Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Dan Scott]

At Laurentian, we're using https://github.com/dbs/course-reserves (which
you can see in action at https://biblio.laurentian.ca/reserves/ ) which we
developed and released under the very permissive 3-clause BSD license.

It's based on the PHP app that Kevin Beswick created for us 7 years ago
that simply associates a bookbag with a course. A few years ago, Victoria
Lacroix rewrote the app in Python (using Flask and a PostgreSQL backend),
made it connect to our LDAP system for authentication, and enabled full
multilingual support. There's an admin interface at
https://biblio.laurentian.ca/reserves/en/admin/ that allows authenticated
users to add & edit reserves (just course code, prof name, and bookbag ID),
or delete reserves.

We have our technicians change the call number to a 2 or 3 digit number to
make it easy to ask for an item, and change the location to "Reserve Desk".

It would be pretty easy to swap out the LDAP authentication backend with
built-in or other standard authentication systems; probably a bit harder to
hook it into Evergreen.



On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Yamil Suarez  wrote:

>
> At Berklee we created a custom written PHP/MySQl/Apache course reserve
> platform that would connect to our older Horizon ILS and it used barcodes
> extensively. When we migrated to Evergreen in 2012 we were able to tweak
> the code to connect to the Evergreen DB. Also, since the barcodes did not
> change we were able to more easily continue using the tool. Though now the
> code is old and could use security patches and new features.
>
> Sadly the code was not written by me, and don't think it is in a state
> that could be shared easily with others to quickly rebuild it for their own
> use. Though I can share the link, and if I get permission, the code or
> screenshots to use as inspiration.
>
> Later,
> Yamil
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>
> Yamil Suarez, MCS
> Associate Director of Library Systems & Web Development
>
> Stan Getz Library
> Berklee College of Music
> 1140 Boylston St
> 
> Boston, MA 02215
> 
>
> ysua...@berklee.edu
> 617-747-2617
>
> pronouns: he/his/him
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Jane Sandberg 
> wrote:
>
>> At LBCC, we use the same 9XX process as Sage, but we don't have a
>> search widget.  We would be pretty interested in being able to Browse
>> by Instructor or Course.  Our students tend to be able to find their
>> course or instructor on a list more successfully than trying to
>> remember the official name of the course or instructor. :-)
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 9:41 AM, Beth Longwell  wrote:
>> > In the Sage Library System we have indexed a couple 9xx fields in the
>> bib
>> > record to represent course number and course professor. We then made a
>> > search widget that colleges can put on their web site to search course
>> > reserves. We also made a menu option for searching course reserves on
>> the
>> > college's custom TPAC page.
>> >
>> > Beth Longwell
>> > Systems Manager
>> > Sage Library System
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Elizabeth Thomsen 
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> At the Student Success Interest Group meeting at the recent Evergreen
>> >> Conference, there was a discussion on how academic libraries are
>> handling
>> >> course reserves, and Course Reserves came up high on the priority list
>> on
>> >> this  Report from the Future of Evergreen: Brainstorming and
>> Strategizing
>> >> Session.
>> >>
>> >> We're adding this topic to the agenda for the Student Success Working
>> >> Group meeting coming up on Monday, and it would be helpful if academic
>> >> libraries could describe how they are currently handling course
>> reserves.
>> >> Are you using the Syrup system?  What do you like about it, and what
>> would
>> >> you like to see improved?  Or are you using bookbags or buckets or a
>> >> homegrown solution for managing lists for each course?  Or maybe course
>> >> reserves are all electronic resources at your institution?
>> >>
>> >> Please share your thoughts and experiences here on the list!  Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
>> >> Member Services Manager
>> >> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
>> >> Danvers, Mass.
>> >> www.noblenet.org
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jane Sandberg
>> Electronic Resources Librarian
>> Linn-Benton Community College
>> sand...@linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655
>> Pronouns: she/her/hers
>>
>
>

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Yamil Suarez]

At Berklee we created a custom written PHP/MySQl/Apache course reserve
platform that would connect to our older Horizon ILS and it used barcodes
extensively. When we migrated to Evergreen in 2012 we were able to tweak
the code to connect to the Evergreen DB. Also, since the barcodes did not
change we were able to more easily continue using the tool. Though now the
code is old and could use security patches and new features.

