[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reading History opt in on patron application

2017-10-18 Thread Josh Stompro
Hello, we are running into the fact that many of our patrons that want to make use of a reading history, don't find out about it until long after they sign up for an account. Many of these patrons are also non computer/online catalog users, so there is no chance that they would ever find the opt

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reading History opt in on patron application

2017-10-18 Thread Terran McCanna
I like the idea of having an opt-in checkbox on the registration page so that would be similar to the default notification preferences, where the patron could change it themselves later. As far as staff seeing reading history though, there would need to be a library setting - we would not enable t

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reading History opt in on patron application

2017-10-18 Thread Aubrey Area Library
Hey Josh, An interesting proposal. I think it would be a neat addition to to add to patron registration process. Like Terran, staff being able to view a patrons reading history would be better off as a togglable library setting. The fact that we can retrieve a patrons reading history is a somewha

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reading History opt in on patron application

2017-10-18 Thread Rogan Hamby
There's a lot to think about here. I do like the idea of the setting being on the patron registration page so that staff can turn it on and off for patrons as an assistance. Actually, I think we should have had that for a long time now. If you're doing this as a local hack how you do it is certa

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reading History opt in on patron application

2017-10-18 Thread Cerninakova Eva
Hi, I know it is a little bit out of the topic, but I have another question regarding patrons reading history: We were asked by some libraries, whether it is possible in Evergreen to alert staff at checkout in cases when a patron had already borrowed the same book before. Such feature is ava

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration - date of birth

2017-10-18 Thread Terran McCanna
>>I don't think this setting affects the date format in the browser client patron registration form. << It looks like it's working for us in the web client. We are using a MM/dd/ format. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta,

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration - date of birth

2017-10-18 Thread Kathy Lussier
Great! I'll have to re-test it. Kathy On 10/18/2017 06:23 PM, Terran McCanna wrote: >>I don't think this setting affects the date format in the browser client patron registration form. << It looks like it's working for us in the web client. We are using a MM/dd/ format. Terran McCanna

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration - date of birth

2017-10-18 Thread Diane Disbro
Good. We want mm/dd/ except we want to also be able to m/d/. That is the format we are using in the XUL client. Diane Disbro Circulation Coordinator/Branch Manager Union Branch Scenic Regional Library 308 Hawthorne Drive Union, MO 63084 (636) 583-3224 On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 5:40 PM,