New and Popular Titles Dialog Box

To open this dialog box:
In Polaris Administration, select Profiles, Mobile PAC, New and Popular Titles.

These settings control the options available when the user clicks the New and Popular Titles link on the Mobile PAC home page.

• New at the Library - Select (check) the categories to include on the New and Popular page in Mobile PAC. When the patron clicks a New at the Library category, the search is launched for titles that have recently been added to your catalog. This feature uses the same processing as the New Titles Web part in Polaris PowerPAC. For details, see Defining Web Parts for Dashboards.

Note:
When the Mobile PAC connection is to a branch, the patron sees only new titles for that branch. When the Mobile PAC connection is to the system, the patron sees new titles for the whole system.

• Best Seller Lists - Select (check) the categories to include on the New and Popular page in Mobile PAC. When a patron selects a title from one of these lists, a search for the title is launched in the Polaris database. The lists are updated automatically with content from IndieBound (formerly Book Sense), using the same process as Polaris PowerPAC. For details, see Defining Web Parts for Dashboards.

• Most Popular - Select (check) the categories to include on the New and Popular page in Mobile PAC. These categories use the same processing as the Most Circulated Web part in Polaris PowerPAC; that is, the Most Popular links launch searches for popular titles, authors, or subjects in the Polaris database, based on circulation statistics for the past 31 days.

• Show on-order items - Select (check) this option to provide links that launch searches for titles in the Polaris database that have linked items with a status of On Order. This feature uses the same processing as the On-Order Items Web part in Polaris PowerPAC. For details, see Defining Web Parts for Dashboards.

For more information about setting up Mobile PAC, see Setting Up Mobile PAC.