hard-due-dates.adoc

Hard Due Date

Academic libraries may wish to use hard due dates to truncate due dates at the end of a semester or allow particular material to go out for an entire semester. Library staff do not have permissions to add or edit hard due date rules. See http://docs.libraries.coop/sitka/_hard_due_date.html

Update Hard Due Date

When updating an existing hard due date rule you must update the ceiling date display and add a new hard due date value

Edit Ceiling Date

1. Go to Administration → Server Administration → Hard Due Date Changes.

2. Select the rule you want to edit and click Actions → Edit Selected.

3. Enter the Current Ceiling Date.

4. Click Save.

Add New Hard Due Date Value

1. Click Values

2. Click New Hard Due Date Values

3. Enter the Active Date

4. Enter the Ceiling Date

5. Click Save

Note	Libraries can submit all the hard due dates for the year. Use the active/ceiling date to enter all the dates for fall, winter, and summer terms.

New Hard Due Date

To setup a new hard due date you must create the new hard due date and then link it to the applicable circulation policies.

New Hard Due Date

1. Go to Administration → Server Administration → Hard Due Date Changes.

2. Click New Hard Due Date.

3. Enter a Name

4. Enter the Owner

5. Enter the Ceiling Date

6. Check the box for Always Use? if the rule should apply all the time.

   1. Leave this unchecked if the rule only applies when the regular due date would fall after the hard due date.

7. Click Save

Add New Hard Due Date Value

1. Click Values.

2. Click New Hard Due Date Values.

3. Enter the Active Date

4. Enter the Ceiling Date

5. Click Save

Add Hard Due Date to Circulation Policies

1. Go to Administration → Local Administration → Circulation Policies

2. Add the Hard Due Date rule to the policies it should apply to

3. See http://asciidoc.libraries.coop/sitka-style-master/html/_circulation_policies.html#_edit_circulation_policies