Hi there, We use the Hard Due Date feature and it works well for us. We're an academic library in a mixed consortium. Let me know if you'd like any more info. Thanks! Gordana Gordana Vitez Library Services & Systems Coordinator NC Libraries and Learning Commons Niagara College 300 Woodlawn Rd Welland Ontario L3C 7L3 Phone: (905) 735 2211 ext 7404 Fax: (905) 736 6021 [email protected]
>>> On 4/21/2012 at 5:01 PM, in message >>> <[email protected]>, Thomas Berezansky >>> <[email protected]> wrote: 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 <[email protected]>: > 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 >
