[Koha] Different levels of access for Koha OPAC users

[Steven F. Baljkas]

Sunday, November 21, 2004    21:10 CST

Hi, Michael,

Treating your last question in two parts ...

1) IIRC it is possible to choose which branches of a library one gives web access to via the Koha OPAC.

Wouldn't it be possible to treat the Special Collection (the ones you really don't want exposed to theft) in a 'branch' that is only visible internally?

At the very worst, I'd think you could have 2 different Koha's running, one truly public, the other internal or protected to certified users via https.

2) With books of such great value, you might want to see if there is a benefactor, foundation or national agency that could help arrange proper insurance and documentation, just in case they are ever (G*d forbid) needed.

Someone should definitely speak with your organisation's attorneys regarding legal documentation of ownership and with archivists on marking the texts in acceptable archival manners so that they could be traced if ever taken.

I still remember being interrogated my first day as an undergraduate when some other daring bibliophile stole a volume of the university's prized (and, IIRC, donated) 1911 Britannica set. Needless to say, the university had no special insurance to replace it.

With the treasures that you all have, it's best not to find out what your organisation's insurance will cover this way, Michael.

Best regards,
Steven F. Baljkas
library tech at large
Koha neophyte
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
 
> From: Michael Lake <Mike.Lake at uts.edu.au>
> Date: 2004/11/21 Sun PM 05:15:20 CST
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: [Koha] Different levels of access for Koha OPAC users
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Now that I have been playing with Koha for a month or so I'm now putting 
> together a formal proposal for the society that I'm a member of to use 
> Koha.
> 
> We have a few thousand items that will be placed in the catalog and we 
> would like to make the OPAC available on our web site. However some 
> items would be of great value to book collectors. Publishing this info 
> on the web would mean that someone with contacts could make a nice 
> shopping list and clean us out one night.
> 
> Just as there is a 'checkbox' for catalog items that are 'not 
> reservable' how much code would be required to have a checkbox 'not for 
> web publication'? Or a drop down box that one can use to limit the 
> search availability to specific levels users.
> 
> I would envisage having more than one user in the koha users table; say 
> guest user, member, library user and then the usual admin user with 
> increasing access in that order. Guests can't see items that are flagged 
> as accessable to member and above.
> 
> Does anyone else have this need or is it possible to do this already in 
> Koha. (I see on this list there are probs with Apache::Registry )
> 
> Mike
> -- 
> Michael Lake
> 
> 
> 
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