Booking Period

Borrowers can make bookings in Information Portal if you have this set up. The booking period is the block of time that a borrower schedules to use library materials. The Booking bar represents the time that is available for booking the item:

In addition to the start and end times that the user chooses, there are two other booking period components that the library controls:

Booking Increments. The intervals in minutes or hours available to choose from the start and ending time drop-down lists. (For example, an increment may be 30 minutes, in which case the start and end times in the drop-down lists are at 30-minute intervals: 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, and so forth.)
Maximum Booking. The number of days or length of time in advance that borrowers can make bookings. This lets you control the number of days that Information Portal displays on the advanced booking calendar:

 


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