Hi all:
We are finally looking into getting web-based scheduling implemented in our facility. It appears that we need more flexibility than FACES provides. We need to implement a well-defined set of sign-up rules that, as one example, will allow students the flexibility of deleting other users' sign-ups (a student can sign-up "illegally;" another student can remove that sign-up, but only if they will use the time; this rule does increase usage on the spectrometers). Another example is adding the capability of charging a fee--smaller than the actual usage fee--for sign-ups that are removed too close to the use time.
We are looking into the Calcium program as one possibility for doing what we need.
Summaries of scheduling software that I can find on the AMMRL archives are now four years old or older.
If you are using some other kind of software for scheduling, and it is available for use to others, I would appreciate hearing back from you. I will provide a summary of the responses.
Cheers,
Charlie
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Charles G. Fry, Ph.D. Tel: (608)262-3182
Director, MR Facility Fax: (608)262-0381
Chem. Dept., 1101 University Ave, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706 USA email: fry_at_chem.wisc.edu
Received on Fri Aug 01 2003 - 07:32:00 MST