Configure library information

You can display your library's hours of operation, address, contact information, and holidays.

  • For patrons who are signed in, the Library info panel displays their home library’s hours. For the patron's library hours to display, the home location’s hours must exactly match the branch location’s hours.

  • For patrons who aren’t signed in, the Library info panel displays the default library hours.

  • If you don’t configure library locations, the Library info icon doesn’t appear.

  1. From the Settings menu, select Page Customizations > User Tools.
    The available widgets appear on the User tools configuration page.
  2. In the Widgets section, under Library info, select Configure.
    The Library info widget page opens.
  1. On the Library info widget page, select the Location tab.
  2. From the Location hierarchy branch level list, select the location hierarchy level to use.
    This limits the available library location selections to the appropriate level. For example, if you want to select branch locations and not shelves in the next steps, select Branch.
  3. From the Guest library location default list, select the location that you want to show information about when guest patrons first access the library information.
    If you don’t select a location, the first location in alphabetical order is selected when guest patrons access the library information.
  4. From the Choose location list, select the location that you want to configure.
  5. (Optional) If you want to use a display name that’s different from the name listed in the Choose location box, enter the display name in the Library location name override box.
  6. If you want to hide this location from the menu, select Hide location in library hours menu.
    For example, if you don’t want a bookmobile to appear in the list of locations that patrons see, select this option.
  7. In the Address box, enter the location information you want to display for your library.
    This could include street address, building, city, state, country, and postal code.
  8. Select Preview to see how the information appears to patrons.
  9. Select Save.
  1. On the Library info widget page, select the Contact tab.
  2. Do the following:
    • Website—Enter the URL of your library website. The URL must start with http:// or https://.
    • Email—Enter the primary email address for patrons to contact the library.
    • Phone number—Enter the phone number for patrons to contact the library.
  3. If you want to add an additional phone number, select Add phone number.
  4. Select Preview to see how the information appears to patrons.

  5. Select Save.

  1. On the Library info widget page, select the Hours tab.
  2. From the Choose location list, select the library that you want to enter hours for.
  3. In the Branch Hours section, do the following:
    1. Select the days when the library is open.
    2. For days that the library is open, select the opening and closing times.
  4. Select Preview to see how the information appears to users.
  5. Select Save.

Add exceptions to library hours

Add exceptions, such as holidays, to let patrons know when the library is closed.

  1. On the Library info widget page, select the Hours tab.
  2. In the Exceptions section, select Add hours exception.
  3. Do the following:
    1. Select Open or Closed.
    2. Enter the starting and ending date of the exception.
    3. Enter the starting and ending times that apply.
  4. Select Preview to see how the information appears to patrons.
  5. Select Save.

Copy information to other libraries

You can copy the schedule, exceptions, and override information to multiple libraries.

  1. On the Hours tab, in the Branch Hours section, select Copy.
  2. Select the locations that you want to copy information to.
  3. Select from the following options:
    • Working hours
    • Working hours exceptions
    • Override branch hours
  4. Select Done.

Override branch hours

You can create a link to an external webpage that contains library hours instead of displaying the branch hours that you configure here.

  1. On the Hours tab, select Override branch hours.
  2. In the Display Text box, enter the text that you want patrons to see.
  3. In the Website URL box, enter the URL of the webpage that includes your branch hours.
  4. Select Preview to see how the information appears to patrons.
  5. Select Save.