Agnes --<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I see in the list of permissions that there is one flag (permissions) to<br>
set user permissions, and another (staffaccess) to modify permissions<br>
for staff users, and this confuses me as they seem to be the same.</blockquote><div><br>Similar, but not the same. Being able to change permissions for another staff member (or even for one's self) would be a "higher" level of access. Fewer people will need that level of access.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">It has been noticed that the permissions screen exists for all patron<br>
types, and I have had some confused questions about whether staff have<br>
to check the "Borrow books" permission before anything can be checked<br>
out to a new patron, </blockquote><div><br>No. "Borrow books" is the one permission that defaults to ON. <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
and why we need a "staff" type at all if any patron<br>
can be set to use the staff client.</blockquote><div><br>You don't. You might have student volunteers or other non-staff help. Howevver, staff patron types will be protected from having their permissions modified by users without "staffaccess". <br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Has anyone used permissions for patrons who are not on staff, and if so<br>
what for?</blockquote><div><br>An typical case might be for a machine account used by a self-check device. That account would have access to make transactions, but might reasonably have "Borrow books" set OFF, since no books should be issued in the machine's name. <br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Could this screen be set not to appear except for specific patron types,<br>
e.g. "Staff" (even for superlibrarians)?<br></blockquote></div><br>I don't think any controls exist for that yet, but I suspect additional controls will be added under Granular Permissions work in coming months.<br>
-- <br>Joe Atzberger<br>LibLime - Open Source Library Solutions<br>