[Evergreen-general] Sharing plans for changing library selector in Angular staff catalog

[Lussier, Kathy]

Thanks Galen.

It sounds like an option is in order then, and I'm now wondering if a
global flag is appropriate or something that allows us to determine staff
catalog visibility on an OU by OU basis.

Yes, NOBLE has OUs that left the consortium that are completely disused.
Another issue is that, in Massachusetts, we have very few multi-branch
libraries. Displaying a system level and the branch level in the catalog
search selector is redundant for all but four of our libraries. We also
need an org unit for our statewide sharing system, which is not something
that gets searched. There may be some other use cases, but, overall, we've
found it very useful to have control over how the org units display in that
specific library selector.

Kathy
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Kathy Lussier
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Executive Director
NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers, MA
978-777-8844 x201
www.noblenet.org




On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 5:46 PM Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxoli.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 12:09 PM Lussier, Kathy via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
> > #2 introduces new behavior that hasn't been used in previous staff
> > catalogs. We could not think of a use case where an org unit
> > should be invisible in the public catalog when performing a
> > search, but should be visible in the staff catalog search. However,
> >  if there is one, let us know so that we can add an option,
> > most likely a global flag.
>
> I can think of several:
>
> - Library joining a consortium. Most any migration workflow I can imagine
> will result in a period of at least a few days, and sometimes longer, where
> an OU exists and has holdings attached to it but shouldn't be visible in
> the OPAC, but where staff nonetheless need to be able to do staff-side
> searches limited to that OU.
> - Library opening a new branch with an opening day collection. This could
> lead to an even longer period where the OU exists but is not yet ready to
> be visible to patrons
> - An explicitly hidden or resource collection
>
> Does NOBLE have OUs that are completely disused?
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
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> Galen Charlton
> Implementation and IT Manager
> Equinox Open Library Initiative
> gmc at equinoxOLI.org
> https://www.equinoxOLI.org
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> direct: 770-709-5581
>
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