Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen ahhhhh
What would be the consequences of simply deleting these records with no copies as we find them. At least that way they wouldn't annoy us a second time. Mary Toma South Central Regional Library 204-325-5864 scrlhead...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:17 PM, George Tuttle gtut...@prlib.org wrote: I received an e-mail with the subject line: Evergreen ah. It came from a library manager who was complaining about search results in the Evergreen catalog. In PINES, we have lots of empty volume records (records with no copies attached) and they tend to pop up on the top of results when one does a search. Frontline staff find this very frustrating and like to vent to me about it. Is there anything that I can do in response besides tilt my head and look sympathetic? Is there a report I could run to find these empty volume records -- or SQL command line or something? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks. George Tuttle Computer Services Librarian Piedmont Regional Library System 770-867-2762 x113 770-891-0654 (cell) 770-867-7483 (fax) gtut...@prlib.org [image: LOGOFEB2013] -- Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 inline: image003.png
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds placed prior to status change
We catalogue our on order items and allow patrons put holds on before they arrive. When the items arrive we check for those that have holds (the status is changed from on order to cataloging so that staff know the item has arrived) and those are fast tracked through processing. I put a coloured slip of paper into those items that have holds so that staff know to fast track them. Mary Toma South Central Regional Library Winkler, MB On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Elisabeth Keppler keppl...@forsyth.ccwrote: Thanks, everyone. I really appreciate how generous Evergreen librarians are with their knowledge and experience! Out of curiosity, is it common practice out there to add hot new titles to the catalog the day before their lay-down date so that holds can be filled as soon as a title is released? We have patrons who call first thing on Tuesdays (mostly) to ask why their hold on the latest bestseller hasn't been filled yet. If we add items on lay-down day and stash them in the back for 24 hours, they'll scream. Lise Keppler On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Laurie Love ll...@arlibrary.org wrote: Lise: I'm part of the NC Cardinal system also and Wilkes (Appalachian Regional) has been with Evergreen since 2011. If you ever want to call or email me with questions, I'm happy to try to help. The holds are really tricky with Evergreen and there are lots of foibles. The Find another Target is supposed to look for another title to satisfy the hold. Doesn't always work in my experience though. Laurie Love Circ. Mgr. Wilkes County Public Library ll...@arlibrary.org 336-838-2818 *From:* open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Elisabeth Keppler *Sent:* Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:05 AM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds placed prior to status change We're new to Evergreen and have been struggling with holds on new items. We've had issues with Find Another Target messing up the holds queue, but we may have been doing it incorrectly. When you say to Find Another Target for the hold on top of the queue, Tina, do you mean the first hold that appears when we click on View Holds for the record? This seems to be the newest hold and might not be for our library's patron. (We're in the NC Cardinal consortium. Since we use 6-month age hold protection, holds outside Forsyth County won't be filled by new items we add here.) We tried filtering to holds for just the branch where the new item was added, but that seems to have caused problems. Would you mind elaborating on your recommendation? Thanks very much, Lise Keppler Forsyth County Public Library On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Tina Ji (Project Sitka) t...@sitka.bclibraries.ca wrote: Hi Deana, If your 'missing' and 'trace' statuses are non-holdable, this is probably the expected behaviour. We experience the same thing with our hold targeter running every 15 mins for new holds (placed within 24 hours) and daily for old holds (placed 24 hours ago). So new holds may be targeted by a copy with newly achieved holdable status, but not the old ones. The opportunistic capture is related to the hold_copy_map, which is updated by the hold targeter, thus updated daily for old holds. Items with newly achieved holdable status is not in that table for old holds. We advise our sites doing Find Another Target for the hold on top of the queue or waiting for a day. The checkin modifier: Retarget Local Hold may help, to some extent. Tina Quoting Deana Cunningham deana.cunning...@granvillecounty.org: Hi great brain! I was playing around today on our test server and have a question about hold triggering. After an item has a status change to missing or trace, any holds placed prior to that change are not getting triggered upon item check in. I have tried checking the item in numerous times (to see if maybe the first time when it changes the status back to reshelving it would activate the hold for capture at the next check in, but it did not. Placing a new hold on the item after the status has been changed back to reshelving causes that hold to be triggered on subsequent check ins, but the hold placed before changing to trace or missing is not triggered. Something I'm missing here? I also realize the item should be caught during the regular check for holds cron job (which is another problem we're having) but I am only looking at opportunistic hold capturing right now. Thanks! Deana Deana Cunningham Branch Manager, South Branch Library 1550 S. Campus Dr. Creedmoor, NC 27522 Phone: (919) 528-1752 Fax: (919) 528-1376 deana.cunning...@granvillecounty.org Tina Ji 1-888-848-9250 Trainer/Help Desk Specialist BC Libraries Cooperative/Sitka -- Lise Keppler Forsyth County Public Library 660 W 5th St
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine label printers
Is anyone using the Dymo LabelWriter 450 for printing spinals? We have a Dymo LabelWriter400 that we have been using to print series labels, but, we're not happy with it because the labels fade within a year. If you're using one and are happy with it what supplies are you using? Thanks. -- Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine label printers
yes please. On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Buzzy Nielsen bu...@hoodriverlibrary.orgwrote: We're using the Dymo Labelwriter 450s. We're quite fond of them, although they aren't terribly sturdy. I'd have to check with our catalogers about the brand of labels that we use. I can get that info, if you're interested. Cheers! Buzzy Library Director Hood River County Library District 502 State Street Hood River, Oregon 97031 541-387-7062 http://hoodriverlibrary.org On 02/14/2014 11:43 AM, Mary Toma wrote: Is anyone using the Dymo LabelWriter 450 for printing spinals? We have a Dymo LabelWriter400 that we have been using to print series labels, but, we're not happy with it because the labels fade within a year. If you're using one and are happy with it what supplies are you using? Thanks. -- Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: Opinions needed on copying patron data to the clipboard
I totally agree with Kate Butler. A simple acknowledgement that it's been done is needed. Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Kathy Lussier kluss...@masslnc.org wrote: Hi all, I thought I sent this message to the list months ago, but it looks like it got lost on its way. Let me know if you have any thoughts on this question! Kathy Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative(508) 343-0128kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier Original Message Subject: Opinions needed on copying patron data to the clipboard Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:36:59 -0400 From: Kathy Lussier kluss...@masslnc.org kluss...@masslnc.org To: Evergreen General Discussion List open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.orgopen-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Hi all, I'm seeking opinions on a change that was made in 2.4 when copying information from the patron editor to the clipboard. Prior to 2.4, when a user clicked on a link in the patron summary, they would receive an alert confirming that the data had been copied to the clipboard (see attached image). The alert was removed in 2.4 and a bug has been filed on the issue - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1192189. There are pros and cons to removing the confirmation message. The pros of removing the message are that it conforms with wider user interface standards. Basically, you don't receive this kind of confirmation when copying data using CTRL-C or a shortcut menu. The message can also be seen as an annoyance as it requires an additional click. On the con side, it can be somewhat disconcerting to click on that link and not receive a confirmation, leading the user to wonder if the data was really copied. It's uncommon in other software to use underlined text for copying data, and the confirmation message provides a visual cue as to the action that was just taken. Although I filed the original bug report, I have to say I'm on the fence with this issue. However, I do think it's important that the end users who are using the patron editor on a daily basis provide some feedback on this feature. Since I filed the bug, three more people have shown support for restoring the confirmation message. However, if there are people who were happy to see that the message went away, I don't think we would have heard from them in Launchpad because they wouldn't have bothered to take the time to determine if a bug were filed. I thought it would be best to do an informal poll of the community through the general list to see if there is interest in restoring the confirmation message or if people are happy with its removal. I'm hoping we can get a feel of the general consensus through an e-mail thread rather than setting up a formal poll. Let me know what you think! Kathy -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative(508) 343-0128kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier -- Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Site considering Ever Green
Depends on what you're using right now. Most ILS's have the ability to export your records. Importing into Evergreen isn't terribly difficult (says someone who had a computer geek to export our records). The problem usually is getting your records out of the old system. On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Brian McNally bmcna...@mta.ca wrote: Hi, ** ** Just a general question… ** ** We are currently using another ILS and might be looking to switch to Ever Green….and were wondering how hard it is going to be to get our data migrated? ** ** We are small site with very limited computer programming expertise. ** ** Any advice and suggestions would be most welcome. ** ** Brian ** ** Brian McNally R.P. Bell Library Mount Allison University 49 York Street Sackville NB E4L 1C6 ** ** bmcna...@mta.ca 506-364-2237 FAX: 506-364-2617 ** ** -- Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 image001.jpg
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spinals
Has anyone had success in printing spinals from Evergreen using an 8.5 x 11 inch (50 spinals per page) sheets of spinals. Specifically Bro Dart laserink jet labels 55-395-014. -- Mary Toma Head Librarian South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] State of the map of Evergreen libraries?
