[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] It's that time again: Bug Squashing Week!

2017-02-09 Thread Terran McCanna
Hi everyone, This time around we're going to try for a full Bug Squashing Week rather than one day. We hope that this will allow more of you to participate around your existing obligations, and also allow more bug fixes to get fully developed, tested, signed off, and merged since that is

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Linking from OCLC WorldCat to Evergreen

2017-02-09 Thread Patrick, Irene
Thank you, that worked! I appreciate the help! Irene Patrick Library & Information Management Systems Librarian Government & Heritage Library State Library of North Carolina North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (919) 807-7413 office (919) 733-1843 fax

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: register for 2017 EIC, hotel rooms are filling up fast

2017-02-09 Thread Joe Knueven
Good morning everyone, This is just a friendly reminder, that if you have not already signed up for the Evergreen International Conference coming up in April, now is a good time to get it done. If you have been waiting on the program schedule, it is complete and posted here:

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Linking from OCLC WorldCat to Evergreen

2017-02-09 Thread Dan Scott
Ah, I should also say, under the OCLC number options, we have: "Add leading zeros to the OCLC Number search term": Yes "Add the following custom prefix to all OCLC numbers": ocolc%20 This is based on how we've normalized the OCLC numbers in our system (2.10), which I _think_ is the stock

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Linking from OCLC WorldCat to Evergreen

2017-02-09 Thread Dan Scott
Hi Irene: Here's what we use (taken from our FirstSearch configuration information, as login changes to the WorldCat Registry late last year seem to have removed my ability to access the info that way...) ISBN: https://example.org/eg/opac/results?qtype=identifier%7Cisbn= ISSN:

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron online self registration for immediate use accounts

2017-02-09 Thread Terran McCanna
Hi Lindsay, We are interested in the possibilities of this idea. One of our key considerations would be online identity and address verification (which should be possible through a third party, such as the parties who verify identities for credit card applications), and another consideration is

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Linking from OCLC WorldCat to Evergreen

2017-02-09 Thread Patrick, Irene
We have just migrated to Evergreen. I am investigating how to set up linking from OCLC to our new Evergreen catalog. Has anyone done this? Can you tell me what the Evergreen links for ISBN, ISSN, and OCLC number should look like? Also, in Worldcat Registry, the only option for Evergreen

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron online self registration for immediate use accounts

2017-02-09 Thread Blake Henderson
Lindsay, Our consortium has asked for this as well. We have had subsequent discussions with the community. Mentioned here: http://irc.evergreen-ils.org/evergreen/2015-11-16#i_215021 With the idea of leaving the patrons in pending. I know it's been brought up a few times but I am unable to

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron online self registration for immediate use accounts

2017-02-09 Thread Elisabeth Keppler
Because online resources are expensive and frequently the cost is related to usage, Forsyth County (NC) verifies who someone is using photo id when we create a library account and charges a non-resident fee for those who live outside of a specified geographic area. Therefore, we're not in the

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron online self registration for immediate use accounts

2017-02-09 Thread Lindsay Stratton
We are looking into options to allow our patrons to create accounts online that can be immediately used to access and borrow online materials. Looking at the existing patron self-registration feature, that just creates pending accounts for staff to verify, etc. Is anybody else