Re: Patron book list

[Elizabeth Thomsen <et at noblenet dot org>]

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:10:30 -0700 (MST) Carol Gyger wrote:
> Yes, we use Preferred Searches but it isn't as straight forward as I would
> like for producing a list of titles.  For example, if you drill down to a
> full bib record level and click the Preferred Searches button, your
> original search is saved not the title itself.  It would be great if it
> saved the title.  One can work around this by starting with a title search
> for each title you want to add to your list.  I think our customers would
> like something like Amazon.com's Wish List.  You click an item and it adds
> it to your wish list.
> 
> Sounds like an enhancement idea.

It does sound like an enhancement request, and an interesting one.  

Do you see this interacting with holds at all?  One of the biggest
problem with holds, in any system that I know, is that our most active
patrons have no means of flow control.  They place holds on everything
they want to read, and it's totally random when each hold becomes
available for them.  Some weeks they may end up with far too much to read 
(or watch or listen to), and some weeks they get nothing.  I'd love to
see kind of a list feature that would somehow interact with the holds
process to give people a steady stream of material.  Something like the
way the NetFlix queue works would be wonderful.

-- 
Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers MA 01923
et at noblenet dot org