Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Ldirector Setup

On 05/02/2012 10:16 AM, Martha Driscoll wrote: In the interest of starting some sysadmin discussion, I'm looking for some help on setting up a load balancer. I'm trying to get ldirector setup to load balance four bricks. I think I'm trying to do something a bit unusual in that I'm only using

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.2 sites

Grand Rapids Public Library is currently testing, but has publicly available: http://216.120.186.123/eg/opac/home On 7/31/12 1:26 PM, Buzzy Nielsen wrote: Sage Library System of Eastern Oregon, up since mid-July. http://catalog.sage.eou.edu/ Cheers! Buzzy Nielsen Library Director ***

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Password reset uses phone number fails: EG2.2

I wrote a local change that will indeed reset to the last 4 of the day_phone. See line 554: https://github.com/grpl-eg/rel_2_2/blob/e68b155664a0046c8bc0cba4953e936993aff8d2/web/js/ui/default/actor/user/register.js On 08/03/2012 09:20 AM, Thomas Berezansky wrote: As I just pointed out on that

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floating Collections

Hi Tim, We ran into the same issue, but because we only want collections to float to/from certain locations. The following is how we handled it in the short-term. Basically, ignoring "floating" unless it was within a short list of org units. https://github.com/grpl-eg/rel_2_1/commit/eee5b

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] SQL help needed

On 9/11/12 7:18 PM, Mary Llewellyn wrote: I see 2 ways to go: find and export all the bibs involved, delete the obsolete 856s in a third-party MARC editor, then load the bibs back in and replace the bibs in the database. Or, develop some backdoor way to remove the 856s using SQL, just for the o

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Mobile catalog?

On 11/08/2012 09:06 AM, Ben Shum wrote: I think you're thinking of the Bill Erickson's "Beanstalk" simple TPAC that was a sample mobile catalog. http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/collab/berick/beanstalk Also, I guess Bill Ott,

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Removal of time on checkout receipt--any thoughts?

On 04/15/2013 03:04 PM, Tony Bandy wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a way to *remove* the time due on checkout receipts? MassLNC has an example here: http://masslnc.cwmars.org/node/2528#To_strip_the_11:59_PM_off_of_a_due_date This link, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.e

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MARC templates to share?

I did a quick/dirty dump of ours. I think these should be accessible, please let me know if they're not. I can't say I know what each is, some names are relatively explanatory, others not so much, but you're welcome to browse. You'll need to download, or in a browser click on the link and vi

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Epson TM-T88IV with Windows 7 USB

On 07/24/2013 09:33 PM, George Rodgers-Clark wrote: I'm wondering if anyone on this group has had any experience and luck with getting Evergreen to work with their Epson TM-T88IV receipt printer. Our new computers don't have the 32-pin LPT port, and the USB adapter I bought isn't working with

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Wishlist for future development by someone smarter than me

FWIW, We've done this for years. It's just a matter of uploading a couple images and changing the filenames in one file. No, there's no easy interface, but it's a simple change. https://github.com/grpl-eg/rel_2_1/commit/4255e90ba320ae9db7a910b884ec4fcf25595684 On 9/23/13 5:04 PM, Deana Cunn

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Wishlist for future development by someone smarter than me

Perhaps it was the turtle implication that turned our staff against him as well. The clip art we ended up with are much like what Elizabeth describes. Hold: https://github.com/grpl-eg/rel_2_1/blob/master/web/xul/rel_2_1/server/skin/media/images/hold.gif Transit: https://github.com/grpl-eg/rel

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Do you trim database tables?

On 03/27/2014 09:33 AM, Martha Driscoll wrote: We have been on Evergreen for nearly 2 years. Recently it has been taking significantly longer to load patron records than it used to. We load files just about weekly for our college libraries and the files contain thousands of records. I asked

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration

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 mailto:haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us>> wrote: I’m getting ready to s

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-registration

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 f

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration

Years ago, we started storing a signature electronically, in the unused actor.photo_url field. A hex string is generated by an outside application and encoded with a key that's required to decode the data back into a graphical representation of the signature. There was some overhead in writing

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration

ag. J If it’s handy, do you have a link to a product page for the signature pad you use? -Holly *From:*Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Bill Ott *Sent:* Friday, May 29, 2015 11:34 AM *To:* open-ils-general@list.georgialibrarie

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] General Questions

1. We currently use Baker & Taylor for cataloging of new book purchases. We download records from their web site, and then upload them into Unicorn..I assume this would also be possible with Evergreen, but is the process simple? I'm not familiar with Baker & Taylor, sorry. But I'm in

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSRF Gateway Question

Is there an obvious reason why this works: http://blade8.grpl.org/gateway?format=xml&input_format=json&service=open-ils.circ&method=open-ils.circ.captured_holds.id_list.on_shelf.retrieve¶m="921f4015e5bf36e27caca7c80f4336ca","4"; I happily receive a bit of XML containing the hold IDs of everything

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSRF Gateway Question

In other news, I notice that this method doesn't exist in trunk. Has it been replaced, or should plan to use something different to get this type of info? Scratch that. Helps if I look in the right place!

