[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Implementing and using Evergreen Serials

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Jennifer,

You may want to look at the documentation at 
http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.3/_serials.html instead of the link you 
found. It looks fairly similar, but the official docs is where any new 
serials functionality will be updated. For example, the "Group Serials 
Issues in the Template Toolkit OPAC" documentation is there and provides 
an alternate method to display serials information in your catalog. When 
I was first using serials, I found the documentation very helpful and 
easy to follow.

As far as workflow, I don't know if this is the case with all of our 
libraries, but I think many prefer to use the alternate serials control 
view to create their distributions and prediction patterns, but then 
prefer to use the serials control view when receiving issues. It's also 
good to know that special issues can only be created in the alternate 
serials control view.

We do have some wishlist items and bugs that we've come across. Most of 
these can be found at (sorry for the incredibly long URL):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.bug_commenter=&field.subscriber=&field.structural_subscriber=&field.tag=serials&field.tags_combinator=ANY&field.has_cve.used=&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.affects_me.used=&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_branches.used=&field.has_branches=on&field.has_no_branches.used=&field.has_no_branches=on&field.has_blueprints.used=&field.has_blueprints=on&field.has_no_blueprints.used=&field.has_no_blueprints=on

Or you can use the shortened URL: http://bit.ly/V2xaMm

None of them jump out at me as being worthier of mention than others.

Also, Lebbeous and Dan Wells are always super helpful if you come across 
any questions or problems as you try to set it up.

Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.

Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

On 1/15/2013 1:56 PM, Jennifer Bielewski wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am interested in speaking with Evergreen users that are using the Serials functions in Evergreen particularly if you are an Academic library.
> I'm happy to provide a summary of any discussion. Im interested in libraries workflow and implementation of using Serials in EG. I have seen the
> Using the Serials Module - Evergreen from open-ils.org/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=serials, but have no working knowledge of using Serials in EG, it's all just in theory.
>
> I'm curious about changes in workflow, bugs, permissions etc that we need to set up or be aware of during implementation, and any tricks to using.
>
> Thank you!
> Jennifer Bielewski
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