Hi, On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Mark Tompsett <[email protected]> wrote:
> This feature is motived by privacy concerns. Certain countries do not > like certain materials which certain libraries may have. And though the > general recommendation is to not catalogue such things publicly, this is > counter-productive for patrons in remote locations who would have to waste > days to find out there is no useful books pertaining to their linguistic > problems. By requiring a log in, authorized patrons can then peruse what is > generally not visible to the public, or even to lesser authorized patrons. > In this scenario, one branch does not want anyone outside their branch to > be able to view their hidden materials, but in another case, one branch is > willing to let authorized people outside that particular branch see the > hidden materials. All branches want their public materials searchable by > the public in general. By customizing patron categories, we can accomplish > this by lessening the filtering of the OpacHiddenItems for the various > scenarios. > In your situation, what are the consequences if, either via bug or misconfiguration, catalog records meant for authorized users become publicly accessible? Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: [email protected] direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org
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