[Wactclc-alma] Strategies for updating Get It tiles to reflect library closures/lack of requesting services

[Sally Sheedy]

How about change the name of your library?  Available at EdCC Library, which is closed until further notice. Psych!

Or change all your location code descriptions to say “Library closed…” but you’d have to republish everything, I think.

Call me crazy, and I’ll answer.

-SAlly



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Hi all,

Collective Wisdom brainstorm request!

I'd like to update our Get It tile to better reflect our closed library policy and to redirect students to digital resources. I'm betting others would like to do this too, so I wanted to submit this as a topic of conversation.

There are a few options here, which I'll list in ascending order of complexity:

Strategy #1 - Update nui.request.signin code from default text to highlight our closed status and the lack of physical circulations

  *   Pros - Would be visible to virtually every user, since we have such low login counts
  *   Cons - has appeared to all users for years, so experienced students might be trained to look past it; the rest of the full record will have tons of green "Available" text, as well as the loan window for the record, so users may see conflicting information
Strategy #2 - Update all relevant availability code descriptions to reflect 'Available but...' aspect of library closure. Maybe something like "Available - See COVID-19 Procedures"

  *   Pros - Would appear on both brief and full records
  *   Cons - Uneasy at the thought of multiple available codes to change/keep track of; can't link to another resource in an Availability code itself, so any references in the code would have to be self-descriptive enough
Strategy #3 - Add a whole new alert bar a la CSU's code<https://libguides.colostate.edu/c.php?g=701450&p=6569946> to the Send To or Get It tiles detailing COVID-19 physical collection procedures

  *   Pros - Still only available on full records, but will allow for maximum customizing of alert window; could link oodles of other resources too
  *   Cons - High-touch, and would require redeploying the view. Not an issue really but takes a lot longer than the other two ideas
Thoughts?

-Dan
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