Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC start page
Thank you. This sounds like exactly what we needed. On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 22:26 -0500, Dan Scott wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 04:35:01PM -0600, Vicki Reeves wrote: > > We have gotten some bib and holdings records to load. We celebrated by > > playing in the OPAC. But that gave us a new issue ... > > Yay! > > > > > Our problem is that we don't know how to 'point' the OPAC so that it > > starts searching at our library (2nd level) instead of the regional > > library (top level). > > > > > If I pick Beauregard Parish Library, I see 'Now searching Beauregard > > Parish Library' which is where I want our patrons to start, but the URL > > is still this: > > http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml > > Once you've picked your library, run a search. The URL will change to > something like > http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/lul/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=jazz&l=103&d=2&f= > > The key GET param you're interested in is the "l" parameter - which > stands for "library". This specifies the ID of the library found in the > actor.org_unit table to which you want to scope your search. However, > you can see that value in the URL so you don't need to look in the > database for this one. > > Assuming that the value in your case is "l=102", you can provide links > to > http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml?l=102 > to start patrons at the right search scope. In our case, we redirect > patrons from various subdomains (like "laurentian.concat.ca" and > "windsor.concat.ca") to the full URL including the "l" parameter > appropriate for the scope of each library. > > Hopefully this helps.
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC start page
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 04:35:01PM -0600, Vicki Reeves wrote: > We have gotten some bib and holdings records to load. We celebrated by > playing in the OPAC. But that gave us a new issue ... Yay! > Our problem is that we don't know how to 'point' the OPAC so that it > starts searching at our library (2nd level) instead of the regional > library (top level). > If I pick Beauregard Parish Library, I see 'Now searching Beauregard > Parish Library' which is where I want our patrons to start, but the URL > is still this: > http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml Once you've picked your library, run a search. The URL will change to something like http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/lul/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=jazz&l=103&d=2&f= The key GET param you're interested in is the "l" parameter - which stands for "library". This specifies the ID of the library found in the actor.org_unit table to which you want to scope your search. However, you can see that value in the URL so you don't need to look in the database for this one. Assuming that the value in your case is "l=102", you can provide links to http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml?l=102 to start patrons at the right search scope. In our case, we redirect patrons from various subdomains (like "laurentian.concat.ca" and "windsor.concat.ca") to the full URL including the "l" parameter appropriate for the scope of each library. Hopefully this helps.
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Access 2011: the Library is Open
Mark your calendars! Access 2011: the Library is Open October 19-22, 2011 Vancouver, BC Call for proposals will be announced soon. http://access2011.library.ubc.ca (more information soon) Follow us on Twitter: @access_2011 There were a fair number of folks using Evergreen, or folks who were interested in using Evergreen at the the last Access conference. With SITKA in BC, KCLS in Washington state, and the Sage Library System in Oregon, all using Evergreen, I'm sure there'll be both formal sessions and informal conversations that would be of interest to folks here. Cheers, Tara
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC start page
We have gotten some bib and holdings records to load. We celebrated by playing in the OPAC. But that gave us a new issue ... Our 'top' organization is our regional library group. Right now we don't want to do anything with that but after we get our library up and running we want to move our regional shared patron database into Evergreen. We house those records at our library now in a homegrown Postgresql database - it's working so they can stay where they are until our library is working correctly in Evergreen. Below the top organization (Libraries Southwest) is our Library (Beauregard) and below that are our branches. Our problem is that we don't know how to 'point' the OPAC so that it starts searching at our library (2nd level) instead of the regional library (top level). The default url http://evergreen.library.beau.org goes to this: http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml which says 'now searching Libraries Southwest' which is the regional level If I pick 'Choose a library to search', I see this: *Libraries Southwest *Beauregard Parish Library If I pick Beauregard Parish Library, I see 'Now searching Beauregard Parish Library' which is where I want our patrons to start, but the URL is still this: http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml So I don't know how to point our patrons automatically to the page that says 'Now Searching Beauregard Parish Library' Any assistance will be appreciated. It's ok if you tell me I'm missing something obvious! We'll still thank you.
