Hi Nancy, Before adding it to the circulation policy, you need to configure the hard due date at Server Administration < Hard Due Date Changes. You would then select the appropriate hard due date when you set up the circ policy. If the "always use?" field is set to true, the hard due date will always be used, until that particular date has passed (this is typically used for faculty who may just have one due date that falls near the end of the semester. If the "always use?" field is set to false, the hard due date will only be used as you near the end of the semester. For example, if you typically use a two-week circulation period, the hard due date will only come into play if you check out the item within two weeks of that due date.
I hope this helps! Kathy Lussier ------------------------------------------------------------- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 756-0172 (508) 755-3721 (fax) kluss...@masslnc.org IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier >>-----Original Message----- >>From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open- >>ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Grant >>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 2:45 PM >>To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org >>Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hard date format? >> >>Found the hard date space in the circulation policies under local >>admin. But "stop at May 27, 2012" did not work, nor did the several >>variations of date entries: 5/27/12, 05/27/2012, 5-27-12, etc, with or >>without the "stop at..." words. >> >>Suggestions for getting this global date entered for our students? >> >>Thanks >> >> >>On 4/23/12, open-ils-general-requ...@list.georgialibraries.org >><open-ils-general-requ...@list.georgialibraries.org> wrote: >>> Send Open-ils-general mailing list submissions to >>> open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils- >>general >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> open-ils-general-requ...@list.georgialibraries.org >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> open-ils-general-ow...@list.georgialibraries.org >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Open-ils-general digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Re: Global due date? (Gordana Vitez) >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:53:26 -0400 >>> From: "Gordana Vitez" <gvi...@niagaracollege.ca> >>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Global due date? >>> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" >>> <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> >>> Message-ID: <4f952696.8560.008...@niagaracollege.ca> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> 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 >>> gvi...@niagaracollege.ca >>> >>> >>>>>> On 4/21/2012 at 5:01 PM, in message >>>>>> <20120421170155.16865e5lsc95i...@mail.mvlc.org>, Thomas Berezansky >>>>>> <tsb...@mvlc.org> 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 <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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was >>> scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> <http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils- >>general/attach >>> ments/20120423/fdbb422a/attachment-0001.htm> >>> >>> End of Open-ils-general Digest, Vol 70, Issue 22 >>> ************************************************ >>>
