[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hours of library open / close

[McCanna, Terran]

We have a number of libraries that have unusual operating hour patterns that the current system doesn't accommodate. Some have seasonal differences, some are open every other Saturday, some are on a skeleton crew so are open some days in two shifts (4 hours in the morning, for hours in the evening, but closed for a couple of hours in the middle type of thing). 

On a related topic, if the operating hours were not part of the org unit settings, but were in a different area that we could allow the libraries to update (perhaps in the library settings editor, or in a different area entirely), it would be a lot easier to keep up to date.

Now that the library pages with the hours and contact info are available, it would be really nice to at least have a notes field where we could add notes specific to a particular library's hours. It would also be nice for it to display upcoming scheduled closures from the Closed Dates Editor. 


Terran McCanna 
PINES Program Manager 
Georgia Public Library Service 
1800 Century Place, Suite 150 
Atlanta, GA 30345 
404-235-7138 
tmccanna at georgialibraries.org 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Shum" <bshum at biblio.org>
To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 7:19:57 PM
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hours of library open / close

Hi Jennifer,

I've often wondered about this myself since some of our libraries also
have periodic shifts to "summer" hours, or even "renovation" hours of
service as they go through lifecycles.  So yes, it seems like your
idea might prove to be a helpful one to even public libraries, not
just academic libraries.

I can't commit to anything new at this time, but maybe you or others
might find this to be a worthy contender for feature development in
future Evergreen releases.  Certainly sounds like a good wishlist idea
anyways.

-- Ben

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Walz, Jennifer <jlwalz at asbury.edu> wrote:
> All –
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>   We are an academic library and the library hours change from “during the
> semester” to “summer” to “holiday” hours.
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>   Is there any way to have several Org unit calendars where we can switch
> easily between these things?     Our general open / close times are during
> the semester and that does cover most of the year, but the other set times
> it would be nice to have a block calendar change for the whole org unit.
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> Any ideas?  Thoughts?
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> Thanks!
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> Jennifer
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> --------------------------------------------------
> Jennifer Walz, MLS - Head of ILS changes
> Kinlaw Library -  Asbury University
> One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390
> 859-858-3511 ext. 2269
> jlwalz at asbury.edu
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Benjamin Shum
Evergreen Systems Manager
Bibliomation, Inc.
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