[Koha] Patron attribute types

[Nicole Engard]

Ditto what everyone else said :) But I thought you might find this
useful as well:
http://sites.google.com/a/liblime.com/koha-manual/Home/Table-of-Contents/administration/Patrons---Circulation/patrons--circulation-patron-attribute-types


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On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Rick Welykochy <rick at praxis.com.au> wrote:
> Joann Ransom wrote:
>
>> probably a dumb question ...(sigh)
>
> there are no dumb questions ... :)
>
>> I am working through the system preferences and parameters for a  lovely
>> new Koha 3.0 test site.  We are running  3.00.00.107.
>>
>> Is it important to enter / specify any attribute types in the "Patron
>> Attribute Types" are under Patrons and Circlation"?.
>
>
> Koha 3 runs fine without any patron attributes being added.
> Add them if you want to store additional information with
> your patron data. We can't think of everything!
>
>
>> If I should enter any / some, what ones would people suggest and why?
>
> Perhaps your patrons are school kids. You could store their home
> room, grade level, that sort of thing, as extra attributes.
>
> As well, if there are authorised values that you wish to link to
> patrons, you can do this very easily by defining a patron attribute
> that Koha will link to the a.v.
>
> In general, if you have patron categorisation and data gathering
> requirements beyond what is already stored in the borrowers table,
> patron attributes are there to fill this need.
>
>
>
> cheers
> rickw
>
>
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