[Wactclc-alma] Terms of Use - conditional loan period

Tue Oct 29 12:33:49 PDT 2019

Yeah. This is one of those things, like patron expiration dates, that Alma is really strict about.

If you say that your library is open, then you're telling Alma that you're providing circulation services to check things in and out.  There's no automated way to prevent a due date from falling on an open day.  If you tell Alma you're open, but you don't want something to have a due date on that open day, your only option is to manually change due dates when you check something out.

Why does the Media Center not want digital cameras due back on Sundays?

Kirsti

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Hi, Kirsti,

We already have our Media Center as a separate library.  Unfortunately, student laptops and stuff faculty check out can be due on Sunday.  Since I only have one circ desk there, I can’t split it out into two libraries.  Thank you for the suggestion, though.

Tammy

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You need to create a separate Library in Alma for your Media Center so that it can have its own separate calendar in Alma.

We had to do that at Seattle Central.  They had a Media Center inside the library that was closed on weekends. Even though we allowed people to return some things to the main circ desk, we didn't want Media Center items to have a due date when the Media Center was closed.

I've got a checklist of what has to be done when creating a new library. I can share it if that would be helpful.

It will be ok!

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Seattle Colleges
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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Terms of Use - conditional loan period

Is it possible to have a conditional loan period, meaning the length of the loan depends on the day of the week the item is borrowed?

We have equipment (digital cameras) for students to borrow to complete class assignments.  The normal loan period for the cameras is 2 days, so if one is checked out on Monday, it will be due back Wednesday.

However, even though our media center is closed on Saturdays and open on Sundays, the department wants cameras checked out on Thursday or Friday to be due back on Monday (4 or 3 days) rather than Sunday (2 days).  Is it possible to have Alma do that automatically or do we need to manually change the due date each time one is checked out on Thursday or Friday?

I couldn’t find anything on the Ex Libris knowledge base about this and there was nothing recent on Alma-L.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

Tammy

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