Aeon Ideas
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Appointments - different configurations for different request forms
Boston Public Library would like the ability to have certain request forms, based on the format of the requested material, require longer lead times for appointment scheduling that are different from the reading room's typical appointment settings. The University of Pittsburgh would like to have some web request forms that are intended to be used by staff who don't have access to the Aeon client but need to submit requests for preservation, to not require appointments, while the other patron web request forms do require appointments.
1 votepartially released · AdminKatie Gillespie (Special Collections & Archives Program Manager, Atlas Systems, Inc.) respondedAeon 5.2 includes a status-specific appointment feature, which allows staff to set different lead time and appointment requirements based on user status.
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Database fields - bigger, better, more flexible
There have been multiple situations that our life would have been made much easier if we had more flexibility in the Aeon database fields. For example, it is often suggested to use "another unused field" to store data. We often run into the issue that these fields are character limited.
The max length of any text field seems to 255 characters, which can be totally impractical for some purposes. I am assuming that this might be because of the MS Word mail merge character limit?
Is there any reason why text fields could not not be expanded to something like…
14 votespartially released · AdminKatie Gillespie (Special Collections & Archives Program Manager, Atlas Systems, Inc.) respondedAeon 5.1 added the unlimited custom fields feature but did not increase field sizes.
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