[oplinwebkits] If your site has built-in search of the Ohio Digital Library...

[Laura Solomon]

Hello all, 

If your site does *not* have a built-in search of the Ohio Digital Library (it's a search option along with "site," "catalog," and "Ohio Web Library"), feel free to ignore this message. 

For the rest of you, we've become aware of an issue that's been created with the addition of OverDrive adding the new Kids and Teens interfaces to the ODL. The default behavior is now to retain whichever interface was last used (e.g., Kids, Teens, main) on a particular computer, rather than resetting to the main (adult) interface when a new session is started. This causes an issue, because OverDrive's cookies essentially don't ever expire once they're set (well, OK, they *do* expire...in 15 years). So, if a patron did a search on ODL's Kids section, the next patron to use the search will get the ODL Kids page/interface, even if that's not what they wanted. 

Thanks to Karl Jendretzky, OPLIN now has a way to circumvent the default OverDrive behavior. If your site is one of the Website Kits that has this built-in option, please email me directly ( laura at oplin.org ) with the name of your library, and I'll add in the new workaround. ​Don't hesitate to ask if you have questions. Thanks, 

Laura 

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Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS 
Library Services Manager , Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) 
(614) 728-5252 (voice) | (614) 728-5256 (fax) 
laura at oplin.org | http://www.oplin.org/ 

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