[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] browser client update 2014-05-01 / feedback requested on catalog integration

[Bill Erickson]

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:19 PM, McCanna, Terran <
tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:

> >>>>>>>>>
>     - Although you're not working on the cataloging phase yet, catalogers
> switch back and forth between the MARC view and the catalog view of a bib
> record when creating it / working on it to make sure it will display
> properly when patrons view it through the OPAC, so please keep that in mind.
>
>
> Do we see this as materially different from having the MARC view open in
> one browser tab and the catalog view open in another?
>
> <<<<<<<<<
>
> I'm going to say yes, but that may depend on how it's implemented. If I
> were a cataloger working on a single bib record today in my staff client, I
> can switch between MARC View / MARC Edit / OPAC View in the same tab and as
> I make changes, those changes are immediately reflected. If I am working on
> several bib records at once, I can keep them all straight because each
>  record is on a single tab no matter which way I'm viewing it.
>
> If I were using the MARC view in the web client and clicked a button to
> view that record in the OPAC and it opened in a new tab, then clicked on
> that OPAC view to switch to the MARC Edit view, would it open a third tab?
> Or if I switched back to the MARC edit view to make a change and then
> clicked on OPAC View again, would it then open another new tab? Or would I
> have to switch to the tab I'd opened before and refresh it? Or would it
> recognize that I'd already opened that tab and switch to it and refresh it?
> See where I'm going with this?  It seems like it would be easy for both the
> staff person and the system to lose track of which tabs were related to
> each other, particularly if multiple records are being worked on at once.
>
> I hope I'm thinking about this and explaining it clearly, it's been a very
> long day here! I'd welcome perspective from other staff users on all of
> this.
>
>
Makes perfect sense.  This is certainly a compelling reason to keep some
form of embedded catalog display within the client.

Thanks, Terran.

-b

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