Verifying Patrons for INN-Reach Requests
Allowing Patrons to Place Multiple Requests without Repeated Authentication
Your INN-Reach System can allow patrons to place multiple requests without requiring patrons to re-authenticate for each request by setting the IR_NOREAUTH Web option. If this Web option is not enabled, patrons must re-authenticate for each INN-Reach request.
During the INN-Reach request process, the system verifies the patron as follows:
- Uses the NAME and ID the patron entered to locate the patron record at the patron's site.
- At the patron's site, verifies the following information in the patron's record:
- that there are no manual or automatic blocks on the patron record
- that the patron record has a P TYPE
- the patron's PIN (if a PIN is required by the patron's site for INN-Reach requests)
- Maps the patron's Local P TYPE to an INN-Reach Central Server P TYPE and verifies that the patron is allowed to make requests. If the INN-Reach Central server uses Web Access Management, WAM compares the mapped Central Server P TYPE against the forward table to determine if the P TYPE is allowed access before verifying the patron is allowed to make requests.
- Verifies the requested item's STATUS and INSTITUTION CODE.
- Consults the INN-Reach Central Server Loan Rules Table to ensure that the selected item is requestable and that the owning site is participating in INN-Reach Circulation.
- Uses the INN-Reach Central Server Loan Rule Determiner Table and the Loan Rules Table to verify that the item can be borrowed by the requesting patron.
- Checks if the patron has reached the maximum number of requests for his or her P TYPE as specified by MAX ITEMS in the Central Patron Blocks Table. When calculating the number of INN-Reach Circulation requests a patron currently has, the system includes items that are requested, checked-out, and returned but not yet received by the owning site.
If the patron is blocked at any point in the request procedure, the transaction automatically stops and goes no further.