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OpenSRF Gateway Question

You will need to specify each method paramater as a unique HTTP param: http://blade8.grpl.org/gateway?format=xml&input_format=json&service=open-ils.actor&method=open-ils.actor.user.fleshed.retrieve_by_barcode ¶m="acc7fb7a0236e35377a76e6a61e101f2"¶m="1234" I could have sworn I tried that s

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] SIP checkout error

I've set my test self-check machine back up and was running it through its paces. I'm using basically the example oils_sip.xml config file, and the RAW transport. All starts out well, but upon checkout, I receive the following. The item is checked out, but the ACS session promptly dies. A

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] SIP checkout error

Bill Erickson said the following on 05/05/2008 12:21 PM: On Monday 05 May 2008 11:03 Bill Ott wrote: I've set my test self-check machine back up and was running it through its paces. I'm using basically the example oils_sip.xml config file, and the RAW transport. All starts out

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reshelving status

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Folks, This problem didn't seem appropriate to the DEV list so am posting it here. I have added a bib record/volume/copy to my library. Then checked it in as per the documentation at the bottom of: http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-user:adding

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Job Posting: Library System Admin/Developer

Please excuse the cross posting. I'll be brief here, please see the link for more information. The Grand Rapids Public Library is seeking a Systems Administrator/Developer to join our team. http://www.grpl.org/work-at-grpl-library-systems-administrator/ --

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web Client installation

Do you have a proper SSL cert for your host? What you describe is exactly what happens if you attempt to login when using a hostname that does not match the certificate being used. The login page is displayed correctly, but the user is not authenticated. On 03/20/2017 08:03 AM, nawras ali

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Disabling SSL in Evergreen ILS

For single server implementations, there are also free certificates available from organizations like StartSSL. On 03/30/2017 10:04 AM, Rogan Hamby wrote: While SSL on an intranet may not be necessary it still isn't harmful. I may be of a paranoid bent but you can have security issues even on

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Self-Check and locking media cases

On 7/26/17 10:10 AM, Mike Rylander wrote: Interestingly, Grand Rapids PL (Bill Ott) has done exactly that: http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?9914 I'm not sure if it's still in use, though. Certainly still in use. No case locking/unlocking but a whole lot of "no

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Bills Paid by Staff Login

Check out: Administration > Local Administration > Cash Reports That will give you daily summaries (or whatever days you select). If you're looking for more detail, then a custom report may be in order. On 8/27/18 3:14 PM, scott.tho...@sparkpa.org wrote: We just migrated a library that is v

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Epson TM-T88IV and USB Compatibility?

I know we're using them and I don't recall any specific port issues on machines with 3.0 ports. Seems like long ago we needed to change the default USB settings in the printer. The following describes how to make these changes, and I'll note below the specific changes we've made. https://www

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Missing vs. Lost

Chris Caughey wrote: I’m wondering two things: 1. How do other Evergreen users think about the categories of “Missing” and “Lost”? At what point do you mark an item as either one? We consider missing, something that appears to be Available, but can't actually be located. Lost is an item

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] autogen error

Bill Erickson said the following on 07/23/2009 02:21 PM: "Mess: JPeer could not load all necesarry values from config" This means there is something wrong with /openils/conf/opensrf_core.xml. This is where Jabber configs live. Did the file also change? Is the file valid XML? -b On Thu,

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Exports question

Karen Foster said the following on 08/11/2009 11:52 AM: Hi all ~ just wondering what methods others might be using to extract big chunks of bibs + item info. from Evergreen. I'm talking bigger chunks than Vandelay can handle. I use a modified version of the original Exporter (OpenILS::WWW::Ex

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] how to attach note to a copy as it goes outwith override?

Ah, so it sounds like an infrequent thing? In that case, we might better be served with a simple Actions -> Edit Alert Message menu option in the Items Out and Item Status and Holdings Maintenance interfaces. Have that wrapped in a specific permission and staff won't need to go through the hea

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Two questions related to a consortium running Evergreen

John Clark said the following on 08/28/2009 09:10 AM: Good day, We are in the process of setting up a consortium here in Maine and the following questions were posed by a member library. I would be most appreciative of any answers from those further along in the process. Thank you in advance

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] question about relevance - mult eds of same book not in most recent order

Does that help? If so, I'll put this on the DocBook docket. A big Yes here. I started this discussion here a few weeks back but left it with an, "I'll see what I can find out about the relevance adjustments..." Which I hadn't gotten back to.

