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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:11:19 PDT
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- From: "Kathleen Matthews" <LSYS1@UVVM.UVIC.CA>
- Subject: Re: 5.1 OPAC CHANGES (SCREEN)
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue,
- 28 Jul 1992 11:24:03 CDT from <notis@TWAIN.NOTIS.C OM>
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- Is everyone else just accepting this tedious, time consuming, staff-wasting
- task without protest? I requested a conversion program from NOTIS (PPQ7661).
- Seems to me this screen data was provided originally by NOTIS with 5.0.x. If
- NOTIS is changing the screen size, then they should also provide new data
- that fits the new screen layout. In our case we have not edited these screens
- substantially. A conversion program would be best, or the original data,
- reformated would also be OK for us but probably not for those who have made
- substantial edits to the originals........NOTIS continues to ask us to run
- their system using pre-technological (pre-industrial?) manual approaches.
- On Tue, 28 Jul 1992 11:24:03 CDT Notis General ID said:
- >THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTIS COMMUNICATION - DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THIS NEVER
- > REACHED NOTIS-L
- >
- >You can now begin to prepare for Release 5.1. The footers in OPAC will be
- >standardized in this next release (see NOTISes January 1992 p.8-9), providing
- > users with consistent commands and support of the NISO Common command
- >language.
- > To prepare for this standardization, you will need to evaluate the EXPLAIN,
- > HELP, and OTHER informational screens to determine how the upcoming 5.1
- >changes
- > will effect your site's screens.
- >
- >All screens will be 15 lines long except where a longer command line is
- > necessary. For those screens, the length will be 13 lines long. This will
- > allow for two additional command input lines.
- >
- >Which screens will change effect? All of the EXPLAIN and OTHER informational
- > screens with the exception of the EXPLAIN KEYWORD and SET CATALOT PANEL (which
- > is a
- >new 5.1 screen), will have 15 lines. The EXPLAIN KEYWORD and SET CATALOG
- >PANEL,
- > as well as the REVIEW help screen will be 13 lines.
- >
- >Release 5.1 conversion will delete any of the lines beyond than the 15th or
- > 13th. Because of this, NOTIS recommends thay you begin reviewing the current
- > screens that you are using in your production modules. Changes may need to be
- > made in
- >anticipation of the 5.1 conversion. This will alleviate losing information on
- > the screens when they are shortened during conversion.
- >
- >To maintain consistency throughout the database, the REVIEW PANEL wording will
- > be deleted from the current review screen. Patrons having difficulty with a
- > search will use a HELP screen. The wording on your 5.0 REVIEW PANEL screen
- >can
- > be moved to the REVIEW HELP screen.
- >
- >By reviewing your EXPLAIN, OTHER informational, and HELP screens now you can
- > determine if the current wording needs to be changed or if additional pages
- > will be required. Prepare not to alleviate any lost screen data in Release
- > 5.1.
- >
- >NOTIS SYSTEMS, INC.
-
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- KATHLEEN WEBSTER MATTHEWS (LSYS1@UVVM.UVIC.CA)
- Systems Librarian, McPherson Library
- UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, VICTORIA, B.C., CANADA.
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