amykirschner · December 26, 2015 17:09
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 Research and Recommendations for the Fletcher Free Library Calendar System

 Current Situation:
 Using Yahoo Calendar to schedule rooms
 Fletcher
 Pickering
 Community Room
 Admin Conference Room

 Problems:
 1 – Public can't see available dates requiring contact with library staff
 2- Multiple staff members using the calendar results in multiple ways of recording a meeting and sometimes relevant data is mis- or uncommunicated
 3- There is a need for a consistent and descriptive information sheets of the technology and room features to help in placing groups in the right room

 Additional Needs:
 Post policies and application online (currently emailed). Recommendations for future hackathon might be to Creative Commons license these for other libraries. 

 Scope of Work:
 It was determined that due to the limited time available we could do preliminary research and make some recommendations that library staff could follow up on or could be implemented at a forthcoming hackathon

 Options:

 Google Calendar
 A google calendar could solve the viewability to the public challenge if put on library website. A Google Form could be created to allow the public to insert data consistently when requesting a meeting room. Helpful How-Tos: from Google and other organizations using this option:
 https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/44105?hl=en
 http://www2.medford.k12.wi.us:8400/infotech/Documents/SchedulingRooms.pdf
 https://sites.google.com/a/sisd.cc/google-apps-help/calendars/scheduling-a-room-or-resource
 Implementation: Free, Cloud Based

 Open Room
 How Virginia Commonwealth University Library implemented Open Room http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/3/142.full
 How Ball State Implemented
 http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2941
 Implementation: Free, Open Source, Needs to hosted (local cloud?)
 Tech requirements: PHP, SQL

 MaiaCMS
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/maiacms/
 Implementation: Free, Open Source, Needs to hosted (local cloud?)

 MRBS
 MRBS is a free, GPL, web application using PHP and MySQL/pgsql for booking meeting rooms or other resources. 
 http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/
 Implementation: Free, Open Source, Needs to hosted (local cloud?)

 Classroom Bookings
 http://classroombookings.com/
 Implementation: Free, Open Source, Needs to hosted (local cloud?)


 Related Library Resources:
 a list of open source softwares for libraries:
 http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Software
 http://code4lib.org
 is a volunteer-driven collective of hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators from around the world, who largely work for and with libraries, archives and museums on technology "stuff."
 http://foss4lib.org/
 Technical review of open source softwares targeted to libraries
 http://creativelibrarian.com/
 Frequently updated  blog by a library on technology issues
 http://www.slideshare.net/nengard/practical-open-source-software-for-libraries-part-2
 A slide deck on tools for librarians by a librarian
	Research and Recommendations for the Fletcher Free Library Calendar System

	Current Situation:
	Using Yahoo Calendar to schedule rooms
	Fletcher
	Pickering
	Community Room
	Admin Conference Room

	Problems:
	1 – Public can't see available dates requiring contact with library staff
	2- Multiple staff members using the calendar results in multiple ways of recording a meeting and sometimes relevant data is mis- or uncommunicated
	3- There is a need for a consistent and descriptive information sheets of the technology and room features to help in placing groups in the right room

	Additional Needs:
	Post policies and application online (currently emailed). Recommendations for future hackathon might be to Creative Commons license these for other libraries.

	Scope of Work:
	It was determined that due to the limited time available we could do preliminary research and make some recommendations that library staff could follow up on or could be implemented at a forthcoming hackathon

	Options:

	Google Calendar
	A google calendar could solve the viewability to the public challenge if put on library website. A Google Form could be created to allow the public to insert data consistently when requesting a meeting room. Helpful How-Tos: from Google and other organizations using this option:
	https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/44105?hl=en
	http://www2.medford.k12.wi.us:8400/infotech/Documents/SchedulingRooms.pdf
	https://sites.google.com/a/sisd.cc/google-apps-help/calendars/scheduling-a-room-or-resource
	Implementation: Free, Cloud Based

	Open Room
	How Virginia Commonwealth University Library implemented Open Room http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/3/142.full
	How Ball State Implemented
	http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2941
	Implementation: Free, Open Source, Needs to hosted (local cloud?)
	Tech requirements: PHP, SQL

	MaiaCMS
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/maiacms/
	Implementation: Free, Open Source, Needs to hosted (local cloud?)

	MRBS
	MRBS is a free, GPL, web application using PHP and MySQL/pgsql for booking meeting rooms or other resources.
	http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/
	Implementation: Free, Open Source, Needs to hosted (local cloud?)

	Classroom Bookings
	http://classroombookings.com/
	Implementation: Free, Open Source, Needs to hosted (local cloud?)


	Related Library Resources:
	a list of open source softwares for libraries:
	http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Software
	http://code4lib.org
	is a volunteer-driven collective of hackers, designers, architects, curators, catalogers, artists and instigators from around the world, who largely work for and with libraries, archives and museums on technology "stuff."
	http://foss4lib.org/
	Technical review of open source softwares targeted to libraries
	http://creativelibrarian.com/
	Frequently updated blog by a library on technology issues
	http://www.slideshare.net/nengard/practical-open-source-software-for-libraries-part-2
	A slide deck on tools for librarians by a librarian