PAC Flavors
PAC flavors are customized versions of your searching catalog. Many libraries choose to customize their PAC search options for various user groups by setting up more than one version of PAC. (For example, you may want to have one set of standard searches available to the general public, and a more comprehensive set available to staff.) The different versions of PAC are called PAC flavors. Each PAC flavor can have its own customized search options and bib displays. In addition, PAC flavors control display of reserve locations, whether you allow copy-level requests, and so forth. Your Horizon system comes with these PAC flavors:
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StaffPac. This is the PAC flavor used for staff searches. |
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iportal. This is the name of the flavor used for public searches via Horizon Information Portal. |
You can define as many PAC flavors as you need. (For example, you might create a flavor call “circpac” for circulation staff and a flavor called “catpac” for cataloging staff.)
PAC flavors control these attributes in staff searching:
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Views (windows) that display title and item search results. These search windows include the Titles List window, the Bibliographic Detail window, Copies List window, and the Bookmark and Request windows. For each of these windows, a view controls the type of information that is displayed and how it is displayed. MARC maps assigned to these search views extract and display MARC information. |
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Search options. The search options available in the main search window. A staff flavor might include search options that are useful to staff, such as ISBN and ISSN. A public flavor might provide basic search options such as alphabetical and keyword searches. |
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Reserve locations. The locations users can switch to and search for reserve items. |
You must specify these parts when creating or editing a PAC flavor.
This section explains these topics:
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