Yes, good idea, I'll ask the folio-user list.

And for now I'm leaving these un-anonymized. Hoping they will anonymize once the fines/fees are resolved. 
Thanks.

Rachel Resnik

Librarian

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

621 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

617-879-7115



On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM Eliana Lima <eliana@flo.org> wrote:
If I understand correctly, I believe you are right. If you were to anonymize without treating loans with associated fees/fines differently, it could lead to mystery fees/fines. You're welcome to repeat your question to folio-users@list.flo.org or in the #folio-adopters Slack if you'd like to hear from the previously migrated folks. I believe we also discussed anonymization in the April User Group meeting, but I don't think we specifically covered fees/fines. 

On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM Rachel Resnik <rresnik@massart.edu> wrote:
That first part I know. We don't have to anonymize closed loans with associated fees/fines.

And I think you are confirming that if we anonymize closed loans with associated fees/fines, then patrons WILL have mystery fees associated with their account. 

Maybe this is more of a question for the 2024 migration folks. I'm just trying to figure out how this actually works and what libraries are choosing to do about it. 

Rachel Resnik

Librarian

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

621 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

617-879-7115



On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM Eliana Lima <eliana@flo.org> wrote:
Hi Rachel,

If you check the box for "Treat closed loans with associated fee/fines differently" then you can set things up so that the associated loan isn't anonymized until the fee/fine is closed. That way you never have a mystery fee/fine on a user's account.

Eliana 

On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM Rachel Resnik <rresnik@massart.edu> wrote:
I'm not entirely sure what to do about Circ Anonymization for closed loans with associated fees. 

If we anonymize these does that mean when we go to a patron account and they have a fee on their account, we will not be able to tell them what the fee is for?


Rachel Resnik

Librarian

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

621 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

617-879-7115

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