Evergreen Staff Account Overview

Slides available at:
slides.mobiusconsortium.org/blake/evergreen_staff_sso

Created by Blake Graham-Henderson / [email protected]

Press ESC to browse slides

What is a staff account?

  • It's an "account"
  • Just like a patron account
  • Difference is permissions

Searching for staff accounts

Search for patrons

Searching for staff accounts

Check the various staff permission groups

Searching for staff accounts

We don't recommend searching by name because:

Creating a staff account

Step 1

Step 2

Fill out all of the fields

Mind the Username

The username is automatically populated after you enter the barcode

Mind the Password

Passwords for staff accounts need higher security

Copy and paste that into Notepad for sharing later

Mind the Organization Unit

Be sure and choose the primary branch

  • Look close at the indentation
  • The right-most indented phrases are branches

Mind the Permission Profile

The top section is patron

The bottom section is staff

Don't be confused by "Staff Member"

You can ignore duplicate warning(s)

This person probably has a patron account

Don't forget to add working locations

Find the staff account

Search by name or profile

Other -> User Permission Editor

Checkbox for branches

Then scroll all the way to the bottom

Click save

The login experience

First time

Reasons you need to know your Evergreen native password

  • New computer
  • New browser
  • Browser had cookies deleted

Register a workstation

This allows Evergreen to understand "where" you are in the consortium

Register a workstation

Click "Use Now"

Now we can use SSO

If you have hybrid enabled you can see both options

Goal is to disable hybrid, SSO only

SSO Only

This is what we want

Login with campus

Bob's your uncle

THE END

Blake Graham-Henderson

MOBIUS

[email protected]

Slides available at:
slides.mobiusconsortium.org/blake/evergreen_staff_sso