[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Global due date?

[Thomas Berezansky]

I think what you want is the "Hard Due Date" feature, which can be set  
by the circ rules to apply to circs by patron type. Or pretty much  
anything else in the circ rules.

It supports "stop at date X" and "always use date X" (but only when  
date X hasn't passed, then it ignores it and uses normal durations).

Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium


Quoting Nancy Grant <nbgrant at msad41.us>:

> Schools often set a global due date for the end-of-the-school-year returns
> .
> REASONS:
> 1. Allows overdues reports and billing before students disappear for the
> summer.
> 2. If a separate one can be set for the graduating class, allows that class
> to be billed before they can march in the ceremony.
> 3. Allows librarian to see what went missing  during the year and needs
> replacement on summer order.
> 4. Allows over-the-summer checkouts to start after the global date.
> 5. Would be nice to have one that you could set either for all patrons or
> for just students and not teachers.
>
> Is a global due date possible?
>
> Nancy B. Grant
> LMS, NBCT
> Penquis Valley Schools
> Milo, ME 04463
>