Making the Most of Your OPAC in 4.2.7

The workshop runs from 10am to 3.30pm with registration from 9.30am. It includes coffee or tea and biscuits and a buffet lunch.

Introduction

The session focuses on the OPAC in Heritage.

All sessions include a tutorial with hands-on practical exercises. Where possible, these are based on the data in the Demonstration Dataset which is available in your copy of Heritage. The workbooks can be used again at your site by other Library staff.

The Workshop includes practical exercises throughout the day to consolidate what you have learnt.

Who should attend?

Librarians responsible for managing the catalogue and OPAC in your organisation.

Course Content:

• Unlocking your catalogue - what is Included?

  • Searching the catalogue using the OPAC
  • Navigating the software
  • Searching the OPAC - including range searching
  • Displaying results in the OPAC
  • Managing reader accounts in the OPAC
  • Taking away your OPAC search results
  • Index set-up - which catalogue fields are searchable?
  • Handling multi-media
  • NEW colour coded accessions
  • NEW colour coded class ranges
  • Changing default displays
  • NEW book covers - see them or don't see them!
  • Changing default sort order of search results
  • Security for reader accounts
  • Enquiry restrictions
  • Enquiry groups
  • Internet explorer considerations
  • Housekeeping

• OPAC Set-up

What is NOT Included

• Library Maps
• Heritage On-line Module Set-up