[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] How to make the EG client default basic search instead of advanced catalog search?

[Buzzy Nielsen]

Hi Ben,

I can speak to this a bit, as we've considered this at our library too. 
Frontline staff often use staff workstations to show patrons how to 
search the catalog. Defaulting the catalog search to the basic page 
would better mirror what patrons see when they access the catalog, in 
addition to giving staff the ability to perform the various functions 
they need which would be more difficult to do on the public catalog.

Cheers!
Buzzy Nielsen

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Hood River County Library District
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Hood River, OR 97031
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http://hoodriverlibrary.org

On 11/28/2012 12:41 PM, Ben Shum wrote:
> Hi Yamil,
>
> I'm curious to understand what the reasoning is behind using basic 
> search instead of the advanced search by default when in the staff 
> client.  This question came up recently from one of our librarians and 
> I'm still waiting to hear back from them as to their reasons, but 
> wondering if there's similarity.
>
> Is there a functional difference between basic/advanced that fuels 
> this preference?  To me, I could not think of anything specific in our 
> system since both default to keyword search, so they seem to have 
> similar enough functional aspects to them.  Or is it merely an 
> aesthetic choice to match the staff client to how the system would 
> behave in an OPAC situation for consistency's sake?
>
> -- Ben
>
>
> On 11/28/2012 03:25 PM, Yamil Suarez wrote:
>