[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Rescheduled: Understanding Open Source, Tuesday, 3/17, 2 p.m.

2009-03-06 Thread Karen Schneider
Note new date and time!

Understanding Open Source, Tues, March 17, 2 p.m.

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* What does "free" mean?
* Why are libraries using open source software?
* What kind of open source software is available for libraries?
* Do we have to maintain it ourselves? (Quick spoiler: no.)
* What are the characteristics of good open source software?
* What are some easy ways to learn more about open source software?

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Title:  Resched: Understanding Open Source, Tues, Mar 17 2 pm
Date:   Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Time:   2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress codefor theEvergreenconference?

2009-03-06 Thread Deanna Frazee
True.  Pearl-handled revolvers are appropriate for only the most classy
mob events.

Deanna

-Original Message-
From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Don Hamilton
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:02 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress codefor
theEvergreenconference?

" pearls and heels, but one never goes wrong packing them"...

 unless it's a pearl handled revolver...

Don

>>> "Hardy, Elaine"  06-03-2009 2:44 PM >>>
May in Georgia can have varying temps -- usually warm, so the skirt and
blouse with a matching sweater is always in good taste.

Solinet includes the wording in all their registrations. Some of their
classes are for book repair where people need to wear something that
won't get ruined by glues and other substances. I don't know that they
have a class that requires pearls and heels, but one never goes wrong
packing them just in case 

Elaine 
 

J. Elaine Hardy
PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager
Georgia Public Library Service,
A Unit of the University System of Georgia
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax

eha...@georgialibraries.org 
www.georgialibraries.org 


-Original Message-
From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Deanna Frazee
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:11 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for
theEvergreenconference?

I suggest a knit skirt and blouse, David.  I think you will find them
more comfortable than a dress, plus they won't wrinkle in your suitcase.
Not to mention that you can pair them up with other sets for a quick
change from work wear to something suitable for evening.  Just don't
forget to bring your heels if you plan any nights on the town. ;)

Deanna Frazee
Killeen City Library System
(254) 501-8995
(254) 501-7704 (fax)
dfra...@ci.killeen.tx.us 
 
> -Original Message-
> From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-
> general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of David Fiander
> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 11:11 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for the
> Evergreenconference?
> 
> I'm now registered for the Evergreen conference, and I'm very excited
to
> attend.
> 
> The registration confirmation that I received from SOLINET informs me
that
> 
> > Some events may have a list of materials or recommended dress.
Please
> review the description for this event on the Solinet web site.
> 
> So, is there a "recommended dress" for this event?
> 
> On second reading, I don't have any dresses at all, so I would
> appreciate it if somebody would recommend one for me, if I am expected
> to wear one.
> 
> - David





Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for theEvergreenconference?

2009-03-06 Thread Don Hamilton
" pearls and heels, but one never goes wrong packing them"...

 unless it's a pearl handled revolver...

Don

>>> "Hardy, Elaine"  06-03-2009 2:44 PM >>>
May in Georgia can have varying temps -- usually warm, so the skirt and blouse 
with a matching sweater is always in good taste.

Solinet includes the wording in all their registrations. Some of their classes 
are for book repair where people need to wear something that won't get ruined 
by glues and other substances. I don't know that they have a class that 
requires pearls and heels, but one never goes wrong packing them just in case 

Elaine 
 

J. Elaine Hardy
PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager
Georgia Public Library Service,
A Unit of the University System of Georgia
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax

eha...@georgialibraries.org 
www.georgialibraries.org 


-Original Message-
From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Deanna 
Frazee
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:11 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for 
theEvergreenconference?

I suggest a knit skirt and blouse, David.  I think you will find them more 
comfortable than a dress, plus they won't wrinkle in your suitcase.  Not to 
mention that you can pair them up with other sets for a quick change from work 
wear to something suitable for evening.  Just don't forget to bring your heels 
if you plan any nights on the town. ;)

Deanna Frazee
Killeen City Library System
(254) 501-8995
(254) 501-7704 (fax)
dfra...@ci.killeen.tx.us 
 
> -Original Message-
> From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-
> general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of David Fiander
> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 11:11 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for the
> Evergreenconference?
> 
> I'm now registered for the Evergreen conference, and I'm very excited to
> attend.
> 
> The registration confirmation that I received from SOLINET informs me that
> 
> > Some events may have a list of materials or recommended dress.  Please
> review the description for this event on the Solinet web site.
> 
> So, is there a "recommended dress" for this event?
> 
> On second reading, I don't have any dresses at all, so I would
> appreciate it if somebody would recommend one for me, if I am expected
> to wear one.
> 
> - David





[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Custom Booking module and Evergreen Database structure

2009-03-06 Thread Robert Soulliere
To create a material booking module for a library, would someone be able
to use the existing database tables for holds and just differentiate it
with a "booking" identifier in the hold_type field or would creating a
booking module require entire new tables? It seems that the
action.hold_requests table structure allows for hourly bookings on
materials but I wasn't sure?

