Dear members. I need a little help with an access level problem. I will catalog books and digital material (PDF files, audios and images). There will be three different types of readers: basic, intermediate and advanced. The material will also have three levels: basic, intermediate and advanced. My question is how to make: a) an advanced reader have access (opac) to all three levels of material; b) an intermediate level reader only accesses intermediate and basic level material; c) and a basic level reader only access basic level material. There have to be no way to one level of reader get any information of material there does not belong to a level up. I would appreciate any help. Thank you all. FJCosta -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Restrict-access-tp5943311.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Hi, If you create 3 items types (PDF, audio and images) and 3 patron categories (basic, intermediate, and advanced) you should be able to control access under Circulation and Fine rules (Home › Administration › Circulation and fine rules). You can place restrictions on item type, total checkouts, loan periods, fines etc. for each of your patron categories. Hope this helps. Regards, Lennon Mazonde BiblioTech - Smart Technology For Smart Librarians Phone : +263775937458 Website:www.bibliotechzw.com Address: 62 Jason Moyo Street Bulawayo, Zimbabwe On 13/08/2017 00:42, fjcosta wrote:
Dear members. I need a little help with an access level problem. I will catalog books and digital material (PDF files, audios and images). There will be three different types of readers: basic, intermediate and advanced. The material will also have three levels: basic, intermediate and advanced. My question is how to make: a) an advanced reader have access (opac) to all three levels of material; b) an intermediate level reader only accesses intermediate and basic level material; c) and a basic level reader only access basic level material. There have to be no way to one level of reader get any information of material there does not belong to a level up. I would appreciate any help. Thank you all. FJCosta
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Thank you Lennon. I did as you told: three types of patrons and three kinds of items, and under Circulation and Fine rules I manage to restric each type of patron to its item permission (basic to basic, intermediate to basic+intermediate, and advanced to all). But when a reader under patron type basic makes a search in OPAC, all material (basic, intermediate and advanced) is visible and, if is a PDF files, he can download and read it. Would you please consider help me in this issue? -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Restrict-access-tp5943311p5943320.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Hello ! Based on what you exposed us, you'll have to manage the access to your files outside of Koha with some sort of DRM. I'm pretty sur Koha doesn't have search « filter » based on users attributes. And even if this was possible, this wouln't prevent someone to access your files if they know the URL of your file.< Eric On 17-08-13 04:03 PM, fjcosta wrote:
Thank you Lennon. I did as you told: three types of patrons and three kinds of items, and under Circulation and Fine rules I manage to restric each type of patron to its item permission (basic to basic, intermediate to basic+intermediate, and advanced to all). But when a reader under patron type basic makes a search in OPAC, all material (basic, intermediate and advanced) is visible and, if is a PDF files, he can download and read it. Would you please consider help me in this issue?
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Hi, As Eric said, i don't know if you can filter out search results for certain patrons in the OPAC. What if you try enabling the AgeRestrictionMarker <http://translate.koha-community.org/manual/sphinx-branch/en/html/02_administration.html?highlight=agerestriction#AgeRestrictionMarker>system preference under Home › Administration › System preferences > Circulation Preferences > Checkout Policy? You can then place an age restriction in field 521$a (Audience note) for each item that you plan on setting age restrictions. Does that stop patrons from being able to download the files? Kind regards, Lennon On 13/08/2017 22:03, fjcosta wrote:
Thank you Lennon. I did as you told: three types of patrons and three kinds of items, and under Circulation and Fine rules I manage to restric each type of patron to its item permission (basic to basic, intermediate to basic+intermediate, and advanced to all). But when a reader under patron type basic makes a search in OPAC, all material (basic, intermediate and advanced) is visible and, if is a PDF files, he can download and read it. Would you please consider help me in this issue?
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Hi, using Agerestriction is a good idea, but at the moment it will only prevent Circulation. Koha doesn't have a mechanism to control access to linked files. As Eric pointed out there are several problems to consider there and it will require an external solution to Koha. Hope that helps, Katrin On 14.08.2017 16:29, Lennon Mazonde wrote:
Hi,
As Eric said, i don't know if you can filter out search results for certain patrons in the OPAC.
What if you try enabling the AgeRestrictionMarker <http://translate.koha-community.org/manual/sphinx-branch/en/html/02_administration.html?highlight=agerestriction#AgeRestrictionMarker>system preference under Home › Administration › System preferences > Circulation Preferences > Checkout Policy? You can then place an age restriction in field 521$a (Audience note) for each item that you plan on setting age restrictions. Does that stop patrons from being able to download the files?
Kind regards,
Lennon
On 13/08/2017 22:03, fjcosta wrote:
Thank you Lennon. I did as you told: three types of patrons and three kinds of items, and under Circulation and Fine rules I manage to restric each type of patron to its item permission (basic to basic, intermediate to basic+intermediate, and advanced to all). But when a reader under patron type basic makes a search in OPAC, all material (basic, intermediate and advanced) is visible and, if is a PDF files, he can download and read it. Would you please consider help me in this issue?
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That'd be an interesting feature for someone to sponsor. It would require doing permission checks in Koha::UploadedFile(s). El mar., 15 de ago. de 2017 7:26 AM, Katrin <katrin.fischer.83@web.de> escribió:
Hi,
using Agerestriction is a good idea, but at the moment it will only prevent Circulation. Koha doesn't have a mechanism to control access to linked files. As Eric pointed out there are several problems to consider there and it will require an external solution to Koha.
Hope that helps,
Katrin
On 14.08.2017 16:29, Lennon Mazonde wrote:
Hi,
As Eric said, i don't know if you can filter out search results for certain patrons in the OPAC.
What if you try enabling the AgeRestrictionMarker < http://translate.koha-community.org/manual/sphinx-branch/en/html/02_administ... system preference under Home › Administration › System preferences > Circulation Preferences > Checkout Policy? You can then place an age restriction in field 521$a (Audience note) for each item that you plan on setting age restrictions. Does that stop patrons from being able to download the files?
Kind regards,
Lennon
On 13/08/2017 22:03, fjcosta wrote:
Thank you Lennon. I did as you told: three types of patrons and three kinds of items, and under Circulation and Fine rules I manage to restric each type of patron to its item permission (basic to basic, intermediate to basic+intermediate, and advanced to all). But when a reader under patron type basic makes a search in OPAC, all material (basic, intermediate and advanced) is visible and, if is a PDF files, he can download and read it. Would you please consider help me in this issue?
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Not sure if muffling AgeRestriction into UploadedFiles is a good idea. A solution to restrict access to uploads for selected users should be broader than that imo. Marcel
I wouldn't propose such a thing! What I meant is a permissions checking layer for UploadedFile(s), be it borrower category-wise or similar. El mar., 15 ago. 2017 a las 9:20, Marcel de Rooy (<M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>) escribió:
Not sure if muffling AgeRestriction into UploadedFiles is a good idea. A solution to restrict access to uploads for selected users should be broader than that imo.
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Creating different hierarchies for the cataloged material and assigning each user permission to access and query (in the case of downloading material of the digital type) may not make much sense in public libraries. However, it is very common in business libraries. Would anyone know a way to implement this functionality to Koha? Thank you in advance for your attention. FJCosta -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Restrict-access-tp5943311p5943575.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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