Progress on Spanish Opac 6/25/10

6/25/10

Revised:

• pverify_web_spi.htm to make it work
• wwwoptions to add button referrals
• viewsaves_web_spi.html (new)
  
• request_result_spi.html (new)
  

Created buttons:

• clear_form_spi.gif
• clear_all_spi.gif
• delete_selected_spi.gif
• savemarked_spi.gif
• save_all_spi.gif
• ret2prec_spi.gif

Need to work on the following next:

Requesting and Exporting Forms

WebPAC File Name	Command Link	HTML File Name
Legend:
Done		To Do
Book Cart Form	NONE	viewsaves_web_spi.html
Request Verification Form	NONE	pverify3_web_spi.html
Batch Requesting Form	NONE	pverify4_web_spi.html
Pickup Location Selection Form	NONE	pickuploc_select.html
Request Results Form	NONE	request_result_spi.html
Single Request Item Selection Form	NONE	item_select.html
Course Reserves	NONE	pverify6_web.html

Spanish Opac

UPDATE: The link to the draft catalog is on this page:
http://library.austincc.edu/SpanOpac-draft.htm
Note: The draft catalog is viewable only on campus.

Thanks to Teresa's translation* of the search help pages, we are ahead of the game.

• Updated the wwwoptions file for _spi entries and button_spi names.
• Modified and created _spi buttons and graphics.
• Loaded Teresa's files*.
• Done the preliminary toplogo_spi file. [Note: needs diacritics fix.]

There are still several files to be created or fixed, e.g.,

• opacmenu_spi/mainmenu_spi
• toplogo_loggedin_spi
• webpub_spi.def
• possible other pverify pages
• view saves pages
• e-resources page
  
• possible buttons to be done (Clear Form, Other Resources ???, ...)
  

Teresa's files:

• pverify_web_spi.html
• srchhelp_a_spi.html
• srchhelp_c_spi.html
• srchhelp_d_spi.html {Fix Palabra link to *spi}
• srchhelp_i_spi.html
• srchhelp_j_spi.html {Fix Palabra link to *spi}
• srchhelp_m_spi.html
• srchhelp_p_spi.html
• srchhelp_q_spi.html
• srchhelp_r_spi.html
• srchhelp_s_spi.html
• srchhelp_t_spi.html
• srchhelp_X_spi.html
• srchhelp_Y_spi.html

Proposed Changes to Home Page

Adding Search Boxes to the Home Page

Prompted by the Integrated Article Search Box from Ebsco on the E-Resources page, the Web Committee explored adding it to the Home Page. This necessitated revising the search box to the Library Catalog so that they would look somewhat alike. (Note: the search box is a widget from EbscoHost and is really an image so we had to do something similar for the catalog search box.) Sylvia Owens, Reference Facilitator, was consulted and her input incorporated into the draft page.

http://library.austincc.edu/index-libhomeboxes-Owens.php

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Resolution of links to the E-Resources Page

After much discussion and getting input from librarians and students, the Web Committee is proposing one (1) link from the sidebar menu heading (Articles & Research) to replace the current two (2) links: A-Z List of E-Resources and E-Resources by Subject.

We've played around with lots of wording and tentatively propose Articles & Reference.

The wording can be seen through the link above to the page with search boxes.

Solving the E-Resources links problem

During the break, I was asked to make the destination of the links to the A-Z list a little clearer (among some other things). Here's what I attempted to do:

• Highlight the A-Z area on the e-res page when the A-Z link is clicked and
• Highlight the Browse Databases area when the E-resources by Subject is clicked.
• I felt the other suggestions were not significant or not feasible and decided to stick with the two suggestions above.

This actually worked wonderfully well and the areas were highlighted with one of the cyan colors and stood out modestly but visibly on my desktop and Eddie's desktop on both Firefox and Internet Explorer 8. HOWEVER...

When we tested on the PACS, the highlighting did not show up unless you were directly in front of the screen. If you were even a little to the side, you could not see the highlighting. Aargh! (Imagine my chagrin. Fortunately, the EVC staff were amused by my tantrum.)

While I think that this is the better solution, we cannot implement if the highlighting isn't visible on our PACs. So, I made the head of each section Red and Large when the appropriate link is clicked. I may try something different this week if I can think of something.

Old Deleted Study Guides Redirect

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Old Study Guides
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After a vigorous complaint from a faculty member, I consulted
with Red and Barbara about a possible solution and asked for
their input. I've taken Barbara's suggestion and created a
redirect page for the displaced or deleted study guides. --mp

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1 Study Guides on ResGuides
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1.1 Developing Research Topics

1.2 Documentation and Plagiarism

1.3 Finding & Evaluating Info on the Internet

1.4 Finding Biographical Information

1.5 Finding Book Reviews

1.6 Finding Books, Media, and Computer Software

1.7 Finding Literary Criticism

1.8 Finding Periodical Articles

1.9 Library Classification System


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2 Redirect to Specific ResGuide Tab
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2.1 Writing Effective Business Letters
(http://researchguides.austincc.edu/busltr)

2.2 Magazine vs Journals
(http://researchguides.austincc.edu/content.php?pid=41933&sid=308710)

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3 Redirect to ByeBye page
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(http://library.austincc.edu/help/ByeBye.php)


3.1 XTest-Taking Skills

3.2 XStrategies for Test Questions

3.3 XThe Writing Process