[Koha] Finding a patron name in lookup

[Sharon Moreland]

Hi Nicole,
The issue is that we have 197 Heathers in the catalog, so finding Heather
Heath is proving difficult - we have problems with Jones and Smiths, as
well.  The only helpful feature I've discovered is that we can sort by
Branch and then go to the last page of the results to get to the library in
question.  Clunky.  Do any qualifiers work in the patron search box?

Sharon
NExpress

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Nicole Engard <nicole.engard at liblime.com>wrote:

> Mickey, does searching for her full name not work?  A full name search
> should find her - or a search by barcode.  I'm confused as to why that
> isn't working.  What results are they getting?
>
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> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Mickey Coalwell<mcoalwell at nekls.org>
> wrote:
> > Any thoughts/tips/strategies for finding a patron named HEATHER HEATH
> > (or any similarly structured name) in Koha's patron lookup quickly and
> > efficiently? I'm confounded. This is an actual patron name, and her home
> > library called us to say that they could not find her via name lookup.
> > Interesting problem.
> >
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Sharon Moreland
Technology Consultant
Northeast Kansas Library System
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