Re: MilCirc

["David T. Jones" <djones@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:06 PM 2/8/00 -0800, Debra Moore wrote:
>Are we missing
>something or is this just not possible without the override.

I don't know if I would call this "missing anything." :-)

This passworded function has been added with MilCirc:

167 > View items checked out to patron

That in combination with the old:

94 > View patron record in check-out

will allow a student to perform the same functionality as "View Patron
Record" in text circ. As far as I can tell, they cannot then freely do
anything that wouldn't also require an additional password in text circ.
You would want to play around with that, though, in regards to renewing
overdue books, all fine functionality, etc, as I wasn't able to check every
possible scenario.

You can create an initial/password and assign it to the MilCirc login via
the Login Manager. That way all of your students will share this very
limited set of permissions. Staff can of course further override based on
their own permissions.

One word of caution, though, if you hide patron addresses from your
students, you also do not want to give them this function:

161 > View patron records

Anyone with that function can click on the "View" icon and _view_ the
entire patron record (as they could with "M > MORE patron record" in text)
including the address.

HTH,



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