[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic PAC flavor

Tue Dec 2 08:24:50 EST 2014

“What would you think of taking the "... Read more" approach that Amazon uses for reviews and long text, for long notes and text?”

I like this suggestion. This has been requested for the public library PAC as well.

Jim

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From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Donald Butterworth
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 6:25 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic PAC flavor

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<mailto:jlwalz at asbury.edu>> wrote:

All -

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?

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.

Generally though, I really like the layout of the markup version so far.

Jennifer

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From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org>] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier
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Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic PAC flavor

Hi all,

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.

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.

Yamil created a wiki page at

http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics:pac_academic_flavor

where we can begin to gather these ideas together.

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?

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.

Thanks!

Kathy

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