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.
Tip of the Week
Blossoms are blooming, and time is ticking towards the end of another school year. Miss Honey wants to make sure students bring books back before the break. She can do this by setting the period due date, and sending out overdue notices. Let’s review!
Do some of Alexandria’s sounds not quite fit your style? You can change them, or even disable them all together in Preferences.
Inventory is joining the makeover, and you can explore it in beta. Take a look at what’s new!
It’s time to do inventory, and Miss Honey knows there are books and items scattered all around the school, and finding them all will be like an Easter egg hunt. So, how can she (and you) go about inventorying classroom items, and items checked out to On Display?
Things tend to pile up at the end of the school year, so why not get a head start on your inventory? Here’s all the links you need to get a jump on things. After all, the early bird gets the (book) worm!
It’s easy to use Chromebooks in your library with Alexandria. You can use them as stations in your library, or set them up as regular circulating items for your teachers, your patrons, or both.
Are your students more likely to browse your shelves than your catalog? If so, how can you get them interested in all those eBooks in your collection that don’t have a space on the shelves? Make them a space!
Miss Honey noticed that a lot of the older title records in her Alexandria are a bit sparse. She decided to use Title Assistant to update the title records to a more complete MARC record, and you can too!
Even if we like to think otherwise, covers are an important way to quickly judge the genre and topic of any book. You can make your collection more visual by filling in the cover art for your titles. But how do you get cover art?