Koha-Library-Management-System/C2/Create-a-SuperLibrarian/English
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Title Slide |
Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on how to create a Superlibrarian. |
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Learning Objectives |
In this tutorial we will learn to-
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System Requirement |
To record this tutorial, I am using:
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Pre-requisites |
To follow this tutorial, you should have knowledge of Library Science. |
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Pre-requisites |
To practice this tutorial, you should have Koha installed on your system.
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Let us begin by learning how to add a Patron category. | |
Log into Koha using the username and password | Log into Koha using your database administrator username and password. |
Click on Koha Administration | Click on Koha Administration. |
Cursor on Patrons and circulation
Click on Patron categories |
Under Patrons and circulation, click on Patron categories. |
Cursor on Patron categories | A new page Patron categories opens. |
Click on +New Category | Click on +New Category. |
Cursor on New category
Cursor on- Category code: Description: |
A new page New category opens up prompting us to fill in some details. |
Narration only | As mentioned before, note that the fields marked in red are mandatory. |
Details filled are as follows-
Category code as LS Description as Library Staff In months: 50 Enter Age as 35
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I have filled out a few details here. Please do so likewise. |
Cursor on Category type: >> From the drop-down select Staff | For Category type: from the drop-down list, select Staff. |
Cursor on Branches limitation: >> Select All Branches. | For Branches limitation: select All Branches. |
Click on Save | Next, click on Save at the bottom of the page. |
Cursor on Library Staff
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The category name that we entered appears on the page Patron categories.
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Narration only | With this a Patron Category has been created. |
Narration only | Next, we will learn how to add a Patron. |
Click on Home at the top left corner | Click on Home at the top left corner. |
Cursor on dialog box | The Koha homepage opens with a dialog box prompting us to Create a Patron. |
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It’s mandatory to Create a Patron. Otherwise in database administrator role, some parts of Koha will not function. |
It’s mandatory to create a Patron.
Otherwise in database administrator role, some parts of Koha will not function. |
Click on +Create Patron. | As prompted in the dialog box, click on +Create Patron.
Alternately, you may click on Patrons on the Koha home page. |
Click on Create Patron | I will click on Create Patron |
A new page opens | A new page opens. |
Click on the tab +New Patron >> Select Library staff | Click on the tab +New Patron.
From the drop-down, I will select Library Staff. |
Cursor on Add patron (Library Staff) | A new page- Add patron (Library Staff), opens up. |
Show filled in details.
Cursor on Patron identity Cursor on Main address Cursor on Contact |
Now, fill in the details required under the various sections like:
Patron identity Main address Contact etc. |
Show the filled in the details | I have filled out few details as shown here.
If you don’t have information for any field listed here, then just leave it blank. Pause the video and fill in all details and then resume the video. |
Cursor on Library management:
Cursor on Card Number- 1 |
Under the section Library management:, locate the field Card Number:
Note that- the number 1 is auto-generated by Koha. Hence, you will see a different number on your Koha interface. |
Cursor on Library
From the drop down, select, Spoken Tutorial Library |
Next is Library.
From the drop-down, I will select Spoken Tutorial Library. Recall: the Spoken Tutorial Library was created earlier in this series. If you had given a different name, then choose that name here. |
Cursor on Category >> Select, Library Staff from the drop-down | For Category, I will select Library Staff from the drop-down. |
Cursor at section OPAC/Staff login
Enter:
Password as library |
Under the section OPAC/Staff login, enter Username and Password.
Each new user should create a new Username and Password. I will enter the: Username as Bella
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Enter
Confirm password: library123 |
Again, enter the same password in Confirm password: field. |
Slide Important note-
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Remember this username and password.
This will be used a little later to give rights/permissions to a Staff. |
Go to the top of the page >> Click on Save | After filling in all the details,
Go to the top of the page and click on Save. |
Cursor on Ms Bella Tony (1) | A new page with the name of the Patron and card number opens.
