[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Library Elf and Evergreen

[Lisa Hill]

Thank you Kathy- This is exactly why our patrons(of a public library) love this service.
Lisa

From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 10:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Library Elf and Evergreen

Hi Lise,

I think there are a few things Library Elf can do that Evergreen can't that might make it appealing for your users.

- it allows you to receive notifications for multiple people in your family. You can do this through Evergreen too, but only if the same email address is used on each account.
- if users have library cards in other systems, those notifications will be bundled into the ones for your library.
- it gives users control over what notification method is used and when they receive those notifications. Some users may not want courtesy notices, but may want to receive hold notices. Some may only want to receive courtesy notices via text.

I don't think there is anything special you need to do to get it talking to your Evergreen system. In fact, Library Elf may already been talking to your system for users who subscribe through a personal subscription.

Kathy
On 02/06/2015 01:22 PM, Elisabeth Keppler wrote:
Thanks, Ruth.  That sounds like something for me to discuss with our consortium.  I wish all our patrons used email!

Lise

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Ruth Frasur <director at hagerstownlibrary.org<mailto:director at hagerstownlibrary.org>> wrote:
Lise,
This is something that Evergreen does automatically, so we don't use another service for it.

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Elisabeth Keppler <keppleep at forsyth.cc<mailto:keppleep at forsyth.cc>> wrote:
Is anyone in the Evergreen community contracting with Library Elf to provide advance notice of impending due dates for checked out materials?  Any opinions or advice on getting the software to play nicely with each other?

Many thanks,
Lise

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