[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Displaying patron information for checked out books

[Rogan Hamby]

I hadn't considered special libraries, I was thinking of academic and
public.  Still, I would want some pretty tight safeguards.  Some
consortiums allow some local admins to have access to org unit settings to
customize behavior for their systems (in our case county).  The training
and preparation of those local admin often varies with the county's
resources.  Most mistakes can be recovered from without too much fuss but
the bad impression this would leave ... well, it could be downright toxic.
I admit, we in SC may be overly sensitive to privacy in some ways since our
Dept of Revenue got hacked and folks in Eastern Europe got so much of our
information but yeah, if this went into Evergreen as a patron viewable
option it would have to be very controllable on a server level in a top
down way or we would have to seriously re-evaluate a lot and it could end
up with removing a lot of options from local systems.




On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>
> wrote:
> > I want to make sure I'm understanding you.  Do you mean to display it in
> > TPAC for patrons to be able to see what other patrons have a book checked
> > out?  If so, at least for us in the United States* that would be a huge
> > violation of patron privacy.  To be honest, it would be such a big
> violation
> > that I wouldn't even feel comfortable with that as an option in TPAC.  It
> > would be like having a bomb waiting to blow up in case someone turned it
> on
> > by accident.
>
> I agree with Rogan that such an option is not one to be added to
> Evergreen lightly, nor would I personally feel comfortable if an
> academic or public library were to turn it on. However, as a data
> point, such an option does exist in Koha (the OPACShowCheckoutName
> system preference), and it is specifically for use by corporate
> libraries.
>
> 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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