Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
Hi Ken, I haven't done anything with a Google Places account, but your question sort of ties together two projects of mine; one very old and one brand new. A few years back I built a javascript open checker to display the rather byzantine hours of the library I was working for at the time (hours I had no hand in determining). The javascript to get the job done has a number of funneling algorithms that have to be edited with updated info. But, that's where project number two comes in. I just recent built a tool (PHP based) for the TMC Library which allows reference librarians to edit a libguide by adding content and some settings which then automagically populate as announcements in our EZProxy login page (so we reach basically all of our users). This allows folks with no web coding knowledge to build the announcements, as well as allowing them to set things like background color and announcement position on the page, using an interface they're already comfortable with. The announcements are expressed as javascript files loaded into the EZProxy page with the usual script tag. The same thing could certainly be done with some variation of my open checker, vastly simplifying the process of modifying hours, holidays, etc. If anyone is interested in project number two, we;ll be presenting a paper on it at the next SCC/MLA annual conference and looking to publish it soon after. So far the tool is working out pretty well. Best regards, *Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA* Innovation Architect *Houston Academy of MedicineThe Texas Medical Center Library* 1133 John Freeman Blvd Houston, TX 77030 http://library.tmc.edu/ www.jasonbengtson.com On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
It's not free or open source and it won't update your Google Places account but we've just started using LibCal and are pretty happy with it so far. It's easy to update, has the capability for hours, events, and room scheduling, and a decent API. Joel Marchesoni Tech Support Analyst Hunter Library, Western Carolina University http://library.wcu.edu/ 828-227-2860 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Irwin Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 09:01 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
Hi Ken, The solution that we're using at Ithaca College Library meets some, but not all, of your criteria. You can see the end result here https://ithacalibrary.com/services/hours.php. The ugly part is the back end, which is a hand-authored XML file that I create a couple times a year based on what our circulation manager tells me. I guess with a little instruction he could do it himself, but I haven't gone there. I'm attaching a sample XML file in case you're interested. (PHP fills in default values, so hours are only listed for days on which the hours deviate from normal.) We used to use a solution backed by Google Calendar, but that got all weird when we started staying open overnight. Let me know if you'd like more info. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken ?xml version=1.0? hours xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=libraryHours.xsd xmlns:xsi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance; !-- July 2014 -- day date=2014-07-017:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-027:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-037:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-04Closed/day day date=2014-07-0510am - 6pm/day day date=2014-07-0610am - 6pm/day day date=2014-07-077:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-087:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-097:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-107:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-117:30am - 3pm/day day date=2014-07-1210am - 6pm/day day date=2014-07-1310am - 6pm/day day date=2014-07-147:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-157:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-167:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-177:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-187:30am - 3pm/day day date=2014-07-1910am - 6pm/day day date=2014-07-2010am - 6pm/day day date=2014-07-217:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-227:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-237:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-247:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-257:30am - 3pm/day day date=2014-07-2610am - 6pm/day day date=2014-07-2710am - 6pm/day day date=2014-07-287:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-297:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-307:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-07-317:30am - 9pm/day !-- August 2014 -- day date=2014-08-017:30am - 3pm/day day date=2014-08-0210am - 6pm/day day date=2014-08-0310am - 6pm/day day date=2014-08-047:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-08-057:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-08-067:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-08-077:30am - 9pm/day day date=2014-08-087:30am - 3pm/day day date=2014-08-09Closed/day day date=2014-08-10Closed/day day date=2014-08-117:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-127:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-137:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-147:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-157:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-16Closed/day day date=2014-08-17Closed/day day date=2014-08-187:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-197:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-207:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-217:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-227:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-23Closed/day day date=2014-08-24Closed/day day date=2014-08-257:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-267:30am - 5pm/day day date=2014-08-27/ day date=2014-08-28/ day date=2014-08-29/ day date=2014-08-30/ day date=2014-08-3110am - midnight/day !