[Koha] Classroom Checkouts

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Excellent!  Thanks Nora!

Lori

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Lori Bowen Ayre //
Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group
Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen
(707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
Availability:  http://tungle.me/lori.ayre

<Lori.Ayre at galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID,
filtering,
workflow optimization, and materials handling
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On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Nora Blake <Nblake at masslibsystem.org>wrote:

>  Hi Lori,****
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> We tuck the year of graduation into the sort2 field and the current
> classroom teacher into the sort1 field.  Our elementary librarians like
> having the school teacher in there because the kiddies tend to come to the
> library by class.  A “student” template for patron records would be nice!*
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> I use a program called Great Barcode Generator to create the scannable
> barcode images.****
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> Nora****
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> Nora Blake
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> Massachusetts Library System
> P.O. Box 609
> South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241
> 508-357-2121 x123
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> Email: nblake at masslibsystem.org
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> *From:* loriayre at gmail.com [mailto:loriayre at gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Lori
> Bowen Ayre
> *Sent:* Friday, May 25, 2012 5:59 PM
> *To:* Nora Blake
> *Cc:* Koha list; Ruth Bavousett
> *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Classroom Checkouts****
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> I'm sure we can come up with a better solution!  Let's continue to flesh
> this out....****
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> Do these students have only one teacher to worry about each year?  Or are
> there several teachers that need to be associated with each student?****
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> Would it help to add a field indicating their (expected) graduating year?
>  Maybe to make some batch changes for example?****
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> What's the name of the program that you use to generate the scannable
> barcodes.****
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> I'm copying this to a ByWater miracle worker...Ruth Bavousett, in case she
> has brilliant ideas to make this easier for everyone!****
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> Lori
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> Lori Bowen Ayre // ****
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> Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group****
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> Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen****
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> (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com****
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> Availability:  http://tungle.me/lori.ayre  ****
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> Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, ****
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> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Nora Blake <Nblake at masslibsystem.org>
> wrote:****
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> Hi Lori,
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> We don't do this exactly.  Instead we create these checkout sheets for
> each grade of the elementary school.  We store the grade level information
> in the sort 1 field, write a report to export the patron name, grade level
> and barcode number, run the spreadsheet through another program (not open
> source) that creates a scannable barcode image for each patron.  We then
> import the barcode images one by one into a word document where we group
> them by grade so that the librarians have a "scan sheet" for each grade.
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> Not easy at all!
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> We've tried convincing the staff at our elementary schools that they can
> just look the students up by name, but they're convince it takes too long
> and they just simple NEED to have these scan sheets (which systems like
> Winnebago created for them very easily).
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> If anyone can come up with a better solution, I would worship you forever.
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> Nora
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> Nora Blake
> MassCat Manager
> Massachusetts Library System
> P.O. Box 609
> South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241
> 508-357-2121 x123
> 866-627-7228
> Email: nblake at masslibsystem.org
> AIM: noraatmls****
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:
> koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:46 PM
> To: Koha list
> Subject: [Koha] Classroom Checkouts****
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> Anyone ever heard of "Classroom Checkouts?"  Evidently it is a feature of
> Follett in which a patron record get labelled as a "teacher" and this
> allows that teacher to be somehow related to his or her students.  The idea
> is that when the students are going to the library, the library staff can
> easily generate a list of barcodes associated with that teacher (in lieu of
> library cards I guess....).
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> Anyone heard of such a thing or have a way to accomplish something similar
> in Koha?
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> Lori
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> Lori Bowen Ayre //
> Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board &
> Communications Committee / Evergreen
> (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
> Availability:  http://tungle.me/lori.ayre****
>
> <Lori.Ayre at galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID,
> filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling
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