[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] What should be done during unexpected library closings?

[Tina Ji (Project Sitka)]

There used to be various fine timestamps (IIRC, the real time when  
fines were generated, before 2.0????). But we had lots of problems  
with it. Now the 23:59 works. We did receive questions on it, but it's  
rare. I guess displaying the billing time without hour on OPAC helps.

Back to original topic, it is optional to create fines for closed  
dates. Depending on your choice, it may have impact there (items  
returned on the second day after the unexpected closure). But it may  
sound reasonable (at least to me) if you still charge overdue for the  
unexpected closure.

Tina

Quoting Dan Wells <dbw2 at calvin.edu>:

> This isn't especially relevant to the conversation, but last I   
> checked, Evergreen actually "post dates" fines to the end of the   
> fine period in which they occur.  In other words, daily fines are   
> all dated with a timestamp of "23:59" regardless of what time the   
> fine generator runs.  This made the fine logic a little simpler to   
> calculate, but it is also a source of general confusion for users,   
> as fines appear to happen in the future if you look closely.    
> Perhaps someday someone will find the tuits to fix this, but for   
> now, it works.
>
> All that said, maybe you really do run your fine generator at 23:59,  
>  but that seems a little like living on the edge to me, and I   
> wouldn't base any opinions on the billing timestamps :)
>
> Dan
>
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> Daniel Wells, Library Programmer Analyst dbw2 at calvin.edu
> Hekman Library at Calvin College
> 616.526.7133
>
>
>>>> On 4/24/2013 at 3:25 PM, Aaron Zsembery <azsembery at pls-net.org> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3:21:05 PM chtrotter at ocrl.org wrote:
>>> I am not sure  if the closed date can be entered the same day and fines
>>> not accrue.
>> IIRC, in our install the fine generator runs at 23:59 to generate daily
>> fines, so as long as the entry gets in, it should theoretically work. I
>> haven't tried that though.
>>
>> Aaron Z
>> Jr. Systems Administrator
>>
>> Pioneer Library System
>> 2557 State Rt. 21
>> Canandaigua, New York  14424
>> Phone: (585) 394-8260
>
>



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