[Evergreen-general] OPAC Request a Library Card Form
Jen VanderHeide
jvanderh at grpl.org
Fri Oct 9 10:59:31 EDT 2020
Not sure how helpful this is, but we ended up building an online form
that allows us to capture the cosigner information:
https://www.grpl.org/get-a-card/
One of the nice features of the form is that it allows a co-signer to
register for multiple juvenile cards at once. It also allows users to
upload identity and address documents so that we can then issue and mail
the cards.
Jen
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*Jen Vander Heide*
/Circulation Services Supervisor/
Grand Rapids Public Library
Main Library | 111 Library St NE | 49503
616-988-5402 x5452 <tel:16169885402,5452>
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On 10/8/2020 7:33 PM, Laura Burk wrote:
> We use 13. I think it's based more on the rules of internet marketing
> to kids under 13 (who aren't even supposed to have email addresses).
> We let 13+ get cards for themselves in person as well.
> (Public library here)
>
> Laura
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 6:56 PM Scott Tracey <stracey at wlaf.lib.in.us
> <mailto:stracey at wlaf.lib.in.us>> wrote:
>
> I thought it was under 18?
>
> Scott Tracey
>
> Assistant Director
> West Lafayette Public Library
> 208 West Columbia Street
> West Lafayette, IN 47906
> (765) 743-2261
> stracey at wlaf.lib.in.us <mailto:stracey at wlaf.lib.in.us>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 6:43 PM Diane Disbro
> <ddisbro at scenicregional.org <mailto:ddisbro at scenicregional.org>>
> wrote:
>
> In our public library district, parents must apply for cards
> for children under age sixteen. Anyone under age sixteen
> cannot use our online registration since we can't verify
> parental permission (and financial responsibility).
>
> Diane Disbro
> Pronouns: she/her
> Circulation Coordinator
> Scenic Regional Library
> 251 Union Plaza Drive
> Union, MO 63084
> (636) 583-0652 ext. 110
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020, 4:09 PM Patrick, Irene
> <irene.patrick at ncdcr.gov <mailto:irene.patrick at ncdcr.gov>> wrote:
>
> We've got a question. We've been using the Request a
> Library Card form in the Evergreen OPAC. We have
> customized it a bit. I recently received a question about
> adding the Parent/Guardian field to the registration
> form. Apparently there is a new project that will be
> happening in our department, and staff are expecting an
> influx of registrations for juveniles. So they wanted to
> include the Parent/Guardian field on the online registration.
>
> I asked our consortium if they could add this field to our
> form, and after investigating, they reported that they
> could not do this. Their explanation:
> "We tried adding that field to your registration page on
> the development version of your site, but the change
> caused a system failure when we tried to create a patron.
> We looked into the reason why we were unable to add this
> field and here's what we came up with:
>
> When someone goes to register a card through this
> interface, the results are sent to a database table called
> "User Stage". This table closely mirrors the "User" table
> so that when a staff member registers the "User Stage",
> the data is dumped directly from this table into the
> "User" table. However, updates to the "User" table don't
> always make it onto "User Stage", and that is the case
> with the guardian field. The only way to get this to work
> properly would be to change the schema of the database to
> add this piece of data on the "User Stage" table. "
>
>
> This is surprising to us. We are not a public library,
> and have had few requests to register juveniles so far.
> But since Evergreen was designed for public libraries, we
> were quite surprised to find that we can't easily add the
> Parent/Guardian field to the OPAC registration form.
>
>
> I checked Launchpad and it looks like it has already been
> listed as a bug
> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1897103),
> although there's not much heat on it yet. Is this really
> not a problem for most public libraries? How do you all
> deal with the problem? When registering juveniles, do
> they all have to use an offline form to register?
>
>
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*Jen Vander Heide*
/Circulation Services Supervisor/
Grand Rapids Public Library
Main Library | 111 Library St NE | 49503
616-988-5402 x5452 <tel:16169885402,5452>
www.grpl.org <https://www.grpl.org>
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