12.08.22 Pika Admin Working Group Meeting

Regular meeting activities

• Ubuntu server migration updates

  • attempting night of 12.13.22

  • Please complete any settings changes (library system or location) by NOON on 12.09 for inclusion on new server. Anything made after this point won’t be captured

    • User data will be copied day of migration (12.13.22) as an FYI.

• Review any questions from last few meetings

  • Browse categories/widgets

  • Grouping logic

  • Merging/unmerging records?

• Hoopla setting review

  • Several libraries have possibly stale settings for Hoopla suppression that we might want to remove.

    • We’ll make updates after the migration to the new server.

• FTP server credentials have been sent

  • Please respond with your network IPs so we can make allowances on the firewall!

• Other training topics for next/last meeting?

  • Anything specific the group would like to review?

  • Rescheduling options (Ashley will be out 12.22)

• Adding working group members to discovery committee email list

Theming Changes Discussion

• Removing any links to other FLC sites branded as such

  • Does anyone want to keep information about the other libraries on the MLN2 cluster? If so, it should be edited to remove FLC branding

• Boulder changes

  • No big changes, logo has been provided

  • @CJ O'Hara can use some of the existing CSS from Boulder’s site

• Broomfield changes

  • more whitespace, search bar on the left hand side

  • logo provided already

• Lafayette changes

  • cleaner looking browse categories, rounded edges

  • better spacing for subcategories

  • new font?

  • horizontal logos are better

  • taller left hand link buttons, no gradient

  • liked basalt and anne arundel’s sites

• Longmont changes

  • still finalizing options for logo

  • englewood’s style for browse categories

  • taller buttons, but maybe do away with the images

• Louisville changes

  • Square logo with banner image style ala Englewood

  • sidebar option enabled

  • large browse category buttons, single color, rounded edges, no dark outline

  • utilize subcategories better

• Loveland changes

  • simple interface that matches the library website

  • remove links up top (in system message)

  • no gradient in the left hand links

  • more closely align left hand links with library website