PAC ADMINISTRATION

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The PAC Admin Menu

The PAC Admin menu provides access to features and functions related to administration of your library’s RESEARCHit, SHAREit or VERSO system.

To access the PAC Admin menu:

1. Click the Staff Dashboard link on any screen in the Search interface.
   • The Staff Dashboard screen displays. The Dashboard displays all staff menus available for your user account.
2. The PAC Admin menu provides access to the following options:

• Full Record Display Profiles – lets you select the specific MARC tags and subfields that will be shown in Full Record Displays.
• Define Resource Headings – lets you create additional resource headings, edit or delete an existing resource heading, and define the order in which resource headings are displayed in the Resources menu.
• Search Resources – lets you view a listing of all search resources currently available to your library, define resource permissions on a source-by-source basis, and define additional local Z39.50 resources or web links for your library.
• Public Search Resources – lets you view a listing of all search resources currently available to your consortium or collective, define resource permissions on a source-by-source basis, and define additional local Z39.50 resources or web links.
• Modify a Library’s Available Search Sources – lets you manage the available search resources for a selected member library.
• Replicate Search Sources – lets you configure the search sources for one or more libraries within your consortium or collective based on the current search sources configuration for a selected library.
• Define/Maintain Scoping Levels – lets you create and maintain scoping levels to which you may assign any member library.
• Define/Maintain Location Groups – lets you create and maintain location groups (“sub-groupings” of locations) to which you may assign any member library.
• Modify Holdings Maintenance Permissions – lets you assign locations (holdings) maintenance permissions for CAT Administration for libraries within your consortium or collective.
• Modify AGCat Permissions – lets you assign cataloging maintenance permissions for AGCat for libraries within your consortium or collective.
• Record Display Hotlinks – lets you specify the MARC tags that will serve as hotlinks in the Full Record Display for MARC records retrieved from any bibliographic database (Union Catalog, Z39.50 database, etc.).

  NOTE: The Record Display Hotlinks function is optional, and may not be enabled for all systems.

• Modify Resource Groups – allows selected libraries to be limited to a subset of available Public Search Resources by associating the libraries with defined resource groups.

  NOTE: The Modify Resource Groups function is applicable to RESEARCHit and SHAREit systems only. The Modify Resource Groups function is not available for VERSO systems.

• Modify A Library Profile – lets you maintain a library profile (library name and address information) for each library in your consortium or collective.

  NOTE: The Modify A Library Profile function is available to Customer SuperUsers only.

• Export Vendor Usernames – lets you export a list of “subscription” databases provided by third-party vendors to your consortium or collective along with authentication information for each database.
• Modify My Library Profile – lets you maintain a library profile (library name, address and email information) for your library.
• Select Search Indexes – lets you configure the search indexes available through the in menus in the Search module according to search type and user type for all libraries in your consortium.
• Lists – lets you manage and configure the “Lists” feature available through the Search module.
• Select Library Search Indexes – lets individual libraries modify certain search index settings.
• Maintain System Alerts – provides tools for managing system alerts as follows:

  NOTE: The Maintain System Alerts functions are applicable to RESEARCHit and SHAREit systems only. The Maintain System Alerts functions are not available for VERSO systems.

  • Define Z39.50 Status Check – lets you define the parameters for the Z39.50 status check.
  • New Z39.50 Locations – lets you define the parameters for the Z39.50 Target Unmapped Location Download, and download a list of new Z39.50 locations.
  • Define NCIP Status Check – lets you define the parameters for the NCIP status check.
  • NCIP Transaction Error Logs – lets you view records of transaction errors returned by NCIP systems.
• Kids’ Catalog Admin – lets you configure and manage the optional Kids Catalog interface as follows:

  NOTE: Kids Catalog functionality is optional, and may not be enabled for all systems.

  • Define Records – lets you enable or disable the Kids Catalog for your system, and configure the results obtained through the Search feature of the Kids Catalog
  • Level 1 Categories – lets you create pre-defined “Level 1” hierarchical “subject” searches.
  • Level 2 Categories – lets you create pre-defined “Level 2” hierarchical “subject” searches.
  • Level 3 Categories – lets you create pre-defined “Level 3” hierarchical “subject” searches.

3. The specific features and functions available to you through PAC Administration are determined by your PAC Administration user level (see Login Modes for more information).
4. Click the Home button to return to your library’s “Home” page.

 

 

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