[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Removing Age Protection after expired

[Chauncey Montgomery]

We'd stop using our current method.
CM

On 12/15/2015 12:47 PM, Josh Stompro wrote:
> Thanks Chauncey, I'm curious though, if that bug was addressed, so it was clear to staff in the catalog when the age protection was expired, would you still go through this process every month?  Or are there other reasons that you remove the age protection settings?
>
> Josh Stompro - LARL IT Director
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Chauncey Montgomery
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 11:34 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Removing Age Protection after expired
>
> We use a low-tech method: a reoccurring monthly report shows items needing age protection removed.  We import the barcodes into item status and batch remove the protection.  Not fully automated, but takes less than five minutes and anyone on staff can do it.
> CM
>
> On 12/15/2015 11:07 AM, Hardy, Elaine wrote:
>> Just so you know, there is a reason why the age protection remains,
>> but it is PINES specific. A PINES library, prior to Evergreen, was
>> returning items to age protection after it expired so that no other
>> system’s patrons could place holds. To prevent that, age protection in
>> Evergreen was designed to remain after expiration so that it could not
>> be reassigned to an item.
>>
>> /Elaine/
>>
>> J. Elaine Hardy
>> PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager Georgia Public Library Service
>> 1800 Century Place, Ste 150
>> Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
>>
>> 404.235.7128
>> 404.235.7201, fax
>> ehardy at georgialibraries.org
>> www.georgialibraries.org
>> www.georgialibraries.org/pines
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>> *From:*Open-ils-general
>> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf
>> Of *Tim Spindler
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 15, 2015 10:48 AM
>> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
>> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Removing Age Protection after
>> expired
>>
>> We have a cron that runs to do this from an SQL script.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Blake Henderson
>> <blake at mobiusconsortium.org <mailto:blake at mobiusconsortium.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Josh,
>>
>> We have a custom made perl cron job to remove the protection. I didn't
>> realize it was a bug! I would be happy to share the perl script (it is
>> fairly custom to our needs but it can be adapted easily)
>>
>> -Blake-
>>
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>> On 12/15/2015 9:24 AM, Josh Stompro wrote:
>>
>>      Hello, does anyone else out there remove the age protection from
>>      copies after it has expired.  I’ve been asked to set that up, and it
>>      seems like a shame since it was designed to just work automatically,
>>      except that items with expired age protection still show up as age
>>      protected in the catalog.  There is a bug open about it at
>>      https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1251761
>>
>>      Does anyone currently go through and remove the age protection to
>>      get around that issue?  If so do you do it directly at the DB level
>>      or do you use the client?  Are there any gotchas about directly
>>      updating asset.copy to change the age protection and also changing
>>      the shelving location at the same time.
>>
>>      If anyone wants to combine resources to get that bug fixed, either
>>      with brain power or development funding let me know also.
>>
>>      Josh
>>
>>      Lake Agassiz Regional Library - Moorhead MN larl.org
>> <http://larl.org>
>>
>>      Josh Stompro     | Office 218.233.3757 EXT-139
>>      <tel:218.233.3757%20EXT-139>
>>
>>      LARL IT Director | Cell 218.790.2110 <tel:218.790.2110>
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