[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Towards more consistent terminology in the web client

[Sarah Childs]

+1

I agree with Jennifer about consistency being desirable, and preferring the
term items.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Walz, Jennifer <jlwalz at asbury.edu> wrote:

> All –
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>   I would prefer the ITEM and ITEM LOCATION designators – and consistency
> across all functions / buttons / screens / views etc would be very welcome.
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> As Dan and Lynn point out below, there have been VAST inconsistencies and
> also problems with function.    If we stick with item (which implies copy,
> call number, and barcode), that keeps it very simple.     Copies has the
> implication of multiple copies of a title of a book, whereas we mean more
> than that in most systems because we will have different kinds of physical
> things attached to one MARC record.    Using the term ‘items’ keeps it most
> generic.
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>   Thanks!
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> Jennifer
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> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-
> bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Wells
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 07, 2018 6:52 PM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Towards more consistent terminology in
> the web client
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> As for the "Add Volumes" vs "Add Copies", the problem there was that the
> omnibus branch created an "Add Volume" menu entry within the holdings view
> which did exactly that, add an empty "volume" (call number) with no copy.
> It felt like bad design to have this menu entry for "Add Volume" which only
> added the call number while also having an "Add Volumes" button which added
> both the call number and the copy.  An early revision, for maximum clarity,
> relabeled the record-level button to "Add Volumes and Copies", but a long
> button label such as that brings its own challenges.  It was then reasoned
> that "Add Copies" in some sense implicitly means (at the record level) "Add
> (Volumes and) Copies", since you can't have the second without the first.
> And thus the current label was born.
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> Sincerely,
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> Dan
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> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Lynn Floyd <lfloyd at andersonlibrary.org>
> wrote:
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> I came up with another terminology that should be looked at Call Number
> vs. Volume.  There are lots of places where these terms are used
> interchangeably.
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> Lynn Floyd
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> Lfloyd at andersonlibrary.org
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> Anderson County Library
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> Anderson, SC
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Sarah Childs
Technical Services Department Head
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
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