As an experiment, Chris L. and I have switched on a version of the library catalogue which may be more suited to reduced-width mobile browsers than our everyday, familiar green-and-white version. It’s not really a true mobile interface – it’s the stripped-down version of HiP designed to be compliant with the ADA – the Americans [...]
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OpenBook plugin for WordPress now more flexible
I was pleased to spot the other day that the new version of the OpenBook plugin allows you to create links to your own catalogue (or any other service)… An initial hack (very quick & dirty – look for the bold text!): I need a bit of time to explore this further: but think of [...]
Online Renewals not working
There is a problem with online renewals at the moment. The counter is changing when users try to renew but the date is staying the same. The lack of this function is basically caused by a bug in HIP which causes problems when a My Account sub-tab is edited. The Sirsi-Dynix team are working on this [...]
Change in the way the public catalogue handles ebooks
Hello, I am implementing a change later this afternoon in the way the HIP public catalogue on Horizon handles searching for ebooks. At the moment you can either choose a “subtab” in the Search screen which says “E-books”. This will simply list everything that matches the collection code “E-book”. Unfortunately this code only relates to [...]
Change to e-book links on HiP
Chris L. and I have made a couple of changes to the way e-book links work on the public catalogue. I’ve put a message on the public blog about the most obvious difference – MyiLibrary titles now open up in a new browser window – this seemed to be something that annoyed a lot of [...]
