[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron Batch Functions

[Martha Driscoll]

Rogan,
Thanks for mentioning the unique identifier problem.  I did intent to 
associate ident_value with the unique identifier coming from the campus 
system.  Having non-unique identifiers from multiple campus systems is 
definitely a possibility.  Our libraries are told to append the org_unit 
shortname to the university id.  That mostly works well except in cases 
where a student was entered by hand prior to a data load and the library 
staff person did not enter the ID or entered it without the shortname 
appended.  We will see barcode collisions in that case which will halt 
the load until resolved.

Martha Driscoll
Systems Manager
North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers, Massachusetts
www.noblenet.org

On 12/9/2014 9:12 AM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto:gmc at esilibrary.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Martha Driscoll
>         <driscoll at noblenet.org <mailto: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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> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
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