Identifying Dates Closed

You specify Dates Closed to indicate dates that an organization is closed when it otherwise would be open for business. For example, a branch is normally open on Tuesday, but in 2013, Christmas falls on a Wednesday. In this case, 12/25/2013 is listed as a date closed. The Dates Closed policy table contains the dates when libraries or branches in the system are closed. Closed dates can be set from the system, library, and branch levels. You can specify different closed dates for each organization in Polaris.

You can open the Dates Closed policy table from an organization workform or the Administration Explorer. The organization level at which the table is opened determines the entries you see in the list and the organizations for which you can specify a closed date:

System level - Displays all libraries and branches with all dates closed for each organization. You can set the most common dates at the system level, so that these dates are also closed dates for all the libraries and branches. You can also set closed dates for specific libraries and branches.
Library level - Displays all branches associated with the selected library, and all dates the branches are closed. You can set closed dates for a library, so that these dates are applied to its member branches. You can also set closed dates for specific branches, and remove closed dates for specific branches if they are not applicable to the branch.
Branch level - Displays the closed dates for the selected branch. You can add or delete closed dates for the branch only.

Note:
The Modify dates closed table: Allow permission is required to change this table.

You specify the days of the week when an organization is ordinarily closed, such as Sunday, with the Patron Services parameter Hours of operation. Set this parameter at the system, library, or branch level. See Setting Parameters and Profiles. Settings in both the Dates Closed policy table and the Hours of Operation parameter are used to determine circulation due dates.