Thanks,
Robert   

- Original Message -
From: Dan Scott 
Date: Friday, March 6, 2009 9:13 am
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] strange behavior during record update
To: tig...@flib.sci.am, Evergreen Discussion Group

Cc: Jason Etheridge 

> This bug is fixed as of last night (thanks miker!); it will show up in
> the next 1.4 release. There are a few more bugs that we're working on
> before that next release will be cut.
> 
> If you want to apply the fix for the problem right away to your 1.4
> install, you can:
> 
> 1. download the latest version of Cat.pm
> (http://svn.open-ils.org/trac/ILS/browser/branches/rel_1_4_0/Open-
> ILS/src/perlmods/OpenILS/Application/Cat.pm?rev=12435)2. copy it 
> over your existing version of the file in in
> /openils/lib/perl5/OpenILS/Application/
> 3. restart the Perl services
> 
> Thanks again for the bug report, Tigran.
> 
> (Oh, and Jason fixed my fix for the "Record 1 of 0" annoyance... heh).
> 
> Dan
> 
> 2009/3/5 Dan Scott :
> > Hi Tigran:
> >
> > These are the same problems that I have reported in bug #47
> > (http://svn.open-ils.org/trac/ILS/ticket/47) - I don't know of 
> any way
> > around the problem, other than to restart the OpenSRF services every
> > time you want to edit an existing bibliographic record. Which is, of
> > course, completely unworkable. Essentially, this makes the 1.4 
> release> currently unusable.
> >
> > On the bright side, I did commit a fix for the "Record 1 of 0"
> > annoyance last night. :-/
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > 2009/3/5 Tigran Zargaryan :
> >> Hello Jason,
> >> we have drooped the database to the initial status, and started 
> the new
> >> cataloging.
> >> Here is the picture.
> >> 1. For the first record we have done full bibl. level 
> description and have
> >> added the holdings data. This record is being saved and 
> displayed in a
> >> normal way. After that I have started to do the changes using 
> 'MARC Edit'.
> >> First time update on the fields for the Author, Title, etc are 
> going normal,
> >> and the system is saving all the changes.
> >> 2. When I am starting to update the same fields for the first 
> record second
> >> time, the system is not saving that changes.
> >> 3. I am creating another bibl. record (with holding information).
> >> For this and other records no any changes are being saved, 
> although the
> >> system is replying that the Changes are saved.
> >>
> >> So I can create the new records without problems. When trying to 
> update the
> >> field content, the system is not saving the changes.
> >> Any ideas what to do?
> >> thanks,
> >> Tigran
> >>
> >> Jason Etheridge wrote:
> 
>  Why when I am having more that one Bib. records in my 
> database, my
>  changes are not being saved?
> 
> >>>
> >>> I think Dan noticed the same bug.  Does it seem to make a 
> difference>>> if you have items attached to the records being edited?
> >>>
> >>>
> 
>  I noticed that when viewing the record, on the top left side 
> of the
>  screen the system is displaying 'Record 1 of 0', which I guess 
> is something
>  abnormal.(see attached image).
> 
> >>>
> >>> This is just a harmless cosmetic bug you can ignore, unrelated 
> to your
> >>> main issue.
> >>>
> >>>  ---
> -
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> No virus found in this incoming message.
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> >>> 270.11.6/1980 - Release Date: 03/02/09 23:02:00
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> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Academy of the Sciences
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> >> T. +37410 524750
> >> F. +37410 524750
> >> URL: http://www.flib.sci.am
> >> e-mail: tig...@flib.sci.am
> >> Google talk: tig...@flib.sci.am
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Laurentian University
> >
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for theEvergreenconference?

2009-03-06 Thread Hardy, Elaine
May in Georgia can have varying temps -- usually warm, so the skirt and blouse 
with a matching sweater is always in good taste.

