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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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ron Gilmour
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 9:13 AM
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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 <[log in to unmask]> 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
>