Adding to "New at the Library"

I've made a couple of changes to our New at the Library catalog page.

• Added a "New Spanish" section
• Renamed "New DVD" to "New Movie & TV" and added links to new Blu-ray and TV Series
• Added YA Non-fiction and Audiobook links to the "New YA" section
• Reordered everything to make the expanded options fit better in two columns

I've also made a minor change to the Advanced search page. There is no longer an "All" category for locations, formats, audience, and new items. It was getting too hard to keep the collection codes straight. Instead, if you wish to deselect a limit after you've already clicked on it, hold down the ctrl key on your keyboard and click on the limit you wish to remove.

"New At the Library" Changes

Our patron catalog has several tabs and subtabs. One of the "Books, DVDs, CDs . . ." subtab is labeled New at the Library. This subtab provides a list of searches for borrowers to easily see the new items we have within specific genres and subjects.

Last week, one of our librarians asked me to run a report of our most popular genres and subjects for a post she is planning for our Facebook page. This is one of my favorite type of reports to do :) I ran it and then, upon looking at the most popular non-fiction subject headings, realized that our "New Non-Fiction" section didn't reflect what people are checking out.

Below is a list of the new categories that have either been expanded or added to the "New Non-Fiction" links:

• Colorado Guidebooks
• Crafts
• Drawing
• Exercise and Fitness
• Job Hunting and Careers
• Knitting, Crocheting, and More
• Parenting
• Personal Finance
• Pregnancy
• Relationships
• Self-Improvement and Living Well
• Weight Loss and Health

When you have a chance, take a look and let me know what you think.

As an aside, I love that we have a Star Wars Craft Book :)

Note: If you are using a non-Internet Explorer browser, you may see that the columns don't line up correctly on the "New at the Library" page. This is a known bug with our vendor. I'm planning to delve in to the code and hopefully fix that soon.