Hi Lori, Koha has the book drop feature that Mr. Marron described. As far as a duplicate patron goes I think Koha tries to compare to what your inputting via the required fields, because on more than one occasion it has asked me if the patron is a duplicate or another record, than it should be a simple matter of just updating. What we do to avoid duplicates is search by patron last name, and first name, than if we find a matching record we also look at the birthdate(s). So I guess the short answer is there is no "handy" way of automatically doing this. Respectfully, James Ghiorzi Library Assistant II San Benito County Free Library 470 Fifth St. Hollister, CA 95023 (831) 636-4107 ________________________________ From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre [lori.ayre@galecia.com] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:00 PM To: Koha list Subject: [Koha] backdating, merge patrons and telecirc Hi All, Is it true that there is no backdating feature in Koha? By this I mean, the ability to check-in items (e.g. book drop stuff) with check-in dates of the previous day (or even several days ago to handle long weekends). Is it true there is no handy way to identify duplicate patrons and to merge select patron records into one record? What about telecirc...is anyone currently using a telephone-based notification system (such as Asterisk) with Koha? Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre@galecia.com<mailto:Lori.Ayre@galecia.com> Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre <mailto:Lori.Ayre@galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=