tand what is happening, but I need an official explanation.
Thanks
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:31 AM, George Tuttle wrote:
We have noticed that "Restore overdues on lost item return" and "Void lost
item billing when returned" do not work consistently. Though both are set as
True (see screenshot), it only works when the lost item i
Does anyone else have or had the problem of items with the status of "on
holds shelf" but the hold is canceled, the item can't be found, and there is
really no clue where the item might be?
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
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In
Georgia, there is a saying: "Evergreen isn't the software we wanted. It's
the software we asked for." I am not saying this to be critical of
Evergreen, I am just saying when you ask for something that it is smart to
include a flowchart. Don't assume the developers can r
Is there an Evergreen suggestion box?
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littleone
From: Julia Simpson [mailto:jsimp...@prlib.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Can someone give me a quick overview on how one configure the Max-Fine level
(the maximum fine for an item)? Is it possible to cap the Max-Fine at the
price of the item so overdues won't exceed the price?
Thanks
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library S
Thanks, it got moved. As I recall, originally, the Max Fines limit was tied
to the library facility and found under library location editor, or
something like that.
George Tuttle
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Got the following question. I think the answer is: No, at this point, having
the patron privilege expiration date on the check out receipt is not
possible. Is that right?
George Tuttle
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Michael,
Do you mean Missing to Discard/Weed?
Or Checked Out (aka overdue) to Lost?
Lost items are attached to a patron record and missing not
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e Strategy).
Again, thanks.
George Tuttle
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activity such as circulations, renewals, payment of
bills, or logging into Evergreen for 3 or more years
Then the Evergreen user (aka patron) will be automatically marked “Inactive.”
Is it possible? Has anyone deployed a feature like this?
Thanks, in advance.
George Tuttle
Computer Services
It leads to the questions: what is your library's policy and what is the
reason for marking patrons inactive? I would tend to think the main reason
would be for accurate statistics -- so your patron count wouldn't be
inflated with accounts that have expired years ago.
Thanks.
Geo
The problem can be the policy, a policy that reflects certain
characteristics of the ILS. When the ILS changes, the policy doesn't and can
complicate things needlessly.
George
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check. The only
real option is to mark it Missing. That is pretty much it, right? Just
checking.
Thanks,
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Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:17 PM, George Tuttle wrote:
I received an e-mail with the subject line: "Evergreen ah." It came
from a library manager who was complaining about search results in the
Evergreen catal
For the Annual Report, I have to provide a count of OPAC use within the
library. Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions? What do you do at your library?
Thanks,
George Tuttle
Information Technology Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
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706-367
any other browser modifications), enable the screensaver, and voilà.
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Can one run Evergreen 3.0 on an iPad?
Is the answer no since iPads don't support Java?
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770-891-0654 (cell)
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Hello,
Is anyone out there?
I am trying to network with other Evergreen libraries on a variety of
end-user issues and would like to start by discussing Evergreen's Report
Module.
If changes were to be made in Reports, what changes would you like to see?
George Tuttle
Com
.
The other concept is a pre-scheduled report where the end-user merely
accesses the data, like the circulation reports for individual months. In
this type of report, the results are canned and can't be altered.
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
No, you are right. And sometimes the changes are quite small like an e-mail
address.
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e need a status
conversion interface so we could set when missing items get converted to
discard/weed and set schedules when certain statuses get converted
automatically. Missing and Overdue Transits, especially. But old In Process
and Damaged items too
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Pi
sortiums and stand-alone
libraries?
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you want your cloning mechanism to be
somewhat locked down, with limits to the stupid choices you can make.
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Is there any other way to share a template besides an export/import
mechanism or communicating in SQL?
George Tuttle
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770-867-2762 x103
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770-867-7483 (fax)
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for the information,
George Tuttle
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Hi Jason --
When it did/does occur, it is during the busiest times of the day not the
best time to be debugging.
As far as I can tell, these double charges are due to latency. User charges
an item, hits refresh, and charges it again. I associate the problem with
the refresh button.
George
rc ID# was greater than the Copy ID#, and
was able to compile a small list.
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I lost the thread on this discussion. So I will just jump in.
It sounds like we have two issues here:
1) Is the software working as designed?
2) What is an effective way of managing a reserve (reading room only)
collection?
Does that sound right?
George Tuttle
Computer Services
. Also attach an alert message: "Non-circulating/Reading Room Use
Only" in case a staff member does attempt to check it out to a patron. Would
that work?
What ILS did you use previously and how did it handle this situation?
George Tuttle
Piedmont Regional Library System
-Origin
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table. If you can't make it
this year to the conference send us your ideas, requests, solutions,
etc. we plan to do a write up and post it on the website. Here is the
example list of base reports that George Tuttle came up with as a
starting point [
http://list.georgialibraries.org/pipermai
money report..
Tell me how I scored. Thanks.
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
770-867-2762 x103
770-891-0654 (cell)
770-867-7483 (fax)
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Open Source means rethinking the RFP process. What wide-scale testing have
you done so far?
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770-891-0654 (cell)
770-867-7483 (fax)
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e RFP" process. But, definitely a rethink is needed. To
paraphrase something someone else said (which I could remember who)... if
you use the same old procurement method, you'll keep getting the same old
thing.