Solinet includes the wording in all their registrations. Some of their classes 
are for book repair where people need to wear something that won't get ruined 
by glues and other substances. I don't know that they have a class that 
requires pearls and heels, but one never goes wrong packing them just in case 

Elaine 
 

J. Elaine Hardy
PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager
Georgia Public Library Service,
A Unit of the University System of Georgia
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax

eha...@georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org


-Original Message-
From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Deanna 
Frazee
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:11 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for 
theEvergreenconference?

I suggest a knit skirt and blouse, David.  I think you will find them more 
comfortable than a dress, plus they won't wrinkle in your suitcase.  Not to 
mention that you can pair them up with other sets for a quick change from work 
wear to something suitable for evening.  Just don't forget to bring your heels 
if you plan any nights on the town. ;)

Deanna Frazee
Killeen City Library System
(254) 501-8995
(254) 501-7704 (fax)
dfra...@ci.killeen.tx.us
 
> -Original Message-
> From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-
> general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of David Fiander
> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 11:11 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for the
> Evergreenconference?
> 
> I'm now registered for the Evergreen conference, and I'm very excited to
> attend.
> 
> The registration confirmation that I received from SOLINET informs me that
> 
> > Some events may have a list of materials or recommended dress.  Please
> review the description for this event on the Solinet web site.
> 
> So, is there a "recommended dress" for this event?
> 
> On second reading, I don't have any dresses at all, so I would
> appreciate it if somebody would recommend one for me, if I am expected
> to wear one.
> 
> - David




Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for the Evergreenconference?

2009-03-06 Thread Deanna Frazee
I suggest a knit skirt and blouse, David.  I think you will find them more 
comfortable than a dress, plus they won't wrinkle in your suitcase.  Not to 
mention that you can pair them up with other sets for a quick change from work 
wear to something suitable for evening.  Just don't forget to bring your heels 
if you plan any nights on the town. ;)

Deanna Frazee
Killeen City Library System
(254) 501-8995
(254) 501-7704 (fax)
dfra...@ci.killeen.tx.us
 
> -Original Message-
> From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-
> general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of David Fiander
> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 11:11 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for the
> Evergreenconference?
> 
> I'm now registered for the Evergreen conference, and I'm very excited to
> attend.
> 
> The registration confirmation that I received from SOLINET informs me that
> 
> > Some events may have a list of materials or recommended dress.  Please
> review the description for this event on the Solinet web site.
> 
> So, is there a "recommended dress" for this event?
> 
> On second reading, I don't have any dresses at all, so I would
> appreciate it if somebody would recommend one for me, if I am expected
> to wear one.
> 
> - David


Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for the Evergreen conference?

2009-03-06 Thread Karen Schneider
This is one of those posts where someone in the next room said to me,
"You snorted!!"

SOLINET has kindly provided our conference registration tool, which
has had some small unintended consequences.

David, you don't have to wear a dress. On the other hand, if you want
to wear one, that's fine too. I would recommend a lightweight dress,
with maybe a sweater for cool conference rooms, and flats.

This is Evergreen International, and what's right for you is ok by the
community. Now, having said that, I typically telework in a robe and
fuzzy slippers, and I'm not getting THAT comfortable. But if you're
comfortable in a suit... a dress... slacks... heck, a robe... we're
comfortable too. That includes religious garments, etc.

I am redoing the conference wiki in a big way, and will add a dress
code. New link to follow. (I think it will say: Wear clothes. Yes,
this is an open source conference... just not THAT open...)


On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM, David Fiander  wrote:
> I'm now registered for the Evergreen conference, and I'm very excited to 
> attend.
>
> The registration confirmation that I received from SOLINET informs me that
>
>> Some events may have a list of materials or recommended dress.  Please 
>> review the description for this event on the Solinet web site.
>
> So, is there a "recommended dress" for this event?
>
> On second reading, I don't have any dresses at all, so I would
> appreciate it if somebody would recommend one for me, if I am expected
> to wear one.
>
> - David
>



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[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for the Evergreen conference?

2009-03-06 Thread David Fiander
I'm now registered for the Evergreen conference, and I'm very excited to attend.

The registration confirmation that I received from SOLINET informs me that

> Some events may have a list of materials or recommended dress.  Please review 
> the description for this event on the Solinet web site.

So, is there a "recommended dress" for this event?

On second reading, I don't have any dresses at all, so I would
appreciate it if somebody would recommend one for me, if I am expected
to wear one.

