[Web4lib] Library Elf reveals user info

[John Fereira]

At 02:45 PM 12/28/2005, Dan Lester wrote:
>Understand the possible utility of LE if your system doesn't provide
>all the services that some do, but if your system does what ours does:
>1. Notices sent by email three days before books due
>2. Overdue notices sent promptly
>3. Patron can check personal record online at any time (what books
>out, when due, etc.)
>4. Patrons are given receipt with due dates.
>
>So can anyone think of any reason that we should mess with LE?  I
>can't, but am willing to listen.  I realize that some might prefer RSS
>feeds to email, but.....

they don't have to be mutually exclusive.  Give the patron the option 
of receiving the content from the web site, as an RSS feed, or via 
email (or all of the above).


John Fereira
jaf30 at cornell.edu
Ithaca, NY