Bibliomation (CT) is interested in the following two enhancements to Evergreen:

(NOTE:  The Sage Library System (OR) and the Kirtland Community College have agreed to help fund these two enhancement requests.  Equinox, Inc. has been contacted for a price quote and time estimate.)

End of semester hard due dates

We need school items to not be able to be checked out beyond a specific date and school items will 'age to lost' by a specific date set by the school.  This must work at the branch level.

Example:  The Lebanon Schools have three branches – the elementary school, the middle school, and the high school.

The elementary school wants their end-of-semester due date to be June 21st.  Their loan period is 21 days.  On June 2nd, the due date should still come up as June 21st.  On June 3rd, the due date should still come up as June 21st.  And so on and so on until June 21st is reached. 

Meanwhile, the middle school and the high school each want their end-of-semester due date to be June 30th.  Their loan periods are also 21 days, but that June 30th date should hold 21 days prior to June 30th, at 20 days prior to June 30th, at 19 days prior to June 30th, and so on, until June 30th is reached.

 ‘AGE to LOST”

After the end-of-semester date is reached for the individual school, there should be a way to quickly move the item to lost status so that students can be immediately notified as to what items are still out and now considered lost.

Hard due dates for specific patron profile groups and specific circulation modifiers

 We need school items to use a specific date for their due date the whole school year for faculty; these same school items will 'age to lost' by a specific date set by the school.  This must work at the branch level.

Example of hard due date for specific patron profile group:  The Lebanon Schools have three branches – the elementary school, the middle school, and the high school.

The elementary school wants its hard due date for faculty to be June 21st. 

Meanwhile, the middle school wants its hard due date for faculty to be June 18th and the high school wants its hard due date for faculty to be June 30th. 

Example of hard due date for specific circulation modifier:  The Kirtland Community College circulates calculators to their students at the beginning of the semester and they want them due next to the last day of the semester.

‘AGE to LOST”

After the hard due date is reached for the individual school, there should be a way to quickly move the item to lost status so that faculty can be immediately notified as to what items are still out and now considered lost.