[Web4lib] room booking / reservation systems

[Edward Spodick]

We use MRBS at HKUST Library - works great for us.  We modified the program for some local needs, but the default package is being updated well.

-Ed


At 3:41 PM -0500 1/11/08, Elena OMalley wrote:
>Hello -
>
>x-posted. I'm wondering what systems are in use for booking or reserving
>study rooms via the web. This would be for a small academic US library.
>
>I rounded up these systems, so far:
>-paper and pen signup
>-in-house programming
>-III Millennium module http://www.iii.com/mill/circ.shtml
>-ExLibris Voyager Media booking module
>http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/Voyager
>-E-vanced solutions http://www.e-vancedsolutions.com/
>-EventKeeper http://www.eventkeeper.com/
>
>I also know these exist, but I don't know if libraries use them:
>-Meeting Room booking system http://sourceforge.net/projects/mrbs/
>-Netsimplicity Meeting Room Manager
>http://www.netsimplicity.com/products/mrm/webscheduling.asp
> 
>Any other recommendations? I'm most interested in systems where patrons
>can put in a reservation via the web without staff mediation and can see
>what time slots are already booked before they attempt to reserve a
>room. We would not need the ability to set recurring bookings, the
>bookings would be for two hours max at a time, and we'd need some system
>of authentication - ideally a system that is capable of authenticating
>against an external source.
>
>I promise to summarize responses, if there are any that aren't posted to
>the group. :)
>
>Thanks,
>Elena
>__
>Elena O'Malley, Assistant Director for Technology and Access Services
>Emerson College Library, Boston, MA 02116
>
>
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