24 AM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Hi Tony, There is an existing bug with the My Lists area of the catalog - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1353509. What are the specific issues you've experienced? Kathy On 02/12/2015 11:19 AM, Tony Bandy wrote: Hi all, Just to follow-up a bit with the conversation from earlier this week, has anyone else experienced any issues with the My Account portion of the TPAC on mobile devices? I was going to file a bug report, but wanted to check-in first and see if anyone had experienced these issues and had a workaround, update, etc. Any thoughts on this would be super…. --Tony Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.org OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 614-486-2966 x19 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:29 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Development was done for Evergreen release 2.6 to bring the catalog into better compliance with WCAG 2.0. Work was also done for Evergreen 2.5 to make most catalog interfaces more responsive, optimizing the display of mobile devices. There may have been some interfaces that we missed, but if there is any screen that isn't displaying well on a mobile device, I recommend filing a bug in Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen to let the developers know. There's a nice blog post about the project at http://evergreen-ils.org/hackaway13-mobile-catalog/. I hope this helps! Kathy On 02/10/2015 01:55 PM, rita@statcan.gc.ca wrote: Good afternoon, Just wondering is there any development for Evergreen OPAC optimizing websites and applications for mobile devices? Will it meet the technical specifications for the Web and mobile presence, ensure that each device-based mobile application meets all five WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements? For the purposes of this standard, requirements of applying to Web pages equally applying to device-based mobile applications screens, such as Web Experience Toolkit (WET4)? Thanks, Rita Liu Library Services | Services bibliothèque R.H. Coats Building | Immeuble R.-H.-Coats / Floor | Étage 2 R Statistics Canada | 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistique Canada | 100, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 rita@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-850-6587 Facsimile
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices
Good information Ben! Tony, I also don't think it's a bad idea to file a LP bug on this issue in case somebody can look at it before a hackfest happens. Also, if you follow up on Ben's suggestion and adjust your own CSS so that it works better, that change is something you could submit on the bug. Kathy On 02/12/2015 12:15 PM, Ben Shum wrote: Hi Tony, So admittedly, the first work done in this area, we had to select a resolution to begin writing mobile view for and it was 600px (you can see this in the style.css.tt2 file). So if you're viewing at 615 px, it will not kick in the mobile view version, of course. At 600 or less, it will kick in the mobile CSS. Long-term, I do believe that we need work to enhance the catalog to support multiple viewing resolutions. And there is Dan Scott's filed bug to deal with designing with mobile in mind first (https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1413730). Not sure where that's headed yet, but keeping more mobile views than just smartphones seems like a good thing to do. In the meantime, you can adjust when mobile kicks in (what if you wanted it at 650 px?) by changing the CSS file for TPAC. Or you can help start creating a good middle sized CSS for view on slightly larger environments, like tablets. Continuing work on mobile responsiveness was a project idea during OPW last time (http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=opw#project_ideas) and I can see it being a good project for a future Hackfest session or Hack-A-Way too. -- Ben On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.org wrote: Hi Kathy, folks, Thanks much for the note! -- For the most part, the general TPAC looks pretty decent when viewed on a mobile device, but we’re noticing that when logging in to check your personal account, the display is a little wide—the user has to scroll to the right to view the entire box. Also, once logged in, and this is the biggest issue we’ve seen, the lists of items that are checked out are all, for the lack of a better term, “all squashed together”…. J J when you get below a certain pixel count on the screen, say around 615px. I’m not sure if this list accepts attachments, but I’ve attached a simulation of what it looks like. Maybe this is just us? I just wasn’t sure what approach other folks were working on and if anyone had encountered this before…. Thanks again for any thoughts as you have time….I can open a bug if everyone thinks this might be the way to go…. --Tony From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:24 AM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Hi Tony, There is an existing bug with the My Lists area of the catalog - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1353509. What are the specific issues you've experienced? Kathy On 02/12/2015 11:19 AM, Tony Bandy wrote: Hi all, Just to follow-up a bit with the conversation from earlier this week, has anyone else experienced any issues with the My Account portion of the TPAC on mobile devices? I was going to file a bug report, but wanted to check-in first and see if anyone had experienced these issues and had a workaround, update, etc. Any thoughts on this would be super…. --Tony Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.org OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 614-486-2966 x19 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:29 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Development was done for Evergreen release 2.6 to bring the catalog into better compliance with WCAG 2.0. Work was also done for Evergreen 2.5 to make most catalog