Lori Ayre
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM, George Tuttle wrote:
Open Source me
/OverdueToLost.JPG
Does it have alternative ways of handling the Lost item charge? Has the
feature been deployed by any consortiums? Problems? Issues?
Thanks for any info
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
770-867-2762 x103
770-891-0654 (cell)
770
Tuttle
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Piedmont Regional Library System
770-867-2762 x103
770-891-0654 (cell)
770-867-7483 (fax)
gtut...@prlib.org
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From: George Tuttle [mailto:gtut...@prlib.org]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 9:38 AM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Overd
is extremely traumatic, we can talk about it off-list.
George the Librarian
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From: George Tuttle [mailto:gtut...@prlib.org]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 2:15 PM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: RE: Overdue to lost conversion
I have found the feature, converti
7;s policy, you also have to
appreciate that detrimental effect of making software overly complex or
deviating drastically from the basic software.
Questions? Thoughts? Corrections?
George Tuttle (http://www.prlib.org/)
Piedmont Regional Library System
Your permission level must be set at Grand Poobah. As for 2.0, wouldn't we
all like to know?
George Tuttle
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Dan,
Sample data sets? In the words of Gary Coleman, "What you talking about
Willis?"
George the Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
Winder, GA
.Rather than having this data sitting just on a training server RSCEL, I
think it would be much more useful to have the sample data s
Hi Shasta!
I would recommend a single circulation report with canned results.
Your library system or consortium would set up an official monthly
circulation report with the results stored on a web-server or shared space
that all could access.
As oppose to running a new report anytime you neede
, and
then print. Also it would not allow me to save printer settings changes in
Evergreen. Is there something I should know about Evergreen and serial
cables?
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
770-867-2762 x113
770-891-0654 (cell)
770-867-7483 (
How do you set the properties?
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On the triggering or the placing? When you place the restriction on the
triggering of holds, you will get unexpected consequences.
That doesn't mean you can't. Evergreen is based on the premise that the
customer knows what is best and has weighed the pros and cons.
George the Librarian
holds?
Thanks!
Jenny
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Jennifer Turner
PALS, A Program of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
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[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
George Tuttle
Can anyone recommend an affordable, reliable receipt printer that works well
with Evergreen's circulation functions?
Printers with parallel connections seem problematic -- those with serial
connections are impossible.
George the Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
Winder, GA
rsonlibrary.org
Anderson County Library
864-260-4500 x181
http://www.andersonlibrary.org
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are working on that.
Meanwhile, how do libraries weed & delete items and manage their obligation
to WorldCat?
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
770-867-2762 x113
770-891-0654 (cell)
770-867-7483 (fax)
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Hi Janet,
You can use the Evergreen reports module to generate a list of TCNs in
Excel. Zap out the OCM and OCN in Excel (real easy). Then copy and paste the
TCNs into a text file and upload into OCLC. How does that sound?
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library
-OCLC TCNs, our
Cataloger has to manually sort through the list.
I am curious if a library with a more pristine database has been able to
automate the process. I can see how it would be possible.
George
Computer Services Librarian
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Is there a process for beta testing Evergreen?
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Has there been any success in the creation of an Android app for the
Evergreen OPAC?
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ing. Some of the developers were hoping those of us involved in the
IMLS grant project would sponsor another summer coder. But we ended up
moving in a different direction and then the summer opportunity was lost.
Maybe next summer?
Lori
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George Tuttle
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 2:58 PM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Android app for Evergreen library catalog
Hi Lori,
That sounds like a "hope springs etern
/21/11 12:56 PM, George Tuttle wrote:
What about King County? They have an app for their catalog, right? How does
that work?
As you can see, I am a person with many questions, but few answers.
George the Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
Winder, GA
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mobile-opac/
Grace
On 11/21/11 12:56 PM, George Tuttle wrote:
What about King County? They have an app for their catalog, right? How does
that work?
As you can see, I am a person with many questions, but few answers.
George the Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
Winder, GA
Lori
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:51 AM, George Tuttle wrote:
Is it copyrighted by KCLS and Sitka or is it open source?
George the Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
Winder, GA
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, 8 ½ inch receipt with a ½ inch margin.
Is there a solution to this problem? Deleting the OpenILS folder, doesnt
help. Playing with the Printer Property in Windows, doesnt work either
Evergreen version 2.1.1
Thanks
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional
priate).
Once things are reset you would need to re-configure your printing,
obviously, but extra settings will no longer be there.
Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
Quoting George Tuttle :
> The problem:
>
> On some circulation computers the Printer Settings Edit
the profile (roaming and local and such)
folders and the install directory you can't be certain some settings
aren't kicking around still.
Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
Quoting George Tuttle :
> Thanks, I will test this. I don't understand why when I dele
the "receipt" context for those slips. Our
libraries just use the "default" context only for those machines that
print hold or transit slips, and print other things from other
workstations right now.
Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
Quoting Geo
Another useful link: http://catalog.kcls.org/opac/extras/mobile/
Hey, how come there is no "mobile" folder in our "opac/extras"!! Wow, that's
a jip!
George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
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