Hi Ken,
We've recently completed a project to manage the hours of operation for
the UNC Chapel Hill libraries. It's a Wordpress plugin because that
suits our environment, but if that doesn't work for you, you might still
be able to use the code. You can find it here:
https://github.com/UNC-Libraries/Hours-of-Operation/
You can see the public side of it in action here:
http://library.unc.edu/hours/
The map display is modeled on the UBC libraries Hours project, which we
were using previously.
I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about it.
Steve Segedy
Core Applications Development
UNC Chapel Hill Libraries
On 07/01/2015 04:16 PM, Ken Irwin wrote:
Thanks Ron,
Ithaca was actually already on my radar -- we're looking at moving to
SubjectPlus to manage some of our library website, and some of our librarians
have particularly looking at Ithaca's site for ideas.
So far, none of the suggestions folks have had quite match what I'm looking
for, but your solution may have the advantage of being simpler than many of the
others -- and written in a language I use.
Do you have some code you'd be willing to share for the hours tool?
Thanks
Ken
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Gilmour
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 9:13 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours of Operation on Website - management tool
Hi Ken,
The solution that we're using at Ithaca College Library meets some, but not all, of
your criteria. You can see the end result here
<https://ithacalibrary.com/services/hours.php>.
The ugly part is the back end, which is a hand-authored XML file that I create
a couple times a year based on what our circulation manager tells me. I guess
with a little instruction he could do it himself, but I haven't gone there. I'm
attaching a sample XML file in case you're interested. (PHP fills in default
values, so hours are only listed for days on which the hours deviate from
normal.)
We used to use a solution backed by Google Calendar, but that got all weird
when we started staying open overnight.
Let me know if you'd like more info.
Ron Gilmour
Web Services Librarian
Ithaca College Library
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Ken Irwin <kir...@wittenberg.edu> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm hoping to find some sort of web-based app that can manage the
library's hours of operations, including:
* Displaying today's hours
* Displaying an upcoming schedule of hours
* Updatable though a GUI interface by non-techy library staff
* Able to update our Google Places account hours (which, I note,
currently lists our school-year hours as our open hours today),
perhaps on a daily basis
* Preferably a stand-alone thing that can provide data on an ad
hoc basis (as opposed to a CMS-specific thing like a WP plugin or a
Drupal
module)
* PHP preferred but not necessary
* OSS / free preferred but not necessary
I feel certain that someone else has already wanted this enough to
create it. Anyone have a solution they're happy with?
Thanks
Ken
