The online public access catalogue (OPAC) is set for upgrading near the end of this month. Our partners at the University of Lethbridge (UofL) have submitted a work request to Innovative Interfaces (III) to have the OPAC upgraded to the WebPAC Pro version that will be pushed to the live server soon.
What can we expect to see in this new version: a greater implementation of cascading style sheets (CSS), a spell checker, an improved search algorithm, enhanced results lists, and preferred/saved search functionality. This upgrade will also set the stage for greater functionality of the OPAC server for future web standards.
My biggest join was deleting the image files associated with the previous OPAC on the staging server. I was able to delete more than 70 graphic files associated with the previous OPAC. Once the new OPAC is functional, I will be down to managing 3 graphic files - one for each of our two libraries' banners and a third for the Vera Bracken Library collections layout.
WebPAC Pro, with its new functionality and structure, promises to be a tremendous upgrade from the previous OPAC.
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