interfaces more responsive, optimizing the display of mobile devices. There may have been some interfaces that we missed, but if there is any screen that isn't displaying well on a mobile device, I recommend filing a bug in Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen to let the developers know. There's a nice blog post about the project at http://evergreen-ils.org/hackaway13-mobile-catalog/. I hope this helps! Kathy On 02/10/2015 01:55 PM, rita@statcan.gc.ca wrote: Good afternoon, Just wondering is there any development for Evergreen OPAC optimizing websites and applications for mobile devices? Will it meet the technical specifications for the Web and mobile presence, ensure that each device-based mobile application meets all five WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements? For the purposes of this standard, requirements of applying to Web pages equally applying to device-based mobile applications screens, such as Web Experience Toolkit (WET4)? Thanks, Rita Liu Library Services | Services bibliothèque
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals
+1 to anything regarding reports. On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Geoff Sams gs...@roanoketexas.com wrote: +1 This would be in general a very helpful approach for me. Starting large and whittling it down to a specific need. Thanks, Geoff Sams Library Manager Roanoke Public Library *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:20 AM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals Certainly there is a sort of feedback loop between SQL and the Reporter. I was thinking along the lines of doing some practical ones that show off common useful features in SQL like UNION statements (great for weeding and circulation reports) and the idea of using a query as a source for a join (great for too many things to mention). Specifically, what I'd like to do in a workshop is maybe start with a very basic statement like select * from asset.copy; which isn't very useful since it's just a dump of the copy table and how do you get to a robust weeding report, showing not just the code but at least one way of how to approach it as a process. Along the way I'd like to showcase some this isn't how they'd tell you to do it in a book but let's be good librarians ways to do things, like using the online Postgres docs (OK, a book would tell you that) and, frankly, using Google. I've gotten many a good idea off Stack Exchange. Additionally, I think it would be useful to show people how to access a git copy of Evergreen because the code itself is invaluable once you dig deeply into reports. Not sure where the heck that foreign key leads off to? Going the source may seem intimidating to many people but it's actually very easy and a huge time saver once it's demystified. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Geoff Sams gs...@roanoketexas.com wrote: I’m not sure that I’d be speaking for a majority, but I’d like to see some of the more difficult requests for information that you may have gotten. Okay, maybe moderately difficult for you, I’m not asking for the magnum opus “weeding query” (I think that was what you said it was anyway, it’s been almost a year now) that you showed a snippet of last year. But sometimes I get requests that don’t seem feasibly possible in reports that if I were a bit more comfortable I’d be happy to tackle in SQL. I feel bad because I don’t have an example coming to mind today, but if I think of something I’d be happy to forward it along. Other than that, perhaps a mashup between SQL and reports would be helpful to some? Showing how certain choices translate between reports and SQL? I’m not sure if that would be helpful or not really, but it seemed like an idea. Thanks, Geoff Sams Library Manager Roanoke Public Library *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:53 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals If I do a hands on workshop (I threw a rough proposal up) what kinds of sql tasks would folks like to step through as learning examples? On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: +1 *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:21 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I had been hoping to do a half day session this year but I was under the impression that format wasn't an option this year. I may have misunderstood though. Heck, I'll put one on the proposal listing and we'll see what works out in the wash. On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: *From:* Open-ils-general [ mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan Hamby *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:46 PM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I'm game for that. Heck I'll take requests if someone finds me space in the schedule. I'm willing to do anything useful to others. I learn from others continually in the community so I'm glad to do what I can. What would you like? Something like a workshop? Something like the half day tutorial would be terrific! Having your session last year on Saturday (and only 1 hour) made it difficult to digest, and I left the conference wanting more. Heck, you could just re-present your session from 2014! I will still attend it every year. J -Holly On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals
