I don't deal with Library Staff and coverage at all. But I know at
Princeton there are have been several instances where Librarians are
handling multiple branches, if even temporary.
Antonio
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Sharon Foster
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] [Web4lib] Library Staff Scheduler
Indeed! I hadn't even thought of multiple libraries in a system, since
I haven't yet worked in a system with branch libraries.
Is it ever the case that staff may be temporarily assigned to another
branch, not their "home" branch?
Are couriers thought of as assigned to a particular library, or are
they part of the larger system?
Thanks for your input!
On 9/5/07, Deb Bergeron <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Sharon,
>
> Kudos to you for taking this on!
>
> In looking at your wiki and your requirements list, we could use
this in a
> completely different way. We're an academic consortium with 14
libraries.
> I can see this type of application working for us in two ways:
>
> 1. Manage our courier schedule.
> 2. Manage library hours. With so many libraries, hours vary greatly.
>
> Is this the type of 'unique requirements' you're looking for from
other
> libraries?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Deb
>
>
> Sharon Foster wrote:
> I've set up a wiki to collect software requirements for a Library
> Staff Scheduler. Initially it's intended for use by public libraries,
> because that's what I'm most familiar with, but I'd also like to
> incorporate any unique requirements from other kinds of libraries.
>
> I know there is at least one implementation of this type of
> application at
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/empscheduler/, and I
> fully expect to use that project as the starting point for the
> implementation of this one, but the demo page is missing or broken,
> the project itself hasn't been updated since 12/2004, and it doesn't
> particularly address the special requirements of library staffing.
>
> The wiki is at http://libstaff.pbwiki.com/ and the password is
librarygeek.
>
> (aside: I started it with WetPaint, but there are so many ads on each
> page that I thought it was too distracting. Free PBWiki may not have
> the variety of themes that WetPaint has, but it also doesn't have all
> those annoying ads.)
>
>
>
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