I wouldn't object to it, I just wouldn't fight for it either - the per loan over ride. The ability to have auto renewals I rather like as I see it as a chance for good customer experiences.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Galen Charlton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Rogan Hamby <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 2) I would prefer policy based for a number of reasons that revolve > around > > lack of consistent policy among member libraries. While it's tempting to > > say that the ability to turn it on or off would be nice frankly it's > adding > > another flip switch on a large control panel full of doo hickeys and some > > staff don't know all the existing ones. And when I ask myself can I see > a > > significant utility in staff having this ability, frankly the answer is > no. > > So, would I be upset if the override was available? No, and we might > find > > some currently unforeseen use for it but I doubt it. I can actually > imagine > > it causing as much or more confusion than it helps. > > A per-loan auto-renew flag could be accompanied by library settings > and permissions to control its visibility, and it could also not be > exposed to the UI at all. > > I brought up the idea because during the discussion on the Koha > mailing list, somebody expressed that such fine-grained control would > be useful to them. I would agree that it's a good idea to not display > switches unnecessarily on the patron loan list interface unless they > would get used. > > 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 > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." -- Ray Bradbury <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1630.Ray_Bradbury> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
