If you're interested, you can see what we've done with them on https://gapines.org
Terran McCanna, PINES Program Manager ------------------------------ Georgia Public Library Service | University System of Georgia 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 l Atlanta, GA 30341 (404) 235-7138 | [email protected] http://help.georgialibraries.org | [email protected] <https://www.facebook.com/georgialibraries> <https://www.twitter.com/georgialibs> <https://www.instagram.com/georgialibraries/> <https://www.twitter.com/georgialibs> Join our email list <http://georgialibraries.org> for stories of Georgia libraries making an impact in our communities. On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 12:03 PM John Amundson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Misty: > > Carousels > <https://docs.evergreen-ils.org/eg/docs/3.6/admin_initial_setup/carousels.html> > were introduced in Evergreen 3.4. > > My network is upgrading from an older release to version 3.5, and we are > investigating how and if carousels should be used in our system. > > Depending on your Evergreen version and your Evergreen setup, they may or > may not be available for use. > > John > > John Amundson | Library Applications Supervisor | CW MARS > > [email protected] | 508-755-3323 x322 <%28508%29%20755-3323> > > https://www.cwmars.org > > he/him/his <https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 11:44 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm not sure if this is a silly question.. But, is the carousel available >> to use? >> >> >> >> >> *Misty MorseLibrarian AssistantClinton Public Library* >> *765-832-8349313 S. 4th St. Clinton, In.,478**42* >> * “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip"* ― Diane Duane, So >> You Want to Be a Wizard <https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3464> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 11:39 AM, Lindsay Stratton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi John, >> >> I went through this a while ago, and if my notes are correct, you can >> access the carousel bucket by clicking Shared Buckets in the Buckets >> dropdown, and then entering the carousel bucket id (in your example >> 1257746). >> >> Lindsay >> >> *Lindsay Stratton* >> *Systems Librarian* >> Westchester Library System >> 570 Taxter Rd., 4th Floor >> Elmsford, NY 10523 >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 11:22 AM John Amundson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I have been wading my way through Carousels in Evergreen in >> preparation for my network's upgrade to 3.5.3. >> >> I have searched Launchpad and cannot find a bug for the following, so I >> just want to make sure I'm not missing something before I create one. >> >> I created a manual carousel from a bucket and then a mapping. The >> carousel displayed nicely and in the order I added the titles to the >> bucket. So far, so good. >> >> I then added additional titles to my bucket. To my surprise, the carousel >> entries did not update in the catalog. >> >> When I view the "link to bucket" field in Carousels Configuration, the >> carousel links to a different bucket than the one I created, specifically >> one with a name of "System-created bucket for carousel 197 copied from >> bucket 1257746". >> >> Refreshing the manual carousel isn't allowed, and I do not have access to >> the new bucket through my "Buckets" dropdown. >> >> The only way I have found to add new titles to this bucket is through the >> "Record Query" interface, which is not as robust as catalog searching. >> >> This is not very intuitive and makes it hard for library staff to >> maintain their own manual carousels. >> >> Are others using carousels seeing this behavior? And if so, how do you >> work around it? >> >> For now, I see the best workaround as creating a new carousel for every >> change, then removing the old carousel. >> >> >> Thanks, >> John >> >> John Amundson | Library Applications Supervisor | CW MARS >> [email protected] | 508-755-3323 x322 >> https://www.cwmars.org >> he/him/his <https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> >> _______________________________________________ >> Evergreen-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Evergreen-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >> > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >
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