Bug 14771 - Allow patrons to pick a username
Summary: Allow patrons to pick a username
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Patrons (show other bugs)
Version: master
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2015-09-02 14:21 UTC by Nicole C. Engard
Modified: 2021-09-30 20:07 UTC (History)
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Description Nicole C. Engard 2015-09-02 14:21:32 UTC
It would be nice if patrons could pick their own username when registering for a card and/or edit their username via the patron account.
Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2018-08-02 00:36:54 UTC
Still valid
Comment 2 David Cook 2020-07-16 03:44:36 UTC
I like this idea.

Other library systems sometimes call this an "alias".

I find it very useful as it makes it easier to interact with the library.
Comment 3 Katrin Fischer 2020-07-16 05:28:26 UTC
We already have another field for alias... as the username is used to log into Koha it has to be unique, so I think not quite the same?
Comment 4 David Cook 2020-07-17 01:36:35 UTC
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #3)
> We already have another field for alias... as the username is used to log
> into Koha it has to be unique, so I think not quite the same?

What do you mean by alias?
Comment 5 Katrin Fischer 2020-07-17 06:32:55 UTC
(In reply to David Cook from comment #4)
> (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #3)
> > We already have another field for alias... as the username is used to log
> > into Koha it has to be unique, so I think not quite the same?
> 
> What do you mean by alias?

You are right, I was thinking of "othernames" because of the German translation.