Sadly the code was not written by me, and don't think it is in a state that
could be shared easily with others to quickly rebuild it for their own use.
Though I can share the link, and if I get permission, the code or
screenshots to use as inspiration.

Later,
Yamil








Yamil Suarez, MCS
Associate Director of Library Systems & Web Development

Stan Getz Library
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St
Boston, MA 02215

ysua...@berklee.edu
617-747-2617

pronouns: he/his/him

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Jane Sandberg 
wrote:

> At LBCC, we use the same 9XX process as Sage, but we don't have a
> search widget.  We would be pretty interested in being able to Browse
> by Instructor or Course.  Our students tend to be able to find their
> course or instructor on a list more successfully than trying to
> remember the official name of the course or instructor. :-)
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 9:41 AM, Beth Longwell  wrote:
> > In the Sage Library System we have indexed a couple 9xx fields in the bib
> > record to represent course number and course professor. We then made a
> > search widget that colleges can put on their web site to search course
> > reserves. We also made a menu option for searching course reserves on the
> > college's custom TPAC page.
> >
> > Beth Longwell
> > Systems Manager
> > Sage Library System
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Elizabeth Thomsen 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> At the Student Success Interest Group meeting at the recent Evergreen
> >> Conference, there was a discussion on how academic libraries are
> handling
> >> course reserves, and Course Reserves came up high on the priority list
> on
> >> this  Report from the Future of Evergreen: Brainstorming and
> Strategizing
> >> Session.
> >>
> >> We're adding this topic to the agenda for the Student Success Working
> >> Group meeting coming up on Monday, and it would be helpful if academic
> >> libraries could describe how they are currently handling course
> reserves.
> >> Are you using the Syrup system?  What do you like about it, and what
> would
> >> you like to see improved?  Or are you using bookbags or buckets or a
> >> homegrown solution for managing lists for each course?  Or maybe course
> >> reserves are all electronic resources at your institution?
> >>
> >> Please share your thoughts and experiences here on the list!  Thanks!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
> >> Member Services Manager
> >> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> >> Danvers, Mass.
> >> www.noblenet.org
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jane Sandberg
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Linn-Benton Community College
> sand...@linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655
> Pronouns: she/her/hers
>

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Jane Sandberg]

At LBCC, we use the same 9XX process as Sage, but we don't have a
search widget.  We would be pretty interested in being able to Browse
by Instructor or Course.  Our students tend to be able to find their
course or instructor on a list more successfully than trying to
remember the official name of the course or instructor. :-)

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 9:41 AM, Beth Longwell  wrote:
> In the Sage Library System we have indexed a couple 9xx fields in the bib
> record to represent course number and course professor. We then made a
> search widget that colleges can put on their web site to search course
> reserves. We also made a menu option for searching course reserves on the
> college's custom TPAC page.
>
> Beth Longwell
> Systems Manager
> Sage Library System
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Elizabeth Thomsen  wrote:
>>
>> At the Student Success Interest Group meeting at the recent Evergreen
>> Conference, there was a discussion on how academic libraries are handling
>> course reserves, and Course Reserves came up high on the priority list on
>> this  Report from the Future of Evergreen: Brainstorming and Strategizing
>> Session.
>>
>> We're adding this topic to the agenda for the Student Success Working
>> Group meeting coming up on Monday, and it would be helpful if academic
>> libraries could describe how they are currently handling course reserves.
>> Are you using the Syrup system?  What do you like about it, and what would
>> you like to see improved?  Or are you using bookbags or buckets or a
>> homegrown solution for managing lists for each course?  Or maybe course
>> reserves are all electronic resources at your institution?
>>
>> Please share your thoughts and experiences here on the list!  Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
>> Member Services Manager
>> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
>> Danvers, Mass.
>> www.noblenet.org
>
>



-- 
Jane Sandberg
Electronic Resources Librarian
Linn-Benton Community College
sand...@linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Beth Longwell]

In the Sage Library System we have indexed a couple 9xx fields in the bib
record to represent course number and course professor. We then made a
search widget that colleges can put on their web site to search course
reserves. We also made a menu option for searching course reserves on the
college's custom TPAC page.

