HI
There are ILS that do export borrower data, although I kinda doubt that their users intend for them to do so.
Ahh that does sound bad - I had assumed it was to take data from one ILS to another, not accidentally getting them with a "cross catalogue" function or what have you.
Now, I don't know how the privacy laws are shaping up in New Zealand, but I know there would be legal issues in Canada, especially if an academic or public library accidentally shared data in the way that Doc's or the U of California's systems (accidentally) did. In fact, the issue would be one of actionable breach of various privacy acts, something most library administrators would wisely want to avoid.
Yup same here
It might be useful, though, if that data could be transferred over for migration purposes but remained visible ONLY for inside use.
Yes definitly - I wasn't thinking it would go *in* the MARC stuff, that just sounds scarey Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org