[Koha] backdating, merge patrons and telecirc

[Chris Cormack]

2012/1/24 Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>:
> Hi All,
>
> Is it true that there is no backdating feature in Koha?  By this I mean, the
> ability to check-in items (e.g. book drop stuff) with check-in dates of the
> previous day (or even several days ago to handle long weekends).

There is the dropbox feature to mark an item returned the day before,
(or days before if the library was closed).

>
> Is it true there is no handy way to identify duplicate patrons and to merge
> select patron records into one record?
>
Identifying is easy, but nope, no one has ever asked for a feature to
merge borrowers before.

> What about telecirc...is anyone currently using a telephone-based
> notification system (such as Asterisk) with Koha?
>
No idea

Chris