Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Setting up for use in Britain
If by 'this' you mean Evergreen, then the system has a location picklist when you set it up and you can choose the British option. Anne Murray EDLC Trust Kirkintilloch Scotland On 15 May 2014 23:40, Tom Collins t...@collinswinning.com wrote: Hi there, I want to use this in a British library, how would I go about changing currencies, date formats etc? Many thanks, Tom
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] self-registration agreement
Holly, Could you just have a policy page with a check box that was prefaced with By checking this box, I agree to abide by all library policies, blah, blah, blah. The patron wouldn't be able to finish registration without agreeing to the policy. I am thinking something similar to the software agreements that no one ever reads. I know that would also be the case with the self registration, but if a patron ever claimed that he didn't know your borrowing policies, then you could simply point out that when he registered, he had to confirm that he agreed to the policy to complete registration. Just a thought. CM Chauncey G. Montgomery, MLIS Director/Fiscal Officer | Community Library 44 Burrer Drive | Sunbury, OH 43074 740-965-3901 | http://community.lib.oh.us On 05/15/2014 09:49 PM, Holly Brennan wrote: Has anyone added an agreement for patrons to go along with patron self-registration? Such as “I understand that I am responsible… blah blah blah” We would like to have something to agree to when patrons complete the registration in person and they sign something (we’re thinking of printing out their registration page). The two ideas I have are: -Add a blurb on the online registration so when they click Submit they are agreeing (con: This disappears with the transaction and can’t be pointed to later on) - Add a blurb somehow in the staff patron registration so it prints with all the info (con: I have no idea how to edit the registration area, or if there is a character limit to each registration piece in the staff client) I like option 2, since it would print and patrons would sign just below it. We’d then have it all on paper if we needed to go back to it. Our library has a few custom registration pieces (gender and residency) which appear at the bottom of the page, so I’m thinking of somehow adding another piece, which will really just be a few sentences and not really an option. Perhaps a checkbox that reads “I understand…” and is auto-checked for every patron (like “Valid Address”). Interested in any and all ideas on how others might have done this… or not. Perhaps you’ve done away with the agreement all together (since no one reads it anyway). Thanks, team! -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] self-registration agreement
On the subject of adding to the patron registration/edit screen: You can add something like that globally by editing Open-ILS/src/templates/actor/user/register.tt2 to add your message to the bottom of the screen (before that last [% END %]). Then you can use whatever HTML you want. Alternatively, just have a stack of agreement sheets that you attach the printed record to (I suspect that the printed record will be more than one page anyway), then it doesn't need to show up in the staff client at all. Quoting Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us: Has anyone added an agreement for patrons to go along with patron self-registration? Such as I understand that I am responsible... blah blah blah We would like to have something to agree to when patrons complete the registration in person and they sign something (we're thinking of printing out their registration page). The two ideas I have are: -Add a blurb on the online registration so when they click Submit they are agreeing (con: This disappears with the transaction and can't be pointed to later on) - Add a blurb somehow in the staff patron registration so it prints with all the info (con: I have no idea how to edit the registration area, or if there is a character limit to each registration piece in the staff client) I like option 2, since it would print and patrons would sign just below it. We'd then have it all on paper if we needed to go back to it. Our library has a few custom registration pieces (gender and residency) which appear at the bottom of the page, so I'm thinking of somehow adding another piece, which will really just be a few sentences and not really an option. Perhaps a checkbox that reads I understand... and is auto-checked for every patron (like Valid Address). Interested in any and all ideas on how others might have done this... or not. Perhaps you've done away with the agreement all together (since no one reads it anyway). Thanks, team! -Holly Holly Brennan Library Technology Specialist Homer Public Library 907-235-3180 (main) 907-435-3154 (direct) hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.gov Thomas Berezansky Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] self-registration agreement
Thanks for your thoughts, Chauncey! -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Chauncey Montgomery Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 4:16 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] self-registration agreement Holly, Could you just have a policy page with a check box that was prefaced with By checking this box, I agree to abide by all library policies, blah, blah, blah. The patron wouldn't be able to finish registration without agreeing to the policy. I am thinking something similar to the software agreements that no one ever reads. I know that would also be the case with the self registration, but if a patron ever claimed that he didn't know your borrowing policies, then you could simply point out that when he registered, he had to confirm that he agreed to the policy to complete registration. Just a thought. CM Chauncey G. Montgomery, MLIS Director/Fiscal Officer | Community Library 44 Burrer Drive | Sunbury, OH 43074 740-965-3901 | http://community.lib.oh.us On 05/15/2014 09:49 PM, Holly Brennan wrote: Has anyone added an agreement for patrons to go along with patron self-registration? Such as I understand that I am responsible... blah blah blah We would like to have something to agree to when patrons complete the registration in person and they sign something (we're thinking of printing out their registration page). The two ideas I have are: -Add a blurb on the online registration so when they click Submit they are agreeing (con: This disappears with the transaction and can't be pointed to later on) - Add a blurb somehow in the staff patron registration so it prints with all the info (con: I have no idea how to edit the registration area, or if there is a character limit to each registration piece in the staff client) I like option 2, since it would print and patrons would sign just below it. We'd then have it all on paper if we needed to go back to it. Our library has a few custom registration pieces (gender and residency) which appear at the bottom of the page, so I'm thinking of somehow adding another piece, which will really just be a few sentences and not really an option. Perhaps a checkbox that reads I understand... and is auto-checked for every patron (like Valid Address). Interested in any and all ideas on how others might have done this... or not. Perhaps you've done away with the agreement all together (since no one reads it anyway). Thanks, team! -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] self-registration agreement
After talking with staff today, we have agreed that having something printed and on record with the agreement and signature is best (something physical to point to). After confirming that we don't actually need a printed copy of all the patron info, I'm going to create an Agreement page that patrons will sign and date when they complete the registration in person. It will only have the terms of agreement and signature, with patron name and library card number at the top for filing purposes. And just FYI, with the full out-of-the-box registration fields, plus two custom ones, the patron info prints out to 3/4 of a page! I was very surprised by this. I thought of having a pre-printed agreement page with only text at the bottom, so we could use that paper to print the patron info at the top, but that would require remembering to put the special paper in, or having a designated printer for registrations. Thanks for your input, tsbere! (with your ideas here and helping me get the permissions sorted out on IRC) -Holly -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Berezansky Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 4:43 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] self-registration agreement On the subject of adding to the patron registration/edit screen: You can add something like that globally by editing Open-ILS/src/templates/actor/user/register.tt2 to add your message to the bottom of the screen (before that last [% END %]). Then you can use whatever HTML you want. Alternatively, just have a stack of agreement sheets that you attach the printed record to (I suspect that the printed record will be more than one page anyway), then it doesn't need to show up in the staff client at all. Quoting Holly Brennan haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us: Has anyone added an agreement for patrons to go along with patron self-registration? Such as I understand that I am responsible... blah blah blah We would like to have something to agree to when patrons complete the registration in person and they sign something (we're thinking of printing out their registration page). The two ideas I have are: -Add a blurb on the online registration so when they click Submit they are agreeing (con: This disappears with the transaction and can't be pointed to later on) - Add a blurb somehow in the staff patron registration so it prints with all the info (con: I have no idea how to edit the registration area, or if there is a character limit to each registration piece in the staff client) I like option 2, since it would print and patrons would sign just below it. We'd then have it all on paper if we needed to go back to it. Our library has a few custom registration pieces (gender and residency) which appear at the bottom of the page, so I'm thinking of somehow adding another piece, which will really just be a few sentences and not really an option. Perhaps a checkbox that reads I understand... and is auto-checked for every patron (like Valid Address). Interested in any and all ideas on how others might have done this... or not. Perhaps you've done away with the agreement all together (since no one reads it anyway). Thanks, team! -Holly Holly Brennan Library Technology Specialist Homer Public Library 907-235-3180 (main) 907-435-3154 (direct) hbren...@cityofhomer-ak.gov Thomas Berezansky Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
