Thanks for looking at the TPac, Kathy! On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 04:53:52PM -0400, Kathy Lussier wrote: <snip>
> * Options when placing holds, most importantly (for us) the ability to > select a monographic part, but also the acceptable formats (which maybe > should just be part of the pending feature for metarecord searching) and the > ability to suspend a hold. When I go into "My Account", click "Holds", and select a hold, I can then select "Suspend" from the "Actions for selected holds" dropdown and suspend the hold. Or I can click "Edit" beside a hold and edit the Cancel / Suspend statuses and dates there. I guess you're looking for all of the options at the time the user places the hold. This is a really good opportunity to think through workflows and usability; if most users just want a simple "Place hold" action that doesn't clutter up the interface with options for suspend / expire / contact / format options, we should probably keep the interface clean and straightforward. I suspect that was the goal of the KCLS skin redesign... However, it would probably be relatively easy to add an "Advanced hold options" link at the bottom of the Place Hold page that would lead to the bells & whistles holds options. It would be really interesting to see how many people actually click through to the advanced options and change options vs. the defaults - and which options - as useful data points for improving the interface. > * Support for located URI. Actually, I don't see any 856 fields displaying. This surprised me, as I added that support during the Conifer TPac-fest. I just tried it again, and it worked for me (856 ind1 = 4, ind2=0, $y, Link text $u http://openlibrary.org $9 BR1). Note that on the search results page you need to click the "Detailed View" button to see the link for a given item, and on the individual item page the link is displayed underneath the cover art in a box with a black border. The display is not really elegant or evident, but I was aiming at crude functionality first, in the hope that more talented designers would provide some patches.