Hourly Loan Due Date

For hourly loan due dates and times, Polaris Administration (staff client) checks the list in Calculating Due Dates and these additional Patron Services settings for the lending library: Hours of operation (for hours and closed days) and Overnight loan period. If the item is due after the lending library closes, the system does one of the following:

• If the Overnight loan period parameter is set to permit automatic overnight loans, the system sets the due date to the next day the library is open. The due time is set to the library’s opening time, plus any additional time specified by the library.

• If the Overnight loan period parameter is set to not permit automatic overnight loans, the system does one of the following:

  • If the loan period is less than 24 hours, the system blocks the transaction. If you override the block, the system sets the due dateto the next day the library is open, and sets the due time to the library’s opening time, plus any additional time specified by the library. If you do not override the block, the item is due at the lending library’s closing time on the current day.

    Example:
    An item is checked out on Thursday at 4:00 PM for a six-hour loan period. The lending library closes at 8:00 PM and opens on Friday at 10:00 A. If automatic overnight loans are permitted and the loan period is set to include two additional hours, the item is due on Friday at 12:00 noon. If automatic overnight loans are not permitted, the transaction is blocked. If you override the block, the item is due on Friday at 12:00 noon. If you do not override the block, the item is due when the library closes on Thursday at 8:00 PM.

  • If the loan period is 24 hours or more, the transaction is not blocked because the overnight loan setting is irrelevant.

You can set the Overnight loan period parameter at the system, library, or branch level.