[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] online registration and mobile app

[Elizabeth Davis]

We use the online registration form with a welcome email trigger.  When staff process online applications, new card holders get a welcome email with their card number so that they can start using online resources. The physical card arrives a few days later via snail mail.  It's not instant, but it's fairly quick.  

Elizabeth Davis
Head of Digital Services
Scranton Public Library 
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From: Open-ils-general [open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] on behalf of Stroup, Meg [MStroup at statelibrary.sc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 6:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] online registration and mobile app

>> We are interested in online registration that would allow patrons to use their accounts instantly to check out online resources. <<

It’s not quite instant, but the South Carolina State Library uses the online registration form<http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/get-library-card> to allow almost-but-not-quite instant access to our electronic resources (includes things like ebrary and Safari collections).  That was the reason we chose to implement the remote registration:  to be able to grant access to users across the state as quickly and seamlessly as possible.  Circulation staff monitor the pending patrons screen and are able to approve users quickly.  These users could be routed into an internet-access permission group.

I’m not sure if that answers your question, but it’s a workflow that functions well for us.


Meg Stroup
SCLENDS Cataloging Coordinator
1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 737-7736 | mstroup at statelibrary.sc.gov<mailto:mstroup at statelibrary.sc.gov>
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From: Open-ils-general <open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org> on behalf of Diane Disbro <ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
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Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 5:49 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] online registration and mobile app

Good afternoon -

We are interested in online registration that would allow patrons to use their accounts instantly to check out online resources. Is that ever going to be possible with Evergreen?

We would also like to have a mobile app for our catalog. Will that be possible in the future?

Thank you.
Diane Disbro
Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
Union Branch
Scenic Regional Library
308 Hawthorne Drive
Union, MO     63084
(636) 583-3224
ddisbro at scenicregional.org<mailto:ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
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