Hey Guys,

I have noticed of late that notifications is in quite a state of disarray.  At my library we have had to resort to running queries from a script and manually sending out mail because notifications just don’t work in a usable way.  I am proposing an overhaul of the notifications system.  The only information I have to go on is what my library wants but since we are an academic library that may vary from what the vast majority of Koha wants.  Before I made an official wiki for this RFC I wanted to get a general feel for how everyone felt about this.  I also wanted to see if someone or a group was willing to pitch in and help me out with some coding.

Essentially what I would like to do is model notifications to do the following:

1. Base notification rules on patron type, item type, and a new grouping I am hoping to write that I am calling the collection code

2. Define a frequency for notifications based on the previously stated groupings

3. Base the start time and end time for notifications on the due date rather than the checkout date

I am very open to other suggestions and I hope to get some.  I know that this idea is far from fully developed.

Best,

Elliott Davis