[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron Batch Functions

[Rogan Hamby]

I think the syncing between Evergreen and the student information system
will be critical part and I think the workflow you mentioned Tim is fairly
typical.  I noticed that the wiki write up already mentions an
ident_value.  Is that intended to be a unique identifier from the origin
student information system?  If so, can we imagine a scenario where we
might have multiple origin student systems, such as a consortium with
multiple schools?  We might need a table to identify those external
sources.



On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Tim Spindler <tjspindler at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know about others but at C/W MARS the academics provide a file and
> all the data comes from the student information system including mailing
> addresses.  We often get one address that is a campus address and one that
> is a home address.
>
>
> I think Martha has it covered but we have some institutions who would want
> address information overlaid and others who might want all address in the
> record because of the way students can move around.
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Martha Driscoll <driscoll at noblenet.org>
>> wrote:
>> > I put together a list on the Evergreen for Academic wiki of the
>> functions
>> > that a batch patron interface should have.  This list is based my
>> experience
>> > loading patron files for our 10 academic consortium members.  Please
>> let me
>> > know what issues you encounter and what functionality should be
>> included on
>> > the wiki.
>> >
>> >
>> http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics:batch_patron_functions
>>
>> Thanks for putting this together, Martha, it looks like a great start.
>> One set of use cases that I'm particularly curious about are how
>> addresses should be handled.  For example, does it suffice for most of
>> the libraries in the IG to have the batch import handle one address
>> per patron? Do any of you get mailing address data from any place
>> other than the student and staff information systems?  Are any of you
>> in a position to not have to worry about keeping student mailing
>> addresses in the ILS at all?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
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York County Library System

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