None of the Manitoba libraries are included on this map. Mary From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ben Hyman Sent: May 9, 2012 8:11 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] State of the map of Evergreen libraries? Resending belatedly. Initial reply went --abyss On 2012-05-05, at 8:23 PM, Ben Hyman wrote: HI Dan, On 2012-05-05, at 2:40 PM, Dan Scott wrote: Hi: During Ben Hyman's opening bit on international libraries, he mentioned that he had started trying to resurrect the map of Evergreen libraries that Bob Molyneux had originally created. Here's the map I threw together for the presentation: http://g.co/maps/6pgfb I know that several people have obtained copies of Bob's KML file; I'm wondering if it makes sense to try and organize a collaborative effort on keeping the data up to date? Love that idea. Happy to help keep it current. Ben (I'll admit that I have an ulterior motive of wanting to point at a map with such data during an upcoming presentation at PGCon 2012 - and while there's Mr. Breeding's effort, I have a strong bias towards community-maintained data...) Dan Ben Hyman Managing Director | BC Libraries Cooperative ben.hy...@bc.libraries.coop (tf) 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001 (p) 250.590.7676 (f) 250.984.7459 bc.libraries.coop image001.jpg
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] State of the map of Evergreen libraries?
Thanks Ben! :) Mary -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ben Hyman Sent: May 9, 2012 11:15 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] State of the map of Evergreen libraries? On 2012-05-09, at 10:15 AM, Mary Toma wrote: None of the Manitoba libraries are included on this map. Mary Hi Mary, They actually were, but for some reason, they appeared in Minnesota ;) In the correct jurisdiction now, though likely not the correct lat/long From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ben Hyman Sent: May 9, 2012 8:11 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] State of the map of Evergreen libraries? Resending belatedly. Initial reply went --abyss On 2012-05-05, at 8:23 PM, Ben Hyman wrote: HI Dan, On 2012-05-05, at 2:40 PM, Dan Scott wrote: Hi: During Ben Hyman's opening bit on international libraries, he mentioned that he had started trying to resurrect the map of Evergreen libraries that Bob Molyneux had originally created. Here's the map I threw together for the presentation: http://g.co/maps/6pgfb I know that several people have obtained copies of Bob's KML file; I'm wondering if it makes sense to try and organize a collaborative effort on keeping the data up to date? Love that idea. Happy to help keep it current. Ben (I'll admit that I have an ulterior motive of wanting to point at a map with such data during an upcoming presentation at PGCon 2012 - and while there's Mr. Breeding's effort, I have a strong bias towards community-maintained data...) Dan Ben Hyman Managing Director | BC Libraries Cooperative ben.hy...@bc.libraries.coop (tf) 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001 (p) 250.590.7676 (f) 250.984.7459 bc.libraries.coop image001.jpg
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] inventory question
I use wireless for many tasks when I am in my 4 branches with my laptop. I've never done inventory but I see no reason why that would be any different. We're rebarcoding some of our old materials and we take a wireless laptop into the stacks to do that. Mary Toma South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 204-822-4092 head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Gordana Vitez Sent: July 13, 2011 1:42 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] inventory question Hi everyone, We're planning inventory for our libraries and I was thinking of using laptops with metrologic scanners to check in items as we go along the shelves. I know this is probably a tough question to answer, but do you think using a wireless connection would be unwise for this task? Would it make more sense to use off-line circ? Thanks! Gordana Gordana Vitez Library Services Systems Coordinator NC Libraries and Learning Commons Niagara College 300 Woodlawn Rd Welland Ontario L3C 7L3 Phone: (905) 735 2211 ext 7404 Fax: (905) 736 6021 gvi...@niagaracollege.ca
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Limiting number of holds
Is there somewhere that I can limit the amount of holds any one individual can place? Please note new email address: head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca Mary Toma South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 204-822-4092 head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Perplexing situation
We have discovered a perplexing situation and are wondering if anyone else has noticed/had the same problem. 2 patrons have a copy hold on the same book (ie - hold is on same barcode) and the status for both says ready of pickup. The original holds were placed within 4 minutes of each other. This is most strange. Please note new email address: head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca Mary Toma South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 204-822-4092 head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Why Evergreen?
