[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic PAC flavor

[Donald Butterworth]

Hi everyone,

Here are some questions I have about the Academic PAC display.

What would you think of taking the "*... Read more*" approach that Amazon
uses for reviews and long text, for long notes and text? This eliminates
the problem of clicking on a bar and finding it empty of content. It also
would make it possible to keep the copy/item record data always visible on
the screen without the need to scroll.

What would you think of eliminating the "Shelf browser" bar and simply make
the call number in the item/copy list a hot link to the Browse Call Number
index?

What do you think of making Contributor, Series, and Subject entries hot
links to their respective Browse indexes?

What do you think of having a "MARC View" tab instead of a MARC Record bar?

What do you think of eliminating the "Place Hold" option in the Actions (?)
text box and making it a column in the copy/items list?

How about having tabs for Add to my list, Print, and  Email, instead of
having them in an Actions text box?

Is it necessary to include "available copies" information in a separate
area on the screen? Isn't the status column in the copy/items list
sufficient?

Whatchyathink?

Don


On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Walz, Jennifer <jlwalz at asbury.edu> wrote:

>  All -
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> In general I will agree that more info from the record and less "art" or
> "pretty" stuff is wanted.   However, all of that text in the mockup is
> pretty overwhelming on first glance.   It would be nice if each section of
> large chunks of text were available, but not immediately viewable.  I'm
> thinking of a drop down expanding box for each section.   Much like the
> different views in Evergreen now:
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> When the contents notes and summary are very long and open immediately on
> first view, the patron then has to scroll down quite a way to see the
> location information.   Maybe the Location information could be further at
> the top of the screen?
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> Other additional information that should be included right on the full
> record screen is the alternative formats – such as links to electronic
> copies and such.
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> Generally though, I really like the layout of the markup version so far.
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> Jennifer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy
> Lussier
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 3:47 PM
> To: Evergreen General Discussion List
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic PAC flavor
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> Hi all,
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> As you may recall, the Evergreen for Academics group sent out a survey to
> the Evergreen community earlier this fall asking academic libraries to
> prioritize development needs for Evergreen that are particularly relevant
> to academic libraries.
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> An Academic PAC flavor rose to the top of priorities in that survey, and
> Yamil Suarez and I agreed to work with others on defining what an academic
> PAC might look like.
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> Yamil created a wiki page at
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> http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics:pac_academic_flavor
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> where we can begin to gather these ideas together.
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> Based on previous discussions on this topic, some ideas for what should be
> incorporated in an academic PAC are more fields displayed on the bib record
> and less overall art. Does everyone agree that both of these are elements
> of an "academic PAC"? Are there any other features you would like to see in
> an academic PAC? Which fields need to be added  that aren't currently
> available in the default catalog?
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> Feel free to edit the wiki page directly with your ideas or to send them
> in response to this thread. I'll make sure any ideas raised in this thread
> end up on the wiki page.
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> Thanks!
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> Kathy
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> --
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> Kathy Lussier
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> Project Coordinator
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> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
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-- 
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227
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