-- September 2014 -- day date=2014-09-01Closed/day day date=2014-09-02/ day date=2014-09-03/ day date=2014-09-04/ day date=2014-09-05/ day date=2014-09-06/ day date=2014-09-07/ day date=2014-09-08/ day date=2014-09-09/ day date=2014-09-10/ day date=2014-09-11/ day date=2014-09-12/ day date=2014-09-13/ day date=2014-09-14/ day date=2014-09-15/ day date=2014-09-16/ day date=2014-09-17/ day date=2014-09-18/ day date=2014-09-19/ day date=2014-09-20/ day date=2014-09-21/ day date=2014-09-22/ day date=2014-09-23/ day date=2014-09-24/ day date=2014-09-25/ day date=2014-09-26/ day date=2014-09-27/ day date=2014-09-28/ day date=2014-09-29/ day date=2014-09-30/ !-- October 2014 -- day date=2014-10-01/ day date=2014-10-02/ day date=2014-10-03/ day date=2014-10-04/ day date=2014-10-05/ day date=2014-10-06/ day date=2014-10-07/ day date=2014-10-08/ day date=2014-10-09/ day date=2014-10-10/ day
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
There is a free version of LibCal that we use at Dowling that allows room scheduling and multiple calendars. It's limited to 3 rooms, and it may be limited to three calendars as well. But, the interface is pretty easy to use, and it will output the calendars as RSS feeds that can can be customized for events or closings, etc. We've been very happy with it. Laura Pope Robbins Professor/Reference Librarian Dowling College On Jul 1, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Joel Marchesoni jma...@email.wcu.edu wrote: It's not free or open source and it won't update your Google Places account but we've just started using LibCal and are pretty happy with it so far. It's easy to update, has the capability for hours, events, and room scheduling, and a decent API. Joel Marchesoni Tech Support Analyst Hunter Library, Western Carolina University http://library.wcu.edu/ 828-227-2860 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Irwin Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 09:01 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
It's actually limited to one location, which is what the calendars and hours are tied to. But, it's free! -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Laura Robbins Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 10:11 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool There is a free version of LibCal that we use at Dowling that allows room scheduling and multiple calendars. It's limited to 3 rooms, and it may be limited to three calendars as well. But, the interface is pretty easy to use, and it will output the calendars as RSS feeds that can can be customized for events or closings, etc. We've been very happy with it. Laura Pope Robbins Professor/Reference Librarian Dowling College On Jul 1, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Joel Marchesoni jma...@email.wcu.edu wrote: It's not free or open source and it won't update your Google Places account but we've just started using LibCal and are pretty happy with it so far. It's easy to update, has the capability for hours, events, and room scheduling, and a decent API. Joel Marchesoni Tech Support Analyst Hunter Library, Western Carolina University http://library.wcu.edu/ 828-227-2860 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ken Irwin Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 09:01 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
Most of the rough edges are around some of the one-time administrative actions like setting up new libraries, locations, and term schedules, although there’s also some UI improvements in our near future. FWIW, we just just 'finished' a first pass at little Rails engine around managing location data: https://github.com/pulibrary/locations It, too, is a little rough around the edges (esp wrt views) and has some site-specific stuff, like a gazillion 'location codes' to make it work with existing systems...but that's sorta why we built it. -Jon -- Jon Stroop Application Development Manager Princeton University Library jstr...@princeton.edu On 07/01/2015 11:35 AM, Chris Beer wrote: Hi Ken, We’ve recently been working on rebuilding an application for managing our hours. It’s Ruby on Rails, not-yet-in-production, full of rough edges, and has some Stanford-specific business logic, but it’s relatively simple and (probably) works for us: https://github.com/sul-dlss/library_hours_rails/releases/tag/v0.0.1 https://github.com/sul-dlss/library_hours_rails/releases/tag/v0.0.1 Currently, it’s envisioned as a backend service for staff to add and manage hours, with downstream consumers using the API to present the hours as appropriate. Our initial consumers include the main library website, our library catalog, and some other business process applications. We’ve also started thinking about embeddable HTML views of the hours to replace some of the clunky processing we’re currently doing in Drupal, but haven’t pursued that yet. Interesting features include: - JSON-API view of a location’s hours; (what