| 2014-03-26 16:00:32 |
Sarah Childs |
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Now that copy notes can display in the OPAC, they can be used to provide useful information to patrons, however they are cumbersome to apply and use.
Suggested Improvements:
The ability to add them when you add copies would be very welcome. Having to add your copies, close the copy editor, and then reopen the copy editor to access the copy note function is extremely frustrating and involves a ton of clicks. I envision that when you add multiple copies, the note would be applied to all the copies, so if you want to just do one of the copies, or do different notes for different copies, you would still close the copy editor.
But instead of having to then access copy notes through the copy editor, there should be a direct option to add a copy note in the cataloging menu.
Copy note templates would be extremely useful as well. A lot of the notes we add tend to employ standard verbiage that we use over and over. Autographed by author. Donated by so and so, etc. I have one long note that I add to a new item that is donated by the same group every week, for instance.
The ability to edit copy notes would be welcome.
It would also be great to be able to display them using the column picker, since that would make it easier to verify that they had been added and added correctly, and other staff could easily see the notes associated with the items when not in OPAC view.
And of course, most everyone wishes they were searchable, though that should probably be it's own bug. |
Now that copy notes can display in the OPAC, they can be used to provide useful information to patrons, however they are cumbersome to apply and use.
Suggested Improvements:
The ability to add them when you add copies would be very welcome. Having to add your copies, close the copy editor, and then reopen the copy editor to access the copy note function is extremely frustrating and involves a ton of clicks. I envision that when you add multiple copies, the note would be applied to all the copies, so if you want to just do one of the copies, or do different notes for different copies, you would still close the copy editor.
But instead of having to then access copy notes through the copy editor, there should be a direct option to add a copy note in the cataloging menu.
Copy note templates would be extremely useful as well. A lot of the notes we add tend to employ standard verbiage that we use over and over. Autographed by author. Donated by so and so, etc. I have one long note that I add to a new item that is donated by the same group every week, for instance.
The ability to edit copy notes would be welcome.
It would also be great to be able to display them using the column picker, since that would make it easier to verify that they had been added and added correctly, and other staff could easily see the notes associated with the items when not in OPAC view.
And of course, most everyone wishes they were searchable, though that should probably be its own bug. |
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