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We use LibGuides Database AtoZ, but I don't know of any way to add that information and keeping it out of the public's immediate eye without the librarian logging into LibApps and viewing an internal note that you can add to each database. There may be something
you can do with some extra coding, but we haven't implemented anything like that. </span></p>
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quirky about using the database but it doesn't need to be </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt;">"internal
information," you could put that in the database description, but keep the description "collapsed" until the user clicks on the information icon (see photos - 1st image is what the public sees; 2nd is from LibApps where the librarian can add the description,
edit, etc.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt;">). I really do not know how many users
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<p>Melvin J. Zahnow Library<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Pennington, Buddy D. <penningtonb@umkc.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 20, 2018 1:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> eril-l@lists.eril-l.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Staff help information in Database A-Z listings?</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">We all have public Database A-Z listings for our users. I am curious to know how you accommodate helpful information for library staff when they are helping said users. Do you incorporate that information into your public listing information?
Keep an internal listing with staff-only information? Do something else? </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">We are migrating our Databases A-Z from Innovative ERM to LibGuides and this is something that has come up as we have shortened the database summary information from a detailed, text-heavy summary in ERM to a short summary in LibGuides.
There is an idea to keep the ERM records for staff use. I’m not sure that is the best approach.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks!</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Buddy Pennington</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Head of Library Systems & Technology (Librarian III)</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Miller Nichols Library</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">University of Missouri--Kansas City</p>
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