Miss Honey just purchased a large order of books from a vendor–with new copies of existing titles, and brand new titles. Now she needs to import them into Alexandria so they can be circulated and searched!
Tag: operations
It’s the beginning of the year, and Miss Honey wants to start the year at her new library with a standardized format for call numbers. She knows that she can use utilities to modify the call number prefix, but how can she update the entire call number, or other title record information in one go?
Enter: exports and imports!
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!
You can print replacement labels for just the barcodes you need using Operations.
Do you have reports, labels, or notices that are you go-to? Rather than re-selecting all your settings every time, create a saved report instead!
You’ve probably noticed that Operations interfaces are all out of beta and have officially joined the makeover. If you’re having a little trouble or want a refresher on the new interface, check out our brand new training videos for Reports, Labels, Notices, and Utilities.
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!
Believe it or not, it’s that time of year to review your End-of-Year Procedures. As you run all of these EOY operations, are you utilizing the message drawer?