[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Bibliomation - Two enhancements needed for our schools

[Amy Terlaga]

Hi all-

 

I know that eventually there will be a place that we all can go to see which
Evergreen sites are working toward which enhancements to the system, but in
the meantime .

 

Bibliomation has asked ESI to provide us with development cost / time
estimates for the following two functionality specifications for our k-12
schools:

 

1.	End of school year due dates
2.	Hard due dates

 

If your library system would also benefit from either/both of these
enhancements and would like to share the cost with us, please email me at
terlaga at biblio.org.  If you need something added to either of these
enhancements to make them work in your library setting, it's not too late to
influence the development!

 

DESCRIPTION OF BOTH ENHANCEMENTS --

 

*	End of semester hard due dates. 



We need school items to not be able to be checked out beyond a specific date
and school items will 'age to lost' by a specific date set by the school.
This must work at the branch level.

 

Example:  The Lebanon Schools have three branches - the elementary school,
the middle school, and the high school.

 

The elementary school wants their end-of-semester due date to be June 21st.
Their loan period is 21 days.  On June 2nd, the due date should still come
up as June 21st.  On June 3rd, the due date should still come up as June
21st.  And so on and so on until June 21st is reached.  

 

Meanwhile, the middle school and the high school each want their
end-of-semester due date to be June 30th.  Their loan periods are also 21
days, but that June 30th date should hold 21 days prior to June 30th, at 20
days prior to June 30th, at 19 days prior to June 30th, and so on, until
June 30th is reached.

 

'AGE to LOST"

After the end-of-school-year date is reached for the individual school,
there should be a way to quickly move the item to lost status so that
students can be immediately notified as to what items are still out and now
considered lost.

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*	Hard due dates for specific patron profile groups. 



We need school items to use a specific date for their due date the whole
school year for faculty; these same school items will 'age to lost' by a
specific date set by the school.  This must work at the branch level.

 

Example:  The Lebanon Schools have three branches - the elementary school,
the middle school, and the high school.

 

The elementary school wants its hard due date for faculty to be June 21st.  

 

Meanwhile, the middle school wants its hard due date for faculty to be June
18th and the high school wants its hard due date for faculty to be June
30th.  

 

'AGE to LOST"

After the hard due date is reached for the individual school, there should
be a way to quickly move the item to lost status so that faculty can be
immediately notified as to what items are still out and now considered lost.

 

 

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Amy Terlaga

Assistant Director, User Services

Bibliomation

32 Crest Road

Middlebury, CT  06762

(203)577-4070 x101

http://www.biblio.org

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