Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Hack-A-Way 2016 Selection

[Ben Shum]

Hi Rogan,

First, yay Evergreen Indiana, thanks for hosting a Hack-A-Way!

Next, I do not have any strong opinion on the proposal.  For myself, I
do not mind if we want to consider Indiana for two years in a row as
hosting site.  While it's nice to have it move around and see
different places, I think it is also equally nice to know that we will
definitely have a place to meet up and hack on Evergreen.

So, for my two cents, I say please proceed and with thanks to all
those involved.

-- Ben

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Rogan Hamby  wrote:
> I have two sections to this email - first to announce the selected site for
> the Hack-A-Way in 2016 and secondly to bring up a question to the community
> about the 2017 selection process.
>
>
> First, the good news!  Evergreen Indiana will be hosting the Hack-A-Way in
> 2016!  As everyone knows, Indiana is home to some wonderful community
> members and they are excited to be hosts.  They did a wonderful job with the
> conference a few years ago so I know we will be in excellent hands.
>
>
> The host location is Indianapolis, which is central to the US (and fairly
> north for our Canadian brethren).  They have three international airports
> within a few hours drive and is a popular conference city with budget
> friendly options for our participants (an ongoing goal is to keep the event
> relatively cheap).
>
>
> Evergreen Indiana will fully sponsor the site and two meals plus snack each
> day of the event for all participants and work with negotiating hotel
> discounts.  They will also arrange for shuttles to and from travel hubs and
> help coordinate some evening events.
>
>
> Yay!  So, what comes next?  As usual we  need to arrange dates, hotel plans,
> etc... but the extended time line allows for a more deliberat pace.
>
>
> And that leads us into talking a bit about the 2017 process.  We changed the
> process this year for selection to provide for a longer time line.  The
> feedback I'd had from potential hosts and participants who reached out to me
> was that they wanted more time for making decisions than the old (admittedly
> very low key) process allowed.  This is something that we will continue to
> follow in the years that follow, 2017 and beyond.
>
>
> Specfically in regard to 2017, however, Indiana would like to have thier bid
> considered for 2017 as well as 2016 and host it for two years.  I want to
> continue moving the Hack-A-Way around for the same purposes that we move the
> conference but I also appreciate all the effort they have put into their
> proposal and there would be some definite virtue to this.  I don't mind the
> idea of doing the Hack-A-Way in Indiana for two years but a) don't want it
> considred a precendent that it will always be in the same places for two
> years at a time and b) want to put it up to the developers for feedback as
> this event is to facilitate thier activity.
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
>
> --
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
> me.”
> ― C.S. Lewis



-- 
Benjamin Shum
Evergreen Systems Manager
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-577-4070, ext. 113

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Cursor focus tweak?

[Donald Butterworth]

I can't be speak to how others are using the Search bar, so this is from
the perspective of a cataloger.

Personally, the only time having the text remain in the search box has
helped me is when I have not selected the correct search criteria. For
example, when the Search Type was set to Author and I really wanted it set
to Title.

The vast majority of the time, I am working with a list of some kind. When
I go from the OPAC View to the MARC Edit screen to fix the bib record, it
takes three mouse transactions to get back to the OPAC View, and three more
mouse transactions in the Search box before I can enter the next search.
That's a lot of clicking. Automatically highlighting the Search box on the
OPAC View and on the Results screen view would cut that in half; making my
searching much faster and cutting back on my Repetitive Stress syndrome.

Ideally I would like to be able to initiate a search at any time from any
screen; just like in a web browser. That would save the most mouse clicks.
Replacing the Record Summary header with a Search the Catalog header would
make my searching requirements much easier.

Also, one solution other systems have used that speaks to the need for
retaining searches, is to  make the Search box into a Drop-down list that
retains a brief history of previous searches. That would be a pretty cool
new feature.


On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Kathy Lussier  wrote:

> Further it would be wonderful if any text that has carried over from a
> search could be highlighted (Shift/End) That way I can just start typing
> again.
>
> I'm not sure about this one. It's helpful when users are using the quick
> search bar to launch a new search, but it could be frustrating for users
> who are trying to refine their search from that search bar.
>
> It would be nice to have some solid user testing to get an idea of how
> this search bar is being used. I suspect we get a mix of uses.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> On 10/09/2015 08:13 AM, Donald Butterworth wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> You know how on the main Evergreen launch page and all of the Search
> screen options (except Browse) the cursor is always happily positioned in
> the Search text box? I would love to have this same behavior on all results
> screens and all Record Summary screens all the time.
>
> When you go to a Record Summary screen from a Results Screen the cursor is
> focused in the Search text box (except Browse). However if you go to the
> MARC Edit screen, and then return to the Record summary screen, the focus
> is no longer in the textbox. Many, many times I have tried to type
> unsuccessfully because the cursor wasn't in the textbox.
>
> Further it would be wonderful if any text that has carried over from a
> search could be highlighted (Shift/End) That way I can just start typing
> again.
>
> Would this be a big fix? Is it something that my IT geniuses could do
> easily?
>
> Anybody else like to see this behavior?
>
> Don
>
> --
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>
>
> --
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative(508) 343-0128kluss...@masslnc.org
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
>
>


-- 
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing - Circulation Sets

[Scott Thomas]

Hi Josh,

When we migrated from Sirsidynix Symphony earlier in the year, one of our 
biggest challenges was label printing because we also print spine and pocket 
labels. The only solution we found was to use TSC TTP-247 thermal printers. 
When processing materials, we scan them into Item Status and dump Item Status 
to a .csv and import it into Bartender. We can print from there. We do not use 
the native Evergreen label printing utility. It was hard to set up, but, now 
that we have it all documented, it works well. Please let me know if you need 
additional information.

