[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web team meeting today
Hi all, Just a reminder that the web team will be meeting today at 2 PM EDT, 11 AM PDT, 18:00 UTC in the #Evergreen IRC channel - http://evergreen-ils.org/irc.php. The agenda is available at http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:meetings:agenda:2013-05-09 For those who are unfamiliar with using IRC, we have a IRC Quick Start Guide on the wiki to help get you started - http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=community:irc-quick-start Kathy -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive
Some ILSs have the ability to periodically convert large numbers of patron records to inactive. What about Evergreen? Would it be possible to have a set of criteria like: If a patron has no items currently out, If there are no bills on the patron’s account, And if there has been no activity such as circulations, renewals, payment of bills, or logging into Evergreen for 3 or more years Then the Evergreen user (aka patron) will be automatically marked “Inactive.” Is it possible? Has anyone deployed a feature like this? Thanks, in advance. George Tuttle Computer Services Librarian Piedmont Regional Library System 770-867-2762 x113 770-891-0654 (cell) 770-867-7483 (fax) mailto:gtut...@prlib.org gtut...@prlib.org LOGOFEB2013 image002.png
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Open-ils-general Digest, Vol 83, Issue 18
K-12 School district - 12th graders graduate. No reason to continue to carry them on the system. As we do overdues by homeroom teacher, the teacher who no longer has 12 graders, picks up an entering grade. So we have to revise/delete the homeroom number noted for the leaving 12th graders. Why not just delete them? At one point we changed bar code numbers for a group of students - now we have a ghosted list of those students with their earlier numbers. It interferes with inventory, overdues, etc. Being able to delete a batch group of students(patrons) makes sense to me. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:00 PM, open-ils-general-requ...@list.georgialibraries.org wrote: Send Open-ils-general mailing list submissions to open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-general or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to open-ils-general-requ...@list.georgialibraries.org You can reach the person managing the list at open-ils-general-ow...@list.georgialibraries.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Open-ils-general digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Converting large numbers of patronrecords to inactive (George Tuttle) 2. Re: Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive (Jason Stephenson) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 11:37:03 -0400 From: George Tuttle gtut...@prlib.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Message-ID: 006801ce4ccb$0e60a590$2b21f0b0$@org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-7 It leads to the questions: what is your library's policy and what is the reason for marking patrons inactive? I would tend to think the main reason would be for accurate statistics -- so your patron count wouldn't be inflated with accounts that have expired years ago. Thanks. George Tuttle Computer Services Librarian Piedmont Regional Library System 770-867-2762 x113 770-891-0654 (cell) 770-867-7483 (fax) gtut...@prlib.org LOGOFEB2013 From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan Hamby Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:11 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive I think Jason's is a bit more elegant but if you have a specific need for that kind of criteria that can be done a slightly more involved SQL statement to run periodically too (daily). On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Jason Etheridge ja...@esilibrary.com wrote: Would it be possible to have a set of criteria like: snip If not not using expire dates set far in the future, it may be simpler to just base it off of expire date. If the account has been expired for over X amount of time, then flag the account inactive. What do you think? We could do that with a one-line SQL command made to run periodically. -- Jason Etheridge | Support Manager | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: ja...@esilibrary.com | web: http://www.esilibrary.com -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. ? http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis C.S. Lewis -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils-general/attachments/20130509/61e9c9cf/attachment-0001.htm -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 8450 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils-general/attachments/20130509/61e9c9cf/attachment-0001.png -- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 11:37:18 -0400 From: Jason Stephenson jstephen...@mvlc.org Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org Message-ID: 20130509113718.12321ay8e3yko...@mail.mvlc.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp=Yes; format=flowed As a followup, I'd ask what problem are you trying to solve that isn't solved by the expiration date of a patron record? That might give more insight to an appropriate solution. -- Jason Stephenson Assistant Director for Technology Services Merrimack Valley Library Consortium End of Open-ils-general
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 2013 Hack-A-Way
Calvin College in Michigan has been selected as the host of the Hack-A-Way this year. Dan Wells, well known in the developer community, is organizing the hosting effort. Some details: - Dates: We are currently working on dates in the second half of September. Once Dan has those dates developers will vote on their preference. The rest is pretty much copy and pasted from the proposal: - Lodging: Guests would stay at our on-campus conference center. The discounted room rate would be $77.00 per night plus 15% tax (6% sales tax, 9% lodging tax). You can read more about the accommodations here: http://www.calvin.edu/prince/accommodations/ - Transportation: We will provide shuttle transportation to and from the airport, and also for some evening excursions. - Meeting space: Our primary space would be a large multi-purpose room adjacent to the library. We would also have flexibility to use multiple conference rooms within the library if we wish to split up for any portion of the event. - Meals: Breakfast is provided by the conference center, and we will provide lunch and beverages for all three working days. Guests will be responsible for dinner costs. -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System 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
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RDA Tags
I feel like I am asking a lot of questions, but we are kind of new to this... RDA tags 264, 336, 337, and 338 appear in our MARC displays, but not in our OPAC displays. My assumption is that this is a configuration issue and not related to the fact that we are still at 2.1. Am I correct in this assumption or this yet another reason to look forward to our upgrade? Thank you, Scott Scott Thomas Board of Directors PaILS (570) 207-2379 [cid:image001.jpg@01CE4CC2.270071B0]http://www.palibrary.org/pails/ Pennsylvania's Statewide Library System inline: image001.jpg
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RDA Tags
Hi Scott, On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Scott Thomas sc...@albright.org wrote: I feel like I am asking a lot of questions, but we are kind of new to this… ** ** RDA tags 264, 336, 337, and 338 appear in our MARC displays, but not in our OPAC displays. My assumption is that this is a configuration issue and not related to the fact that we are still at 2.1. Am I correct in this assumption or this yet another reason to look forward to our upgrade? ** This is mostly a configuration issue, as ultimately one can have any MARC tag you wish displayed in the OPAC by customizing the TPAC templates. That also holds true for the older JSPac available in 2.1 and earlier, though (arguably) with a little more effort required. However, the stock TPAC templates in 2.4.0 do explicitly add support for grabbing and displaying publication information from the 264, if present. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: g...@esilibrary.com 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
