[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron Self Registration
A few of our libraries have started using Patron Self Registration. It’s primarily used as a kiosk with the self registration page as the home page. Libraries send patrons to the registration station or hand them an iPad set to the registration page to fill out their information. We have come discovered a couple problems with the page when used in this fashion. 1) Patrons can back up over other users information by using the back button. 2) After one patron completes their registration we’d like the page to timeout and refresh to the blank form again. We’ve tried to force this action but since both the form and the success are in the same tt2 file, the refresh tries to post the form again. Is there a way to make it a redirect back to itself, clearing all the data, instead of a refresh? I have tried resetting the success variable to 0/false so that on refresh it would fall into the form case, but that did not work. How are other sites using this form? Does anyone have similar problems? Is there a way around them? Thanks, Suzanne -- Suzanne Paterno Systems Support Specialist North of Boston Library Exchange Danvers, Massachusetts pate...@noblenet.org www.noblenet.org
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
I'm getting ready to set this up for our library (single branch, no consortium). We are running 2.5.2. The instructions are pretty clear on where all the settings are (thanks to the doc. author!)... I really just wanted to get feedback from libraries who have implemented this, to see if there were problems that occurred during set up or after going live. Dos and Don'ts, lessons learned, how long you keep pending registrations, etc. It's a procedure that appears straight-forward, which makes me suspicious! Thanks in advance for your comments! -Holly Holly Brennan Library Technology Specialist Homer Public Library 907-235-3180 (main) 907-435-3154 (direct) hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.gov
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
Holly, You might talk to Bill Ott about this. GRPL did some pretty cool stuff with patron self-registration. On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.uswrote: I’m getting ready to set this up for our library (single branch, no consortium). We are running 2.5.2. The instructions are pretty clear on where all the settings are (thanks to the doc. author!)… I really just wanted to get feedback from libraries who have implemented this, to see if there were problems that occurred during set up or after going live. Dos and Don’ts, lessons learned, how long you keep pending registrations, etc. It’s a procedure that appears straight-forward, which makes me suspicious! Thanks in advance for your comments! -Holly Holly Brennan Library Technology Specialist Homer Public Library 907-235-3180 (main) 907-435-3154 (direct) hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.gov -- Ruth Frasur Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township Library 10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346) p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808 Our Kickin' Website http://hagerstownlibrary.org Our Rockin' Facebook Page http://facebook.com/hjtplibrary and Stuff I'm Readinghttp://pinterest.com/hjtplibrary/ruth-reads/
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
Ahh, Bill. He gets to do all the full stuff! (I remember his patron signature scrambler at Evergreen 2013!) -Holly From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ruth Frasur Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:14 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration Holly, You might talk to Bill Ott about this. GRPL did some pretty cool stuff with patron self-registration. On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.usmailto:haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote: I’m getting ready to set this up for our library (single branch, no consortium). We are running 2.5.2. The instructions are pretty clear on where all the settings are (thanks to the doc. author!)… I really just wanted to get feedback from libraries who have implemented this, to see if there were problems that occurred during set up or after going live. Dos and Don’ts, lessons learned, how long you keep pending registrations, etc. It’s a procedure that appears straight-forward, which makes me suspicious! Thanks in advance for your comments! -Holly Holly Brennan Library Technology Specialist Homer Public Library 907-235-3180tel:907-235-3180 (main) 907-435-3154tel:907-435-3154 (direct) hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.govmailto:hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.gov -- Ruth Frasur Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township Library 10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346) p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808 Our Kickin' Websitehttp://hagerstownlibrary.org Our Rockin' Facebook Pagehttp://facebook.com/hjtplibrary and Stuff I'm Readinghttp://pinterest.com/hjtplibrary/ruth-reads/
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
Thanks, Rogan! Ah, that's so easy. The hard part is finding the right file, so
thanks for the direction!
-Holly
From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan
Hamby
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:49 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
You can change that text string in the register.tt2 file.
It'll look like this :
[% IF ctx.register.success %]
h3[% l('Registration successful!') %]h3
h4[% l('Please see library staff to complete your registration.')
%]/h4
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Holly Brennan
haderh...@ci.homer.ak.usmailto:haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote:
I think the only do's/don'ts came down to making sure that staff asked
patrons if they had already pre-registered. Initially we ended up with a
fair number of users in the staging tables and the live user tables, until it
became something staff were more familiar with using.
That's a great point, Bill. We will have to remember to add that question to
the list in our brains.
I've been looking at your pre-registration page. (I love the addition of the
PRE). I see that you added the ID fields. I might follow-up with you later if I
decide to add custom fields, too.
Can you customize the message that appears after registration saying
Registration successful! Please see library staff to complete your
registration. ? I don't like that it says success, since the patron isn't done
yet. I want something that says Almost done!
