Specifying Library Hours

Library hours are the times your library opens and closes. You can set up regular library hours, which stay the same from week to week. You can also make exceptions to your regular hours. (For example, if your library closes for holidays or stays open later during a final exam week, you can set up exception hours to those times.) You should keep your hours current so that due dates, fines, and statistics are accurate.

Defining hours includes setting up or editing two fields, each with a corresponding group:

Regular or daily hours, including days the library is regularly closed.
Exceptions or holidays, including days the library is open but for hours different than the regular hours. (For more information, see Specifying Holiday Hours.)

You must enter an opening and a closing time for each day of the week. If your library is closed on specific days, you still need to mark the button for that day and display it in a group entry. Once the closed day is displayed, leave the Open and Close fields empty and save the setup.

To specify library hours

View: location
Process: Administration\System Setup\Location Parameters

In these fields, do the following:

Field

Action

Day

Mark the day of the week for which you want to set up the hours.

Open

Enter the time that the library opens on the day you chose then mark the AM or PM button.

Enter the time in this format: “NN:NN”.

Close

Enter the time that the library closes on the day you chose, then mark the AM or PM button.

Enter the time in this format: “NN:NN”.

First Booking

If your library uses Advanced Booking, enter the first booking time and the last advance booking checkout time.

The First Booking Time is the time after the location opens before which bookings will not be allowed. This gives overnight checkouts time to be checked in before the next conflicting booking. The Last Advanced Booking Time is the time just before closing when Horizon does not allow checkout of hourly materials.

Last Adv Booking CKO

If your library uses Advanced Booking, enter the last advance booking checkout time. If your library is closed that day, leave this field empty.

 


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