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.
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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.
The end of the school year is coming fast. One of the first things you’ll want to do in preparation for the end of the year is check your library’s calendars and item policies. With Alexandria, you can set Period Due Dates and Hard Due Dates.
Another school year is coming to a close, and there is so much to do! Don’t worry, we’ve got all the links you need right here for a smooth EOY.
It’s time to clean up the shelves. How do you identify items for the chopping block? You can use the Weeding List report to find, say, items more than 10 years old that haven’t been used in the last 10 years.
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!
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?
It’s almost summer break, when you can put your feet up and dig into that book you’ve been dying to read. But before you close up for summer, here’s a couple more reminders!
Summer is coming, which means wrapping up your inventory for the year. Now is the time to begin identifying lost and discarded copies and removing them from your system. Here’s how!