I second Booked. Been using it since 2011. PHP-based. Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 4, 2015, at 9:31 PM, Jason Griffey <grif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Take a look at Booked, formerly PHPScheduleIt: > > > http://www.bookedscheduler.com > > They push the hosted option, but it is an open source project. > > Jason >> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:52 PM lbspodic <lbspo...@ust.hk> wrote: >> >> We use MRBS extensively, for managing about 60 rooms and have been quite >> happy with it for years. >> >> When we first began using it we needed to heavily customize it. In more >> recent years development of the software has been quite active and almost >> all our customizations are now available in the main core. >> >> We have groups of rooms which are fully unmediated (subject to set rules) >> with other rooms requiring staff booking. MRSB has capacity for provisional >> booking subject to approval, etc, although we are not using that function >> at the moment. >> >> IIRC it is flexible in back end database selection, and I don't recall >> encountering much outdated/deprecated functions, although we don't run it >> in the most advanced server in the world :) >> >> - Edward Spodick, HK Univ of Science & Technology Library, lbspo...@ust.hk >> >> - - - - - >> Sent from my iPhone - please forgive any wierd spelling errors. >> >>> On 5 Apr, 2015, at 7:10 AM, Dominic Bordelon <dborde...@ebrpl.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> we are looking for an open-source solution to manage scheduling for our >> meeting rooms, including a way for patrons to reserve the rooms (with staff >> approval). We are happy to modify something to fit our exact needs if it is >> already solid. We've been trying to work with the vendor Evanced for their >> Spaces product, but we have been disappointed by the lack of >> customizability and the black box problem. >>> >>> I'm aware of OpenRoom and MRBS, and searching the c4l archives I've >> found discussion on this topic, but that thread was from nearly three years >> ago. What are people using nowadays? >>> >>> I like OpenRoom's apparent simplicity, and that its feature set is >> nearly exactly all we need. However, my concerns with it are the use of >> php's mysql_* functions, which have been deprecated in favor of mysqli; and >> the many notices/errors it shows when I've run it on a test server. (The >> installation guide seems to anticipate this: "If you are experiencing >> problems with OpenRoom such as being unable to log in, modules (such as the >> calendar or day view) not loading, or random warnings or notices appearing >> on pages, until the code has been corrected to fix these issues, you may >> want to try suppressing notices and warnings by modifying your php.ini file >> in your PHP installation, and restarting PHP." But that provides scarce >> comfort.) Also, I can see recent patches on Sourceforge, but the forum >> there seems basically dead. >>> >>> I'm also looking at MRBS, but haven't installed it yet or formed a clear >> opinion. I'm interested to hear others' thoughts, and whether there is a >> good solution out there I haven't heard about yet. >>> >>> P.S. Hat tips to Matt Sherman for suggesting OpenRoom, and Peter Murray >> of Lyrasis for doing a free webinar about FOSS4Lib, which led me to MRBS. >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> Dominic >>> >>> >>> Dominic Bordelon >>> Librarian I >>> Computer Services >>> East Baton Rouge Parish Library - www.ebrpl.com >>> (225) 231-3720 >>