Not mine, but SFU built their own API so that they could pull hours and many other things easily in various sites and what not: http://api.lib.sfu.ca/
Which I thought was really cool On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Valerie Forrestal < valerie.forres...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > I feel very low tech right now, but we are using the Business Hours > Wordpress plugin: www.library.csi.cuny.edu (it doesn't show up on mobile > because media queries so you have to view the site on a regular computer to > see what it looks like.) > > It's super easy to update and you can edit the CSS to customize the > display. > > -Val > > > On Jul 7, 2016, at 1:13 PM, Erin White <erwh...@vcu.edu> wrote: > > > > I've had my eye on Google My Business [1] recently. > > > > You can claim your library's location with a snail-mail postcard > > verification process, then set regular hours AND exceptions using the My > > Business site. This way your library's hours show up correctly in Google > > search. > > > > And (this is the part we haven't tested, would be interested to hear from > > others if you have): the Google Places API [2] should allow you to fetch > > today's hours based on that data. We're hoping to test and migrate from > our > > current Google Calendar API setup in the next few months. > > > > Now that google search results for the library location display open > hours, > > though, I'm not sure how many folks are actually clicking through to > verify > > our hours anyway. The horror! > > > > > > [1] https://www.google.com/business/ > > [2] https://developers.google.com/places/ > > > > -- > > Erin White > > Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries > > (804) 827-3552 | erwh...@vcu.edu | www.library.vcu.edu > > > >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Heather Rayl <23e...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> We use a custom javascript with a giant array. The script first tests to > >> determine the month and date, and it also tests for the day of the > week. We > >> have two lines that have the "regular" hours -- one set for fall and > spring > >> semester and one set for summer, and then we write "exceptions" for each > >> day that is different. if it's not one of the exceptions, then it lists > the > >> regular hours. Although it sounds cumbersome, it doesn't really take > that > >> long to update it, and you only have to update it twice -- once at the > >> beginning of summer to comment out the regular fall/spring hours, and > once > >> at the end of the summer to comment out the regular summer hours. Around > >> this time, we also update the exceptions for the upcoming year. > >> > >> I'd be happy to share the code with anyone who would like it. > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Ketner, Kenny <kenny.ket...@ttu.edu> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> At Texas Tech University Libraries, our solution for over 12 years has > >>> been Google Calendar along with a custom PHP script with MySQL database > >>> backend. Every summer our circ staff creates the next calendar year's > >> hours > >>> in a spreadsheet; this is imported into Google Calendar and also > ingested > >>> into our MySQL database. The purpose of the PHP script is to provide > >> quick > >>> information to web pages about the current day's hours, and the Google > >>> Calendar gives a look-ahead for future hours and library events. > >>> > >>> > >>> Kenny Ketner > >>> Software Development Manager > >>> Texas Tech University Libraries > >>> kenny.ket...@ttu.edu > >>> 806-773-5323 > >>> Strategic - Ideation - Connectedness - Relator - Learner > >>> > >>> ________________________________________ > >>> From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of > >>> Katherine N. Deibel [dei...@uw.edu] > >>> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 11:20 AM > >>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours on Library Websites? > >>> > >>> Hi Matt, > >>> > >>> Coincidentally enough, UW is currently looking at how to easily and > >>> centrally distribute hours information to our website (and potentially > >> some > >>> other campus web apps). We're looking at LibCal but also considering > >>> rolling our own with some harvesting through the Alma Hours API. > LibCal's > >>> REST API is still in development and has a limitations that we've > >> noticed: > >>> > >>> * Can only request times from today to the future. We'd have to cache > >>> older results if we wanted to display them > >>> > >>> * Can only show up to one year in advance (we sometimes need to show a > >>> full schedule fro 15 months) > >>> > >>> * Identifiers for locations and sublocations is an ID number, so you'd > >>> have to write a mapping if you want others to use it easily. > >>> > >>> * Given our large number of libraries and sublocations within them, > we'd > >>> really like to be able to set hours relative to the "containing" > library. > >>> > >>> We're still debating as you can guess, but the basic gist I've gotten > is > >>> that if you want to use LibCal, you're going to probably write some > >>> intermediary JavaScript to make your life easier. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist > >>> Information Technology Services > >>> University of Washington Libraries > >>> http://staff.washington.edu/deibel > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> "When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina." > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf > Of > >>> Matt Sherman > >>> Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2016 7:34 AM > >>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > >>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Hours on Library Websites? > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> We are working on a website migration/redesign into WordPress and I am > >>> trying to figure out an automated solution for posting and keeping up > to > >>> date the hours on the home page. I am wondering, how do other > >> institutions > >>> manage this? Are there any good tools I should be looking into? Any > >>> insights or suggestions are appreciated. > >>> > >>> Matt Sherman > >> > > ________________________________ > Take a picture. Write a caption. Win a prize. Where’s Danny the Dolphin > today?<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/wheresdanny/> >
