The Mystic Workspace is the main environment in which the Mystic application is used. It usually consists of a toolbar, sidebar and open area where various type of dialog can be displayed but may vary in nature according to the configuration that the library has chosen to implement, as well as the icon set and colour theme.

On first accessing the workspace, Staff Users will always be faced with the Mystic Splash - a list of messages and articles which are useful for the staff user to know about, or important information which all staff users need to see (such as update information).

Once an article has been read, selecting the [Mark As Read] button will prevent the article from displaying on the next login.

If there are no current articles to read, the Splash Page will not display.

To Close the splash page, click the [Close] button in the bottom left hand corner. If there are any unread articles, the Splash page will re-display on the next login but can also be displayed whenever required by selecting [Info]>[Splash Page]>[Display Now].

The Dialog Only Workspace is the default mode for the Mystic Workspace. You will know that you are in this mode if the top-left corner of the toolbar shows only the [Info] toolbar icon.

In this mode, all staff user managers are displayed as floating dialogs (windows) which can be moved around within the browser.

OPAC features which are selected from the sidebar display in the larger open area.

The Webpage Workspace is a mode utilised if any of the Staff User managers have been placed into full-page mode (this can be done by changing the user permissions for managers such as the Catalogue and Reader Manager).

You will know if you are in the Webpage Workspace mode as additional toolbar icons will appear in the top-left of the current web page allowing you to navigate between the main workspace and any additional full-page webpages that are loaded (Catalogue, Readers etc.)

Icons and Colour Themes can be selected independently to apply both to the Workspace and across the application. These can be selected from the [Info]>[Icons] and [Info]>[Themes] menus off the main toolbar.

Note that once selected, they will only become active on the next login.

Icon and Colour Themes are typically created as pairs - For example, there is both a 'Retro' icon pack and colour themes set. There is however, no restriction on combining different icon and colour theme packs.

If a clear display is required in keeping with modern Windows environments, the 'Looks Like Ten' is a good solution.

The toolbar consists of four main groups:

• The [Info] toolbar icon which is always present in some form.
• The [Workspace] group which will only be present of the Workspace is in Webpage mode.
• The [Quick Access] group towards the right of the toolbar, which contains fast-access icons to the main managerial dialogs (if enabled).
• The [Staff Menu] group which allows menu access to both the main managerial dialogs as well as additional features.

All toolbars in Mystic contain the 🆘 icon in the top right hand corner (the same icon is present on other dialogs which do not possess a toolbar, in different locations).

Selecting this icon displays context relevant help for the area displayed.

The sidebar of the Mystic Workspace contains three possible sets of everyday functions - such as those used by readers, or librarians administering the day-to-day operations of the library.

Each option can be configured to show or be hidden in the Mystic configuration settings.

The [Reader Menu]] allows:

• a logged in reader to log out
• perform search operations using the OAPC (Online Public Access Catalogue)
• borrow and return items
• view their own borrowing
• view their reservations
• view a profile containing all information stored about them (satisfying GDPR requirements)
• issue and return items (as an administrative user)
• issue and return items at a class level (as an administrative user)

The [Other Options] menu allows:

• access to the Advanced Search features
• display of lists and projects which the library may have established
• see the full index, including author names, keywords, subject areas etc.

The [Manager Shortcuts] menu allows sidebar access to the three main managerial dialogs, which can also be accessed from the [Quick Access] toolbar icons as well as the [Staff Menu].

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