Consider the kpac : Implement and customize the kids catalog

CONSIDER THE KPAC: IMPLEMENT AND CUSTOMIZE THE KIDS CATALOG

Amy Terlaga, Bibliomation / terlaga@biblio.org

Benjamin Shum, Bibliomation / bshum@biblio.org

Terran McCanna, PINES / tmccanna@georgialibaries.org

WHAT WE’LL COVER The beginnings of

KPAC (Bibliomation) Implementation and

configuration (Bibliomation)

Customization (PINES)

IN THE BEGINNING … Looking for partners

– December 2009 Initial partners:

Bibliomation, KCLS, PINES, Sitka

First Phase: Screen Design, FGI (Seattle)

IN THE BEGINNING … From: open-ils-general-bounces@list.georgialibraries.org [

mailto:open-ils-general-bounces@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Amy TerlagaSent: Monday, December 07, 2009 1:09 PMTo: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.orgSubject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Kid's Catalog - Looking for partners

  Hi all—   Bibliomation has just begun preliminary talks with FGI (http://www.fgi.com/), a web design

company (among other things) in Seattle.  We will need to develop an icon-driven, graphical kid’s catalog for our K-12 schools and public libraries in time for our 2011 Evergreen migration.

  I’m putting out some feelers …  Is there any other library system out there currently on or planning to migrate to Evergreen

who would like to consider partnering with us in this kid’s catalog design project?   If you’re interested, please email me at terlaga@biblio.org.   Thanks! Amy  

KIDS’ CATALOG BEGINNINGSFeatures: - graphical, icon driven subject categories, search box - customize each search button to bring up the library’s juvenile holdings - website links could also be added

KIDS’ CATALOG, PHASE TWO Programming the

back end – Equinox March 2011, then

stalled – more funding needed

July 2011 – staff interface dropped to lower costs

More partners sign on in October 2011: C/W MARS and Pioneer Library Network

KIDS’ CATALOG: IT’S ALIVE! Testing in the

Summer of 2012 (could have been more rigorous)

Released in Fall of 2012

Bibliomation uses children’s librarians and school library media specialist to come up with subject categories

KIDS’ CATALOG: IT’S ALIVE! The images came

from two different sources KCLS bought some

to be shared with the Evergreen community

Bibliomation bought the rest through istockphoto.com

KIDS’ CATALOG: IT’S ALIVE! Bibliomation launches KPAC in February 2013 Feedback webinar session in late March 2013

KIDS’ CATALOG IMPLEMENTATION

Ben’s part

The Kids’ Cataloghttp://gapines.org/kpac

Terran McCannaPINES Program Manager

Georgia Public Library Servicetmccanna@georgialibraries.org

Formed KPAC Working Group

• 29 Members

• Communicated via Listserv

Graphics

Audience Typeskpac.xml

• <global_filter>audience(a,b,c,j)</global_filter>

• If MARC record doesn’t have an audience type specified, it will not appear in search results

Audience Types

• A = 0-5 years• B = 6-8 years• C = 9-13 years• D = 14-17 years• J = 0-17 years

Categories / Lists

• Dinosaurs and Princesses• Seasonal / Holiday Topics• Cars & Trucks• Numbers, Colors, ABCs• Award Winners• Dewey Categories

Pre-Set Searches (in kpac.xml)• keyword:seasons

• (keyword:seasons || keyword:spring)

• ((((keyword:seasons || keyword:spring) || keyword:summer) || keyword:fall) || keyword:winter)

• Useful Search Documentation:http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=documentation:technical:search_grammar

Lists(Book Bags)

ListsReplace opac with kpac to get URL:• https://gapines.org/eg/opac/results?

bookbag=153204;locg=1;trail=11;page=1• https://gapines.org/eg/kpac/results?

bookbag=153204;locg=1;trail=11;page=1

Same List through KPAC & OPAC

Dewey Chart

Added Filtering by Audience Type

Hid List Functions

To-Do / Wish List

• Holds Bug (Doesn’t pull in contact info)• Admin Interface for Controlling Category Display• Location Setting • Login Screen• List Functionality• Add More Holidays• Link Dewey Categories• Make print-friendly version of the Dewey Chart• Improve Syndetics & NoveList Select Content Display

Sharing

• Live Version:– http://gapines.org/kpac

• PINES Working Repository:– http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=evergreen/pines.git

• Zipped File of code and graphics:– http://pines.georgialibraries.org/pines-kpac– Please see README file in images folder– Category image template is included