That's certainly possible. I do think the overlaying is something that needs to be considered as a factor in both scenarios though. In a perfect world things like YAOUS for things like updated expiration dates as well for refreshed accounts.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 10:31 AM Jane Sandberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 6:41 AM, Jason Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > What would be better than all of these useful scripts floating around > > would be if someone would fund development for batch patron loading in > > the client. > > I agree that a GUI batch loader would be very helpful. However, > several libraries need to batch load these patrons on a daily basis, > since students may start programs at various times throughout the > semester. So the nightly cron job script approach is pretty important > for these cases, and I think it would be nice if there were a more > standard way in Evergreen to do that particular approach. > > I'm wondering if we might consider including a very general, flexible > patron batch import/update script in the support-scripts directory. > Thoughts? > > > -- > Jane Sandberg > Electronic Resources Librarian > Linn-Benton Community College > [email protected] / 541-917-4655 > Pronouns: she/her/hers >