In my 11 year tenure as head librarian we are now on our 4th ILS. The only one who knew anything about the first ILS died suddenly, the second one was sold to a company that wasn't interested in the concerns of a regional library and didn't have Z39, which became a grant requirement, the 3rd one couldn't figure out how to co-ordinate loans between a multi-branch system so we switched to Evergreen and have never regretted it. No one person can die and take all the information with them, it can't be sold and Evergreen was originally set up as a consortium. We considered Koha but as we are a multi-branch regional Evergreen suited our needs much better. Mary Toma South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 204-822-4092 head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Buster Sent: March 1, 2011 8:22 AM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Why Evergreen? Hello, group. My system is currently evaluating both Koha and Evergreen as our open source alternatives. We are installing both on computers here in our library in order to test them out, visiting other libraries, reading this list as well as the one for Koha, and speaking to other librarians using one of these systems. It occurred to me that it might useful to know why other library system chose one system over the other. So, why did you choose Evergreen, and are you happy with your choice? Was it a difficult decision? You may write to me off-list if you are more comfortable with that. Thanks in advance, --Jim Maroon storypage at gmail.com http://gmail.com/ -- == The man, who, by his own and his family's labour, can provide a sufficiency of food and raiment and a comfortable dwelling place, is not a poor man. --William Cobbett, Cottage Economy, 1826.
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Handling lost books which have been paid for
We have a status called lost and paid. Once it is paid for we return it from the patron record, change the status to lost and paid. This status remains there for 2 months. If the patron finds the item and returns it in good condition, along with their receipt, within the 2 months, we refund the cost of the item. If it is not returned within the 2 months we then delete it from the collection. Mary Toma SCRL -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Zsembery Sent: January 28, 2011 12:26 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Handling lost books which have been paid for We have patrons who have lost books, paid for them, but are still getting overdue mailers. I am told that this is due to the books having the status of Lost and the mailers sending out notices for all items with the status of lost. We are wondering what other libraries are doing to notify patrons of lost books without bothering the patrons who have paid for their lost books. Also, how do you distinguish a book that has been lost and paid for from a book that is just lost? Thanks Aaron Z Jr. Systems Administrator Pioneer Library System 2557 State Rt. 21 Canandaigua, New York 14424 Phone: (585) 394-8260
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Bookmobile and Evergreen
Is anyone out there in Evergreen land using Evergreen on a bookmobile? I have had an enquiry from a library with a bookmobile and they would like to connect with someone using Evergreen. Thanks. Mary Toma South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 204-822-4092 head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] New install problem with settings
We have 4 branches. Our patron cards work in any branch and we can pull statistics for each branch - circulation statistics as well as patron statistics. When patrons are registered they are assigned a home library. Sorry, I don't know the hows and wherefores of the setup but I know it works. Mary Toma South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 204-822-4092 head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Vicki Reeves Sent: December 16, 2010 4:01 PM To: Deanna Frazee Cc: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] New install problem with settings I think so. If I used this, all of our patrons and all of our items would belong to the main branch and we would use the shelving location to show where each item is being housed as in 'Mid-City branch fiction' or 'East-Side Branch picture books'. Is that correct? If so, my next question is how does this affect circulation statistics? Would I still be able to ask for a count of items checked out at Mid-City branch? Thank you. On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 15:50 -0600, Deanna Frazee wrote: Our patrons are assigned to the parent organization (Killeen City Library System) so that they can check out at any of our locations. Materials are assigned to a shelving location, so they show up as Main Mystery or CMB Nonfiction. Does that make sense? Deanna Frazee Killeen City Library System 205 E. Church Ave. Killeen, TX 76541 254-501-8995 dfra...@ci.killeen.tx.us -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Vicki Reeves Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:32 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] New install problem with settings We are a parish (think county) library with 5 branches trying to migrate from a vendor system into Evergreen. While our library materials will need to be assigned to the branches, our patron database is shared by all branches. Does anyone have experience with this setup who might tell us how the system should be configured so that this can happen? Thank you.
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] FW: Book bags
We are using 1.6.0.4. From the opac we can create book bags but we cannot add items to the book bag. We do not have a more actions button. Can anyone tell me what setting I do not have turned on? Thanks. Mary Toma South Central Regional Library 160 Main Street Box 1540 Winkler, MB R6W 4B4 204-325-5864 204-822-4092 head...@scrlibrary.mb.ca
