You may have noticed we made some changes to Self-service. Don’t worry–there won’t be a pop quiz, but let’s review the changes so you can be prepared for the new school year, and help your patrons utilize self-service.
Tip of the Week
Miss Honey’s librarians are asking her why they received an email verification notice from Alexandria. Why is email verification important, and how does it work in Alexandria? Let’s get into it.
The summer sure flew by. Ready or not, it’s back to school time! Alexandria has all the resources you need for a smooth transition into the school year–even if it’s hard to wake up from that summer nap.
The public library can be full of activities during the summer–whether it is workshops or events, or special summer reading programs. But how can you tell how successful your programs and promotions are?
We all love to get lost in a good book… but it’s not as fun getting lost in the library! Have you made a library map for your patrons yet?
We’re speeding closer every day to the end of the school year! Here’s our annual overview of the procedures you’ll need to do to get Alexandria all ready for the summer.
It’s important to have a plan for how you will manage and remove patrons. The bulk of patron management work typically occurs at the beginning of the school year, but here’s a few things you can do before summer to get a head start!
It’s almost summer, and Ms. Honey needs to see circulation statistics for the whole school year. What is the best report for this? The Usage by Period report– See checkouts, check-ins, renewals, and hold requests for a particular date range.
It’s almost the end of the school year, and Miss Honey needs to find out what patron in each grade borrowed the most books from the library, so they can get a prize. She can run the Top Borrowing Patrons report to find out!
Miss Honey is about to perform inventory using Circulation, but she isn’t sure what the different modes are used for. Let’s review the inventory modes, and the Circulation inventory process.