The library is all decked out for Halloween, and Miss Honey wants to make Researcher match using the new custom Researcher styles. Have you tried it out yet?
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Miss Honey wants to spread the word about the new library book club. She made a bulletin board, but how can she get more students and teachers to see it? With a link!
Is your school is part of a centralized union? You can create specific site sets for searching purposes (like putting all the elementary school libraries in a set). That way, students can search all available elementary school catalogs in the district, and utilize ILL (Inter-Library Loans). Let’s go over how to set this up!
Miss Honey is looking at an item record in Alexandria, and she notices that the listed Title Call Number at the top is different than the Copy Call Number in the Copies tab. Let’s review call numbers, and how title and copy call numbers operate in Alexandria.
Miss Honey saw the notice on the support center that we’ve updated our default z39.50 servers. Before she adds some new items into Alexandria, she needs to update her preferences. Let’s walk through it.
Miss Miss Honey just set some new policies for her library, but she doesn’t remember how to assign them. Policies are important because they establish rules that regulate how library resources are used by your patrons. But how can you assign them once they are created?
Miss Honey just manually updated her patrons for the new school year, and it took awhile… Next year, she can use imports instead for quicker patron management. Have you updated your patrons for the new school year?
The beginning of a new school year is the perfect time to learn how to use Alexandria better–and that includes your patrons. We’ve got some new videos to help your patrons learn how to use Researcher.
Back to school is a busy time, and we know your to-do list is probably a mile long! We’re here to help. We have a whole support page dedicated to back-to-school, so getting Alexandria set for the year doesn’t have to be part of your stress.
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.