Our previous ILS (Millennium) had this ability. The system would give the new self registration patron their internal database id number as their barcode. It was equivalent to the current patron pre-registration directly creating a patron with no staff review. And then staff could review the new accounts after they were created. We never really felt comfortable with that. I’m not sure that would really be compatible with our Overdrive contract if Overdrive wanted to take issue with it. Remember radical trust from a few years ago, I have a radical trust deficiency.
Now Overdrive has their own self registration option, which is actually not compliant with our contract with them since it would willing give out cards to customers that are not in our service area. The most granular geographic boundary is by zip code, which cross county boundaries in several of our border cities. So maybe I shouldn’t worry so much about the few that might slip through. Here is a link to the wishlist bug report for patron self registration with immediate access. It would help if everyone that is interested in this feature would add comments about how they would like it to work and/or mark the bug as affecting you. https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1663295 Josh Stompro - LARL IT Director From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Diane Disbro Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 1:17 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] online registration and mobile app This is what we will be doing as soon as we get the registration form the way I want it. :) What we REALLY want to be able to do is for patrons to register and be given an account number by the ILS. I've been told other ILSes (Is that a word?) perform this function. Diane Disbro Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator Union Branch Scenic Regional Library 308 Hawthorne Drive Union, MO 63084 (636) 583-3224 ddis...@scenicregional.org<mailto:ddis...@scenicregional.org> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Elizabeth Davis <eda...@albright.org<mailto:eda...@albright.org>> wrote: Shannon We use the mailing of the card as address confirmation. If the mail is returned, we update the record. Elizabeth From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org>] On Behalf Of Shannon Midyett Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 11:15 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] online registration and mobile app Elizabeth, Do staff confirm address for patrons who receive cards via the online registration process? If so, how do they accomplish this? Thanks, Shannon Shannon Midyett Assistant Director [logosignature] Poplar Bluff Municipal Library 318 North Main Street | Poplar Bluff, MO 63901<https://maps.google.com/?q=318+North+Main+Street+%7C+Poplar+Bluff,+MO+63901&entry=gmail&source=g> e: shan...@poplarbluff.org<mailto:shan...@poplarbluff.org> t: (573) 686 – 8639 | d: (573) 203 - 4676 website<http://poplarbluff.org/> | newsletter<http://poplarbluff.org/ots_issuu.html> | Annual Report<http://poplarbluff.org/annualreport.html> | Digital Library<http://poplarbluff.org/downloads.html> [Inline image 1]<http://www.facebook.com/poplarbluffpubliclibrary> [Inline image 2]<http://pbpl-genealogy.blogspot.com/> [Inline image 4]<http://pinterest.com/pbmld> [cid:image004.png@01D3D880.EA9F7A90]<http://instagram.com/poplarbluffmunicipallibrary> Poplar Bluff Municipal Library District with its community partners provides and promotes equal access to reading, information, cultural and intellectual resources. On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Elizabeth Davis <eda...@albright.org<mailto:eda...@albright.org>> wrote: We use the online registration form with a welcome email trigger. When staff process online applications, new card holders get a welcome email with their card number so that they can start using online resources. The physical card arrives a few days later via snail mail. It's not instant, but it's fairly quick. Elizabeth Davis Head of Digital Services Scranton Public Library ________________________________________ From: Open-ils-general [open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org>] on behalf of Stroup, Meg [mstr...@statelibrary.sc.gov<mailto:mstr...@statelibrary.sc.gov>] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 6:29 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] online registration and mobile app >> We are interested in online registration that would allow patrons to use >> their accounts instantly to check out online resources. << It’s not quite instant, but the South Carolina State Library uses the online registration form<http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/get-library-card> to allow almost-but-not-quite instant access to our electronic resources (includes things like ebrary and Safari collections). That was the reason we chose to implement the remote registration: to be able to grant access to users across the state as quickly and seamlessly as possible. Circulation staff monitor the pending patrons screen and are able to approve users quickly. These users could be routed into an internet-access permission group. I’m not sure if that answers your question, but it’s a workflow that functions well for us. Meg Stroup SCLENDS Cataloging Coordinator 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29201<https://maps.google.com/?q=1500+Senate+Street,+Columbia,+SC+29201+%0D%0A(803&entry=gmail&source=g> (803) 737-7736 | mstr...@statelibrary.sc.gov<mailto:mstr...@statelibrary.sc.gov><mailto:mstr...@statelibrary.sc.gov<mailto:mstr...@statelibrary.sc.gov>> [/Users/mstroup/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/Library/Caches/Signatures/signature_1568321086]<http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/> Innovation | Collaboration | Participation From: Open-ils-general <open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org>> on behalf of Diane Disbro <ddis...@scenicregional.org<mailto:ddis...@scenicregional.org>> Reply-To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>> Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 5:49 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] online registration and mobile app Good afternoon - We are interested in online registration that would allow patrons to use their accounts instantly to check out online resources. Is that ever going to be possible with Evergreen? We would also like to have a mobile app for our catalog. Will that be possible in the future? Thank you. Diane Disbro Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator Union Branch Scenic Regional Library 308 Hawthorne Drive<https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+%0D%0AUnion,+MO+63084&entry=gmail&source=g> Union, MO 63084<https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+%0D%0AUnion,+MO+63084&entry=gmail&source=g> (636) 583-3224 ddis...@scenicregional.org<mailto:ddis...@scenicregional.org><mailto:ddis...@scenicregional.org<mailto:ddis...@scenicregional.org>>
