Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] search for something other than barcode in checkout screen

2012-02-28 Thread Joan Kranich
Hi, We have a training server where I can use the libraries' items and patrons without causing problems. If I am testing on the production server used live by libraries, I usually test using dummy patrons and items. This also allows the freedom of changing permission groups in patron records

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron search - limit results

2012-02-28 Thread Fiona Borthwick
Hello, I am hoping someone will be able to help us. We have recently implemented Evergreen for a consortium in Scotland and there are already new members joining so this issue becomes more of a priority! When doing a patron search, you can obviously limit the results to Everywhere, Local

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] search for something other than barcode in checkout screen

2012-02-28 Thread Jason Etheridge
for my part, for better or worse, I use live items that i know are currently not checked out.  In my rural library setting this tends to be safe since I choose titles that have low circ stats.  I do, however run the risk that a parton will try and check out my copy of Zen and The Art of

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron search - limit results

2012-02-28 Thread Lori Bowen Ayre
Fiona, I'm not an expert in this area but I think you might need to provide info about you've set up your organizational hierarchies. Can you include info about that. I think it will help people help you. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron search - limit results

2012-02-28 Thread Dan Scott
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 03:19:05PM +, Fiona Borthwick wrote: Hello, I am hoping someone will be able to help us. We have recently implemented Evergreen for a consortium in Scotland and there are already new members joining so this issue becomes more of a priority! When doing a patron

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron search - limit results

2012-02-28 Thread Jason Etheridge
This is a major issue for our customers and needs to be sorted out as soon as possible so I would be extremely grateful for any help! There's a patron opt-in (to library) feature that SITKA and Conifer uses, that might work for you. I've found a description in this old bug report:

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Questions from a library concerning aquisitions

2012-02-28 Thread Mary Llewellyn
Hi all, I'm passing along some observations and questions that I received today from one of my libraries. I'd appreciate having some answers to pass back. A couple of things that we discovered - when you cancel something, you have to set the price of the item to 0 (Evergreen doesn't