+1 This would be in general a very helpful approach for me. Starting large and whittling it down to a specific need. Thanks, Geoff Sams Library Manager Roanoke Public Library From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan Hamby Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:20 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals Certainly there is a sort of feedback loop between SQL and the Reporter. I was thinking along the lines of doing some practical ones that show off common useful features in SQL like UNION statements (great for weeding and circulation reports) and the idea of using a query as a source for a join (great for too many things to mention). Specifically, what I'd like to do in a workshop is maybe start with a very basic statement like select * from asset.copy; which isn't very useful since it's just a dump of the copy table and how do you get to a robust weeding report, showing not just the code but at least one way of how to approach it as a process. Along the way I'd like to showcase some this isn't how they'd tell you to do it in a book but let's be good librarians ways to do things, like using the online Postgres docs (OK, a book would tell you that) and, frankly, using Google. I've gotten many a good idea off Stack Exchange. Additionally, I think it would be useful to show people how to access a git copy of Evergreen because the code itself is invaluable once you dig deeply into reports. Not sure where the heck that foreign key leads off to? Going the source may seem intimidating to many people but it's actually very easy and a huge time saver once it's demystified. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Geoff Sams gs...@roanoketexas.commailto:gs...@roanoketexas.com wrote: I’m not sure that I’d be speaking for a majority, but I’d like to see some of the more difficult requests for information that you may have gotten. Okay, maybe moderately difficult for you, I’m not asking for the magnum opus “weeding query” (I think that was what you said it was anyway, it’s been almost a year now) that you showed a snippet of last year. But sometimes I get requests that don’t seem feasibly possible in reports that if I were a bit more comfortable I’d be happy to tackle in SQL. I feel bad because I don’t have an example coming to mind today, but if I think of something I’d be happy to forward it along. Other than that, perhaps a mashup between SQL and reports would be helpful to some? Showing how certain choices translate between reports and SQL? I’m not sure if that would be helpful or not really, but it seemed like an idea. Thanks, Geoff Sams Library Manager Roanoke Public Library From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan Hamby Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:53 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals If I do a hands on workshop (I threw a rough proposal up) what kinds of sql tasks would folks like to step through as learning examples? On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.usmailto:haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: +1 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan Hamby Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 1:21 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I had been hoping to do a half day session this year but I was under the impression that format wasn't an option this year. I may have misunderstood though. Heck, I'll put one on the proposal listing and we'll see what works out in the wash. On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.usmailto:haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan Hamby Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:46 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder for Conference proposals I'm game for that. Heck I'll take requests if someone finds me space in the schedule. I'm willing to do anything useful to others. I learn from others continually in the community so I'm glad to do what I can. What would you like? Something like a workshop? Something like the half day tutorial would be terrific! Having your session last year on Saturday (and only 1 hour) made it difficult to digest, and I left the conference wanting more. Heck, you could just re-present your session from 2014! I will still attend it every year. ☺ -Holly On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.usmailto:haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: I’m really hoping that Rogan (or someone) will be doing a
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices
Hi Kathy, folks, Thanks much for the note! -- For the most part, the general TPAC looks pretty decent when viewed on a mobile device, but we're noticing that when logging in to check your personal account, the display is a little wide-the user has to scroll to the right to view the entire box. Also, once logged in, and this is the biggest issue we've seen, the lists of items that are checked out are all, for the lack of a better term, all squashed together :) :) when you get below a certain pixel count on the screen, say around 615px. I'm not sure if this list accepts attachments, but I've attached a simulation of what it looks like. Maybe this is just us? I just wasn't sure what approach other folks were working on and if anyone had encountered this before Thanks again for any thoughts as you have timeI can open a bug if everyone thinks this might be the way to go --Tony From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:24 AM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Hi Tony, There is an existing bug with the My Lists area of the catalog - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1353509. What are the specific issues you've experienced? Kathy On 02/12/2015 11:19 AM, Tony Bandy wrote: Hi all, Just to follow-up a bit with the conversation from earlier this week, has anyone else experienced any issues with the My Account portion of the TPAC on mobile devices? I was going to file a bug report, but wanted to check-in first and see if anyone had experienced these issues and had a workaround, update, etc. Any thoughts on this would be super --Tony Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.orgmailto:to...