[Koha] User History

[Rosalie Blake]

Hi Melanie
As Chris said, we use the reading histories a lot. We thought initially that
the honebound readers would be the main beneficiaries, but other people love
it. And it's absolutely invaluable for the reader who comes in wanting to
borrow again the book they had several months ago that had a title something
like XYZ*%J - but not enough like it to find it by keyword. The reading
history often identifies the right title.

And further, it's useful evidence when someone comes in and challenges a
fine from some time past. The reading history records the date the item was
due back, and the actual date it was returned.

It works for us!
Cheers
Rosalie Blake
Horowhenua Library Trust

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Chris Cormack <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz>wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Melanie Hedgespeth
> <melanie at salpublib.org> wrote:
> > Does anyone utilize the patrons reading history option for users?  If so
> > why, and if not, why not?
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Melanie
>
> Horowhenua Library Trust use this a lot, mostly for home bound
> borrowers or rest homes.
> They don't want to send people the same book they just sent them last week
> :)
>
> Chris
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