Study room reservation software

[Nathan Mealey]

At Portland State University Library we developed our own study room reservation system (we're calling it LibRooms). We went live in fall 2012 and it has gone quite smoothly since then. Here is a link: http://library.pdx.edu/studyrooms

The system is built using PHP and MySQL, and supports a range of authentication methods (we use Millennium's Patron API right now, and are shifting over to CAS this summer). Rooms checkout within the application, so it can be run as a standalone, self-contained system. It supports a range of room types, filtering by room amenities, and setting usage limits. It is currently screen-reader accessible, and we're in the midst of developing a mobile interface for it.

We recently packaged the application to share with another department on campus, and are putting the finishing touches on a packaged version that we'll make available as an open-source application. We haven't made this available yet, but would be happy to share it at this point.

Thanks,
Nathan
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Nathan Mealey
Manager of Library Technologies
Portland State University Library
nathan.mealey at pdx.edu
503.725.4515



On Jun 5, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Lisa WEBER wrote:

> Colleagues,
> 
> Your input please! The UC Berkeley Library presently uses phpScheduleIT v.1.2.9 as its study room reservation software. Upgrading to v. 2.4.2 is being considered, but we'd also like to know if there are other room reservation applications we should seriously review and consider. An application that supports unmediated reservations, and authorization via the Library patron file would be pluses. 
> 
> My list of room reservation apps so far includes:
> phpScheduleIT v. 2.4.2
> LibCal (Springshare)
> Evanced
> MRBS
> Eventkeeper
> Netsimplicity
> Drupal modules (Drupal-powered library website coming in the next year, or so)
> 
> Thanks in advance for your input and advice,
> Lisa Weber
> Library Systems Office, UC Berkeley Library
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