In this case, as entered earlier, the page has Patron as Ms Bella Tony with card number 1. |
Cursor on Library use and Edit
Cursor on Alternate address and Edit |
To edit the sections, click on the Edit tab, located at the bottom of the respective sections. |
Narration only | Now let us learn how to give permissions to the Patrons. |
Cursor on More >> Click on Set Permissions | On the same page, locate the tab More and click on Set Permissions. |
Cursor on new page Set permissions for Bella Tony, opens | A new page with the title Set permissions for Bella Tony, opens up. |
Click in the checkbox:
(superlibrarian) Access to all librarian functions |
Click on the checkbox for
(superlibrarian) Access to all librarian functions. |
Click Save | Then click on Save at the bottom of the page |
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Now, Superlibrarian Ms Bella Tony, having access to all library functions, has been created. |
Slide Importance of Superlibrarian
With this superlibrarian account, we can give rights/permissions to a Staff.
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With this superlibrarian account, we can give rights/permissions to a Staff.
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How to give access to a Staff for a particular module? | Let’s now learn how to give access to a Staff for a particular module? |
Click Logout | Logout from your current session as a Database administrative user.
To do so, go to the top right corner and click on No_Library_Set. From the drop-down, click on Logout. |
Log in with Username Bella
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Now, login with the Superlibrarian account. |
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A Superlibrarian can give rights/permissions to another Staff for accessing any other module. For example-
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A Superlibrarian can give rights/permissions to another Staff for accessing any other module.
For example-
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Click on the tab New Patron
From the drop-down select Library Staff Select, Salutation as Ms. Enter the Surname as Samruddhi |
As explained earlier Create a Patron.
From the drop-down select Library Staff Select, Salutation as Ms. Enter the Surname as Samruddhi |
For Category: Select Library Staff from the drop-down. | For Category: Select Library Staff from the drop-down.
Do not select any other option. |
Cursor on OPAC/Staff login
Enter the Username as Samrudhi and Password as patron |
Under the section OPAC/Staff login,
enter the Username as Samrudhi and Password as patron. |
Cursor on Confirm password | Again, enter the same Password in the Confirm password field |
Remember this username and password as this will be used for further login as a staff. | Remember this username and password as this will be used for further login as a staff. |
Click Save | After filling in all the details, click on Save at the top of the page. |
Narration only | Now give permissions to this particular Patron. |
Go to the tab More and click on Set a Permissions. | Go to the tab More and click on Set Permissions. |
A new page opens up. | A new page opens with the title Set permissions for Samruddhi.
This is the name of the Patron we created. |
Click on the checkbox for
(circulate) Check out and check in items. |
Click on the checkbox for
(circulate) Check out and check in items. |
Next, click on the check box for:
(catalogue) Required for staff login. |
Next, click on the check box for:
(catalogue) Required for staff login. |
Click on:
(borrowers) Add, modify and view patron information |
Click on:
(borrowers) Add, modify and view patron information |
Click on:
(reserveforothers) Place and modify holds for patrons |
Next click on:
(reserveforothers) Place and modify holds for patrons |
Go to the tab tools. | Next, go to the tab tools. |
Click on the plus sign
Select (batch_upload_patron_images) Upload patron images in a batch or one at time |
Click on the plus sign here
(batch_upload_patron_images) Upload patron images in a batch or one at time |
Select:
(edit_patrons) Perfom batch modification of patrons |
Next, select:
(edit_patrons) Perfom batch modification of patrons |
Select
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Also select:
(import_patrons) Import patron data |
Cursor on tab:
(reports) Allow access to the reports module |
Next come to the tab:
(reports) Allow access to the reports module |
Click on the plus sign.
Select: (execute _reports) Execute SQL reports |
Click on the plus sign here and
Select: (execute _reports) Execute SQL reports |
Then click on Save. | Then click on Save at the bottom of the page. |
Cursor on Ms. Samruddhi. | With this we have given all required rights to a Library Staff with the name:
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Click Logout. | Now logout from the superlibrarian account.
To do so, go to the top right corner and click on Logout. |
Narration only | With this we come to the end of this tutorial. |
Summary
In this tutorial we learnt to:
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Let us summarise.
In this tutorial we learnt to:
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Assignments | For Assignments |
Assignment for Patron category:
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Add a new Patron Category- ‘Research Scholar’ |
Assignment for Superlibrarian:
Add a new Staff for the following roles:
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Assignment for Superlibrarian:
Add a new Staff for the following roles:
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Acknowledgement
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Spoken Tutorial project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
More information on this mission is available at this link. |
This is Bella Tony from IIT Bombay signing off.
Thank you for joining. |