[Evergreen-general] Evergreen-general Digest, Vol 35, Issue 22

Elaine Hardy ehardy at georgialibraries.org
Mon Jun 12 12:11:46 EDT 2023


Terran explained it much better than I did!

J. Elaine Hardy, PINES and Collaborative Projects Manager
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 12:10 PM Elaine Hardy <ehardy at georgialibraries.org>
wrote:

> PINES policy is to limit claims returned on  patron's account to five at
> one time, which is why they aren't automatically removed from the count and
> must be manually deleted.
>
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> J. Elaine Hardy, PINES and Collaborative Projects Manager
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> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:44 AM Terri Moser via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> Diane  If there are no bills attached to the item, then you can edit the
>> number of claims return in the patron account*-if *you have the  Circ1,
>> LibraryManager, or LocalAdmin permissions.
>> But the system does not automatically remove that number in the patron
>> count- which is dumb.
>> Terri Moser
>> Circulation Supervisor
>> Neosho Newton County Library
>>                "Never let a problem to be solved become more important
>> than a person to be loved."
>>                                    -Thomas S. Monson
>>
>>
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>>>    4. Re: Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:06:43 -0500
>>> From: Diane Disbro <ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
>>> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
>>>         <evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>>> Subject: [Evergreen-general] claims returned
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>>> Good morning -
>>>
>>> A staff member at a Missouri Evergreen library marked an item Claims
>>> Returned. The item was later checked in. Is there any way to remove it
>>> from
>>> the patron's Other/Special Circulations? We tried everything that we can
>>> think of.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advice you can give.
>>>
>>> Diane Disbro
>>> Pronouns: she/her
>>> Circulation and Special Projects Coordinator
>>> Scenic Regional Library
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>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:08:28 -0400
>>> From: Gina Monti <gmonti at biblio.org>
>>> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
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>>> Subject: [Evergreen-general] Reminder: Conference Planning Committee
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>>> Hello All!
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>>> This is a reminder that the 2024 EG Conference Planning Committee will be
>>> having our first meeting Tuesday, June 20 12pm Central/1pm Eastern.
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>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:39:21 -0500
>>> From: Blake Graham-Henderson <blake at mobiusconsortium.org>
>>> To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
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>>> Group
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>>> All,
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>>> A friendly reminder that we'll have our Evergreen dev meeting in IRC
>>> tomorrow, June 13th at 3pm Eastern, 12 Pacific.
>>>
>>> Agenda:
>>> https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:meetings:2023-06-13
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Blake-
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>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:09:54 -0400
>>> From: Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxoli.org>
>>> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
>>>         <evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Evergreen-general] Voluntary Product Accessibility
>>>         Template (VPAT)
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> VPATs are on the agenda (
>>> https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=governance:minutes:2023-06-15
>>> )
>>> of the TEP board meeting this Thursday, especially given the potential
>>> expense.
>>>
>>> While there is no requirement that Accessibility Conformance Reports or
>>> ACRs (to use the more correct term; a VPAT is just a template for an ACR)
>>> be created by third parties, I am of the opinion that at least initially
>>> we're best off getting an evaluation from a person or entity that already
>>> has experience doing them rather than trying a roll-our-own approach.
>>> That
>>> could mean a paid contract, but it could also mean working with an
>>> in-house
>>> accessibility shop that may be available to a community member and is
>>> willing to donate their time.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Galen
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 9:58?AM Jane Sandberg via Evergreen-general <
>>> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I agree with Benjamin's overview 100%.  Also, I do think that a formal
>>> > VPAT would be a helpful thing for the community to have -- it's an
>>> industry
>>> > standard for sure.  This has come up in other open source communities
>>> > I'm in as well.
>>> >
>>> > I'd gladly participate in a group, or convene one, to create a VPAT and
>>> > document the process so that it is repeatable.  Another approach would
>>> be
>>> > to contract out to a respected accessibility vendor for a VPAT -- I
>>> think
>>> > this could be valuable to get additional expertise from outside the
>>> > community, especially if we could repeat this process on a regular
>>> basis
>>> > (for example, every other feature release).
>>> >
>>> > El s?b, 10 jun 2023 a la(s) 12:24, Benjamin Kalish via
>>> Evergreen-general (
>>> > evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org) escribi?:
>>> >
>>> >> It's several years out of date, but it looks like the Georgia Center
>>> for
>>> >> Inclusive Design and Innovation did an Accessibility Evaluation
>>> >> <
>>> https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=accessibility:evergreen_evaluation_report.pdf
>>> >
>>> >> of Evergreen in June 2019.
>>> >>
>>> >> Accessibility has not always been a focus in the community but has
>>> been
>>> >> getting a lot more love lately and I know some of the problems
>>> identified
>>> >> in that report have been fixed while others remain.
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm hoping someone else will chime in if there are more current
>>> resources
>>> >> we can point you towards.
>>> >>
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>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 8:36?AM PYF HTMLCSS via Evergreen-general <
>>> >> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Hi There,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I am looking to get evergreen installed in our organization but our
>>> IT
>>> >>> department requires a VPAT. I was wondering if Evergreen has one?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> - Phil
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