Scott


Scott  Thomas, MLS
Head of Information Technologies and Technical Services
Scranton Public Library
Lackawanna County Library System
2006 N. Main Ave.
Scranton, PA 18508
Ph: 570-207-2379
Fx: 570-348-3020
Email: sc...@albright.org




From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of 
Elisabeth Keppler
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 5:11 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group 
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing - Circulation Sets

Forsyth County (NC) uses the Dymo LabelWriter 450 series.  The printers are as 
little as $100 each from some vendors and the labels are available from many 
sources for pretty low prices.  It is a thermal solution, but you don't have to 
worry about wasting labels on sheets that aren't full and there's no ink or 
toner to buy.  Dymo makes a Twin version of the printer that lets you have two 
rolls working at once.  It's more expensive (up to $200) and we use pocket 
labels very rarely, so I don't think we bought any of that model.  We just 
switch out the rolls as needed.  I can't promise this would be the perfect 
solution for spine and pocket sets, but the more options you have, the better.

Good luck!

Lise

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Josh Stompro 
> wrote:
Hello, we are currently using Demco 1491670 (1 1/4” x 1” Spine + 2 5/8” x 1 ¼” 
Pocket labels, 16 to a sheet) printed on a laser printer.

I’ve seen the question asked a few times about what others are using to print 
the Spine+pocket labels but I haven’t seen any responses.  I’m hot having luck 
finding thermal printer stock for spine+pocket labels, which may also be called 
circulation sets.  We would be open to moving to thermal, but I haven’t found 
the stock we might need yet.  And I really don’t want one of the thermal 
printers that costs 2-4K$

The https://www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/professional/labels/ site looked 
promising, but the PDF library it uses doesn’t seem to support columns of 
different sizes.  The ezColumnStart function just takes the number of columns 
and the space between them.  Maybe that isn’t a huge deal if I treat the spine 
+ pocket as one label and just have two columns.

Is there any hope for non dot matrix printing of Spine + Pocket sets?

Thanks
Josh

Lake Agassiz Regional Library - Moorhead MN larl.org
Josh Stompro | Office 218.233.3757 EXT-139
LARL IT Director | Cell 218.790.2110




--
Lise Keppler, Technical Services
Forsyth County Public Library
2851 Fairlawn Dr
Winston Salem NC  27106
336-703-3048

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing - Circulation Sets

[Donald Butterworth]

The folks at Asbury University have had success with a Zebra TLP 2844. It
uses Thermal Transfer ribbon and prints spine+pocket labels on a role. Cost
is between $300 and $400.

At Asbury Seminary we have been using an old Cub thermal transfer printer.
We use it to print spine+pocket, and barcode labels. When it dies we will
likely go with a Zebra like the University.

We are sold on printers that use thermal transfer ribbons. The print is
very clear and fade resistant.

Don


On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Scott Thomas  wrote:

> Hi Josh,
>
>
>
> When we migrated from Sirsidynix Symphony earlier in the year, one of our
> biggest challenges was label printing because we also print spine and
> pocket labels. The only solution we found was to use TSC TTP-247 thermal
> printers. When processing materials, we scan them into Item Status and dump
> Item Status to a .csv and import it into Bartender. We can print from
> there. We do not use the native Evergreen label printing utility. It was
> hard to set up, but, now that we have it all documented, it works well.
> Please let me know if you need additional information.
>
>
> Scott
>
>
>
>
>
> Scott  Thomas, MLS
>
> Head of Information Technologies and Technical Services
>
> Scranton Public Library
>
> Lackawanna County Library System
>
> 2006 N. Main Ave.
>
> Scranton, PA 18508
>
> Ph: 570-207-2379
>
> Fx: 570-348-3020
>
> Email: sc...@albright.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:
> open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Elisabeth
> Keppler
> *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2015 5:11 PM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group <
> open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing -
> Circulation Sets
>
>
>
> Forsyth County (NC) uses the Dymo LabelWriter 450 series.  The printers
> are as little as $100 each from some vendors and the labels are available
> from many sources for pretty low prices.  It is a thermal solution, but you
> don't have to worry about wasting labels on sheets that aren't full and
> there's no ink or toner to buy.  Dymo makes a Twin version of the printer
> that lets you have two rolls working at once.  It's more expensive (up to
> $200) and we use pocket labels very rarely, so I don't think we bought any
> of that model.  We just switch out the rolls as needed.  I can't promise
> this would be the perfect solution for spine and pocket sets, but the more
> options you have, the better.
>
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> Lise
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Josh Stompro 
> wrote:
>
> Hello, we are currently using Demco 1491670 (1 1/4” x 1” Spine + 2 5/8” x
> 1 ¼” Pocket labels, 16 to a sheet) printed on a laser printer.
>
>
>
> I’ve seen the question asked a few times about what others are using to
> print the Spine+pocket labels but I haven’t seen any responses.  I’m hot
> having luck finding thermal printer stock for spine+pocket labels, which
> may also be called circulation sets.  We would be open to moving to
> thermal, but I haven’t found the stock we might need yet.  And I really
> don’t want one of the thermal printers that costs 2-4K$
>
>
>
> The https://www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/professional/labels/ site
> looked promising, but the PDF library it uses doesn’t seem to support
> columns of different sizes.  The ezColumnStart function just takes the
> number of columns and the space between them.  Maybe that isn’t a huge deal
> if I treat the spine + pocket as one label and just have two columns.
>
>
>
> Is there any hope for non dot matrix printing of Spine + Pocket sets?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Josh
>
>
>
> Lake Agassiz Regional Library - Moorhead MN larl.org
>
> Josh Stompro | Office 218.233.3757 EXT-139
>
> LARL IT Director | Cell 218.790.2110
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Lise Keppler, Technical Services
>
> Forsyth County Public Library
>
> 2851 Fairlawn Dr
>
> Winston Salem NC  27106
>
> 336-703-3048
>



