[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Questions about patron records

[Thomas Berezansky]

Active is an Active/Inactive flag. Inactive patrons can't be checked  
out to, amongst other things.

Barred is a "deny all" flag. Basically inactive, but with the addition  
of a "You are barred" error.

Super_user is "can do anything" - For staff only, and even then  
preferably for staff who have control over the backend servers.

usr_group and master_account are linked, if I remember correctly.  
Master account is "this is the master account for the usr_group" and  
usr_group is currently used for things like family groups.

last_xact_id is updated by various actions to help solve the "two  
people working on the same patron at the same time" problem. You don't  
need to populate it yourself when importing patrons, though you can if  
you want I guess.

Local/Nonlocal would be better defined, IMO, as profile/permission  
groups, if only because you can actually define rules based on those.  
The same could go for Business and other cards (or rather patrons).

Adult/Juvenile you have correct.

And Scott already updated you on the statistical categories.

Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium


Quoting Glen Modell <modellg at aadl.org>:

> Hello.  My name is Glen Modell and I work at the Ann Arbor District  
> Library in Michigan.  We have been using Innovative since 2005 but  
> are investigating the Evergreen system.  I am looking into how I  
> would migrate patron records, and I have several questions for  
> anyone who could take a moment to answer them.
>
> First, how are you using the following fields:  Active,  
> Master_account, Super_user, Barred, Usr_group, Last_xact_id?
>
> Second, I see that I can segment off patrons as local/nonlocal and  
> adult/juvenile by using the Juvenile and Within_CIty_Limits fields.   
> But we also have business cards and so on.  What field/fields are  
> you using in the Evergreen patron record to distinguish between  
> different types of patron cards?
>
> Third, when I register a new patron in the client, I see a bar  
> labeled Statistical Categories at the bottom of the screen.  This is  
> not a link and I wondering how this is used.
>
> I'd appreciate any responses.  Thanks.  --  Glen.
>
> *****************************************
> Glen Modell
> Library Automation Specialist
> Ann Arbor District Library
> 734-327-8322
> modellg at aadl.org
>