Material type sorting to show physical copies and DVDs first
Currently, Vega sorts book, eBook, large print, audio CD, and eAudio. I'm proposing we change this to book, large print, audio CD, then digital resources. Most patrons search for digital media via Libby rather than the main online catalog.
Additionally, putting DVDs before Blu-Ray would help lower the amount of patrons accidentally ordering Blu-Ray when they really wanted the DVD. Re-ordering this would lower the amount of accidental hold requests for the wrong media type.
Emily Vosberg
shared this idea
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Eliza Richards
commented
As with previous, I think if this were to happen it should customizable by site. I wouldn't want to change the current order.
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jax
commented
I agree with what Molly said, it would be nice if we had the option to change this for each individual library based on unique patron trends. I do think this change would help Mequon lower the amount of people ordering Blu-Ray when they meant to do a DVD. I also agree with Emily on that patrons searching for ebooks generally are using Libby, and I can foresee patrons getting confused and requesting the ebook when they meant to do the physical copy.
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Molly Olk
commented
Even if we don't change this for every library, each library should have the option to set their own order for the formats. At Mequon, many of our patrons are older and even in person will accidentally check out a Blu-Ray when they really needed a DVD.