patron internet usage timer add-on
Odd question, but here goes. . . The librarians would like to be able to scan a user's library card and have it turn on their internet access for a set amount of time. They want to limit a patron to 2 hours of internet time per day. So the program would need to verify the user hasn't used up their time. Turn on internet access to one of the patron computers. Then turn off access when the time is up. Much like they do in some internet cafes. Does anyone know of something available? Even an open source php script that times computer usage I could hammer into a usable add-on? I've tried a ton of searches, but I'm not even sure what you'd call that type of software. -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/patron-internet-usage-timer-add-on-tp57257... Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
You might check out Libki - http://libki.org. At some point it was going to (or already does?) tie into Koha. It might be what you want. Liz Rea NEKLS On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:21 PM, ShaneGreen <shane@creative-entropy.com> wrote:
Odd question, but here goes. . .
The librarians would like to be able to scan a user's library card and have it turn on their internet access for a set amount of time.
They want to limit a patron to 2 hours of internet time per day. So the program would need to verify the user hasn't used up their time. Turn on internet access to one of the patron computers. Then turn off access when the time is up. Much like they do in some internet cafes.
Does anyone know of something available? Even an open source php script that times computer usage I could hammer into a usable add-on? I've tried a ton of searches, but I'm not even sure what you'd call that type of software.
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Dear Shane, The software you looking for is usually called time and print management software. The ones I am most familiar with are EnvisionWare, Sam by Comprise, and Cassie by Librarica. All of these integrate into Koha using a SIP2 connection. Hope that helps, James Ghiorzi ________________________________________ From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of ShaneGreen [shane@creative-entropy.com] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 6:21 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] patron internet usage timer add-on Odd question, but here goes. . . The librarians would like to be able to scan a user's library card and have it turn on their internet access for a set amount of time. They want to limit a patron to 2 hours of internet time per day. So the program would need to verify the user hasn't used up their time. Turn on internet access to one of the patron computers. Then turn off access when the time is up. Much like they do in some internet cafes. Does anyone know of something available? Even an open source php script that times computer usage I could hammer into a usable add-on? I've tried a ton of searches, but I'm not even sure what you'd call that type of software. -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/patron-internet-usage-timer-add-on-tp57257... Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Thanks everyone for your replies. I'll look into these and see what I can discover. -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/patron-internet-usage-timer-add-on-tp57257... Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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