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| === Item Qualifiers === | === Item Qualifiers === | ||
| - | * Contributor Qualifiers | + | * **Contributor Qualifiers** - Contributor Qualifiers include such entries as Author, Illustrator, Editor, Actor, Director and a number of other ways in which an individual can contribute to the creation of an item. Contributor Qualifiers are used to qualify how a Contributor assisted in the item creation, and may therefore allow the same Contributor to be added multiple times to the same item but with different Qualifications (e.g. an individual may be both the Author and Illustrator of a work, while it is common to be an Actor, Writer and Director of a film). |
| === Reader Indexes === | === Reader Indexes === | ||
| - | * Audience | + | * **Audience** - The reader audience entries each represent named restriction measures which determine which items the reader is permitted to borrower. The names of **Reader Audiences** may not directly relate to **Item Audiences** as reader audience entries normally cover a number it item audience settings - reader audiences are therefore more descriptive of a group, such as 'Lower School', 'Upper School', Staff'. The default reader audience called **No Restrictions** for example, will have all item audiences enabled so that all items can be borrowed without limits. |
| - | * Gender | + | |
| - | * Protected Characteristics | + | * **Gender** - The list of possible Genders allows the library to record the gender or nature of the reader. These types are for information only however, and at the time of writing Mystic does not make any further internal use of the category. The category contains the expected 'Male' and 'Female' entries, but also the expanded gender types as well as types for reader accounts which are not individuals (e.g. for lending to a class or department). |
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| + | * **Protected Characteristics** - The protected characteristics category is provided to store a list of protected characteristic entries that can be attached to reader records. See below for a special note on their use. | ||
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| + | > **//Special note on gender and Protected Characteristics://** //Mystic is a library management system and it has been sometimes argued that the storage of certain types of information is not justified under the GDPR and other Data Protection legislation. Such legislation correctly states that data should only be recorded that has an appropriate use.Mystic allows the storage of such information however, so that reporting of library use can be performed. Historically, the use of these reports have allowed library staff to show irregularities in library use that has then been rectified.// | ||
| === Reader Popups === | === Reader Popups === | ||
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| === System === | === System === | ||
| - | * Accessibility Options | + | Unlike many of the categories for items and reader, most (not all) **System Categories** are not used to populate lists and drop-downs. Instead, they provide a means to turn on/off configuration settings which control how Mystic behaves. |
| - | * Audit Log Events | + | |
| - | * Booking Destinations | + | * **Accessibility Options** - The accessibility options define which mechanisms of assisting access to the application are turned on. Some accessibility options (such as speech) are currently turned off due to limitations of cloud applications. (**Note that speech accessibility can often be turned on using Browser based plugins**). |
| - | * Closure Days | + | |
| - | * Installed Lookup Packages | + | * **Audit Log Events** - The list of Audit Log events that Mystic can add to the Audit Log when functions are performed by users. Audit Log events are typically not managed by Mystic users. |
| - | * Package Events | + | |
| - | * Package Names | + | * **Booking Destinations** - Booking Destinations contain the list of locations for the delivery of pre-booked items. The most common (and default) entry is usually 'For pickup'. |
| - | * Protected Characteristic Types | + | |
| - | * System HUB | + | * **Closure Days** - The closure days category lists the various algorithmic definitions which are used to generate when closure days occur within the library. Typically, the **Closure Days** category is used only by libraries who define loan durations as working days (e.g. 5 days out of 7 actual days) and need to define that weekends need to be algorithmically added to the loan duration for use by the calendar. In practice, most Mystic users calculate loans on a 7 days week, and the closure day system is not used. (Note: When closure days are in use, Mystic will also automatically add and remove days to account for holidays, end of years etc. and the loan duration may therefore be //less// than that expected.) |
| - | * System Information | + | |
| - | * System Licenses | + | * **Installed Lookup Packages** - The installed lookup package category contains a single entry for each standard pre-built package that has been added to new library databases. Typically, this includes standard keyword packages requested by School Library Services. This category is human managed category. |
| - | * User Group Names | + | |
| - | * User Group Permissions | + | * **Package Events** - Package Events contain the various types of event that can occur to items within a Package. In Mystic, **Packages** are a method to group together a set of items either temporarily or permanently for association together. Packages can be created for example, for stock checks or import and export to other libraries. Typically, this category is not human managed. |
| - | * User Permissions | + | |
| + | * **Package Names** - Package Names contains the various types of package that can be created within the BISON package manager. Typically, this category is not human managed. | ||
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| + | * **Protected Characteristic Types** - The Protected Characteristic Types list the various types of characteristic that can be recorded in the reader protected characteristic category. As the various types are controlled by legislation, this category is typically not managed at a Mystic user level. | ||
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| + | * **System HUB** - The System Hub category contains information necessary for the correct operation of the HUB bibliographic database system. While the contents of this category may be modified by staff users, once configured further modification is rarely required. | ||
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| + | * **System Information** - The System Information category contains a list of individual values which each influence how Mystic performs its functions. This System Information category effectively represents the Mystic configuration. The meaning, purpose and settings of each entry in the System Information category is unique and should be configured on an individual basis. | ||
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| + | * **System Licenses** - The System Licenses category contains the license information for your Mystic account. Without at least one entry in the System Licenses category, Mystic will not operate. | ||
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| + | * **User Group Names** - The User Group names category contains the names of templates for user permissions which can be applied en-masse in order to create an approximation of a typical user of a particular type. Note that Mystic does not support true user groups - User Groups in this context are only approximations of settings. Typically, this category is not human manageable. | ||
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| + | * **User Group Permissions** - The User Group Permissions category contains the permissions associated with the User group Names. Typically, this category is not human manageable. | ||
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| + | * **User Permissions** - The User Permissions category contains all of the user permissions recognised by the Mystic application. Typically, this category is not human manageable. Note that this category contains the template permissions and is not associated with end-user implementations of those permissions. In order to manager user accounts, use the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:users|User Manager]]. | ||
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