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

[Andrea Buntz Neiman]

Chiming in to note that Equinox recently completed work on these related
bugs:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1949109 - Add Library Groups to
Angular Staff Catalog
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1861701 - Angular staff catalog
copy location group filtering support

We will be sharing a branch shortly.

ABN

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 11:39 AM Tina Ji via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
> One of our library system does central cataloguing at its headquarter,
> which is not open to the public. It's OPAC invisible, but needed on the
> staff catalogue.
>
>
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> *From:* Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org> on behalf of Terran
> McCanna via Evergreen-general <evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:13 AM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group <evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org
> >
> *Cc:* Terran McCanna <tmccanna at georgialibraries.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Evergreen-general] Sharing plans for changing library
> selector in Angular staff catalog
>
> About disused Org Units - even after a branch closes completely and all of
> the active materials and patrons have been moved off of it so we don't want
> it to appear in most dropdown lists, we sometimes still need to run reports
> on it. It would be nice to have the option in the reporter to include
> non-staff-visible branches. Maybe that is as simple as adding a new report
> source in the fieldmapper that can be used instead of the normal Org Unit
> source when desired?
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 5:46 PM Galen Charlton via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.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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