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Currently reading:* North and South* by Mrs. Gaskell Just Finished: *The Riddle of the Sands* by Erskine Childers On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Geoff Sams <gs...@roanoketexas.com> wrote: > I suggested this in IRC, but thought it would be beneficial here as well: > > My recommendation is to change the left column to show "X of Y copies in > Consortium/Region/Branch/etc. (Show)" > > I feel like this would be the simplest and cleanest solution to the issue, > and it would also make both columns a bit more in sync with each other. > > Thanks, > Geoff Sams > Library Manager > Roanoke Public Library > > -----Original Message----- > From: Open-ils-general [mailto: > open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy > Lussier > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:29 AM > To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Show available copies link in the catalog > > Hi all, > > I've periodically heard from our libraries that they would like the "show > copies" link that displays in the available copies area of the public > catalog record to display even if there are no copies available. > > To demonstrate what I'm talking about, if you look at the > record-with-available-copies screenshot, there is a link to show all of the > available copies, which, when clicked, displays copies owned by all > libraries in the consortium. However, if you look at the > record-with-no-available-copies screenshot, that link does not display. > I believe this is because the intent of this particular section of the > screen is to display available copy information, in which case, the "Show" > link wouldn't make sense if there are zero available copies. > > However, there are many cases when a user may start a search scoped to > their own library, but then may want to see all of the copies in the > consortium. For example, if there are zero copies available, but only a > handful of holds, they may want to see the status of the existing copies to > get an idea of whether they are due soon. Or we may have a situation > described by one of our libraries where they already have a hold on the > title, click to the title from their holds list (carrying along the search > scope in the process), and then want to see the status of the copies owned > by other libraries in the consortium. > > I think it's a good idea to add a link to display all copies, but the > question is where would be a good place to put. I've thought of a couple of > options: > > 1 - Display a "Show" link adjacent to the x current holds with x total > copies statement. The problem here is that the "Show" link is a bit > redundant if the other "Show" link is always displaying. > 2 - Make the "x total copies" text in the holds area clickable to show all > copies owned by the consortium. The problem with this approach is it is > inconsistent with what's happening in the available copies area. > 3 - Make the existing "Show" link display regardless of the current > availability status of copies on the record, even if it is a bit > incongruous with what that area is supposed to represent. > > Of course, we could always leave that area as it is if other libraries are > happy with the display. > > What are your thoughts? > > Thanks! > Kathy > > -- > Kathy Lussier > Project Coordinator > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative > (508) 343-0128 > kluss...@masslnc.org > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier > >
