Ability to add description to Showcase
Our staff would like the ability to add a description to Showcases, in addition to the detail described in the Showcase title. I've attached an example from another discovery layer.
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Alison Pruntel
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Adding another comment (so it doesn't get closed for inactivity), as we just ran into this again with a showcase we're putting together for a photography program - https://fauqp.na.iiivega.com/library-list/list/e3f149ad-bf48-45db-af92-76422bd41bdf. It includes a lot of "how to" books but staff also included Bunny Williams on Garden Style, which I was confused about. I asked staff and was met with the reasoning, "I included photo-rich books that have local interest. There’s only so many “how to take photo” books that are interesting enough to add." Well, without that context, you may think it's a mistake it's in the photography showcase. If we could have a field where we could type in a description of the showcase, that would really help in cases like this.
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Jamie Naylor
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This would be great! I'm preparing for our annual literary celebration and creating showcases for our keynote speaker and featured authors/illustrators. It would be great to include their presentation information directly on the showcase.
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Alison Pruntel
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I would like to add on to this idea... it would be nice if you could add a comment to go with each item you bookmark...so WHY you bookmarked it. This is what we'd want if we were making a broad showcase like Staff Picks. So there would be a description of the showcase itself and then each item would have a blurb from the staff member, why they chose it. I think it would also help when patrons bookmark items. Often they don't create a list, may just have "For Later" and then can't remember why they bookmarked something (i.e., friend recommended, etc.). Related, the showcase creator...aside from the Nickname, it would be nice if there was a bio or description you could include.