Does anyone utilize the patrons reading history option for users? If so why, and if not, why not? Thanks! Melanie Hedgespeth Tech Center Manager Salina Public Library 785.825.4624 Ext. 233 melanie@salpublib.org <mailto:melanie@salpublib.org> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Melanie Hedgespeth <melanie@salpublib.org> wrote:
Does anyone utilize the patrons reading history option for users? If so why, and if not, why not?
Hi Melanie Horowhenua Library Trust use this a lot, mostly for home bound borrowers or rest homes. They don't want to send people the same book they just sent them last week :) Chris
Hi Melanie As Chris said, we use the reading histories a lot. We thought initially that the honebound readers would be the main beneficiaries, but other people love it. And it's absolutely invaluable for the reader who comes in wanting to borrow again the book they had several months ago that had a title something like XYZ*%J - but not enough like it to find it by keyword. The reading history often identifies the right title. And further, it's useful evidence when someone comes in and challenges a fine from some time past. The reading history records the date the item was due back, and the actual date it was returned. It works for us! Cheers Rosalie Blake Horowhenua Library Trust On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Chris Cormack <chris@bigballofwax.co.nz>wrote:
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Melanie Hedgespeth <melanie@salpublib.org> wrote:
Does anyone utilize the patrons reading history option for users? If so why, and if not, why not?
Hi Melanie
Horowhenua Library Trust use this a lot, mostly for home bound borrowers or rest homes. They don't want to send people the same book they just sent them last week :)
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I do know of some US public libraries that are using this because so many of their patrons want it. That said, I agree with Owen that we need a opt-in/opt-out option so that the patrons are responsible for their own information. --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 nce@liblime.com AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Rosalie Blake <rosablake@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Melanie As Chris said, we use the reading histories a lot. We thought initially that the honebound readers would be the main beneficiaries, but other people love it. And it's absolutely invaluable for the reader who comes in wanting to borrow again the book they had several months ago that had a title something like XYZ*%J - but not enough like it to find it by keyword. The reading history often identifies the right title.
And further, it's useful evidence when someone comes in and challenges a fine from some time past. The reading history records the date the item was due back, and the actual date it was returned.
It works for us! Cheers Rosalie Blake Horowhenua Library Trust
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Chris Cormack <chris@bigballofwax.co.nz> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Melanie Hedgespeth <melanie@salpublib.org> wrote:
Does anyone utilize the patrons reading history option for users? If so why, and if not, why not?
Hi Melanie
Horowhenua Library Trust use this a lot, mostly for home bound borrowers or rest homes. They don't want to send people the same book they just sent them last week :)
Chris _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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Does anyone utilize the patrons reading history option for users? If so why, and if not, why not?
We do not. I think we are like many U.S. public libraries in fearing that storing reading history for patrons was a violation of their privacy. I wish we *could* offer reading histories, but the process in Koha would have to be changed if my superiors would sign off on it: 1. It would have to be controlled on a per-patron basis. 2. It would have to be opt-in. Patrons would have to give their consent in order to enable the feature. 3. Patrons should have the ability to remove items from their reading history (and in doing have the transaction anonymized). I think there are a lot of features that could follow that would really appeal to patrons, like being able to indicate in search results and detail screens whether the logged-in user had checked out a particular item. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
Owen Leonard a écrit :
Does anyone utilize the patrons reading history option for users? If so why, and if not, why not?
We do not. I think we are like many U.S. public libraries in fearing that storing reading history for patrons was a violation of their privacy. I wish we *could* offer reading histories, but the process in Koha would have to be changed if my superiors would sign off on it:
1. It would have to be controlled on a per-patron basis. 2. It would have to be opt-in. Patrons would have to give their consent in order to enable the feature. 3. Patrons should have the ability to remove items from their reading history (and in doing have the transaction anonymized).
I have the code somewhere that does all that. Still poorly tested, but will be in 3.2 (unless an atomic bomb falls on Marseille...) (FYI: in France, it's not a violation of privacy, it's illegal. We have an agency, the "CNIL", that says what is permitted and what is not about nominative datas. Anyone that want to have a file with nominative datas must declare it to CNIL. That can reject the use. For libraries, it's easy, the CNIL has already said : "it's legimitated to keep history for 3 month, and patron entry for 1 year after his subscription. After, datas must be removed". Recently, the CNIL objected the government about a file with all police affairs. CNIL decisions can be bypassed only by a law.) -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08
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