[IUG] Loan Rule-ccsf

["Dana Kwan" <dkwan at ccsf dot edu>]

Is it possible to CHANGE the date in the existing loan rules?  If we do, what would be the worse case scenario? In our library, we have different patron types with different loan rules.  For Patron Type Employees, the loan rule is set to the end of the semester.  At the beginning of last Fall Semester in August, 2005, we used Absolute Julian calendar date and set the loan rule to 354 (December 20).  The due date worked fine for the Fall semester.  However, as we passed 354, December 20, all newly checked out items got a due date of December 20, 2006, next year.  But May 26, 2006, is the correct due date, and not December 22, 2006. Should we create a new loan rule for Spring Semester so the due date will be on May 26, 2006?  If we create a new loan rule, we also must make changes in the Loan Rule Determiner Table.  Does that mean that each semester we have to switch all tables around in the loan rule determiner table? If we create new loan rule, what will happen to items that were attached to the old loan rule? In addition, the end of semester dates are slightly different each year.  Does it mean that we should keep creating new loan rules? I wonder how other academic libraries handle this situation. Many thanks for your suggestions. Dana Kwan


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