[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 2.5.2 Subject Browse Index

2014-06-06 Thread Donald Butterworth
Colleagues, We recently upgraded to the 2.5.2 release and, as a cataloger, I was ecstatic to find that Browse the Catalog is now available. I will use this feature extensively when assigning author names, series, and subjects. The author and title indexes looks great, but there is one tweak in

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Acquisitions: dealing with cancelled/backordered line items

2014-06-06 Thread Bill Erickson
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Kathy Lussier kluss...@masslnc.org wrote: Hi Jane, My recollection is that in 2.4.4, you can't change the status of a line item in the staff client once it is cancelled. In 2.4.7, you will be able to change it to received (

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 2.5.2 Subject Browse Index

2014-06-06 Thread Mike Rylander
Don, For the subjects, there are two ways to handle it. The first is to add authority records and link those to the appropriate bib records. This will get you what you want without any further configuration, as authority is browse-indexed the way you describe by default. The second way involves

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

2014-06-06 Thread Bill Erickson
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Dan Wells d...@calvin.edu wrote: Hello all, This email is a continuation of the thread from a few weeks ago discussing overall usability and flexible design for the web staff client. I was encouraged by the thoughtful replies in that thread, and hope we can

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 list

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

2014-06-06 Thread Kathy Lussier
I concur with Terran on this. I think we need to do anything we can to save unnecessary scrolling or clicking for the user. Kathy Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier On

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 2.5.2 Subject Browse Index

2014-06-06 Thread Donald Butterworth
Thanks for the great response Mike! For the subject browse, I'm not yet familiar enough with authority record links in Evergreen to know if this is viable solution. There are an incredible number of subject permutations which would make it impossible to anticipate every possible subject that

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Job Opening - Emerald Data Networks

2014-06-06 Thread Michael Peters
Evergreen Community, A position with Emerald Data Networks, Inc.​ (EDN), relating to Evergreen ILS, is currently available. EDN is a technology consultancy based in Sandy Springs, Georgia with customers all over the US. We are expanding our Evergreen support, migration, and development

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Conference Planning Committee for 2015 Conference

2014-06-06 Thread Kathy Lussier
Hi all, Previously, most of the planning for Evergreen conference has come from the local group that hosts the conference each year. There is typically a separate programming committee made up of local planners and other community members, but the overall planning for the event venue,

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Conference Planning Committee for 2015 Conference

2014-06-06 Thread Kathy Lussier
Sorry - I just want to add one point of clarification. The new standing planning committee will not supersede the programming committee that has traditionally handled programming. The programming committee has always had a small core group of people who have served from year to year and may