Thanks Dan, Cynthia and Petra. Dan--right now we use a little book to do our room bookings. We only have 2 bookable rooms, so that seems to work for now. It's also useful to hear that the Unicorn bookings module was unworkable for you.
Cynthia--thanks for the update. So, right now you update both Evergreen and Unicorn with new items so that they can be booked? It's nice to hear that the bookings development will be able to handle items, rooms, and equipment too. Our university also has an AV department and the tool crib that also have inventories and run their own separate systems to track their items. Petra--I need to talk to COTR about your experience migrating to Evergreen and find out how things are going with SITKA. I'll contact you off list. Thank you! Tara On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Mauerhoff, Petra <[email protected]> wrote: > At College of the Rockies we are also quite desperate for a booking module. > We are still using a Workflows module that is on its last legs and is > creating a lot of extra work for staff at the moment. > > > ****************************************************************************************** > Petra Mauerhoff, BA (hons), MLIS [email protected] > Manager, Learning Resource Centre > College of the Rockies > > Box 8500 Tel. 250-489-8293 (Mountain Time) > Cranbrook, BC Toll Free: 1-877-489-2687 > V1C 5L7 Fax: 250-489-8256 > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tara > Robertson > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:27 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] booking module--what are folks doing now? > > I work at a small academic library that's starting to evaluate an new > ILS to migrate to from Horizon. > > In the last Evergreen Newsletter, Cynthia Williamson from Mohawk > College wrote about the development of a booking module. This is > really exciting as we also need this functionality. By 'booking > module' I mean the same as Cynthia. Instructors often book DVDs that > they're going to show in a specific class. The system needs to > restrict circulation on that item close to the booking date so that it > will be available for the instructor to pick up before their class. > > Horizon doesn't have a bookings module, so we have a cumbersome manual > system that involves a very organized and determined staff member, > different coloured forms, a few boxes with cards, and some awkward > workarounds in Horizon. It's less than ideal, but it works most of the > time. > > I know there are some other academic libraries currently using > Evergreen (UPEI and the Conifer libraries). I imagine school libraries > would also do need bookings. Do you do bookings? How do you manage > right now? > > Thanks! > > Tara > Emily Carr University of Art + Design > Vancouver, BC >
