The Holiday Calendar automatically manages loan return dates to ensure loans are not set to return that fall on days when your library is closed ensuring all loans have due dates for return that fall on a day your library will be open. 


Note: Refer to Common Due Date and Loan Duration in Circulation Rights for more information on controlling and managing due dates. 


Holiday Calendar


Go to: Configure > Holiday Calendar


Setup Your Holiday Calendar

  1. :
    1. Set Weekend Start Day. Note: By default the start day is set to Saturday.
  2. Edit Weekend rule:
    1. Return on weekends - if you expect your patrons to return loans on the weekend 
    2. Return before weekend - if you expect your patrons to return loans the day prior to the weekend
    3. Return after weekend - if you expect your patrons to return loans the day after the weekend
    4. .
  3. Click  to set up a period of one or more days when your library will be closed:
    1. Record Name of holiday period, e.g., Semester 1 Break, or Year 12 EOY, or Staff
    2. Select Start Date of the holiday period.
    3. Select End Date of the holiday period.
    4. Optionally choose an Academic Level this rule will apply to. Note: Choose All to apply the rule to all students or choose an academic level, e.g., Year 12 if this holiday rule is specific to an academic level.
    5. Optionally choose a Library Group this rule will apply to. Note: Choose All to apply the rule to all library groups or choose a library group, e.g., Staff if this holiday period is specific to a library group.
    6. Set Rule:
      1. Items due before - if you expect your patrons to return loans the day prior to the holiday
      2. Items due after - if you expect your patrons to return loans the day after to the holiday
    7. .
  4. Continue adding events until all term breaks and public holidays for the current year have been added.

Note: Events that display as struck out are past events and can be deleted or updated for future periods.

Note: Set up a calendar for students in their last year of school to ensure their loan due dates are set to a date prior to their graduation.
Tip: To ensure loans for periods of time that would cause the due date to be recorded in the next school year, set the End Date for the last holiday period of the current academic year to be the last day of the current academic year plus the longest loan duration period in your circulation rules.