[Koha] patron internet usage timer add-on

[Liz Rea]

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 at 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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