The Contact List Page

The Contact List Page provides information about contacts involved in library management. This section describes how to:

Listing Contacts

To List the Contacts

The content and order of the information on the Contact List Page is user-definable. Select the Contact List from the Home menu on the LibMON Home Page.

The Contact List Page is displayed.

Selecting Contacts

Before you can configure the display attributes of a contact or access detailed information on a contact, you must first select it.

To Select the Contacts

1. Click on a contact icon on the Contact List Page.
2. Once a contact is selected, you can perform the following functions:

Setting Contact View and Sort Options

The contact properties displayed on the Contact List Page and the display order are user-configurable by using the View Properties and Sort Order dialog boxes. New contacts added to the table adhere to the view and sort options specified in these dialog boxes.

To Set the Contact View Options

1. Select the View option in the Selected menu.

The Display Attributes dialog box is displayed.

2. Highlight an attribute from the list, and then use the Add or Remove button to move it to the Hide Attributes or Show Attributes box.

*These are displayed by default.

3. Click OK to save the changes.

You can also click Reset to reset the attributes to their previous setting or click Cancel to return to the Home Page without saving any changes.

To Set the Contact Sort Order

1. Select the Sort option on the Selected menu.

The Sort dialog box is displayed.

2. Highlight an item, and then use the Add or Remove button to move it to or from the Sort Order box.

The attributes that can be sorted are as follows:

*These items are displayed by default.

3. Click OK to save the changes.

You can also click Reset to reset the sort order to the previous setting or click Cancel to return to the Home Page without saving any changes.

Creating New Contacts

You can create new contacts from any page.

To Create a New Contact

1. Select Contacts in the Create menu.

The Contact Property Book Page is displayed.

2. Type information as needed for the contact.

You can enter one or more email addresses for each LibMON contact. You must separate multiple email addresses with a comma. When multiple Email addresses are present, email is sent to all addresses listed.

If your system is configured to activate a paging system when new mail is received at specific email addresses, you can use the multiple email address capability in LibMON to forward LibMON notifications to your paging system.

3. After you have entered the information for a new contact, click OK to save the information and return to the Contact List Page.

Displaying Detailed Contact Information

You can view detailed information for a contact on the Contact Property Book Page. Click on the contact to select it and then select Properties in the Selected menu.

This page contains all information entered when a new contact is created.