It could, theoretically. Its flaw right now, though, is that the process of adding/removing email recipients is pretty manual and tedious. Perhaps somebody else who is familiar with Python could take my code as a starting place, and build an interface that made it simple to manage hundreds of patrons efficiently.
On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Diane Disbro <ddis...@scenicregional.org> wrote: > This sounds great! Could it be adapted to pull author information and send > notices to hundreds of patrons? > > Diane Disbro > Circulation Coordinator/Branch Manager > Union Branch > Scenic Regional Library > 308 Hawthorne Drive > Union, MO 63084 > 636-583-3224 > ddis...@scenicregional.org > www.scenicregional.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Open-ils-general > [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Jane > Sandberg > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 9:01 AM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Notifying faculty about new books in their > discipline > > Hi Evergreeners, > > Our Library sends monthly emails to our faculty that feature recently > acquired books that might be of interest to them. This is a nice, automated > process that pulls data from Evergreen and then uses call number ranges that > we've defined to match books with departments. The emails include cover > images and links to place holds, and we're pretty proud of this system. > > We've got our code up on GitHub: > https://github.com/sandbergja/faculty_notifier > > I'm very happy to share more details if you're interested. > > -Jane > > -- > Jane Sandberg > Electronic Resources Librarian > Linn-Benton Community College > sand...@linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655 > Pronouns: she/her/hers or they/them/theirs > -- Jane Sandberg Electronic Resources Librarian Linn-Benton Community College sand...@linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655 Pronouns: she/her/hers or they/them/theirs
