Encore

At this date it appears we will be loosing Encore as a catalog option.  With the launch of the new library website Tuesday May 25th, the search box on the website and voyager will be changed back to the classic catalog.  When the library website launches, the classic catalog will be the older version until [...]

Encore Bookbag being renamed tonight

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?

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.

What’s Different in Encore?

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  [...]

Something New in Encore

On Monday night we updated Encore to 3.3. This solved a mystery issue we experienced on Monday with the library names being in code. We also have new features which one is currently turned on. After a search if you scroll to the bottom of the results page you will notice the Tag Cloud of [...]

Encore Live on Monday

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 [...]

Encore Question

I had a very good question about Encore today.  A staff member started using Encore to see how it was going to impact her work as well as the patrons.  Once of things she noticed was Encore does not display the number of holds on a title.  The display is not on the brief nor [...]

Encore is Back

On voyager our Encore search box disappeared for several days.  We are not sure how it happened but it is now back for your enjoyment.  We are still waiting on III to fix a Syndethics link – Fict./Bio.  It is software development and I have no time frame as to when it will be resolved. [...]

Encore Search on Voyager

As of Thursday morning (June 4) the Encore search box is now available on Voyager. You are welcome to use Encore anytime. This interface for the Library is fully functional and what occurs in Encore instantly occurs in the Classic Catalog (WebPac) and vice versa. Encore is only available in-house at this time as we are [...]

Welcome to Encore

more about “Welcome to Encore“, posted with vodpod Try Encore for yourself. Please leave your comments about this new search interface for the Library catalog. We have not yet set a public release date for it.

IUG 2008 – Day Two

Encore Encore is a front end to the catalog for keyword searching only. III describes it as a ‘discovery’ tool. It’s for patrons who don’t know what they are looking for and want to do a ‘google’ type search in the catalog. Once results are found the patron can then narrow down the results my using what [...]