[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Circulation Menu in the Staff Client

[David Fiander]

In the ILS I normally use, the only way (that I know of) to find a
patron record from the staff client is to go to the Circulation
screen. Given the most common use case, I think that that is probably
the place that it should continue to live.

Also, congratulations (?) Laura on becoming a committer. Now if
something breaks, we are officially allowed to blame you for making
the change.

- David

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Jason Boyer<jasonb at myjclibrary.org> wrote:
> Why would it be left under Search, and not Circulation? You can't search
> from it at all, you have to already have and enter the entire barcode for it
> to work.
> If it just has to stay under Search, can it be changed to "Retrieve Patron
> by Barcode" ?
> Jason
>
> --
> Jason Boyer, IT Specialist
> Jackson County Public Library
> 303 W Second St
> Seymour, IN 47274
>
> jasonb at myjclibrary.org
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Laura M. <codegrl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So, I'm going along and I'm adding some functionality to the Staff Client
>> in Evergreen when I realize that we have two ways of looking up a patron by
>> barcode (actually three or four, depending on how technical you want to
>> get).  One way to do this is under the 'Search' menu, the other way is under
>> the 'Circulation' menu.  Being that I'm a maven for usability and
>> user-centered design, this multiple entry point thing is making me twitchy.
>>  But having an identical menu option in a menu that has nothing to do with
>> searches, AND there is a 'Search' menu right next to the 'Circ'
>> menu....well, I just want to remove this entry point.
>>
>> Does anyone have any major objections to this? I am NOT, in ANY WAY,
>> removing Search Patron by Barcode, I am JUST taking out a redundant menu
>> item that has no place being where it is.
>>
>> I'm trying to make Evergreen a bit more user-friendly and have a few more
>> formal usability specifications and this is a good place to start.
>>
>> Thanks for any feedback!  If I don't get any threats in 48 hours I'll
>> remove the tumorous menu item and Search Patron by Barcode will be under
>> *just* the 'Search' menu, where it's always been and will always remain :)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Laura McFarland -- Developer
>> Equinox Software
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