Beth Longwell
Systems Manager
Sage Library System

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Elizabeth Thomsen  wrote:

> At the Student Success Interest Group meeting at the recent Evergreen
> Conference, there was a discussion on how academic libraries are handling
> course reserves, and Course Reserves came up high on the priority list on
> this  Report from the Future of Evergreen: Brainstorming and Strategizing
> Session
> 
> .
>
> We're adding this topic to the agenda for the Student Success Working
> Group meeting coming up on Monday, and it would be helpful if academic
> libraries could describe how they are currently handling course reserves.
> Are you using the Syrup
>  system?  What do
> you like about it, and what would you like to see improved?  Or are you
> using bookbags or buckets or a homegrown solution for managing lists for
> each course?  Or maybe course reserves are all electronic resources at your
> institution?
>
> Please share your thoughts and experiences here on the list!  Thanks!
>
> --
> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
> Member Services Manager
> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> Danvers, Mass.
> www.noblenet.org
>

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[James Keenan]

We are using Course Reserves at CW MARS.

We don't like that we have to run multiple instances (one for each of our
academics)
We would like to see Course Reserves be rolled into Evergreen as a regular
Evergreen component.

Jim

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Elizabeth Thomsen  wrote:

> At the Student Success Interest Group meeting at the recent Evergreen
> Conference, there was a discussion on how academic libraries are handling
> course reserves, and Course Reserves came up high on the priority list on
> this  Report from the Future of Evergreen: Brainstorming and Strategizing
> Session
> 
> .
>
> We're adding this topic to the agenda for the Student Success Working
> Group meeting coming up on Monday, and it would be helpful if academic
> libraries could describe how they are currently handling course reserves.
> Are you using the Syrup
>  system?  What do
> you like about it, and what would you like to see improved?  Or are you
> using bookbags or buckets or a homegrown solution for managing lists for
> each course?  Or maybe course reserves are all electronic resources at your
> institution?
>
> Please share your thoughts and experiences here on the list!  Thanks!
>
> --
> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
> Member Services Manager
> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> Danvers, Mass.
> www.noblenet.org
>



-- 




Jim Keenan

Library Applications Supervisor | CW MARS

jkee...@cwmars.org | 508-755-3323 x323

http://www.cwmars.org

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Beth Willis]

 At NOBLE we have seven libraries currently managing course reserves with
Syrup.

Overall, our libraries' staff have been happy with Syrup's functionality
and find it to be an effective tool for managing course reserve materials.
 While we wish that course reserves were more closely integrated with
Evergreen, Syrup does allow library staff to look up faculty from the
Evergreen database and to update the status and copy location of reserve
items in Evergreen.  At most of our libraries, Syrup is used primarily by
staff rather than by students and Syrup's keyword search makes it easy for
staff to help students to identify course materials.

Beth

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:10 PM Elizabeth Thomsen  wrote:

> At the Student Success Interest Group meeting at the recent Evergreen
> Conference, there was a discussion on how academic libraries are handling
> course reserves, and Course Reserves came up high on the priority list on
> this  Report from the Future of Evergreen: Brainstorming and Strategizing
> Session
> 
> .
>
> We're adding this topic to the agenda for the Student Success Working
> Group meeting coming up on Monday, and it would be helpful if academic
> libraries could describe how they are currently handling course reserves.
> Are you using the Syrup
>  system?  What do
> you like about it, and what would you like to see improved?  Or are you
> using bookbags or buckets or a homegrown solution for managing lists for
> each course?  Or maybe course reserves are all electronic resources at your
> institution?
>
> Please share your thoughts and experiences here on the list!  Thanks!
>
> --
> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
> Member Services Manager
> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> Danvers, Mass.
> www.noblenet.org
>


-- 
Beth Willis
Digital & Catalog Librarian
NOBLE, Inc.
26 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers, MA 01923

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Cool!


On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Tara Robertson <
information.detect...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We're using the Laurentian reserves interface (thanks Kevin! thanks Dan!)
> and just rolled out a reserves kisok on our circ desk using:
>
>- an iPad
>- MediaKisok (
>http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mediakiosk/id352741530?mt=8) to lock it
>down
>- one of these enclosures (http://ipadkioskmount.com/)
>
> When we were on our legacy ILS our reserves staff person would manually
> create a page for each course, these got filed into a binder that was
> tethered to the desk with an old lanyard. This is a way better user
> experience.
>
> I've attached a photo, but I'm not sure if it'll go through on the list.
>
> Cheers,
> Tara
>

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Elizabeth Longwell]

Tom,

We add a couple marc tags to each reserve bibliographic record, one
which is indexed for course and one which is indexed for instructor.
The indexing allows students and staff to search the library catalog
for all reserves belonging to a course or instructor. A search widget
for reserves is available on the library's home page. We utilize
specific reserve circ modifiers and loan durations to drive
circulation policy and have a shelving location to indicate where the
reserves are housed.

Beth Longwell
System Manager
Sage Library System

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Thomas  Misilo  wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I was reading through the site looking up information on Course Reserves,
> but the only document I could find was from 2008. I was wondering if there
> has been any updates since then or if it is included in the 2.1 branch? If
> not, I was wondering what other universities that are using Evergreen have
> implemented in its place.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Tom

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Tom,

Dan Scott recently wrote a blog post on the current state of academic
reserves support in Evergreen at
http://coffeecode.net/archives/250-Current-state-of-academic-reserves-suppor
t-for-Evergreen.html. 

I can't speak to the first approach Dan mentions, but two MassLNC consortia
have been working quite a bit with Syrup. Neither of our consortia are live
on Syrup yet, but some of our libraries should be using it in a couple of
months. We've set up our test Syrup instances to integrate with Evergreen so
that we can scan item barcodes to add titles to a course reserves list;
update parameters (circ modifiers, copy locations, call numbers) from Syrup;
and allow users to log into Syrup with their Evergreen logins.

Art Rhyno from the University of Windsor, one of the co-developers of Syrup,
has been very helpful in getting us going with Syrup. Feel free to contact
me if you have any questions about what we've done.

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
 
 

>>-Original Message-
>>From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-
>>ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Thomas
>>Misilo
>>Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:08 PM
>>To: 'open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org'
>>Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>>I was reading through the site looking up information on Course
>>Reserves, but the only document I could find was from 2008. I was
>>wondering if there has been any updates since then or if it is included
>>in the 2.1 branch? If not, I was wondering what other universities that
>>are using Evergreen have implemented in its place.
>>
>>
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>
>>
>>Tom

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Cynthia Williamson]

Hi Thomas:

See this post written by Dan Scott in September:
http://coffeecode.net/archives/250-Current-state-of-academic-reserves-support-for-Evergreen.html

At Mohawk we just add Reserves information to the 508 field in the marc
record and change circ modifiers and shelving locations. Circ staff keep a
spreadsheet for housekeeping purposes, not too onerous to maintain.

Here is an example of a list of Course Reserves for one of our instructors,
you can check the marc records to see what we've done:

http://libcat.mohawkcollege.ca/opac/en-CA/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=labella%20reserves&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=

In a world with more time and staff resources, we'd add these lists to a
web page or libguide to provide better findability for students but we know
that the vast majority of time that they come to the circ desk to ask about
items on Reserve for their courses rather than searching on their own so
this hasn't been a big priority for us.
Feel free to contact me off list if you have more questions.

