NEKLS does exactly this - we have 3 accounts for each of our 36 libraries, a circ (can do anything with borrowers, and circulate books), a tech (can do cataloging, reports and edit items as well as circ), and a director account (as close to a superuser as we'll allow, so everything but modifying systemwide preferences). This has worked well for us, and I believe it is easier to maintain than an account for every staff member. If you want to track which *computers* do what, you could consider a login for each station, if accountability is what you are concerned about. Liz Rea lrea@nekls.org On Aug 30, 2011, at 2:12 PM, Hollis Near wrote:
Sorry to bring a mundane question to the list, but we're down to the wire with implementing and I need some advice.
We are a small academic library with about 10 library assistants. We considered creating separate staff-type patron records for them so they could log in and we could track their transactions. Then it occurred to us that with a busy circ desk many people use the circulation station throughout the day and we don't want to be logging on and off. Is it common to create one staff patron account for circulation and log on with that for the whole day? Transactions have time stamps so we think that's enough for pinpointing problem transactions for follow-up with staff.
Thanks, Hollis
Hollis Near Director of Library Services Cornish College of the Arts 1000 Lenora Street Seattle, WA 98121 206-726-5040 206-315-5811 fax www.cornish.edu/library/
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