-Holly
From:
open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org]
On Behalf Of Bill Ott
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:33 PM
To:
open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
Beyond a custom form gathering a few extra bits of information, today we're
using most of the stock self-reg code.
We do run a query from cron to clean up leftover users after 30 days, but
that's about it.
I think the only do's/don'ts came down to making sure that staff asked patrons
if they had already pre-registered. Initially we ended up with a fair number
of users in the staging tables and the live user tables, until it became
something staff were more familiar with using.
On 04/17/2014 04:21 PM, Holly Brennan wrote:
Ahh, Bill. He gets to do all the full stuff! (I remember his patron signature
scrambler at Evergreen 2013!)
-Holly
From:
open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.orgmailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ruth
Frasur
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:14 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
Holly,
You might talk to Bill Ott about this. GRPL did some pretty cool stuff with
patron self-registration.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Holly Brennan
haderh...@ci.homer.ak.usmailto:haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us wrote:
I'm getting ready to set this up for our library (single branch, no
consortium). We are running 2.5.2.
The instructions are pretty clear on where all the settings are (thanks to the
doc. author!)... I really just wanted to get feedback from libraries who have
implemented this, to see if there were problems that occurred during set up or
after going live. Dos and Don'ts, lessons learned, how long you keep pending
registrations, etc.
It's a procedure that appears straight-forward, which makes me suspicious!
Thanks in advance for your comments!
-Holly
Holly Brennan
Library Technology Specialist
Homer Public Library
907-235-3180tel:907-235-3180 (main)
907-435-3154tel:907-435-3154 (direct)
hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.govmailto:hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.gov
--
Ruth Frasur
Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township Library
10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346)
p (765) 489-5632tel:%28765%29%20489-5632; f (765)
489-5808tel:%28765%29%20489-5808
Our Kickin' Websitehttp://hagerstownlibrary.org Our Rockin' Facebook
Pagehttp://facebook.com/hjtplibrary and Stuff I'm
Readinghttp://pinterest.com/hjtplibrary/ruth-reads/
--
Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop
reading them.
― Ray Bradburyhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1630.Ray_Bradbury
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
― C.S. Lewishttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
You can change that text string in the register.tt2 file.
It'll look like this :
[% IF ctx.register.success %]
h3[% l('Registration successful!') %]h3
h4[% l('Please see library staff to complete your
registration.') %]/h4
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.uswrote:
I think the only do's/don'ts came down to making sure that staff asked
patrons if they had already pre-registered. Initially we ended up with a
fair number of users in the staging tables and the live user tables, until
it became something staff were more familiar with using.
That's a great point, Bill. We will have to remember to add that question
to the list in our brains.
I've been looking at your pre-registration page. (I love the addition of
the PRE). I see that you added the ID fields. I might follow-up with you
later if I decide to add custom fields, too.
Can you customize the message that appears after registration saying
Registration successful! Please see library staff to complete your
registration. ? I don't like that it says success, since the patron isn't
done yet. I want something that says Almost done!
-Holly
*From:* open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Bill
Ott
*Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:33 PM
*To:* open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org
*Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
Beyond a custom form gathering a few extra bits of information, today
we're using most of the stock self-reg code.
We do run a query from cron to clean up leftover users after 30 days, but
that's about it.
I think the only do's/don'ts came down to making sure that staff asked
patrons if they had already pre-registered. Initially we ended up with a
fair number of users in the staging tables and the live user tables, until
it became something staff were more familiar with using.
On 04/17/2014 04:21 PM, Holly Brennan wrote:
Ahh, Bill. He gets to do all the full stuff! (I remember his patron
signature scrambler at Evergreen 2013!)
-Holly
*From:* open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [
mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.orgopen-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org]
*On Behalf Of *Ruth Frasur
*Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:14 PM
*To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
*Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration
Holly,
You might talk to Bill Ott about this. GRPL did some pretty cool stuff
with patron self-registration.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us
wrote:
I'm getting ready to set this up for our library (single branch, no
consortium). We are running 2.5.2.
The instructions are pretty clear on where all the settings are (thanks to
the doc. author!)... I really just wanted to get feedback from libraries who
have implemented this, to see if there were problems that occurred during
set up or after going live. Dos and Don'ts, lessons learned, how long you
keep pending registrations, etc.
It's a procedure that appears straight-forward, which makes me suspicious!
Thanks in advance for your comments!
-Holly
Holly Brennan
Library Technology Specialist
Homer Public Library
907-235-3180 (main)
907-435-3154 (direct)
hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.gov
--
Ruth Frasur
Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township
Library
10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346)
p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808
Our Kickin' Website http://hagerstownlibrary.org Our Rockin' Facebook
Page http://facebook.com/hjtplibrary and Stuff I'm
Readinghttp://pinterest.com/hjtplibrary/ruth-reads/
--
Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop
reading them.
-- Ray Bradbury https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1630.Ray_Bradbury
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