- David


Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question about Setting up OU Types

2009-03-06 Thread Catherine Buck Morgan
Thank you! Very helpful. You completely answered my question. 

--Catherine.

 

From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Jason Etheridge
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:34 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question about Setting up OU Types

 

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Catherine Buck Morgan
 wrote:

> Or considering future expansion, would it be better to have the single
> library listed at both the system level and the branch level, with the
> holdings and users at the branch level?

> Actually, I'm not trying to set up the types; I'm trying to set up the
OUs
> themselves.

Hi Catherine,

You should definitely consider doing both, and I'd vote for considering
future expansion now, as it may save you from drastic re-organization of
your org tree later.

So one way to think of this from top to bottom (errr, or left to right
in this case):

Consortium ->  Some level or levels of Abstraction -> Physical Locations
-> Possible sub-locations, sections, departments, etc.

Depth 0->  Depth 1 -> Depth 2
-> Depth 3


If you define an org unit at any layer here, the org unit type
associated with that org unit must have an appropriate depth for the
org's position in the tree.  So depending on how you do this, you'll
likely need to tweak the org unit types.

The example hierarchy in a stock install looks like:

Consortium -> System -> Branch -> Sub-library / Bookmobile


System in this case is an abstraction, and not a real physical library,
so the org unit type for that depth has settings that say Can't Have
Volumes and Can't Have Users.  You only want those for locations that
are more "real".

System is also more of a political abstraction, but you can organize
your libraries on other criteria, for example, by geography or
functional type.  Perhaps something like this:

Consortium -> Geographical Region -> Political System -> Physical
Building


Being from South Carolina myself, I'll take the liberty of constructing
a more concrete fictional example and hopefully not offend anyone (I
personally don't know which libraries are in your consortium).
I'm going to resort to HTML email here to help with the formatting:

 

Consortium
---+
-+

  \\
\

   Lowcountry   Midlands
Piedmont

\\
\

 Charleston Public County Library -+
Orangeburg County Library +---+   Spartanburg
County Public Libraries

  \  \  \  \
\ \   \   \  \
\

   Main Library   Cooper River Memorial  etc.
Orangeburg  Holly HillBookmobile  etc.Headquarters
Chesneeetc.


If you were to organize your consortium like this, then you would want 4
org unit types to represent a 4-tier hierarchy, something like:
Consortium, Region, System, Branch

One feature that exists but needs some polish involves a concept called
Org Lassos.  For example, in the hierarchy above, we could arbitrarily
group (or lasso) together Cooper, Orangeburg, and Chesnee and give them
a shared label like "Good Libraries", and then staff and patrons would
be able to do a search against "Good Libraries" and automatically search
across just those libraries.

Does this help give you any ideas?

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| VP, Community Support and Advocacy
| Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
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Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds and Offline Checkins

2009-03-06 Thread Karen Collier

- "Bill Erickson"  wrote: 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Karen Collier < kcoll...@kent.lib.md.us > 
> wrote: 
> 



> Bill, 
> 
> The "no op" checkin you're describing sounds to me like it would be perfect 
> for offline checkin. 
> 
> Regarding transits, I'd say it would be preferable for offline check-ins NOT 
> to automatically go to transit. Like with holds, staff would have no way to 
> know which books are going somewhere other than shelving (unless they were 
> physically labeled as belonging to another branch, but they wouldn't always 
> be labeled and the home library wouldn't always be the destination, so even 
> that's unreliable). 
> 
> I assume that if the item wasn't immediately transited in the system, it 
> would show up on the pull list? So there might be a little extra delay while 
> staff tracks the book down, but the item would reliably get where it's going, 
> rather than languishing on the shelf while staff thinks it's transiting. 

> Not necessarily. An item will transit for 2 basic reasons: it's captured for 
> a hold or it's trying to "go home". In the case of holds, the item will show 
> up on the pull list if it happens to be targeted. Of course, there's no 
> guarantee of that. If the item just needs to "go home", there will be no 
> indication to staff that the item _should_ have transited. It will just be in 
> the "reshelving" status and it won't go into transit until it's checked in 
> again. This situation, in particular, is why I'm concerned about the "no op" 
> checkin with offline. 
> 
> -b 
> 
> 
So I guess it comes down to which is the lesser of two evils. A book sitting on 
the shelf in the wrong branch labeled in transit, or a book sitting on the 
shelf in the wrong branch labeled on the shelf. 

