[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question on SIP authentication

[Lynne Welch]

Thanks David and Dan,
that's exactly why I asked; we wanted to make sure that our PC 
reservation software (we use CASSIE, by Librarica) would still work and 
that we'd still be able to participate in the statewide patron-initiated 
ILL program.
Lynne


David J. Fiander wrote:
> Some of the branches use 3M checkout machines, but the most common use 
> of SIP2 within the Georgia PINES consortium is actually for PC 
> reservation and internet filtering control using Envisionware and 
> Bluesocket devices.
>
> - David
>
> On 3-Oct-2007, at 20:58 , Dan Scott wrote:
>
>> On 03/10/2007, Lynne Welch <welchly at oplin.org> wrote:
>>> Does Evergreen already provide SIP or SIP2 authentication 
>>> functionality?
>>
>> Hi Lynne:
>>
>> SIP2 support has been a part of Evergreen since Georgia rolled it out
>> in September 2006 - some of the Georgia libraries apparently run 3M
>> self-checkout machines, so SIP2 support was a requirement of the
>> system going live (if I recall the stories correctly!)
>>
>> There's also the following information on the http://open-ils.org FAQ:
>>
>> """"
>>> From a library perspective, what does Evergreen do?  What modules or
>> components are available?
>>
>>  Evergreen currently has modules for circulation, cataloging, web
>> catalog, and statistical reporting.  Evergreen also supports the SIP2
>> protocol for self-check and Internet/computer access control.
>> """""
>> http://open-ils.org/faq.php#librarians
>>
>> You can view the SIP2 code in the Evergreen repository at
>> http://svn.open-ils.org/trac/ILS/browser/trunk/Open-ILS/src/perlmods/OpenILS/ 
>>
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> --Dan Scott
>> Laurentian University
>
> --David J. Fiander
> Digital Services Librarian
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