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 <nbgr...@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
