Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MassLNC development interests - bookbags
Thanks for the feedback Kevin! -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Kierans Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 2:24 PM To: 'open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org' Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MassLNC development interests - bookbags Hi Kathy, Here's some thoughts about bookbags: Titles vanish from bookbags when weeded. This is good when staff is doing a theme bookbag, but bad when a patron is keeping a these are books I've read list. Make keeping the titles or not an option. (maybe grey out the titles that are no longer available?) An option for patrons to export what they have out on their card right now to a bookbag. Select the titles to be exported by putting a check box next to each title. Patron could then choose (1) add to existing bookbag or (2) start a new bag. (Then the bookbag can be sent to a friend these are great quilting books I have out right now, you might like to read them too!) (this could also be used for patrons to more easily keep a books I've read bookbag.) When we pulled together these requirements, we refrained from doing anything with reading history because we knew KCLS had done some work in this area, and I'm hopeful we'll be able to utilize some of the KCLS work in our own systems. I think your point about keeping deleted titles is a good one. I just tested it on our 2.0 test system and found the same behavior that Jason cited in his e-mail. I'll be interested in seeing if the reading history treats deleted titles in the same way since it really is important for a patron to keep that title information in a reading history after the record has been deleted. I have many other hopes for the reading history and can't wait to be able to take a look at it. For example, we would also like users to be able to delete individual titles from their reading history, and I'm curious to see if that functionality will be available. Comments/annotations for (1) the bookbag as a whole (right now you have to come up with a descriptive name for the bag) and for (2) the individual titles. I hadn't been thinking about the annotations for the entire bookbag. Thanks for the suggestion! Use bookbags for SDI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_dissemination_of_information (I guess you call them alerts now) In myAccount you set up a profile and Evergreen periodically fills a bookbag for you called you might want to read these based on the profile(s) in your account. I would love to see functionality like this in Evergreen, although I don't know if I would want to see the recommended titles in a bookbag or possibly in a more prominent location when the user logs into the catalog. It's not something that MassLNC could take on at this time, but I think it would be a great asset to the catalog. More on the other items later, Keep the suggestions coming! :-) Kathy Cheers, Kevin TNRD Library System (part of Sitka) -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: February 18, 2011 13:12 To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] FW: MassLNC development interests My apologies! The URL I sent out had a typo - the corrected URL is below: http://masslnc.cwmars.org/node/2273 Kathy -
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MassLNC development interests - bookbags
Titles vanish from bookbags when weeded. This is good when staff is doing a theme bookbag, but bad when a patron is keeping a these are books I've read list. Make keeping the titles or not an option. (maybe grey out the titles that are no longer available?) This shouldn't be true. The OPAC should be showing the record and saying This record has been deleted from the database. We recommend that you remove this title from any bookbags it may have been added to. In general, I'd love to see more ways for patrons to be able to consume bookbags they share instead of simply produce them. I'd actually like to see this done for more than just bookbags and things in a library's collection. The web is made of links. :-) -- Jason Etheridge | VP, Tactical Development | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: ja...@esilibrary.com | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MassLNC development interests - bookbags
Hi Kathy, Here's some thoughts about bookbags: Titles vanish from bookbags when weeded. This is good when staff is doing a theme bookbag, but bad when a patron is keeping a these are books I've read list. Make keeping the titles or not an option. (maybe grey out the titles that are no longer available?) An option for patrons to export what they have out on their card right now to a bookbag. Select the titles to be exported by putting a check box next to each title. Patron could then choose (1) add to existing bookbag or (2) start a new bag. (Then the bookbag can be sent to a friend these are great quilting books I have out right now, you might like to read them too!) (this could also be used for patrons to more easily keep a books I've read bookbag.) Comments/annotations for (1) the bookbag as a whole (right now you have to come up with a descriptive name for the bag) and for (2) the individual titles. Use bookbags for SDI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_dissemination_of_information (I guess you call them alerts now) In myAccount you set up a profile and Evergreen periodically fills a bookbag for you called you might want to read these based on the profile(s) in your account. More on the other items later, Cheers, Kevin TNRD Library System (part of Sitka) -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: February 18, 2011 13:12 To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] FW: MassLNC development interests My apologies! The URL I sent out had a typo - the corrected URL is below: http://masslnc.cwmars.org/node/2273 Kathy -
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MassLNC development interests
Hi all, The Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative is interested in sponsoring more enhancements for Evergreen and would like to share some of our ideas with the community. We're interested in hearing whether others would be interested in seeing these enhancements in Evergreen, if there are suggestions for improving upon our initial requirements, or if there is any overlap with a current development project. The ideas for our next round of development include some support for SMS, the ability to print spine labels on 8 1/2 x 11 sheets, enhancements to book bags, and the ability to access recent searches in the catalog. You can view our full list of possible enhancements with more detailed requirements at http://masslnc.cwmars.eorg/node/2273. We look forward to any feedback you may have! Kathy Lussier - Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 756-0172 (508) 755-3721 (fax) kluss...@masslnc.org IM: kmlussier (AOL Yahoo) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MassLNC development interests
Thanks Kathy! Looks like your URL got a little goober stuck in it. Here's the right link: http://masslnc.cwmars.org/node/2273 http://masslnc.cwmars.eorg/node/2273. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Kathy Lussier kluss...@masslnc.org wrote: Hi all, The Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative is interested in sponsoring more enhancements for Evergreen and would like to share some of our ideas with the community. We're interested in hearing whether others would be interested in seeing these enhancements in Evergreen, if there are suggestions for improving upon our initial requirements, or if there is any overlap with a current development project. The ideas for our next round of development include some support for SMS, the ability to print spine labels on 8 1/2 x 11 sheets, enhancements to book bags, and the ability to access recent searches in the catalog. You can view our full list of possible enhancements with more detailed requirements at http://masslnc.cwmars.eorg/node/2273. We look forward to any feedback you may have! Kathy Lussier - Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 756-0172 (508) 755-3721 (fax) kluss...@masslnc.org IM: kmlussier (AOL Yahoo) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
