[Koha] Koha Routing List Email Alerts

[Anselm Olweny]

Thanks Liz,

I followed your guidance and it works. I also add my voice to yours in
saying the the koha development team should consider enabling the librarian
to be able to subscibe patrons from the staff cleint.

In addition, I met another problem, I edited the routing list notice from
Tools to include the volume number/issue number, but unfortunately the
email alert received only includes the serial title without the
Volume/Issue numbers. Is they any way around this problem?

Thanks again Liz

Anselm

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Liz Rea <liz at catalyst.net.nz> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I came across this just the other day. :)
>
> The way it works is as follows:
>
> First, configure your subscription to have an entry in the Patron
> Notification drop down (See screenshot 1 I have attached)
>
> Then, log in as a user of the opac, search for that serial, then click
> "More details" at the bottom of the record. You should then see a link
> "Subscribe to email notification on new issues"
>
> Staff can then see who has subscribed in the serials interface - by
> clicking on Subscribers next to Patron notification (see screenshots 2 and
> 3 I have attached).
>
> This functionality of patrons receiving email when a serial is received is
> actually independent of the routing lists, and patrons cannot actually be
> added to the subscriptions by a librarian from the staff interface (a
> severe limitation of the feature, in my opinion).
>
> Nicole - It would be cool if this were in the manual, I think this feature
> is currently undocumented.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Liz Rea
>
>
> On 09/01/13 23:35, Anselm Olweny wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I am using koha version 3.08. I have correctly added a serial subscription
>> and created a routing list. However, when I receive a new issue of the
>> serial, an email alert is not sent to/received by the members I have added
>> in the routing list for the serial. Could anyone kindly guide me on why
>> this may be happening and what I need to do so that email alerts are sent
>> to the members in the routing list.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Anselm
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