Hi Satish, I have worked in a College library and we have never erased the patrons from our databese: we just blocked the students access when they finished their course. As simple as that. I think that's the best policy. Imagnie that later on they decide to attend another course: you'll just have to enable them/give them access to circulation, you do not have to register them all over again. Besides, at any moment you may want to extract some statistics from your database, and those patrons whether they have finissed their course or not are part of your library history. Best regards Vanda 2017-03-21 7:35 GMT+00:00 SATISH <lis4satish@gmail.com>:
Hi,
Your answers will be highly appreciated. Kindly share your best practices.
On 17 March 2017 at 12:41, SATISH <lis4satish@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Currently With Koha 16.5/Package Installation/ Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop /
Since last six months I am using Koha (production / live) in the Library. Now, one batch of students are going to complete their course on coming May 2017. I have to stop/ block such students' access for circulation facility. (anyhow, expiration date exist for the batch)
What are the standard procedures across the libraries following ..
1. Do you delete the patrons when students complete their course ?
2. If retained, what could be the problems? / Or Should not be deleted?
3. If some verification needed in circulation history, will it be available in future as well?
4. Or any other best practice with patron management that you follow, kindly share ?
With Thanks Satish MV Librarian Govt. Engineering College, Hassan Karnataka
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