[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Self-Registration and Immediate Access to Services

[Rogan Hamby]

>From a "our funding comes a local tax base" stand point my libraries
(county based entities) would want to validate residency before giving out
access to products.  We charge out of county fees to non-residents.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Justin Hopkins 📖 <
justin at mobiusconsortium.org> wrote:

> I'm glad you brought that up Grace. One of our libraries would has
> also requested this functionality, but got hung up on that same issue.
> We would be grateful to hear from others who have already explored
> this topic.
>
> Justin
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
> wrote:
> > I want to say that the last time I spoke with a library about this they
> had
> > concerns that allowing an "unvalidated" patron access to their digital
> > content might violate their agreement with the database provider in some
> > way...
> > As I have no personal contracts with any database/digital services
> providers
> > I can't speak to that myself but it seems like something to check into.
> >
> > Grace
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Bill Erickson <berickxx at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> KCLS is interested in this as well.  I haven't given it much thought yet
> >> beyond, "wouldn't it be nice if...".
> >>
> >> -b
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:25 PM, McCanna, Terran
> >> <tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I would also be interested in hearing if anyone else has done something
> >>> like this. We have our self-registration set to remove a pending
> >>> registration after two weeks if the patron has not come into the
> library to
> >>> complete the process, so that could potentially add another layer of
> >>> complexity even if a temporary barcode number and password were
> assigned,
> >>> and even if SIP2 could authenticate it.
> >>>
> >>> Terran McCanna
> >>> PINES Program Manager
> >>> Georgia Public Library Service
> >>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> >>> Atlanta, GA 30345
> >>> 404-235-7138
> >>> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Dawn Dale" <ddale at georgialibraries.org>
> >>> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group"
> >>> <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:16:20 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Self-Registration and Immediate Access
> >>> to      Services
> >>>
> >>> I would be interested in knowing how others are handling these issues
> as
> >>> well.
> >>>
> >>> Dawn Dale
> >>> GPLS Helpdesk Manager
> >>> Georgia Public Library Service
> >>> 1800 Century Place
> >>> Suite 150
> >>> Atlanta, GA 30345
> >>> 404-235-7136
> >>> ddale at georgialibraries.org
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "scott thomas" <scott.thomas at sparkpa.org>
> >>> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 9:21:51 AM
> >>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Self-Registration and Immediate Access to
> >>> Services
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>   Have any libraries done any work on allowing patrons who have
> >>> self-registered to get immediate access to digital services? The
> problem
> >>> appears to be twofold:
> >>>
> >>> 1. Many databases authenticate using the prefix of the patron barcode,
> >>> and, at least in our system, patrons are not assigned a library card
> number
> >>> during the self-registration process.
> >>>
> >>> 2. For services like Overdrive that use SIP2, pending patrons are not
> >>> truly registered and are therefore not visible via SIP2.
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone found a way around these problems?
> >>>
> >>> While many of our libraries are quick when it comes to processing
> pending
> >>> patrons, immediate access to digital services is great customer
> service.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>> Scott
> >>>
> >>> Scott Thomas
> >>> Executive Director
> >>> Pennsylvania Integrated Library System
> >>> 717-873-9461
> >>> scott.thomas at sparkpa.org
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Grace Dunbar, Vice President
> > Equinox Software, Inc.  -  The Open Source Experts
> > gdunbar at esilibrary.com
> > 1-877-OPEN-ILS    www.esilibrary.com
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Justin
>



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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

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me.”
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