Cheers, Cynthia
Mohawk College Library

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Thomas Misilo  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> ** **
>
> I was reading through the site looking up information on Course Reserves,
> but the only document I could find was from 2008. I was wondering if there
> has been any updates since then or if it is included in the 2.1 branch? If
> not, I was wondering what other universities that are using Evergreen have
> implemented in its place.
>
> ** **
>
> Thank you,
>
> ** **
>
> Tom
>



-- 
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unless you are a cheese."  Billie Burke

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves and Semester Dates

[Art W Rhyno]

There is a google group for syrup, mostly conifer folks are there but all 
are welcome:

http://groups.google.com/group/syrup-reserves-discuss

Until syrup is ready, Windsor is also using bookbags:

http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/leddy/leddy.nsf/CourseReserves!OpenForm

Voyager's reserves module had set the bar so low for reserves that it 
doesn't take much to jump over it. The big competition at Windsor is 
Docutek and electronic reserves, and we have hopes that syrup can find 
some traction in that space.

art
---
Art Rhyno
Systems Librarian, University of Windsor
Chair, Knowledge Ontario Technical Committee
Co-owner, The Essex Free Press

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves and Semester Dates

[Cynthia Williamson]

Hi Joan:
We use the marc record to create our Reserves at Mohawk. 506 is a field that
can be used to note restricted access (see:
http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd506.html).
We have 4 campus locations (Fennell, IAHS, STARRT & Brantford) so we add
that location e.g Fennell Reserves, and the instructor's name, course name &
code to the 506 - depending on how much detail the instructor provides, it's
all mandatory on the Reserves form but everyone knows how that goes :)
We've also created circ modifiers that are changed when the item goes on
reserve to change it to the appropriate reserve check out period. e.g.
1HOUR, 2HOUR, 1DAY, etc.
We also created a Reserves status (or perhaps we inherited this from
Unicorn??) but we're finding that this just causes confusion on the status
bar in the Record Summary (If an item is on Reserve, it doesn't show as
available even if it is on the Reserve shelf) so the plan is do away with
that status this summer.
Another step would be to put Reserves in book bags so that they can be
linked to on the OPAC search page (see Laurentian's catalogue, they've done
this), library homepage, LMSs etc.  Our students seem to just come to the
circ desk and ask for their course reserves so this wasn't a high priority
for us and circ and ref. staff find Reserves easier to find than they were
in Unicorn.  Reserves staff just use an excel spreadsheet for their
"housekeeping" & while that's separate, it's working just fine for us.

Here is a link to a list of our Fennell
Reservesfor
you to check re circ modifiers and marc records.

There is a Reserves module called Syrup in development, I'm not sure exactly
where they are, perhaps someone else could update you on that.
Hope this helps, happy to answer any other questions you might have. & I
would be happy to hear about other folk's solutions to this one.

As for semester cut off dates, I would think you can achieve this with your
hours of operation settings, they are very easy to set for holidays, etc.
I'm at home on my Mac Book without client access, I'll take a better look
when I'm back at work & if I can add more or no one else has provided a
better answer, I'll get back to you.

Cheers, Cynthia
Mohawk College
Hamilton, ON


On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Joan Kranich  wrote:

>  Hello,
>
>
>
> I am looking for documentation on Course Reserves or Reserve Book Room
> functionality in Evergreen.  Our academic libraries use Course Reserves to
> link items needed for course work to courses and to professors.  The items
> can circulate for an hourly loan or daily.  Can this be managed in the
> current release of Evergreen?
>
>
>
> We also need semester loan periods and semester cutoff dates.  The cutoff
> dates are used for students to shorten the loan to the last day of the
> semester as the semester date approaches.  This date is different than the
> registration expiration date.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
> Joan
>
>
>
> Joan Kranich
>
> C/W MARS Member Services Supervisor
>
> 508-755-3323, ext. 21
>
> jkran...@cwmars.org
>
>
>



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