@ohionet.org OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 614-486-2966 x19 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:29 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Development was done for Evergreen release 2.6 to bring the catalog into better compliance with WCAG 2.0. Work was also done for Evergreen 2.5 to make most catalog interfaces more responsive, optimizing the display of mobile devices. There may have been some interfaces that we missed, but if there is any screen that isn't displaying well on a mobile device, I recommend filing a bug in Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen to let the developers know. There's a nice blog post about the project at http://evergreen-ils.org/hackaway13-mobile-catalog/. I hope this helps! Kathy On 02/10/2015 01:55 PM, rita@statcan.gc.camailto:rita@statcan.gc.ca wrote: Good afternoon, Just wondering is there any development for Evergreen OPAC optimizing websites and applications for mobile devices? Will it meet the technical specifications for the Web and mobile presence, ensure that each device-based mobile application meets all five WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements? For the purposes of this standard, requirements of applying to Web pages equally applying to device-based mobile applications screens, such as Web Experience Toolkit (WET4)? Thanks, Rita Liu Library Services | Services bibliothèque R.H. Coats Building | Immeuble R.-H.-Coats / Floor | Étage 2 R Statistics Canada | 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 Statistique Canada | 100, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 rita@statcan.gc.camailto:rita@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-850-6587 Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-0939 Cellular | Cellulaire 613-850-6587 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.orgmailto:kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.orgmailto:kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices
Kathy also reminded me that we do have multiple media query already. One kicks in at 600px, but also one at 800px. So there's a lot of ground to cover here. -- Ben Sent from my Nexus 6 On Feb 12, 2015 9:23 AM, Kathy Lussier kluss...@masslnc.org wrote: Good information Ben! Tony, I also don't think it's a bad idea to file a LP bug on this issue in case somebody can look at it before a hackfest happens. Also, if you follow up on Ben's suggestion and adjust your own CSS so that it works better, that change is something you could submit on the bug. Kathy On 02/12/2015 12:15 PM, Ben Shum wrote: Hi Tony, So admittedly, the first work done in this area, we had to select a resolution to begin writing mobile view for and it was 600px (you can see this in the style.css.tt2 file). So if you're viewing at 615 px, it will not kick in the mobile view version, of course. At 600 or less, it will kick in the mobile CSS. Long-term, I do believe that we need work to enhance the catalog to support multiple viewing resolutions. And there is Dan Scott's filed bug to deal with designing with mobile in mind first (https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1413730). Not sure where that's headed yet, but keeping more mobile views than just smartphones seems like a good thing to do. In the meantime, you can adjust when mobile kicks in (what if you wanted it at 650 px?) by changing the CSS file for TPAC. Or you can help start creating a good middle sized CSS for view on slightly larger environments, like tablets. Continuing work on mobile responsiveness was a project idea during OPW last time (http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=opw#project_ideas) and I can see it being a good project for a future Hackfest session or Hack-A-Way too. -- Ben On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.org wrote: Hi Kathy, folks, Thanks much for the note! -- For the most part, the general TPAC looks pretty decent when viewed on a mobile device, but we’re noticing that when logging in to check your personal account, the display is a little wide—the user has to scroll to the right to view the entire box. Also, once logged in, and this is the biggest issue we’ve seen, the lists of items that are checked out are all, for the lack of a better term, “all squashed together”…. J J when you get below a certain pixel count on the screen, say around 615px. I’m not sure if this list accepts attachments, but I’ve attached a simulation of what it looks like. Maybe this is just us? I just wasn’t sure what approach other folks were working on and if anyone had encountered this before…. Thanks again for any thoughts as you have time….I can open a bug if everyone thinks this might be the way to go…. --Tony From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:24 AM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Hi Tony, There is an existing bug with the My Lists area of the catalog - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1353509. What are the specific issues you've experienced? Kathy On 02/12/2015 11:19 AM, Tony Bandy wrote: Hi all, Just to follow-up a bit with the conversation from earlier this week, has anyone else experienced any issues with the My Account portion of the TPAC on mobile devices? I was going to file a bug report, but wanted to check-in first and see if anyone had experienced these issues and had a workaround, update, etc. Any thoughts on this would be super…. --Tony Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.org OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 614-486-2966 x19 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:29 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] About Evergreen OPAC for Mobile Devices Development was done for Evergreen release 2.6 to bring the catalog into better compliance with WCAG 2.0. Work was also done for Evergreen 2.5 to make most catalog interfaces more responsive, optimizing the display of mobile devices. There may have been some interfaces that we missed, but if there is any screen that isn't displaying well on a mobile device, I recommend filing a bug in Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen to let the developers know. There's a nice blog post about the project at http://evergreen-ils.org/hackaway13-mobile-catalog/. I hope this helps! Kathy On 02/10/2015 01:55 PM, rita@statcan.gc.ca wrote: Good afternoon, Just wondering is there any development for Evergreen OPAC optimizing websites and applications for mobile devices? Will it meet the technical specifications for the Web and
