Ben, You're recollecting correctly -- Sitka was the driver for the feature. I am not surprised that there are ways around the "wall", which was primarily intended for stopping direct access without a link, but allowing it when there is one -- such as when a "foreign" patron checks out a "local" item. I'm fairly certain that development would be required to lock down this particular visibility leak, and that there's no setting to expressly prevent it.
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Ben Shum <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Fiona, > > I'm not too familiar with this area of Evergreen (in our consortium, > people share and want to see everything), but I remember in the old > days there's opt-in settings for patrons to say whether or not they > give permission to be viewed at different libraries within a system. > My recollection was that Sitka, Conifer, or Michigan libraries made > use of these features. > > I'll see what I can dig up, or maybe this reply with spark an idea > with someone who knows more about the current state of patron opt-in > functionality. > > -- Ben > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Borthwick, Fiona > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I really hope someone in the community can help with a problem that one of >> our customers has. There are 2 specific issues with the View Holds screen. >> >> The consortium in question operate as 4 separate authorities when it comes >> to holds so there is no interlending between the different systems. The >> Hold Policies are set up to retrospectively block holds from a different >> system. As a result no hold weighting policies or equivalent have been >> configured. >> >> The Patron Opt-In Boundary and Patron Opt-In Default settings have a value >> of 1 (system) and I can confirm that this behaves as we would expect in a >> patron search - i.e. a search will only find patrons that have a home >> library within your org unit tree. >> >> Our customer's test server is at 2.5.3 where these scenarios persist: >> >> 1) There can be a large number of holds on a popular bestseller. When you >> go to the View Holds screen, you see the list of all holds for the entire >> consortium. >> >> There is a filter option which allows you to filter on either pickup library >> or requesting library but this is a specific branch. Our customer needs to >> be able to see the holds queue for their whole system at once. It is not >> necessary to see the holds for the other systems in the consortium. >> >> 2) This is a more serious problem. Due to the above scenario - i.e. the >> ability to see all consortium holds, it has become apparent that you can >> access a patron record from another system. From the View Holds Screen, >> highlight a hold and then select 'Retrieve Patron' from the Actions menu. >> You are taken straight into the patron record even if this patron belongs to >> another system (different org unit hierarchy). >> >> Can anyone shed any light on how to control this please? This customer only >> wants to be able to see their own local authority's holds and more >> importantly be prevented from being able to access a patron record that >> doesn't belong to them. >> >> Many thanks in advance for any help. >> >> Fiona >> >> -- >> >> Fiona Borthwick >> Customer Services Consultant, PTFS Europe Limited >> Content Management and Library Solutions >> >> +44 (0) 800 756 6803 (phone) >> +44 (0) 7540 768230 (mobile) >> +44 (0) 131 2088578 (direct dial) >> +44 (0) 800 756 6384 (fax) >> [email protected] >> skype: fionaborthwick1 >> >> http://www.ptfs-europe.com > > > > -- > Benjamin Shum > Evergreen Systems Manager > Bibliomation, Inc. > 24 Wooster Ave. > Waterbury, CT 06708 > 203-577-4070, ext. 113 -- Mike Rylander | Director of Research and Development | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [email protected] | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
