I second Booked. Been using it since 2011. PHP-based.
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> On Apr 4, 2015, at 9:31 PM, Jason Griffey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Take a look at Booked, formerly PHPScheduleIt:
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> http://www.bookedscheduler.com
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> They push the hosted option, but it is an open source project.
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> Jason
>> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:52 PM lbspodic <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> We use MRBS extensively, for managing about 60 rooms and have been quite
>> happy with it for years.
>>
>> When we first began using it we needed to heavily customize it. In more
>> recent years development of the software has been quite active and almost
>> all our customizations are now available in the main core.
>>
>> We have groups of rooms which are fully unmediated (subject to set rules)
>> with other rooms requiring staff booking. MRSB has capacity for provisional
>> booking subject to approval, etc, although we are not using that function
>> at the moment.
>>
>> IIRC it is flexible in back end database selection, and I don't recall
>> encountering much outdated/deprecated functions, although we don't run it
>> in the most advanced server in the world :)
>>
>> - Edward Spodick, HK Univ of Science & Technology Library, [log in to unmask]
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>> Sent from my iPhone - please forgive any wierd spelling errors.
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>>> On 5 Apr, 2015, at 7:10 AM, Dominic Bordelon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> we are looking for an open-source solution to manage scheduling for our
>> meeting rooms, including a way for patrons to reserve the rooms (with staff
>> approval). We are happy to modify something to fit our exact needs if it is
>> already solid. We've been trying to work with the vendor Evanced for their
>> Spaces product, but we have been disappointed by the lack of
>> customizability and the black box problem.
>>>
>>> I'm aware of OpenRoom and MRBS, and searching the c4l archives I've
>> found discussion on this topic, but that thread was from nearly three years
>> ago. What are people using nowadays?
>>>
>>> I like OpenRoom's apparent simplicity, and that its feature set is
>> nearly exactly all we need. However, my concerns with it are the use of
>> php's mysql_* functions, which have been deprecated in favor of mysqli; and
>> the many notices/errors it shows when I've run it on a test server. (The
>> installation guide seems to anticipate this: "If you are experiencing
>> problems with OpenRoom such as being unable to log in, modules (such as the
>> calendar or day view) not loading, or random warnings or notices appearing
>> on pages, until the code has been corrected to fix these issues, you may
>> want to try suppressing notices and warnings by modifying your php.ini file
>> in your PHP installation, and restarting PHP." But that provides scarce
>> comfort.) Also, I can see recent patches on Sourceforge, but the forum
>> there seems basically dead.
>>>
>>> I'm also looking at MRBS, but haven't installed it yet or formed a clear
>> opinion. I'm interested to hear others' thoughts, and whether there is a
>> good solution out there I haven't heard about yet.
>>>
>>> P.S. Hat tips to Matt Sherman for suggesting OpenRoom, and Peter Murray
>> of Lyrasis for doing a free webinar about FOSS4Lib, which led me to MRBS.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Dominic
>>>
>>>
>>> Dominic Bordelon
>>> Librarian I
>>> Computer Services
>>> East Baton Rouge Parish Library - www.ebrpl.com
>>> (225) 231-3720
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