[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC questions

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Thanks, Ben.  I hadn't read your whole message and just saw the "I'll give
it a shot" and was waiting for the "shot" but I see you did so.  Much
appreciated.

Lori

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Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group
Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen
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<Lori.Ayre at galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID,
filtering,
workflow optimization, and materials handling
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Ben Shum <bshum at biblio.org> wrote:

>  Hi Lori,
>
> I'll give it a shot...
>
>
> On 08/21/2012 03:02 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me the answers to the following questions related to the
> OPAC?
>
>
>
> Maybe.
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>   Can patrons can print a list of the items they have checked out with
> respective due dates from their library account.
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>
> Kind of.  One could print off the my account page showing all the items
> checked out and due dates, etc.  But if they're really asking for some sort
> of link / button to generate a nicer formatted list of content to be
> printed, then no, not yet.
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>
>  Can patrons choose to print receipts or get a receipt sent to their
> email address.
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> Kind of.  If we're talking about during the checkout process, staff can
> either close out of the circ window (no receipt) or print a final receipt
> for patrons.  Emailing receipts was discussed in the past, and I think
> someone was looking into action/triggers to do that, but I'm not sure if
> that's gone anywhere yet.
>
>
>  Does the system support 3rd party reading lists
>
>
>  It might be helpful to have some specific examples of 3rd party reading
> list technologies that might be included?  We're not using any, so I
> couldn't comment on that.
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>
>  Can you customize empty search results screens?
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> I would expect that it's possible to alter the empty results message
> strings, but haven't tried it myself.
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>  Lori Bowen Ayre //
> Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group
> Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen
> (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
> Availability:  http://tungle.me/lori.ayre
>
>  Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering,
> workflow optimization, and materials handling
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> --
> Benjamin Shum
> Open Source Software Coordinator
> Bibliomation, Inc.
> 32 Crest Road
> Middlebury, CT 06762203-577-4070, ext. 113
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