WebPAC Pro:From RightResult to Community Reviews& what’s coming in Release 2007!

Dinah Sanders, Product Manager

WebPAC Pro

• The next generation in public catalogs• Free! (Just a service commitment to request)

• The internet has changed a lot since we introduced Web OPAC over a decade ago. It was time for a new platform on which we can build for the innovations of today & tomorrow.

2006 WebPAC Pro-only features

• 50 results per page

• Customizable record display

• Automatic login to My Millennium

• Default use of highly-flexible brief citation

for all keyword results

• Better default look & feel that’s easier to

change with CSS

Add-on Products

• Spell Check• Community Reviews• Feed Builder• My Record Feeds• Courseware Integration - Blackboard• Single Sign-On

RightResult relevance grouping for keyword search results

The Pro Enhancement

Easy toggle to see sort by date or title

Why is result #2 showing up?“Note: Reprint. Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1958.”

The Pro Enhancement… also!

• Improved display controls for Community Reviews

• Switch between behaviors with the change of a token:– “Brief”, inline, click headline to reveal– “Full”, inline, body already displayed– “Static”, box comes up below headline– “Overlay”, box comes up in center of screen

Useful resources

• WebPAC Pro FAQhttp://csdirect.iii.com/faq/webpacpro.shtml

• “Going Pro” tourhttp://csdirect.iii.com/documentation/references/going_pro.shtml

Example Sets: classic Web OPAC & WebPAC Pro

• Two versions, one with Pro features and many design improvements

– Updated between releases

– Change Notes

– Please report errors or issues!

Coming in Release 2007

• New features for both Web OPAC and WebPAC Pro

• Pro is free, though, so why miss out?Get it all! Go Pro!

R2007: Nearby On Shelf

R2007: better messages

• On Order messages (now in messages.conf)

• “No Copies Available” (new web option)& bring in sync with AVAILLIM_STATS definition of “available”

& suppress message from programs and resources

• Checkin box status labels (new web option)

& improved CSS control of display (phases out old web options)

R2007: “Forgot your password?”

R2007: Link into a scoped session

• Get to WebPAC from anywhere…

• Use a link like sohttp://library.example.org/~S3

• … and retain that scope on subsequent searches

R2007: improved support for the MARC21 standard for cross-references

Sexy version:

• Mmm, baby, subfield w, byte 3

Factual version:

• 4xx and 5xx fields with a value in w/3 indicating a complex cross-reference may cause 6xx field to display and/or suppress display of 4xx/5xx field as appropriate.

R2007: My List

From the patron record:

From the bookcart:

& a bonus!

^(also)

R2007: codename BOOKEND

• Improved handling of multi-item self-bookings ending time!– change "Maximum Booking Period…"

wording to "Available for …" – no end time selected when page first loads– once a user selects an item, we will set the

end time to the maximum bookable time for that item

– new token to choose Hourly calendar as default

R2007: Programs & Resources better integrated in RightResult

Also coming in R2007

• A new option for numeric-only values for patrons' PIN

• A warning will be provided above the list of checked out material as well as by the individual affected records when a renewal fails. [IUG ballot]

Also coming in Release 2007

• Enable only strong Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption cyphers in the secure (HTTPS) interface to the WebPAC

• Support Blackboard server running in SSL mode for Courseware Integration - Blackboard pre-authenticated passthrough

Also coming in R2007

• A new token for the indexed title will be available for use in brief citation.

• It will be possible to add book covers to Feed Builder feeds.

• Link to INN-Reach next to “Your entry would be here” in no hits browse

Questions?

See Innovative @ IUG 15!

• Encore Booth / Millennium Self Check Exhibits– CC/Exhibit Hall 1

Open During Exhibit Hours

• Innovative Help Desk Annex / Customer Sales Center– CC/Room B

Tuesday 11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.Wednesday 8 – 11 a.m., 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.Thursday 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.