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I feel very low tech right now, but we are using the Business Hours Wordpress plugin: www.library.csi.cuny.edu (it doesn't show up on mobile because media queries so you have to view the site on a regular computer to see what it looks like.) It's super easy to update and you can edit the CSS to customize the display. -Val > On Jul 7, 2016, at 1:13 PM, Erin White <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I've had my eye on Google My Business [1] recently. > > You can claim your library's location with a snail-mail postcard > verification process, then set regular hours AND exceptions using the My > Business site. This way your library's hours show up correctly in Google > search. > > And (this is the part we haven't tested, would be interested to hear from > others if you have): the Google Places API [2] should allow you to fetch > today's hours based on that data. We're hoping to test and migrate from our > current Google Calendar API setup in the next few months. > > Now that google search results for the library location display open hours, > though, I'm not sure how many folks are actually clicking through to verify > our hours anyway. The horror! > > > [1] https://www.google.com/business/ > [2] https://developers.google.com/places/ > > -- > Erin White > Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries > (804) 827-3552 | [log in to unmask] | www.library.vcu.edu > >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Heather Rayl <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> We use a custom javascript with a giant array. The script first tests to >> determine the month and date, and it also tests for the day of the week. We >> have two lines that have the "regular" hours -- one set for fall and spring >> semester and one set for summer, and then we write "exceptions" for each >> day that is different. if it's not one of the exceptions, then it lists the >> regular hours. Although it sounds cumbersome, it doesn't really take that >> long to update it, and you only have to update it twice -- once at the >> beginning of summer to comment out the regular fall/spring hours, and once >> at the end of the summer to comment out the regular summer hours. Around >> this time, we also update the exceptions for the upcoming year. >> >> I'd be happy to share the code with anyone who would like it. >> >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Ketner, Kenny <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> At Texas Tech University Libraries, our solution for over 12 years has >>> been Google Calendar along with a custom PHP script with MySQL database >>> backend. Every summer our circ staff creates the next calendar year's >> hours >>> in a spreadsheet; this is imported into Google Calendar and also ingested >>> into our MySQL database. The purpose of the PHP script is to provide >> quick >>> information to web pages about the current day's hours, and the Google >>> Calendar gives a look-ahead for future hours and library events. >>> >>> >>> Kenny Ketner >>> Software Development Manager >>> Texas Tech University Libraries >>> [log in to unmask] >>> 806-773-5323 >>> Strategic - Ideation - Connectedness - Relator - Learner >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of >>> Katherine N. Deibel [[log in to unmask]] >>> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 11:20 AM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours on Library Websites? >>> >>> Hi Matt, >>> >>> Coincidentally enough, UW is currently looking at how to easily and >>> centrally distribute hours information to our website (and potentially >> some >>> other campus web apps). We're looking at LibCal but also considering >>> rolling our own with some harvesting through the Alma Hours API. LibCal's >>> REST API is still in development and has a limitations that we've >> noticed: >>> >>> * Can only request times from today to the future. We'd have to cache >>> older results if we wanted to display them >>> >>> * Can only show up to one year in advance (we sometimes need to show a >>> full schedule fro 15 months) >>> >>> * Identifiers for locations and sublocations is an ID number, so you'd >>> have to write a mapping if you want others to use it easily. >>> >>> * Given our large number of libraries and sublocations within them, we'd >>> really like to be able to set hours relative to the "containing" library. >>> >>> We're still debating as you can guess, but the basic gist I've gotten is >>> that if you want to use LibCal, you're going to probably write some >>> intermediary JavaScript to make your life easier. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist >>> Information Technology Services >>> University of Washington Libraries >>> http://staff.washington.edu/deibel >>> >>> -- >>> >>> "When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina." >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >>> Matt Sherman >>> Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2016 7:34 AM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Hours on Library Websites? >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We are working on a website migration/redesign into WordPress and I am >>> trying to figure out an automated solution for posting and keeping up to >>> date the hours on the home page. I am wondering, how do other >> institutions >>> manage this? Are there any good tools I should be looking into? Any >>> insights or suggestions are appreciated. >>> >>> Matt Sherman >> ________________________________ Take a picture. Write a caption. Win a prize. Where’s Danny the Dolphin today?<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/wheresdanny/>