I assume is a bespoke..) Drupal calendar feed; import and export for spreadsheets of hours; - multiple library (and location-within-a-library) support; - granular access control for updating hours; we have the notion of global hours administrators, but expect to also support library- and location-specific authorization, allowing library managers to set and update the hours for a subset of our locations [1]; - support for setting operating hours for a term and/or exceptions for particular days (e.g. holidays and the like) using an in-place editor; - we have a notion of location-specific messages associated with exceptions to the normal schedule (e.g. the Art library is closed this week for Y), which can be reflected in applications that consume the library hours Most of the rough edges are around some of the one-time administrative actions like setting up new libraries, locations, and term schedules, although there’s also some UI improvements in our near future. Thanks, Chris Beer Digital Library Systems and Services Stanford University Libraries [1] Although I’m more interested in allowing any staff member to update the hours, and provide better notifications when a location’s hours change; that said, strong access control is much easier to reason about and codify.. On Jul 1, 2015, at 6:01 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
Hi Ken, We’ve recently been working on rebuilding an application for managing our hours. It’s Ruby on Rails, not-yet-in-production, full of rough edges, and has some Stanford-specific business logic, but it’s relatively simple and (probably) works for us: https://github.com/sul-dlss/library_hours_rails/releases/tag/v0.0.1 https://github.com/sul-dlss/library_hours_rails/releases/tag/v0.0.1 Currently, it’s envisioned as a backend service for staff to add and manage hours, with downstream consumers using the API to present the hours as appropriate. Our initial consumers include the main library website, our library catalog, and some other business process applications. We’ve also started thinking about embeddable HTML views of the hours to replace some of the clunky processing we’re currently doing in Drupal, but haven’t pursued that yet. Interesting features include: - JSON-API view of a location’s hours; (what I assume is a bespoke..) Drupal calendar feed; import and export for spreadsheets of hours; - multiple library (and location-within-a-library) support; - granular access control for updating hours; we have the notion of global hours administrators, but expect to also support library- and location-specific authorization, allowing library managers to set and update the hours for a subset of our locations [1]; - support for setting operating hours for a term and/or exceptions for particular days (e.g. holidays and the like) using an in-place editor; - we have a notion of location-specific messages associated with exceptions to the normal schedule (e.g. the Art library is closed this week for Y), which can be reflected in applications that consume the library hours Most of the rough edges are around some of the one-time administrative actions like setting up new libraries, locations, and term schedules, although there’s also some UI improvements in our near future. Thanks, Chris Beer Digital Library Systems and Services Stanford University Libraries [1] Although I’m more interested in allowing any staff member to update the hours, and provide better notifications when a location’s hours change; that said, strong access control is much easier to reason about and codify.. On Jul 1, 2015, at 6:01 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
Hi Ken, We've recently completed a project to manage the hours of operation for the UNC Chapel Hill libraries. It's a Wordpress plugin because that suits our environment, but if that doesn't work for you, you might still be able to use the code. You can find it here: https://github.com/UNC-Libraries/Hours-of-Operation/ You can see the public side of it in action here: http://library.unc.edu/hours/ The map display is modeled on the UBC libraries Hours project, which we were using previously. I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about it. Steve Segedy Core Applications Development UNC Chapel Hill Libraries On 07/01/2015 04:16 PM, Ken Irwin wrote: Thanks Ron, Ithaca was actually already on my radar -- we're looking at moving to SubjectPlus to manage some of our library website, and some of our librarians have particularly looking at Ithaca's site for ideas. So far, none of the suggestions folks have had quite match what I'm looking for, but your solution may have the advantage of being simpler than many of the others -- and written in a language I use. Do you have some code you'd be willing to share for the hours tool? Thanks Ken -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Gilmour Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 9:13 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool Hi Ken, The solution that we're using at Ithaca College Library meets some, but not all, of your criteria. You can see the end result here https://ithacalibrary.com/services/hours.php. The ugly part is the back end, which is a hand-authored XML file that I create a couple times a year based on what our circulation manager tells me. I guess with a little instruction he could do it himself, but I haven't gone there. I'm attaching a sample XML file in case you're interested. (PHP fills in default values, so hours are only listed for days on which the hours deviate from normal.) We used to use a solution backed by Google Calendar, but that got all weird when we started staying open overnight. Let me know if you'd like more info. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
