Userful Pre-Book is a full featured, open source, PC booking and reservation system. Patrons can book time on a computer from home, the office, school or using a walk-up booking at the library itself. Policy settings ensure that the library retains full control over usage.
Pre-Book’s main features include:
- Maximum usage restrictions (across all locations by day and/or week)
- Advance reservation
- Station availability charts
- Unreserved walk-up-and-use stations
- Immediate book: reserve next available station
- Email reminders and reservation holding “grace periods”
- Penalties for no-show reservations
- Double-booking prevention
- Client software for both Windows® and Linux
- Waiting queue




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