Browse Options

Additional information in your browse screens: BRIEF

Available Codes
A	Author
B	Bib Location
C	Call Number
F	Full Text
H	Lib Has
I	ISBN
J	Journal Title
L	Item Location
M	CAT DATE
O	Mat. Type (BCODE1)
P	Mat. Type (BCODE2)
S	Status
T	Location and Status
Y	CAT DATE

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

Record Displays

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 top frame when using the framed display
Example from Brooklyn Law School (HOLDINGS_POS=atpe)
Example from Sheffield Hallam University (Everything above holdings!)

System Management

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">

Note and Examples

Note: There is no double quotes at the end of the line; when TIMEOUT is interpreted by the WebPAC it adds the double quotes and greater-than sign

Example from OhioLINK (Link-stylesheet)
TIMEOUT=300;URL=http://198.30.120.21/search/"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.ohiolink.edu/style/webpac.css
Example from University of Connecticut School of Law (Meta-robots)
TIMEOUT=300;URL=/search/"><META NAME="robots" CONTENT="nofollow

MyMillennium highlights

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,a 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_WEBPAC=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

Sample Configuration File

#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.

Sample E-mail Message

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.

Wrap-up / Evaluation

Slides are available at http://www.pandc.org/peter/presentations/opac-magic/
Presenter Information

John McCullough
Product Manager
Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

E-mail: JohnM@iii.com

Peter Murray
Computer Services Librarian
University of Connecticut School of Law

E-mail: PMurray@law.uconn.edu