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The White-/Blacklist feature can be used to grant or deny access to library during self-operated period, regardless of the library system.

A Whitelist entry can be used to allow, for example, cleaning staff or security guards or library staff access, without requiring that they are patrons in the library system. The library access is then also allowed when the library is closed, as long as the entrance control unit is operational.

Using the Blackist, it is possible to block patrons so that even if they are allowed access based on information in the library system, they will still be denied access based on specific, overriding rules.

These rules are created on the main level, and they are stored and enforced by Master controller. It is then a choice per rule to which library branches it applies. This means, that a single entry can be made to allow a security guard access to all libraries in the system, or a maintenance worker to just one branch library.

This functionality is not meant to be used as primary means of access control; it is only ever intended as a way to create a very small number of access or blocking rules, not a whole patron list of the whole library. There are no advanced features for handling large numbers of patrons, nor is the system performance designed to handle more than a handfull of entries.

 

To see and modify these access rules, click on the Update patron list button on top of the libraries treeview, in SOL Administator:

This opens the Patron list window, displaying existing entries and allowing filtering using the fields on top of the list:

The example above shows two patrons (El Dorko and Clark Gable) being blocked, the others are allowed through. Each entry has details as follows:

You can see in the example above that the patron identifier is 123456, and that the patron has been blocked from all libraries. This means that if this identifier is scanned on an entrance system, it will automatically be blocked without even asking the library system.

If the Blocked checkbox is not marked, it means the user is allowed access to selected libraries. This enables people such as security guards and cleaning crew access, without being in the library system.

The Valid until date can be set to limit the time until which this login rule is valid; after that, the rule is not checked. This is intended as a safeguard for temporary users, like summer employees; it is easy to give them access until their employment term ends, and it is not a problem if you don't remember to cancel it, if you have set the Valid until date - their access will be not valid after that day.