Yes, me too. I tweaked a few little things on ours with the layout, but nothing major.
Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 5:18 PM, Yamil Suarez <ysua...@berklee.edu> wrote: > Josh, > > I would like to also see customizations you made made to Self-Check code, > so I can get ideas. I had been meaning to ask you when I saw this thread. > > Thanks in advance, > Yamil > > > > > > -------------------------------- > > Yamil Suarez, MCS > Associate Director of Library Systems & Web Development > > Stan Getz Library > Berklee College of Music > 1140 Boylston St > Boston, MA 02215 > > ysua...@berklee.edu > 617-747-2617 <(617)%20747-2617> > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Josh Stompro <stomp...@exchange.larl.org> > wrote: > >> Joe, I have a fix for keeping the cursor focus always on the scan box. >> We also use touch screens for our self checks and we were having trouble >> with the fact that it was easy to move the focus, which would cause the >> next scan to silently fail, and sometimes switch screens. >> >> I have a bug report on it, but haven’t actually posted the code there >> yet. I’ll try and do that soon. >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1560601 >> >> >> >> We have also had trouble with the print list button that exists on the >> checkout screen. Some significant portion of users would press that when >> they were done, get a printout and then walk away. I guess they thought >> that was the logout and print a receipt button. Then the next users would >> walk up and sometime check out items on the first person’s account. >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1555791 >> >> >> >> I would love to collaborate with you on making the self check more touch >> screen friendly. I can share the css changes I’ve made just to enlarge >> everything to make it easier to see and to make the buttons easier to press. >> >> >> >> Josh Stompro - LARL IT Director >> >> >> >> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounc >> e...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Joe Knueven >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:58 AM >> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group >> >> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Self-Check and locking media >> cases >> >> >> >> While we’re on the subject of user-friendliness of the built in >> self-checkout, does anyone have any .tt2 modifications that they are >> pleased with and would be willing to share? >> >> >> >> I’ve had tweaking the scripting to make the navigation links more button >> like (ie touch screen friendly) on my to-do list, but it’s taken me an >> especially long time to get around to the first step of teaching myself a >> basic amount of tt2 scripting. >> >> >> >> Have a good day. >> >> >> >> Joe >> >> >> >> >> >> Joseph Knueven, Director >> >> Germantown Public Library >> >> 51 North Plum Street >> >> Germantown, OH 45327 >> >> 937-855-4001 <(937)%20855-4001> >> >> >> >> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounc >> e...@list.georgialibraries.org >> <open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org>] *On Behalf Of *Terran >> McCanna >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:16 AM >> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgia >> libraries.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Self-Check and locking media >> cases >> >> >> >> >>Renewal seems to work fine. You just scan an item that's >> already checked out and it figures out that a renewal is in order and >> available.<< >> >> Interesting. There's nothing in the interface that tells the patron that >> they can do that, or that tells them how. Patrons typically don't have >> books in hand when they wish to renew, so they'd need to understand that >> they could go to the Items out screen and copy and paste the barcodes. >> Online instructions would help, but it still wouldn't as user friendly as >> the method of renewal in My Account. >> >> >> Terran McCanna >> PINES Program Manager >> Georgia Public Library Service >> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 >> Atlanta, GA 30345 >> 404-235-7138 <(404)%20235-7138> >> tmcca...@georgialibraries.org >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Mike Rylander <mrylan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Terran, >> >> Hrm... Renewal seems to work fine. You just scan an item that's >> already checked out and it figures out that a renewal is in order and >> available. >> >> Also, just as a note, the UI got a nice update about a year ago to add >> the ability to email receipts, including using patron defaults for >> that. >> >> HTH, >> >> -- >> Mike Rylander >> | President >> | Equinox Open Library Initiative >> | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) >> | email: mi...@equinoxinitiative.org >> | web: http://equinoxinitiative.org >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Terran McCanna >> <tmcca...@georgialibraries.org> wrote: >> > Hi Jesse, >> > >> > I just wanted to chime in that I'm not aware of anyone who is working on >> > developing functionality like that. The self-check interface hasn't >> gotten a >> > lot of attention in the past few years, possibly because not a lot of >> > libraries are using it. (Only 2 or 3 libraries out of our 285 total >> > libraries that have opted to use it.) There are a number of things that >> > could be done to improve it which would encourage more people to adopt >> it, >> > like adding the ability to pay fines through the same functionality >> that the >> > OPAC uses, and to allow patrons to renew books through it. >> > >> > >> > >> > Terran McCanna >> > PINES Program Manager >> > Georgia Public Library Service >> > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 >> > Atlanta, GA 30345 >> > 404-235-7138 >> > tmcca...@georgialibraries.org >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Jesse McCarty <jes...@burlingtonwa.gov >> > >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Currently we are running an ITG self-check system that utilizes >> magnetic >> >> locking cases for DVDs and CDs. I know the documentation references no >> >> security mechanisms in Evergreen self-check, but I was wondering if >> there is >> >> a way for the Evergreen self-check to interact/activate the magnetic >> >> unlockers for security cases? Is this a sought after feature/planned >> >> possibility? Or is the built in self-check designed to be nothing more >> than >> >> its current basic form? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jesse McCarty >> >> >> >> City of Burlington >> >> >> >> IT Technical Assistant >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> > >