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac

Karen Collier said the following on 09/23/2009 11:52 AM: We're running the Evergreen (1.4) staff client mostly on PCs, but we're also running it on a few Macs, and we've noticed that neither the Alt or F-key keyboard shortcuts work on the Macs. Does anyone know of any add-ons or workarounds t

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Report for Holds

Coleman, Marlene wrote: Can someone tell me the field (data) other than Capture date, that would be a timestamp for when an item actually is given the status of "on holds shelf". In a multibranch system, and consortium environment, the capture timestamp may change the status to "intransit" and

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Processing Item Deposits

Michigan’s user guide has a section on crediting a patron’s account manually. A screen print in that section shows a Convert Change to Patron Credit push button on the patron bills screen, but we can’t see that in our version of Evergreen. Is there another permission that needs to be set to m

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Last Few Issues for small Library

open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org ] *On Behalf Of *Richard Maloley II *Sent:*

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Evergreen Conference: Now More Value for your Money!

We've lined up not one, not two, not three, but *four developers for our Meet with the Developers*, also part of hackfest day. Spend an hour chatting with Mike Rylander, Bill Erickson, Bill Ott, and Dan Scott as part of the Hands-On Coding for Developers Hackfest. All of them wi

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] BibTemplate infrastructure: how does changing rdetail_summary take effect (and what does it effect)

Mike Rylander said the following on 03/15/2010 03:49 PM: For chapters belonging to books and for articles belonging to higher levels of journal descriptions, we would like to try a few things with the MARC 773 field. - the need for "dummy barcodes" ("dummy copy records") has been discussed he

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Cataloging resources

Here are a few bits of documentation that I know of, each having a variety of information. Michigan Evergreen User Manual - DRAFT Patron-based User Documentation Indiana St

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron self-serve holds pick up

Melissa Lowenberg said the following on 04/15/2010 02:52 PM: Hi all, I'm wondering if any site has patron self-serve holds and how you use Evergreen to help? For example, at check-in, are you printing a slip with 3 letters of patron surname and last 4 digits of patron barcode? Have you built

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Zipcode Problem

On 5/18/10 8:42 PM, Joel Harbottle wrote: Is there an ultra-easy way in Evergreen to fix this post code problem, to allow Evergreen to accept a 4 digit postcode, such as 7250. Might depend on your definition of ultra-easy, but it's certainly possible without a major change. Locate ue_co

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: Why is Placing a Hold on Volume Level not possible in the OPAC ?

On 6/4/10 12:06 PM, Jason Etheridge wrote: On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Repke de Vries wrote: while it is possible from the Staff Client. Or did we miss something ? I believe this may be a case of overprotectiveness. However, IMO, ideally, if were to allow patrons to place volum

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** ***SPAM*** Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Holds fulfillment enhancement

Here in Grand Rapids, we wrote something, which we affectionately call "Holds go Home". After a designated interval (e.g. 6 weeks), if an item has not been checked in at it's shelving library, it checks back to see if there are any holds waiting at that location. If so, it sends the item "hom

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] circulation

On 12/30/10 8:10 PM, Jesse Ephraim wrote: If I wanted to pull a list of all items that were checked out between two dates, would I look at the table action.circulation? Yes. Is each entry in that table an indication of an item being checked out, or does it also include check-ins? Yes

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Show me the data! (can't find title info using View Page Source)

Kevin Kierans said the following on 01/21/2011 01:35 PM: Hi all, Using Firefox 3.6.13. When I do a search (Evergreen 1.6) and then use View>>Page Source and then search for title information (using Ctrl-F) nothing shows up! I'm guessing that the actual _data_, the titles returned as hits, are hi

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Handling lost books which have been paid for

On 1/28/11 1:25 PM, Aaron Zsembery wrote: We have patrons who have lost books, paid for them, but are still getting overdue mailers. I am told that this is due to the books having the status of "Lost" and the mailers sending out notices for all items with the status of "lost". We are wondering

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen - Send by Text OPAC Button

On 06/08/2011 10:27 AM, Geoff Brown wrote: Hi All, Has there been any development in a "Send via Text Message" option in the Evergreen catalogue? I have noticed that there was some discussion (Oct 31 2007) in the OPEN-ILS-DEV [OPEN-ILS-DEV] entitled "Send call number to SMS feature + licensing

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] [OPEN-ILS-DEV] QR Codes in Evergreen -- Living example

On 7/7/11 10:00 AM, Thomas Berezansky wrote: I personally feel it would be better to use a perl module, rather than farming it off to Google. Perhaps GD::Barcode::QRCode ? Following the initial thread, I threw something together using HTML::QRCode, which works fine for on-screen display, bu

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Problems with export

acn.record-bre.id Unless that's a typo only in email and not a copy/paste, you need an = not -. On 08/10/2011 07:12 AM, Armen wrote: Dear Evergreen staff I am from the Fundamental Scientific Library of Armenia. We use Evergreen 2.0.5 and now we need toimport a database of bibliographic

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Online vs Staff Holds

On 3/13/12 7:14 AM, Fiona Borthwick wrote: Hello, I am hoping that someone may be able to help me with this. One of our customers needs to be able to distinguish between holds placed via the opac and holds placed by library staff. We have spent considerable time looking at options within re