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!
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Inventory season is here, and Alexandria is ready to do the heavy lifting for you. Inventory recently joined the makeover, so it may look a little different than last year, but it works pretty much the same. And, there’s a new, easier way to handle lost item fees!
Last week we went over patron privacy settings, and this week we’re going over the best way to keep your patron data secure: by making sure your operators have good passwords and valid emails with which to reset their passwords. Let’s get into it!
Make sure your calendar is set up so items won’t come due on days the library is closed.
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?
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.
Mr. Finch, one of teachers at Miss Honey’s school, has a cart of books with him for the Approved Book Report List for his class. How can Miss Honey make a searchable list in Researcher with the books on the cart?
The school is closed due to severe winter storms, and Miss Honey realizes there will be lots of overdue books that couldn’t be returned due to the unexpected closure. Time to recompute the due date!
It’s coming on the end of the school year, and a great time to start reviewing the End-of-Year Procedures. Today, we’re going over how to clean up your grades before you advance grade levels.