Hi, Jordan - This is clever!
I have a couple of questions. 1. What is the goal for having all family members on one account? 2. Does Grouping not give you what you need? Drawbacks: They will share checkout and fine limits. There will be no privacy. Diane Disbro Pronouns: she/her Circulation Coordinator Scenic Regional Library 251 Union Plaza Drive Union, MO 63084 (636) 583-0652 ext 110 ddis...@scenicregional.org On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 6:32 PM Aubrey Area Library via Evergreen-general < evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote: > So this has always been one of my "How can we do this?" ideas for years > and I am sure there will come a time when Evergreen is capable of it out of > the box. I was messing around and breaking testing stuff when an idea > struck me on how to go about creating family accounts in Evergreen with > what is available now, and I apologise if it has been posted before. > > > - Create the primary account holder. > > a. Add new cards (sub-cards) to the account. This can only be done by > clicking “Replace Barcode” entering the new card number, and saving the > account. > > b. Click “See All” and set all card numbers to “Active” and set the > original card as the “Primary” card. > [image: Capture.PNG] > > > - Using the “Privacy Waiver” feature (enabled in Library Settings > Editor), add each family member to the account using the last four of the > barcode (or whatever works for your library) to identify whose card belongs > to who and what they can do.[image: Capture1.PNG] > > > > - If you want to be fancy, you can add each family member's name or > another way to search them using the Name Keywords field. > - [image: Capture2.PNG] > > > > In theory, this will allow staff to create one card that can be used by > the entire family and still allow libraries to issue cards to juveniles. > The drawback is that should you need to find out who checked out the item, > it will only display the primary cardholder's name. Though the primary > cardholder is responsible for all items checked out regardless, I can see > how this data might be helpful. > > > Thoughts? Ideas? Questions? > > > Thanks, > > Jordan Woodard > > Aubrey Area Library > > > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list > Evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >
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