Thanks Ron, Ithaca was actually already on my radar -- we're looking at moving to SubjectPlus to manage some of our library website, and some of our librarians have particularly looking at Ithaca's site for ideas. So far, none of the suggestions folks have had quite match what I'm looking for, but your solution may have the advantage of being simpler than many of the others -- and written in a language I use. Do you have some code you'd be willing to share for the hours tool? Thanks Ken -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Gilmour Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 9:13 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool Hi Ken, The solution that we're using at Ithaca College Library meets some, but not all, of your criteria. You can see the end result here https://ithacalibrary.com/services/hours.php. The ugly part is the back end, which is a hand-authored XML file that I create a couple times a year based on what our circulation manager tells me. I guess with a little instruction he could do it himself, but I haven't gone there. I'm attaching a sample XML file in case you're interested. (PHP fills in default values, so hours are only listed for days on which the hours deviate from normal.) We used to use a solution backed by Google Calendar, but that got all weird when we started staying open overnight. Let me know if you'd like more info. Ron Gilmour Web Services Librarian Ithaca College Library On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
This sounds remarkably similar in feature-set to the Hours module I wrote for our CMS (Silverstripe) for our recent website upgrade. We defined Academic Terms first (name, startdate, enddate), and then could associate Regular Hours (start time, end time and optional textual description for each of Sunday - Saturday) and Hours Exceptions with each term on a per-Location basis. Locations can be nested within others, inheriting hours as needed. iCal feeds are available for integration into the campus mobile portal, and clever use of the URL structure can get hours for all kinds of different time periods. I'm currently reworking this a little, as Locations had originally been tied to Pages in the CMS, but this began to break as the website page hierarchy no longer matched the Location hours hierarchy. Better to keep Locations as a separate data object, and just associate a Page with it. Cheers, -Ian On 07/01/2015 11:35 AM, Chris Beer wrote: Hi Ken, We’ve recently been working on rebuilding an application for managing our hours. It’s Ruby on Rails, not-yet-in-production, full of rough edges, and has some Stanford-specific business logic, but it’s relatively simple and (probably) works for us: https://github.com/sul-dlss/library_hours_rails/releases/tag/v0.0.1 https://github.com/sul-dlss/library_hours_rails/releases/tag/v0.0.1 Currently, it’s envisioned as a backend service for staff to add and manage hours, with downstream consumers using the API to present the hours as appropriate. Our initial consumers include the main library website, our library catalog, and some other business process applications. We’ve also started thinking about embeddable HTML views of the hours to replace some of the clunky processing we’re currently doing in Drupal, but haven’t pursued that yet. Interesting features include: - JSON-API view of a location’s hours; (what I assume is a bespoke..) Drupal calendar feed; import and export for spreadsheets of hours; - multiple library (and location-within-a-library) support; - granular access control for updating hours; we have the notion of global hours administrators, but expect to also support library- and location-specific authorization, allowing library managers to set and update the hours for a subset of our locations [1]; - support for setting operating hours for a term and/or exceptions for particular days (e.g. holidays and the like) using an in-place editor; - we have a notion of location-specific messages associated with exceptions to the normal schedule (e.g. the Art library is closed this week for Y), which can be reflected in applications that consume the library hours Most of the rough edges are around some of the one-time administrative actions like setting up new libraries, locations, and term schedules, although there’s also some UI improvements in our near future. Thanks, Chris Beer Digital Library Systems and Services Stanford University Libraries [1] Although I’m more interested in allowing any staff member to update the hours, and provide better notifications when a location’s hours change; that said, strong access control is much easier to reason about and codify.. On Jul 1, 2015, at 6:01 AM, Ken Irwin kir...@wittenberg.edu wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the library's hours of operations, including: * Displaying today's hours * Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours * Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff * Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note, currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today), perhaps on a daily basis * Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a Drupal module) * PHP preferred but not necessary * OSS / free preferred but not necessary I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with? Thanks Ken
