Re: Loan Rule - Absolute date

[Doug Kariel <dougk at athabascau dot ca>]

Hi

We use an absolute date only for staff land faculty loans.  You 
calculate the number of days from Jan 1 and put that number in the 
rule.  In our case it is March 15.  We use the appropriate number and do 
have to change it for leap years and also for the years that the day 
falls on a day we aren't open. 

We have not experienced in trouble with blocking, renewals or anything. 
We do have to change the number to 365 + the number a few weeks before 
March 15 so that it starts calculating for March 15 of the following 
year.  Once we do that, we notify staff and faculty and they can do 
renewals so that the date is March 15 of the following year.

The other thing we do is that faculty and staff can have the material 
for an initial 28 day period before it is recallable.  If another users 
wishes to place a hold on the book, then it is expected that the item is 
returned within the normal return period after the item has been recalled.

If you want a copy of the rule, let me know and I'll send it to you.

Hope this helps.

Doug
Betty Dong wrote:

> We are looking at the possibility of changing our loan rules so that our
> faculty will have an absolute due date of Aug 31 (I suppose it would be
> Aug 30 in leap years). One of the things that we are looking at is if we
> can include in our loan rule that if an item is checked out within a
> certain number of days before the set date that the due date will be the
> same day the following year. For example, if the due date is Aug 31,
> 2005 and a faculty member checks out an item on July 5, 2005, the due
> date would not be Aug 31, 2005, but would be Aug 31, 2006. I can see how
> this might be done in renewal, but not for the initial check out. And,
> for that matter, I am not absolutely sure that it will work in renewal.
>
> I need to figure this out fairly quickly, so I am hoping that someone in
> this group knows if this is possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Betty Dong
> Arizona State University Libraries
> Box 1006
> Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
> (480) 965-5972
>
>
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