-- 
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing - Circulation Sets

[Josh Stompro]

Thanks Don, could you share what specific media/label stock you use with the 
Zebra TLP 2844 and your supplier for that media.
Thanks
Josh

From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Donald 
Butterworth
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 9:09 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing - Circulation Sets

The folks at Asbury University have had success with a Zebra TLP 2844. It uses 
Thermal Transfer ribbon and prints spine+pocket labels on a role. Cost is 
between $300 and $400.
At Asbury Seminary we have been using an old Cub thermal transfer printer. We 
use it to print spine+pocket, and barcode labels. When it dies we will likely 
go with a Zebra like the University.
We are sold on printers that use thermal transfer ribbons. The print is very 
clear and fade resistant.

Don


On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Scott Thomas 
> wrote:
Hi Josh,

When we migrated from Sirsidynix Symphony earlier in the year, one of our 
biggest challenges was label printing because we also print spine and pocket 
labels. The only solution we found was to use TSC TTP-247 thermal printers. 
When processing materials, we scan them into Item Status and dump Item Status 
to a .csv and import it into Bartender. We can print from there. We do not use 
the native Evergreen label printing utility. It was hard to set up, but, now 
that we have it all documented, it works well. Please let me know if you need 
additional information.

Scott


Scott  Thomas, MLS
Head of Information Technologies and Technical Services
Scranton Public Library
Lackawanna County Library System
2006 N. Main Ave.
Scranton, PA 18508
Ph: 570-207-2379
Fx: 570-348-3020
Email: sc...@albright.org




From: Open-ils-general 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org]
 On Behalf Of Elisabeth Keppler
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 5:11 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group 
>
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing - Circulation Sets

Forsyth County (NC) uses the Dymo LabelWriter 450 series.  The printers are as 
little as $100 each from some vendors and the labels are available from many 
sources for pretty low prices.  It is a thermal solution, but you don't have to 
worry about wasting labels on sheets that aren't full and there's no ink or 
toner to buy.  Dymo makes a Twin version of the printer that lets you have two 
rolls working at once.  It's more expensive (up to $200) and we use pocket 
labels very rarely, so I don't think we bought any of that model.  We just 
switch out the rolls as needed.  I can't promise this would be the perfect 
solution for spine and pocket sets, but the more options you have, the better.

Good luck!

Lise

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Josh Stompro 
> wrote:
Hello, we are currently using Demco 1491670 (1 1/4” x 1” Spine + 2 5/8” x 1 ¼” 
Pocket labels, 16 to a sheet) printed on a laser printer.

I’ve seen the question asked a few times about what others are using to print 
the Spine+pocket labels but I haven’t seen any responses.  I’m hot having luck 
finding thermal printer stock for spine+pocket labels, which may also be called 
circulation sets.  We would be open to moving to thermal, but I haven’t found 
the stock we might need yet.  And I really don’t want one of the thermal 
printers that costs 2-4K$

The https://www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/professional/labels/ site looked 
promising, but the PDF library it uses doesn’t seem to support columns of 
different sizes.  The ezColumnStart function just takes the number of columns 
and the space between them.  Maybe that isn’t a huge deal if I treat the spine 
+ pocket as one label and just have two columns.

Is there any hope for non dot matrix printing of Spine + Pocket sets?

Thanks
Josh

Lake Agassiz Regional Library - Moorhead MN larl.org
Josh Stompro | Office 218.233.3757 EXT-139
LARL IT Director | Cell 218.790.2110




--
Lise Keppler, Technical Services
Forsyth County Public Library
2851 Fairlawn Dr
Winston Salem NC  27106
336-703-3048



--
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227