In the second case, would the opac show it as available where it got checked in 
and shelved or where it should have been sent after checkin? By being listed as 
on the shelf (as long as it's listed on the shelf in the branch where it 
actually is) it might get checked out sooner by being available for hold 
targeting or to patrons searching the opac, rather than just shelf browsers, 
and therefore wind up at the right place more quickly without intervention. 

On the other hand, would it be easier to identify transits that have been in 
transit for an unbelievable length of time than it would be to identify books 
on the shelf in a branch other than their home? Or should it be just as easy to 
do a report for either situation? If either report could be set up, the one 
that looks for items on the shelf in the wrong location, could resolve the 
problem faster, because it doesn't rely on waiting a reasonable amount of 
transit time. 

In the case of transiting for opportunistic hold capture, by the time the book 
was identified as being in transit too long and found on the shelf, that hold 
could probably have been filled more quickly with another copy. 

So anyway, assuming the item shows in the opac as being available in the branch 
where it got checked in without being transited, and as long as it's possible 
to do a report on items where the home branch and current on shelf location 
don't match, I still lean towards not listing items as transited when they get 
checked in offline. What do you think? 

Are those assumptions wrong too? :) 

Thanks, 
Karen 

-- 
Karen Collier 
Public Services Librarian 
Kent County Public Library 
408 High Street 
Chestertown, MD 21620 
410-778-3636 


Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Recalls in Evergreen

2009-03-06 Thread Geoff Sinclair

Frances Dean McNamara wrote:


I can see that Recalls are on the list of features for the 2.0 version 
of Evergreen. We have written up what we mean by recalls in the 
attached document. This is an important feature for academic libraries 
that allow some borrowers to take materials out for an extended period 
of time and need to be able to call those items back when they are 
needed for a class or another researcher. It’s especially important 
for academic libraries that support graduate work.


I wanted to put this description out for comment by other Evergreen 
users to see if all needs are met. I didn’t see any other description 
of recalls on the Wiki. We do not have a proposed method of 
implementing this or detail on how it would be done, but it would be 
useful to have a discussion of whether this meets the need of others 
who might use a recall feature.


Let me know.

Frances McNamara

University of Chicago



Great stuff! We want to approach Recalls from a slightly different 
angle, although our current ILS hasn't done a very good job of 
supporting this!


1) For undergraduates, our Recalls are more informational:
-- The main purpose is to tell the student, in a friendly way, that 
another patron wants the book they have, and would they mind bringing it 
back as soon as they can if they're finished with it? We'd prefer to 
phone them.
-- We don't want to change the due date (their loan periods fairly short 
to begin with).
-- We'd like them to have the book for a few days before we send them a 
Recall notice (so they don't get a phone call or Recall notice the day 
after they check out a book).
-- We haven't increased late fines for Recalled books, but we might 
consider this in the future.


2) For Faculty, our Recalls are more functional:
-- We have extended loan periods for Faculty, so we would like Recalls 
to shorten those loan periods, to something approaching the 
undergraduate loan period.
-- We'd like to send them a Recall notice immediately, to give them as 
much time as possible to return the book.
-- We don't have fines for faculty, but we'd like to block them from 
borrowing new books if they're holding on to a recalled book.


3) We'd like holds to generate Recalls in *most* instances.
-- In our present ILS, we have some special patrons, such as "Repair" 
and "Bindery". For example, when we checkout a book that's in need of 
repair, we place a hold on it for the "Repair" patron, so we know the 
patron isn't responsible for the damage when it's returned to us, and 
then it's routed into our repair workflow. In these cases, we wouldn't 
want a "Repair" hold to prevent a real patron from renewing the book, 
and we wouldn't want it to generate a Recall notice.


Maybe this last point reflects a workaround particular to our ILS, and 
there's a better way to do this in Evergreen? :-\


Geoff

--
Geoff Sinclair
Manager of Technical Services
Education Centre Library, Nipissing University / Canadore College
Tel: 705-474-3450 x4439
E-mail: geo...@nipissingu.ca
Web: http://www.eclibrary.ca




Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] srfsh: router

2009-03-06 Thread Mike Rylander
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Levani EL  wrote:
> plz help...
>
> srfsh# request router opensrf.router.info.class list

You want:

   request router opensrf.router.info.class.list

Note the dot between "class" and "list".

-- 
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 | VP, Research and Design
 | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  mi...@esilibrary.com
 | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com


[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Newsletter time! Items wanted

2009-03-06 Thread Karen Schneider
Hi folks, if you have updates for the next Evergreen newsletter, due out
next week, please get them to me by Monday, 3/9, 5 p.m. Eastern time.
Conference tidbits, interesting uses of Evergreen, success stories, and so
forth all welcome. Pictures, links to blog posts, etc. encouraged too.

The newsletter is a lot of fun to pull together -- and it's beginning to
serve as a sort of historical snapshot of where we are as an open source
community. Big thanks to co-editor John Fink without whom this newsletter
would be late, and riddled with errors. :-)

-- 
-- 
| Karen G. Schneider
| Community Librarian
| Equinox Software Inc. "The Evergreen Experts"
| Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712
| k...@esilibrary.com
| Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
| Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009!
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Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] strange behavior during record update

2009-03-06 Thread Dan Scott
This bug is fixed as of last night (thanks miker!); it will show up in
the next 1.4 release. There are a few more bugs that we're working on
before that next release will be cut.

If you want to apply the fix for the problem right away to your 1.4
install, you can:

1. download the latest version of Cat.pm
(http://svn.open-ils.org/trac/ILS/browser/branches/rel_1_4_0/Open-ILS/src/perlmods/OpenILS/Application/Cat.pm?rev=12435)
2. copy it over your existing version of the file in in
/openils/lib/perl5/OpenILS/Application/
3. restart the Perl services

Thanks again for the bug report, Tigran.

(Oh, and Jason fixed my fix for the "Record 1 of 0" annoyance... heh).

Dan

2009/3/5 Dan Scott :
> Hi Tigran:
>
> These are the same problems that I have reported in bug #47
> (http://svn.open-ils.org/trac/ILS/ticket/47) - I don't know of any way
> around the problem, other than to restart the OpenSRF services every
> time you want to edit an existing bibliographic record. Which is, of
> course, completely unworkable. Essentially, this makes the 1.4 release
> currently unusable.
>
> On the bright side, I did commit a fix for the "Record 1 of 0"
> annoyance last night. :-/
>
> Dan
>
> 2009/3/5 Tigran Zargaryan :
>> Hello Jason,
>> we have drooped the database to the initial status, and started the new
>> cataloging.
>> Here is the picture.
>> 1. For the first record we have done full bibl. level description and have
>> added the holdings data. This record is being saved and displayed in a
>> normal way. After that I have started to do the changes using 'MARC Edit'.
>> First time update on the fields for the Author, Title, etc are going normal,
>> and the system is saving all the changes.
>> 2. When I am starting to update the same fields for the first record second
>> time, the system is not saving that changes.
>> 3. I am creating another bibl. record (with holding information).
>> For this and other records no any changes are being saved, although the
>> system is replying that the Changes are saved.
>>
>> So I can create the new records without problems. When trying to update the
>> field content, the system is not saving the changes.
>> Any ideas what to do?
>> thanks,
>> Tigran
>>
>> Jason Etheridge wrote:

 Why when I am having more that one Bib. records in my database, my
 changes are not being saved?

>>>
>>> I think Dan noticed the same bug.  Does it seem to make a difference
>>> if you have items attached to the records being edited?
>>>
>>>

 I noticed that when viewing the record, on the top left side of the
 screen the system is displaying 'Record 1 of 0', which I guess is something
 abnormal.(see attached image).

>>>
>>> This is just a harmless cosmetic bug you can ignore, unrelated to your
>>> main issue.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database:
>>> 270.11.6/1980 - Release Date: 03/02/09 23:02:00
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Tigran Zargaryan
>> Director
>> Fundamental Scientific Library
>> Academy of the Sciences
>> Republic of Armenia
>> Baghramyan ave., 24D
>> 0019, Armenia
>> Yerevan
>> T. +37410 524750
>> F. +37410 524750
>> URL: http://www.flib.sci.am
>> e-mail: tig...@flib.sci.am
>> Google talk: tig...@flib.sci.am
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Dan Scott
> Laurentian University
>



-- 
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Laurentian University


[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] srfsh: router

2009-03-06 Thread Levani EL
plz help...

srfsh# request router opensrf.router.info.class list
*JSON Parser Error
 - char  = l
 - index = 1
 - near  => [list ]
 - Invalid Token

Received Exception:
Name: osrfMethodException
Status: Router method not found
Status: 404

Request Completed Successfully
Request Time in seconds: 0.002941