[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] self-registration agreement

[Thomas Berezansky]

On the subject of adding to the patron registration/edit screen:

You can add something like that globally by editing  
Open-ILS/src/templates/actor/user/register.tt2 to add your message to  
the bottom of the screen (before that last [% END %]). Then you can  
use whatever HTML you want.

Alternatively, just have a stack of agreement sheets that you attach  
the printed record to (I suspect that the printed record will be more  
than one page anyway), then it doesn't need to show up in the staff  
client at all.

Quoting Holly Brennan <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>:

> Has anyone added an agreement for patrons to go along with patron  
> self-registration? Such as "I understand that I am responsible...  
> blah blah blah"
>
> We would like to have something to agree to when patrons complete  
> the registration in person and they sign something (we're thinking  
> of printing out their registration page).
>
> The two ideas I have are:
> -Add a blurb on the online registration so when they click Submit  
> they are agreeing (con: This disappears with the transaction and  
> can't be pointed to later on)
> - Add a blurb somehow in the staff patron registration so it prints  
> with all the info (con: I have no idea how to edit the registration  
> area, or if there is a character limit to each registration piece in  
> the staff client)
>
> I like option 2, since it would print and patrons would sign just  
> below it. We'd then have it all on paper if we needed to go back to  
> it. Our library has a few custom registration pieces (gender and  
> residency) which appear at the bottom of the page, so I'm thinking  
> of somehow adding another piece, which will really just be a few  
> sentences and not really an option. Perhaps a checkbox that reads "I  
> understand..." and is auto-checked for every patron (like "Valid  
> Address").
>
> Interested in any and all ideas on how others might have done  
> this... or not. Perhaps you've done away with the agreement all  
> together (since no one reads it anyway).
>
> Thanks, team!
>
> -Holly
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> Holly Brennan
> Library Technology Specialist
> Homer Public Library
> 907-235-3180 (main)
> 907-435-3154 (direct)
> hbrennan at cityofhomer-ak.gov


Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium