Friday, August 14, 2009

Task 5 - Multiple Requests - CHECK!

I'm a big, big fan/advocate of signing into the patron's/my account and doing all my requesting that way. It is a million times more convenient than typing in their/my info multiple times. I really like this feature. I dislike the Book Bag. To me, its always been flukey. Sometimes it works the way I want/expect it to, and other times it doesn't. (It loses items in the process, or doesn't request all of them, or asks you to pick locations of items, which you shouldn't have to, or lets people add non-requestable items which messes up the whole batch. More than one time I've loaded up a book bag just to have to go back, re-find items and request them individually. Not a fan.) These are great features to be aware of! Of course we all know sometimes Millennium is a better choice for volumes/parts/etc? Or sometimes it can be easier to search. A fun fact: if you're in the item's record in Millennium and you select "View" from the top menu and then "Public Display", it opens up a new window displaying that item's page in the catalog. It's handy dandy to go back and forth, confirm THATS what they want, etc.

3 comments:

  1. Didn't know about the 'public display' thing. That's VERY helpful! Every time I try to use the 'log in' to account method, i end up having to sign in 3 or 4 different times :(

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  2. Love the Glamour Shot! How come I can't 'follow' you?

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  3. I love that feature too(my library acount), since you showed me awhile ago!

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