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

[Laura M.]

Jason Boyer 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" ?
>
Sure! I think that's what it is, actually, but I don't have a staff 
client in front of me at the moment, so I can't be sure.



> Jason
>
> --
> Jason Boyer, IT Specialist
> Jackson County Public Library
> 303 W Second St
> Seymour, IN 47274
>
> jasonb at myjclibrary.org <mailto:jasonb at myjclibrary.org>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Laura M. <codegrl at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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
>
>