IRC log for #koha, 2007-01-13

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Time	Nick	Message
11:37	paul	kados around ?
12:41	owen	kados: How about now? :)
12:42	paul	hi owen, you should look at http://o17.bureau.paulpoulain.[…]a/opac-browser.pl
12:43	owen	Cool! How does it work?
12:43	paul	with dewey classification (or any other)
12:43	owen	Does it require subject authorities?
12:43	paul	should work with LoC as well
12:43	paul	nope, just a field with the classification.
12:44	paul	and the tree is automatically builded digit by digit
12:44	paul	1 / 10 / 104; 2 / 21 / 215; ...
12:44	paul	the descriptions at o17 are french dewey descriptions.
12:45	owen	And you've got a subject cloud working too?
12:45	paul	yep, although it can be improved I bet.
12:47	kados	hi guys
12:47	paul	hi kados
12:47	kados	had some trouble with our LAN this morning :/
12:47	kados	opac-browser++
12:47	kados	owen: online signups would be slick
12:48	owen	It's something we've talked about in our library site redesgin meetings
12:48	owen	(which often devolve into discussions of imaginary functionality)
12:48	kados	hehe
12:48	kados	it wouldn't be difficult to implement
12:49	owen	We've actually talked about two variations (maybe Tina has mentioned it before)
12:49	owen	The first would be "pre-registration" of regular library users
12:50	owen	They could submit their member information and then bring their proof-of-address to the library
12:50	owen	The librarian would just verify the information and give them a card
12:50	owen	The other case we've talked about is a special borrower type for "web-only" users
12:51	owen	Users who want to register so they can have access to limited-access databases or downloadable audio books
12:51	kados	right
12:51	kados	there's also the concept of an 'anonymous' borrower
12:51	kados	which I find interesting :-)
12:51	owen	How would that work?
12:52	kados	well they have to put down a credit of some kind to lein against any media they check out
12:52	kados	and then they only get so many issues
12:54	owen	Interesting... But they're still coming in in person, right?
12:54	owen	No anonymous post office boxes involved?
12:56	kados	yea, I guess they'd have to do it in person with cash
12:56	kados	otherwise their ident would be linked to a credit card or sth
12:56	kados	(hang on, phone call)
12:56	kados	brb
15:27	owen	You know you've spent too much time online when you see the words "box set" and think they say "bot sex"
17:02	tnb	owen: ha! :)
05:29	btoumi	hi all