Excellent! Thanks Nora! Lori
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre <lori.a...@galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Nora Blake <nbl...@masslibsystem.org>wrote: > Hi Lori,**** > > ** ** > > We tuck the year of graduation into the sort2 field and the current > classroom teacher into the sort1 field. Our elementary librarians like > having the school teacher in there because the kiddies tend to come to the > library by class. A “student” template for patron records would be nice!* > *** > > ** ** > > I use a program called Great Barcode Generator to create the scannable > barcode images.**** > > ** ** > > Nora**** > > ________________________ > > Nora Blake > MassCat Manager > Massachusetts Library System > P.O. Box 609 > South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241 > 508-357-2121 x123 > 866-627-7228 > Email: nbl...@masslibsystem.org > AIM: noraatmls ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* loria...@gmail.com [mailto:loria...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Lori > Bowen Ayre > *Sent:* Friday, May 25, 2012 5:59 PM > *To:* Nora Blake > *Cc:* Koha list; Ruth Bavousett > *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Classroom Checkouts**** > > ** ** > > I'm sure we can come up with a better solution! Let's continue to flesh > this out....**** > > ** ** > > Do these students have only one teacher to worry about each year? Or are > there several teachers that need to be associated with each student?**** > > ** ** > > Would it help to add a field indicating their (expected) graduating year? > Maybe to make some batch changes for example?**** > > ** ** > > What's the name of the program that you use to generate the scannable > barcodes.**** > > ** ** > > I'm copying this to a ByWater miracle worker...Ruth Bavousett, in case she > has brilliant ideas to make this easier for everyone!**** > > ** ** > > Lori > **** > > ** ** > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=**** > > Lori Bowen Ayre // **** > > Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group**** > > Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen**** > > (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com**** > > Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre **** > > ** ** > > Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, **** > > workflow optimization, and materials handling **** > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=**** > > > > **** > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Nora Blake <nbl...@masslibsystem.org> > wrote:**** > > Hi Lori, > > We don't do this exactly. Instead we create these checkout sheets for > each grade of the elementary school. We store the grade level information > in the sort 1 field, write a report to export the patron name, grade level > and barcode number, run the spreadsheet through another program (not open > source) that creates a scannable barcode image for each patron. We then > import the barcode images one by one into a word document where we group > them by grade so that the librarians have a "scan sheet" for each grade. > > Not easy at all! > > We've tried convincing the staff at our elementary schools that they can > just look the students up by name, but they're convince it takes too long > and they just simple NEED to have these scan sheets (which systems like > Winnebago created for them very easily). > > If anyone can come up with a better solution, I would worship you forever. > > Nora > ________________________ > > Nora Blake > MassCat Manager > Massachusetts Library System > P.O. Box 609 > South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241 > 508-357-2121 x123 > 866-627-7228 > Email: nbl...@masslibsystem.org > AIM: noraatmls**** > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto: > koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:46 PM > To: Koha list > Subject: [Koha] Classroom Checkouts**** > > Anyone ever heard of "Classroom Checkouts?" Evidently it is a feature of > Follett in which a patron record get labelled as a "teacher" and this > allows that teacher to be somehow related to his or her students. The idea > is that when the students are going to the library, the library staff can > easily generate a list of barcodes associated with that teacher (in lieu of > library cards I guess....). > > Anyone heard of such a thing or have a way to accomplish something similar > in Koha? > > Lori > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Lori Bowen Ayre // > Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & > Communications Committee / Evergreen > (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com > Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre**** > > <lori.a...@galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, > filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=**** > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > **** > > ** ** > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha