Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RDA Tags

2013-05-09 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi Scott, On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Scott Thomas wrote: > I feel like I am asking a lot of questions, but we are kind of new to this… > > > ** ** > > RDA tags 264, 336, 337, and 338 appear in our MARC displays, but not in > our OPAC displays. My assumption is that this is a configura

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RDA Tags

2013-05-09 Thread Scott Thomas
I feel like I am asking a lot of questions, but we are kind of new to this... RDA tags 264, 336, 337, and 338 appear in our MARC displays, but not in our OPAC displays. My assumption is that this is a configuration issue and not related to the fact that we are still at 2.1. Am I correct in this

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 2013 Hack-A-Way

2013-05-09 Thread Rogan Hamby
Calvin College in Michigan has been selected as the host of the Hack-A-Way this year. Dan Wells, well known in the developer community, is organizing the hosting effort. Some details: - Dates: We are currently working on dates in the second half of September. Once Dan has those dates developers

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Open-ils-general Digest, Vol 83, Issue 18

2013-05-09 Thread Nancy Grant
ja...@esilibrary.com > | web: http://www.esilibrary.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA > > Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, > > York County Library System > > > > "You can never get a cup

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive

2013-05-09 Thread George Tuttle
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 Computer Services Librarian -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:o

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive

2013-05-09 Thread Jason Stephenson
As a followup, I'd ask what problem are you trying to solve that isn't solved by the expiration date of a patron record? That might give more insight to an appropriate solution. -- Jason Stephenson Assistant Director for Technology Services Merrimack Valley Library Consortium

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive

2013-05-09 Thread George Tuttle
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. George Tuttle

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive

2013-05-09 Thread Rogan Hamby
I think Jason's is a bit more elegant but if you have a specific need for that kind of criteria that can be done a slightly more involved SQL statement to run periodically too (daily). On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Jason Etheridge wrote: > > Would it be possible to have a set of criteria like

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive

2013-05-09 Thread Jason Etheridge
> Would it be possible to have a set of criteria like: If not not using expire dates set far in the future, it may be simpler to just base it off of expire date. If the account has been expired for over X amount of time, then flag the account inactive. What do you think? We could do that with

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Converting large numbers of patron records to inactive

2013-05-09 Thread George Tuttle
Some ILSs have the ability to periodically convert large numbers of patron records to inactive. What about Evergreen? Would it be possible to have a set of criteria like: If a patron has no items currently out, If there are no bills on the patron’s account, And if there has been no activity

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web team meeting today

2013-05-09 Thread Kathy Lussier
Hi all, Just a reminder that the web team will be meeting today at 2 PM EDT, 11 AM PDT, 18:00 UTC in the #Evergreen IRC channel - http://evergreen-ils.org/irc.php. The agenda is available at http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:meetings:agenda:2013-05-09 For those who are