Additional information in your browse screens: BRIEF

• In addition to the information from the index searched, one can insert additional information from bib and item records
• Table at the right gives an overview of what is possible; consult documentation

Including authors: BRIEF=A

Example from Jefferson County Library Cooperative, Alabama

Item status: BRIEF=S

Example from Rensselaer University

More than one (Status and Material Type): BRIEF=SP

Example from Texas A&M University

Can also be customized by index (Example from Averett College)

BRIEF_t=3 (Title), (Year), Location, Call Number

BRIEF_c=A Author

Additional information in your extended browse screens: EXTENDED

• Same sort of display options as BRIEF, except applied to the Extended Display
• See the code list on the previous page, or refer to the documentation

Call Number, Location, and Status: EXTENDED=CT

Example from Athabasca University

Call Number, Location: EXTENDED_a=CL

Example from Lansing Community College

Force index browsing into extended displays: INDEX_EXT

• By default, index browse screens display the "brief", one-line display format
• You can use the INDEX_EXT directive to force certain index browse screens to the extended display
• (One can still toggle to the brief display.)
• For example:

  INDEX_EXT=c,g,o

  makes the "c", "g", and "o" indexes show the expanded display first

Switching Indexes: DROP_DOWN

• From the browse screens or record screens, one can perform the same search on a different index or construct a completely new search

DROP_DOWN=atdWc

• Example from Alameda County Library

Placing the locations at the top of the display: BIBLOC

• Force the location codes in the bib record to the top of the full record display
• Downside: removes the location display from checkin records
• Example from Youngstown State University

Placing variable fields at the top of the display: HOLDINGS_POS

• Specify field groups which will appear above the holdings display in the full record display, and in what order they appear
• Also controls which fields from the
• Example from Brooklyn Law School (HOLDINGS_POS=atpe)
• Example from Sheffield Hallam University (Everything above holdings!)

General Suggestions

• IP Addresses are bad; use DNS names
• Be careful when you restart your WebPAC process; restarting your WebPAC clears marked records

Saving you from typing: TOPLOGO/BOTLOGO inclusion

• If you have a complicated set of HTML for the top or bottom logo, you probably don't want to use the full screen editor to key it
• Create the top and bottom logo with the editor of your choice, and upload it to the INNOPAC (assumes IFTS)
• Use the at-sign notation to "include" a file from your 'screens' directory

TOPLOGO=@screens/header.html

• One note: the documentation says you can use the "http://..." syntax to pull content from a remote machine, but that doesn't work...

Getting Statistics: STATGROUP

• By default, all searches are logged in statistics group 800
• You can change this to any arbitrary statistics group, or use the Limit Network Access table
• Just as login, search, and circ statistics are in the character-based system, STATGROUP can separate statistics by location of connection
• Enter IP address ranges for your branches and one for the Internet to cover all of the bases

Extending the system: Using TIMEOUT to add markup to the header

• Before there was a STYLESHEET directive, one could insert a stylesheet by using the TIMEOUT directive
• Or use this technique to insert a META Robots tag

• Insert the HEAD content at the end of the TIMEOUT directive:

  TIMEOUT=xXxXxXx"><META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOFOLLOW

• WebPAC generates a page with this in the HEAD block:

  <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="xXxXxXx"><META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOFOLLOW">

Allowing patrons to specify notice delivery: PATRON_NOTICES/MODIFY_PFLDS

• From the patron information screen, patrons specify where they want notices delivered and can key their own e-mail address

PATRON_NOTICES=z
MODIFY_PFLDS=z

• Example from CONSULS

Preferred Search saving: PREF_SEARCHES, part 1

• After users log into MyMillennium and choose "Search the Catalog", they can save searches to their patron record
• There are two parameters to PREF_SEARCHES, but we'll get to the second one in a moment
• The first parameter specifies how many searches can be saved

  MY_MILLENNIUM=x|Y
  PREF_SEARCHES=40

• One can also have parameters specific to a certain PTYPE:

  PREF_SEARCHES_P42=10

• Example from University of Connecticut School of Law

Preferred Search notification: PREF_SEARCHES, part 2

• With Preferred Search notification, patrons can be notified by e-mail when new items are cataloged meeting their search criteria
• Turn on in WWWOPTIONS file:

  PREF_SEARCHES_P42=10|Y

• Requires an e-mail address in the patron record
• Example screens from University of Connecticut School of Law

#FROM=exporter
#SUBJECT=Library Notification of New Arrival
#CATDATE=10-17
#EMAILHEAD=
Listed below are item(s) recently acquired and cataloged by the library
that may be of interest to you based on your saved searches.  To
locate these items in the library catalog, copy and paste the title
into the search box on this page:

  <http://uconl.law.uconn.edu/search/t>

#EMAILBODY=
 %a
 %T
 (%d)

#EMAILFOOT=
For more information about the library including a list of featured
items, please visit the library home page:

  <http://www.law.uconn.edu/library/>

This is an automatically generated message.  Please do not reply to
this message; rather, contact a library staff member.

From: Export E-mail <exporter@uconl.law.uconn.edu>
To: PMurray@law.uconn.edu
Subject: Library Notification of New Arrival

Listed below are item(s) recently acquired and cataloged by the library
that may be of interest to you based on your saved searches.  To
locate these items in the library catalog, copy and paste the title
into the search box on this page:

  <http://uconl.law.uconn.edu/search/t>

 Murray, Peter E.
 qwerty Test Record Murray, Peter E.
 (Test Record)

For more information about the library including a list of featured
items, please visit the library home page:

  <http://www.law.uconn.edu/library/>

This is an automatically generated message.  Please do not reply to
this message; rather, contact a library staff member.