there's an srfsh script that converts juv to adult, whatever that is, that 
could potentially be conscripted to this task...

                >> So in addition to “unchecking” the Juvenile box, the script 
could also add an Alert? That’s exactly what we’re looking for.

                                -Holly

-- Ben

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On Jun 10, 2015 4:11 PM, "Justin Hopkins 📖" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I should clarify that my previous suggestion was based on my recollection that 
you have access to the database and could set this up.

Justin
On 6/10/15 3:09 PM, Justin Hopkins 📖 wrote:
Holly,

I think the simplest solution would be to run a script on a nightly cron that 
updated the database as necessary. Flip the Juvenile flag, change their 
profile, possibly remove the grouping/ident2_value, and add an alert. I thought 
we might be running something like that ourselves, but either I'm not finding 
it, or it's just something we'd also talked about doing but never did.

Justin
On 6/10/15 3:00 PM, Holly Brennan wrote:
We’d like to be alerted when a patron who was marked as juvenile (the checkbox 
based on their birth date) is now over 18. The goal would be to catch those 
now-adults and change their library card type from Juvenile to Adult, so they 
are now responsible for their library card rather than their parent. We would 
also enter their ID information, and remove the parent’s ID (typically their 
driver’s license).

The staff notification could be just a alert message. We’d like to avoid having 
to look at an expired account and calculate whether that patron is now an 
adult, so please no solutions involving math. ☺

We’ve run a report for patrons who have Juvenile accounts but are 18+, and 
there are hundreds. I’m guessing we’re on our own fixing these ones, but maybe 
there is a miracle out there for adding the alert to these accounts too?

Thanks!

Holly Brennan
Library Technology Specialist
Homer Public Library, Alaska

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