[Evergreen-catalogers] 3.5 demo Item attributes

Tue Jul 21 09:57:12 EDT 2020

Thanks, Bill! This is great news.

Mary

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 3:35 PM Bill Erickson <berickxx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I meant to reply earlier..  I have added an optional "Unified Holdings and
> Item Attributes" display option to my code in progress.  When activated,
> the "Item Attributes" tab disappears and its contents move into the
> Holdings tab.  I've addressed the other items/requests from the demo as
> well.
>
> Will open LP for the work in progress soon.
>
> -b
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 3:19 PM Elaine Hardy <ehardy at georgialibraries.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I would prefer the unified editor as an option. Some of our libraries
>> have so many branches the unified editor is not as easy to navigate as the
>> tabbed editor in the demo.
>>
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>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 6:13 PM Bill Erickson <berickxx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Mary.  I forgot all about the Unified option.
>>>
>>> Having a similar option in the browser client may very well be an option
>>> without too much code duplication / complexity.  I'll do some experiments.
>>>
>>> -b
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:53 PM Mary Llewellyn <mllewell at biblio.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bill,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the clarification. I wish I could have been present at the
>>>> meeting. I found moments during the recording where I wanted to join into
>>>> the discussion.
>>>>
>>>> On the point of the tabbed entry of the volume/copy editor instead of
>>>> the show/hide buttons, the XUL interface allows for a setting for the
>>>> Unified Volume/Copy Editor. We haven't used separate windows since that
>>>> feature became available, and my first reaction was "oh, this is a big step
>>>> backward."  If nothing else, if others like or at least don't mind having
>>>> to go from one tab to another for the volume/copy entry, I hope the option
>>>> for a unified v/c interface is provided for those of us who don't like it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Mary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 4:21 PM Bill Erickson <berickxx at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mary,
>>>>>
>>>>> The interfaces I demoed on the call were all works in progress.  None
>>>>> of them are part of 3.5.  Some or all of them may be included in 3.6,
>>>>> though.
>>>>>
>>>>> The goal of the demo was to solicit feedback from users.  I got some
>>>>> great input on the call and I hope it continues.  Thanks for adding your
>>>>> voice!
>>>>>
>>>>> The move away from show/hide buttons to a tabbed interface for the
>>>>> "volcopy" UI was one thing I was expecting to get a little more pushback
>>>>> on.  I received only positive feedback on the call, but it's possible not
>>>>> everyone spoke up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not having to scroll so much was mentioned as a positive result of the
>>>>> change.  It also acts as a middle ground between the current web staff
>>>>> all-in-one display and the XUL interfaces where item attributes UI was a
>>>>> separate window.  From my perspective, it also makes the interface a lot
>>>>> tidier overall, particularly on larger data sets.  But, it's not about me...
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to know how others feel about it.  Images of the holdings and
>>>>> item attributes tabs attached for reference.  Note the "Holdings" and "Item
>>>>> Attributes" (and "Preferences") tabs just below the record summary.
>>>>>
>>>>> I should also point out the tabs share data, so you can bounce between
>>>>> them without losing work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> -b
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 12:44 PM Mary Llewellyn <mllewell at biblio.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I'm watching Bill Erickson's demo at the Catalogers  meeting
>>>>>> yesterday, and I'm not sure if I missed something. When adding holdings, it
>>>>>> appears the call number/barcode entry has been separated from the item
>>>>>> fields. Are we no longer going to have a unified Volume/Copy editor? I
>>>>>> really don't care for the separation on different tabs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mary
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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