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Serials Migration
I've been looking at one aspect of this. We can get a textual holdings statement (866) out of our system. It looks like it would be fairly simple to just dump this data in the table serials.record_entry with some modification to be compliant with marc xml, etc. I know this doesn't deal with the prediction pattern but if somehow manage to get the prediction pattern built from the date of migration, will it matter that the holdings statement wasn't build from a prediction pattern. The following are some examples of the MFHD data we have been able to extract. Our system largely seems to just be providing 866. =245 00$aBlack enterprise. =866 \\$81$av.29:no.8- 1999:Mar- =245 00$aAmerican libraries. =866 \\$81$av.33- 2002- [Microfilm=v.15-v.32 1984-2001] Also, each file represents the holdings of one library. It looks like we have to extract serial holdings from libraries separately. Tim Spindler Manager of Library Applications tspind...@cwmars.org 508-755-3323 x20 C/W MARS, Inc. http://www.cwmars.org
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] registering patron who is able to do different jobs
Hi, I am using evergreen in a small college library in Africa. I tried to register a patron who helps with cataloging the books and putting them in. I put him into the cataloger's group but now he is very restricted: * when opening the staff client a window pops up: Permission Denied: VIEW_BILLING_TYPE and requests authorisation. (But I want him to be able to work when I am not around) * importing a new record is working but when it comes to holdings maintenance as soon as clicking "add volume" the message is: You do not have permission to add volumes to that library. I already tried to give the permission to add volumes in the user permission editor, but it didn't help. How can I give those patrons who work the permission to do all the different jobs in the small library? Thanks for any help! Christoph
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] mobile OPAC functionality in 2.0
Thank you Lisa for taking the time to let us know how things are going with the KCLS catalog and to Mike for giving us some background on the decision to turn off faceting. I know I've found this information to be very helpful. Kathy - Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 756-0172 (508) 755-3721 (fax) kluss...@masslnc.org IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier > -Original Message- > From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org > [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] > On Behalf Of Lisa Hill > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 2:50 PM > To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] mobile OPAC functionality in 2.0 > > > > Hi All- > > I feel like I am coming really late to the party. > > My name is Lisa Hill and I am in charge of the KCLS catalog. > I oversee the OPAC the mobile Pac and the UI of Self > Checkout- self check out overall falls under our Circ Supervisor. > > > > I apologize for not chiming in sooner- I am sure all of you > know that when you migrate there are not enough hours in the > day to get your work done for that first year after you go live. > > My department alone has answered about 7,000 emails so far > from patrons and staff alike since the OPAC went live on > 09/24/10. That does not include any telephone help or the > fantastic service the folks in the branches have given to our patrons. > > > > Matt and I will send out a more detailed email about where we > think the OPAC might be going- but I wanted to give you my > input regarding our OPAC and Mobile Catalog in its current > form- you know straight from the horse's mouth. > > > > Mobile PAC > > This has been one of the most gratifying parts of the project. > > When we were testing Evergreen in the early summer and spring > we noted that it was slower than our previous system(Innovative). > > It was then that we decided to devote serious time into the > Mobile Catalog. The folks at Sitka did the programing > piece(abandoning unAPI and rewriting the whole thing using > the jquery library and not the dojo library that the full > OPAC uses) Also, with our old Mobile catalog on III patrons > were able to access their account. As you all know that was > not a possibility with the Evergreen Mobile. It was > important to my department to take away very few features > from our public. We knew that it would happen given our > aggressive timeline- but I worked really hard to lessen the > burden on the public. > > > > Through the hard work of Steven and Ben at Sitka the mobile > not only ensured that our patrons did not lose functionality > but they also gained it- our patrons could now suspend and > activate holds through the mobile catalog, which they could > not do before.KCLS did the UI and have worked hard to > develop new skins in conjunction with our front end vendor > FGI. I have attached the new skins for the mobile. On > Tuesday we began promoting the mobile catalog as an > alternative to the full OPAC- many of our DSL patrons can not > log into the full OPAC- and the hits have gone up 200% since > Tuesday. Folks really like how fast it is. > > > > > > OPAC > > Everyone's experience is going to be different- the great > thing about being a librarian is that your job is different > depending on the community you serve. So please test your > catalog with your own users- but I truly hope that our hard > work helps you in some way. > > We turned off faceting- initially because it was affecting > speed but also because we did not collapse the filters > properly (catalogers please don't hate me- but most of our > patrons don't understand what a corporate author is). We > cannot wait to bring it back since so many of our patrons > liked it in our usability studies. However, since patrons did > not have this in III we have not made this a priority because > there are still features they had in the old catalog that > they still do not have in Evergreen. > > > > Things that we turned on that got the biggest bang for our > buck- the remember me feature and the checkout history. I am > not sure if your patrons would like these features as much as > ours did- we had both these features with III since we went > live with this in 2004. That being said- every web site has > this feature- from Amazon to Bank of America- so our users > expect these services- and when we brought them back on > 11/19 we received less "fan mail." > > > > The biggest complaints currently center around speed and > search results- we are working on improving these(more on > that later). The third largest complaint is that our > ecommerce module is not up yet. We were the second library > west of the Mississippi to bring up ecommerce in 2005- a
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: Evergreen Community IRC Meeting for TOMORROW Tuesday Jan 25
Greetings! This is a reminder that our next Evergreen community IRC meeting will be held at: * 11:00:00 a.m. Tuesday January 25, 2011 in America/Los_Angeles * 02:00:00 p.m. Tuesday January 25, 2011 in Canada/Eastern * 07:00:00 p.m. Tuesday January 25, 2011 in UTC This is a public meeting for the Evergreen community that will be held on the #evergreen channel on the Freenode IRC network (http://evergreen-ils.org/irc.php). All members of the community with an interest in contributing to the improvement of Evergreen are welcome to participate. If you are unable to attend at the designated time, please feel free to submit comments for any of the agenda items in advance to the Evergreen general mailing list. The agenda is evolving at http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=community:meetings:2011-01-25 - please extend and amend to ensure that it meets the immediate concerns of the project. Also, it would be great if committee groups would edit the agenda page to include links to group reports in advance of the meeting. For agenda items that have the potential to be too long to express during a single IRC meeting, it would probably make sense to post more considered opinions in advance on this mailing list. Examples of such agenda items might include major release process changes or drastically revising our bug tracking processes. If a given discussion item starts eating up too much meeting time and a decision is not immediately necessary, we can also delegate the responsibility to a volunteer sub-team for investigating alternatives and coming up with a proposal for adoption at the next meeting. Hope to see you there!
