[Wactclc-alma] room booking?

[Guidry, Wade]

Seems like a number of CTC schools use 25Live (https://corp.collegenet.com/products/scheduling/25live.html ) for room scheduling. That might be an option, if Highline has it.

At Puget Sound, we used Outlook on campus to book meeting rooms, but that's more of a staff facing use case.

I know at least some library media desks use Alma booking to book items like laptops and projectors, but I haven't heard that it's been used to book rooms.

For booking stuff like study rooms, I would except that you'd want something with a nice end-user facing interface for self-service activity. It does seem like LibCal (https://www.springshare.com/libcal/ ) or similar would be the best way to go.

Wade Guidry - wadeg at bigbend.edu<mailto:wadeg at bigbend.edu>
Library Consortium Services Manager
Washington Community & Technical Colleges Library Consortium (WACTCLC)
(509) 760-4474

From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Traci Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 2:03 PM
To: WACTCLC Alma Discussion <wactclc-alma at lists.ctc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] room booking?

Hi Gerie,

I put out a question on ALMA-L about using the booking feature available in ALMA, because we are looking into electronic booking software. Here are the two responses I received:

University of Rhode Island set up booking for study rooms earlier this semester, but just this week we've decided to turn it off and get SpringShare's LibCal instead. Booking provoked complaints from students and Circ staff. I'm not sure of the details, but you might want to reach out to Brian Gallagher, our Head of Access Services, for specific complaints. I've copied him here.

Best,
Andrée

I saw your message on the Alma-L, but I didn't see any responses.  If you are able to summarize or share the responses you have received, I would appreciate it. I have been considering the same question.

Today I am going to have a demo with R&R Resource Booking, which says they have a room reservation system. I share that info because it was a new provider to me.

Best,
Meg

We are looking at SpringShare's LibCal, and a free online resource called SuperSaaS (https://www.supersaas.com/).

I am going to try and get in touch with Brian Gallagher to see what the specific complaints are. Regardless, I think we may be leaning towards LibCal or SuperSaas. We have started an adhoc committee for researching electronic room booking - abby koehler (akoehler at btc.edu<mailto:akoehler at btc.edu>) and Sallie Davis (sdavis at btc.edu<mailto:sdavis at btc.edu>), if you want to follow-up with them.

Prior to going live, Justine did give me information on how to set this up. It wasn't a priority, so we haven't done it. I can forward that information to you, if you like.

Best Regards,

Traci


Traci Taylor, MLS
Systems Librarian
Bellingham Technical College
3028 Lindbergh Ave.
Bellingham,WA 98225
Email | ttaylor at btc.edu<mailto:ttaylor at btc.edu>
Phone |360.752.8488

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From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Ventura, Gerie
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 1:44 PM
To: WACTCLC Alma Discussion <wactclc-alma at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:wactclc-alma at lists.ctc.edu>>
Subject: [Wactclc-alma] room booking?

Hello all: I vaguely remember that someone in Cohort 1 is using the booking feature so that students could reserve study rooms. Is that true? Who are you? Lol

Let me know because I want to set this up and consult with you about it...   Thanks, Gerie/Highline College
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