[Koha-bugs] [Bug 3591] New: "Family administrator" account for OPAC

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http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3591

           Summary: "Family administrator" account for OPAC
           Product: Koha
           Version: rel_3_2
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P4
         Component: OPAC
        AssignedTo: jmf at liblime.com
        ReportedBy: bibliwho at gmail.com
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
 Change sponsored?: Sponsored


I'd like a designated parent to have the ability to access all the OPAC
features that their children normally would when the latter log in to the OPAC
under their own accounts.

In other words, when a parent logs in to their own account, they will also be
able to do all of these for their children's accounts: 
(from http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/opac/your-account)
View and renew items checked out
View and renew items overdue
View status of and cancel holds you have placed
View fines you owe
Submit changes to your personal details (like name or address)
Submit a change to your password
View your Reading History (also known as 'Checkout History')
Manage your purchase suggestions (view status and add)
Manage how you're notified by the library of events and due dates
Review an edit your lists

If new features are planned under 3.2, then these should also be available.

Rationale: A family administrator account would make it much easier for
families to maintain their library accounts. At present, for example, the
simple task of making a list of all family items due back would require a
parent to set up user logins for each of his/her children & log in under each
of those accounts.

Note that this should be an _option_ at the child account level. To meet
librarians' long-standing respect for patrons' privacy & intellectual freedom,
access to account information for young adults in particular may need to be
limited to that account alone (& staff of course.)


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