Koha-Library-Management-System/C2/Access-to-Library-Account-on-Web/English-timed
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| 00:01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Access your Library Account on the Web. |
| 00:07 | In this tutorial, we will learn how to access your Library Account as a patron on the Web, |
| 00:15 | and it’s benefits. |
| 00:18 | To record this tutorial, I am using Firefox web browser. |
| 00:24 | This tutorial assumes that your system administrator has a Koha Library installed on a server. |
| 00:32 | The SuperLibrarian or Library Staff has created some Item types in this Koha Library. |
| 00:40 | This tutorial assumes that you know the URL of this Koha Library |
| 00:46 | and You are a patron of this library. |
| 00:50 | If not, please contact your Librarian or system administrator for the same. |
| 00:57 | Let’s begin. Open your Web Browser and type: http://127.0.1.1/8000 |
| 01:12 | This URL is based on the port number and domain name, given by your sys-ad at the time of installation. |
| 01:21 | Now, press Enter. |
| 01:24 | A new OPAC page with the heading Welcome to Spoken Tutorial Library opens. |
| 01:32 | On the top right corner of the OPAC page, click on Login to your account. |
| 01:40 | This login is for the patrons of the library. |
| 01:44 | On the new window that opens, we have to enter our patron Login: and Password. |
| 01:52 | Recall that we had created a Patron as Ms. Reena Shah in an earlier tutorial. |
| 02:00 | I will login as Reena and type her password here. |
| 02:05 | If you created a different partron, then use those login details here. |
| 02:11 | A new page Hello, Reena Shah opens. |
| 02:15 | This page reflects the details of the summary of the Patron. |
| 02:20 | The page shows details for Checked out (1) items like: |
| 02:25 | Title- Exploring Biology |
| 02:28 | Sharma, Sanjay |
| 02:30 | Due- 10/08/2018 |
| 02:36 | Barcode- 00002 |
| 02:41 | Fines- No. |
| 02:44 | Remember, this entry was made in an assignment of an earlier tutorial. |
| 02:50 | Note the other tabs on the left side of the page. |
| 02:55 | your summary, your fines, |
| 02:59 | your personal details, your tags, |
| 03:04 | change your password, your search history, |
| 03:08 | your reading history, your privacy, |
| 03:12 | your purchase suggestions, your messaging and your lists. |
| 03:20 | Upon clicking these tabs, details of the Patron opens up.
I will explain about these tabs later in this tutorial. |
| 03:30 | On the top left corner of the OPAC interface, notice that there are two tabs: Cart and Lists. |
| 03:39 | If you wish to add any Library item to a cart then do the following- |
| 03:45 | Search for the item in OPAC as explained earlier in this series. |
| 03:51 | I will search for the book Microbiology. You may search an item that you want from your library. |
| 04:00 | The search results of that keyword appears. |
| 04:04 | Under each title, the following options appear- Place Hold, Save to Lists , Add to cart. |
| 04:15 | Note that the option Place Hold will appear only for the items that can be issued by the library. |
| 04:23 | Click on the option Add to cart for adding any particular item to the cart. |
| 04:30 | In case multiple items have to be added to the cart then do the following steps. |
| 04:37 | Locate the tag Select titles to: just above the list of items. |
| 04:45 | To add multiple items to the cart, click on the radio button on the left of the respective items. |
| 04:53 | Now, go to the top. The tag Select titles to will appear as With selected titles. |
| 05:04 | From the drop-down, click on Cart. All the selected items will move to the cart. |
| 05:12 | Next, go to the top left corner of the interface and locate the tab Cart. |
| 05:20 | From the drop-down, click on Items in your cart:2 |
| 05:25 | Please note: number 2 represents the total number of selected items. |
| 05:31 | As I selected 2 items, the number here is 2. |
| 05:36 | If you selected a different no. of items, then that no. will appear on your interface. |
| 05:44 | On clicking, a new window Your cart with the following options appears:
More details , Send, |
| 05:54 | Download , Print, |
| 05:58 | Empty and close. |
| 06:01 | You may explore these on your own. |
| 06:04 | After exploring, close this window. |
| 06:08 | To do so, go to the top left corner of the page and click on the cross button. |
| 06:15 | We are now in the OPAC interface. |
| 06:19 | In case, an item has to be added to Lists then click on Save to Lists, at the bottom of each item. |
| 06:31 | On clicking, a new window Add to a list: opens, with the title of the particular item. |
| 06:39 | In my case, Industrial Microbiology, Patel, Arvind H. |
| 06:45 | Under the section Add to a new list:, in the field for List name:, type the name for the list. |
| 06:55 | This is purely for your reference. |
| 06:58 | I will type: Microbiology here. |
| 07:02 | You may give a name as per your requirement. |
| 07:07 | Next, under the section Category:, from the drop-down click on Private if not already selected by Koha. |
| 07:19 | This ensures that the list will be visible only to you. |
| 07:24 | Next, click on Save at the bottom of the page. |
| 07:30 | We are again at the OPAC interface. |
| 07:34 | Now, at the top left corner of the OPAC interface, click on the tab Lists. |
| 07:42 | From the drop-down, I will click on Microbiology. |
| 07:46 | If you gave a different name for your list, then click on that name. |
| 07:53 | The saved items now appears under the list. |
| 07:58 | Now let us look at the tabs on the left side. |
| 08:03 | To begin with, I will click on the tab your personal details. |
| 08:09 | A new page with the details of Ms. Reena Shah opens up. |
| 08:16 | Next, click on your reading history, on the left side of the same page. |
| 08:24 | A page Checkout history opens up with the details:
Title, Item type, |
| 08:33 | Call no and Date. |
| 08:38 | Now, click on your purchase suggestions, on the left side of the same page. |
| 08:46 | A new page Your purchase suggestions opens up. |
| 08:51 | Now click on the tab New purchase suggestion. |
| 08:57 | A new page opens with the heading Enter a new purchase suggestion. |
| 09:04 | Here we are prompted to fill in a few details. |
| 09:09 | Title, Author, Copyright date, |
| 09:15 | Standard number (ISBN, ISSN or other), |
| 09:21 | Publisher, Collection title, |
| 09:26 | Publication place, Item type, |
| 09:31 | Reason for suggestion: and Notes. |
| 09:35 | Note that: the Title field marked in red color is mandatory. |
| 09:41 | I will enter the Title as Genetics. |
| 09:45 | Then I’ll enter the Standard number (ISBN, ISSN or other) number as- 1234567891. |
| 10:00 | Click on Submit your suggestion at the bottom of the page. |
| 10:05 | A new page Your purchase suggestions opens again. |
| 10:11 | With this, we have learnt how a patron can use OPAC to search a book in a Koha Library. |
| 10:20 | Lastly, log out from the OPAC account by clicking on Logout at the top right corner of the page. |
| 10:29 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
| 10:33 | Let us summarize.
In this tutorial, we learnt how to access your Library Account as a patron on the Web and it’s benefits. |
| 10:48 | For assignment, make a purchase suggestion for another book. |
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