When a booking request has been submitted, users with the Administrator, Moderator, Booking Manger, or Program Manager role have the ability to review these bookings and edit, approve, or deny them as needed.
Authenticated (or logged-in users) also have the ability to edit or cancel their room bookings from their My Account page; however, anonymous (non-logged in users) cannot, they will need to contact library staff to either edit or cancel their bookings.
This article explains how both staff users and authenticated patrons/users can manage these booking requests.
Managing Bookings (Staff Users)
As mentioned earlier, users with the Administrator, Moderator, Booking Manger, or Program Manager can manage bookings.
- From the Dashboard, click the Bookings Management tile
- Click the Bookings tile
- Find the booking by:
- Browse the list; OR
- Use the search field to search by Title (room name)
- Approving or Denying bookings
- From the Operations column on the far right, click the drop-down arrow, then click
- Approve - to approve the booking
- Deny - to deny a booking
- Whether approved or denied, an email notification indicating the booking status can be sent to the email address entered on the room booking
- From the Operations column on the far right, click the drop-down arrow, then click
- Editing a booking
- From the Operations column on the far right, click the Edit button
- Edit the fields as needed
- Click Save to save any changes
- From the Operations column on the far right, click the Edit button
- Delete a booking
- From the Operations column on the far right, click the drop-down arrow, then click Delete
- You'll be taken to a confirmation page
- Click Delete, to complete the deletion
- Click Cancel, to cancel deletion and return to the list of bookings
- You'll be taken to a confirmation page
- From the Operations column on the far right, click the drop-down arrow, then click Delete
Managing Bookings (Patrons/Users)
Only authenticated (logged-in) users/patrons can edit or cancel their own booking requests from their My Account page.
- Once logged in, click the My Account link in the top header
- Click the Manage Bookings button in the My Bookings section
- Click the Mange button beside the booking that needs editing or cancelling
- Editing details
- Edit any of the fields that require changes
- Note: the date and time cannot be changed, if a user/patron needs to change the date or time they will need to cancel the booking and submit a new request
- Click the Update Booking button to submit changes
- Edit any of the fields that require changes
- Cancelling bookings
- Click the Cancel Booking button
- Editing details