Erotic materials (some say pornography)
The obvious solution is of course is to have a completely separate site/database; can multiple Koha sites share the same Patron tables? Can you then filter access per database based on Patron category? The main problem with this approach is that of course it's not a black-and-white judgement call but shades of grey - from "a few soft-core bits" vs "pretty racy stuff" vs "outright pornography". So ideally the whole collection could remain in a single database and just be classified using an appropriate field. Based on such a field, is it possible to toggle visibility in the OPAC based on Patron category (disallowing anonymous visitors of course)?
for the site i work for, we're abusing the branches table, using it for libraries (completely different sections, in one db). and i coded in access controls to only allow those who have the branch in their borrower attributes, to be able to search those branches. limits are put inside opac-search.pl to filter against the branches (in our case of multiple libraries, "or" boolean. in yours, possibly a "not" bool unless patron category = adult) ----- Original Message ---- From: "hansbkk@gmail.com" <hansbkk@gmail.com> To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 12:50:00 PM Subject: [Koha] Erotic materials (some say pornography) The obvious solution is of course is to have a completely separate site/database; can multiple Koha sites share the same Patron tables? Can you then filter access per database based on Patron category? The main problem with this approach is that of course it's not a black-and-white judgement call but shades of grey - from "a few soft-core bits" vs "pretty racy stuff" vs "outright pornography". So ideally the whole collection could remain in a single database and just be classified using an appropriate field. Based on such a field, is it possible to toggle visibility in the OPAC based on Patron category (disallowing anonymous visitors of course)? _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Waylon Robertson <wrobertson1981@yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
for the site i work for, we're abusing the branches table, using it for libraries (completely different sections, in one db). and i coded in access controls to only allow those who have the branch in their borrower attributes, to be able to search those branches. limits are put inside opac-search.pl to filter against the branches (in our case of multiple libraries, "or" boolean. in yours, possibly a "not" bool unless patron category = adult)
Thanks Waylon. Do you mean that you've customized the Koha source scripts to accomplish this, or just set system preferences in conjunction with your "abuse" of branches?
----- Original Message ---- From: "hansbkk@gmail.com" <hansbkk@gmail.com> To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 12:50:00 PM Subject: [Koha] Erotic materials (some say pornography)
The obvious solution is of course is to have a completely separate site/database; can multiple Koha sites share the same Patron tables? Can you then filter access per database based on Patron category?
The main problem with this approach is that of course it's not a black-and-white judgement call but shades of grey - from "a few soft-core bits" vs "pretty racy stuff" vs "outright pornography". So ideally the whole collection could remain in a single database and just be classified using an appropriate field.
Based on such a field, is it possible to toggle visibility in the OPAC based on Patron category (disallowing anonymous visitors of course)? _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Waylon Robertson <wrobertson1981@yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
customized the source.
I'd like to avoid going that far. So back to this idea:
Completely separate site/database; can multiple Koha sites share the same Patron tables? Can you then filter access per database based on Patron category?
Suggestions anyone? I suppose worst case scenario I could export a Patron category and import that into the separate DB?
----- Original Message ---- On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Waylon Robertson <wrobertson1981@yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
for the site i work for, we're abusing the branches table, using it for libraries (completely different sections, in one db). and i coded in access controls to only allow those who have the branch in their borrower attributes, to be able to search those branches. limits are put inside opac-search.pl to filter against the branches (in our case of multiple libraries, "or" boolean. in yours, possibly a "not" bool unless patron category = adult)
Thanks Waylon. Do you mean that you've customized the Koha source scripts to accomplish this, or just set system preferences in conjunction with your "abuse" of branches?
----- Original Message ---- From: "hansbkk@gmail.com" <hansbkk@gmail.com> To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: Sat, 26 February, 2011 12:50:00 PM Subject: [Koha] Erotic materials (some say pornography)
The obvious solution is of course is to have a completely separate site/database; can multiple Koha sites share the same Patron tables? Can you then filter access per database based on Patron category?
The main problem with this approach is that of course it's not a black-and-white judgement call but shades of grey - from "a few soft-core bits" vs "pretty racy stuff" vs "outright pornography". So ideally the whole collection could remain in a single database and just be classified using an appropriate field.
Based on such a field, is it possible to toggle visibility in the OPAC based on Patron category (disallowing anonymous visitors of course)?
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