Maintaining the ILL Holiday List in MassCat

Toward the end of each year you will need to re-enter dates of observed holidays and other special closings that your library observes.

The Holiday List is used by the system in conjunction with the Days Open list to calculate the date by which your library needs to respond to a particular request.  Dates of holidays should be entered in the Holiday List only when those holidays fall on a normal business day for your library.  For example, if your library is normally closed on Mondays, then you do not need to add any holidays that fall on Mondays to your Holiday List.  Enter date ranges for extended closings or vacations in the Holiday List as well.

To Modify the dates in your Holiday List:

1. Login to MassCat using your library code, username and password. 

2. Click on the “Staff Menu” button on the toolbar:

3. Click on the “Maintain Participant Record” option on the menu on the left side of the screen:

4. After a moment, the participant record form will appear in the right side of the screen.

5. Scroll down to the “Holiday List” section of the form and enter the dates your library will be closed.  Use the following format: MM/DD/YYYY  (NOTE: You must include the slashes)
1. Enter the first day of the holiday in the “Start Date” box.
2. Enter the last day of the holiday in the “End Date” box. 
3. For single-day holidays, enter the same date in both the “Start Date” and the “End Date” boxes.

6. Click the “Update” button at the top of the screen.  Wait a moment for the record to be updated.  You will see the message: “Participant Record Successfully Updated!” appear at the top of the form.

7. Close the window.