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Encore Bookbag being renamed tonight November 23, 2009

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Tonight when we reboot the Encore server the BookBag will become known as eMail List.  I’m hoping this will help the patrons who are confused by how the BookBag was acting in Encore compare to the Classic Catalog.

Encore 4.0 – What would you like? November 16, 2009

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III is planning updating Encore so they are asking what features would you like changed or added to Encore to make it better or easier to use?

Let me know and I will pass your suggestions along to III.

Encore New Features Added November 10, 2009

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We have some new features which have recently been added.

Under Refine by:

  • Availability – Choose to see all items currently available on the shelves or available online for your search.
  • Place – Looking for a setting where a story takes place? Use this Refine by – a geographical location.

On result pages:

  • Shows the number of holds on an item.
  • Order records are now moved into a toggle that defaults to the closed position.

Patron Record

  • Added a link to New/Coming Soon list of new items ordered in the past week in the header of the patron record.

Encore Update November 9, 2009

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A problem that had been reported a short time ago regarding Encore searches with the article “L’” not working properly (for example, “Louis L’Amour”) has been resolved.

What’s Different in Encore? October 16, 2009

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Now that we have been using Encore for almost two weeks, what have you or your patrons found different with Encore?

One thing to point out, if you or your patrons are using the book bag to request multiple titles in the Classic Catalog, you will find in Encore this is not what the Book  Bag does.  The user can use Book Bag to send themselves or someone else either brief information or full information about the item but no holds are placed. In order to place a hold the user needs to use the Request It link.

Share what other ‘features’ you have found.

Encore Live on Monday October 1, 2009

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We will be launching Encore for our patrons on Monday morning.  The search box at the top of the home page will become an Encore search box.  They will also be offered both the classic catalog and Encore when they select Library Catalog from the left side navigation on the Library’s website.

Encore works well in most browser but there is slight issue with Internet Explorer 8.  It functions just fine but the top looks a little messy with the search box overlapping the word Search.  To fix the issue, any patrons using IE8 and Encore (starting Monday) will need to set their IE8 settings to Compatibility mode for at least Encore.  I recommend that they set it for all websites.

To set Compatibility mode in IE8

  • Open IE8 browser select Tools
  • Select Compatibility View

That’s it!

Want to try Encore before the big launch?  Go to Voyager and enter a search in the second search box which reads Find Books, DVDs & More.

Features only found in Encore:

  • Results page shows a teaser of what is available for each item
  • Explore link brings some database searches for their search to their finger tips
  • Classic Catalog takes the patron to the old catalog where they will have to reenter their search
  • Tagging – patrons can now tag any record in the system.  This is moderated by the Virtual Library.  Tags will only appear instantly in Encore if we have globally accepted them in the past.  Any new tags will not appear until we have looked at them. Tags do not appear in the Classic Catalog
  • Patrons can also use their tags to search by. For an example try “picture book” (include the quotes) then scope to AudioBk Downld to see 8 titles I marked as picture book which reside in OverDrive.
  • Tag Cloud is made up of the subject headings found on the MARC records in the catalog
  • Refine by Library Location – this is really cool and not available in Classic Catalog except for NLV, Boulder and Nellis.
  • Refine by Publish Year - in the classic catalog we can sort by year with the most current year at the top but here you can pick one year.
  • Refine by Language – not just Spanish but all our Languages are listed.

Let us know what you think and what the patrons are saying about Encore.