Jonathan has finished the first book in the Alex Rider series and wants to check out the second. But he says he can’t find it in Researcher or anywhere in the library. Do you really not have the second book?
Tip of the Week
Have you ever been adding items into Alexandria and realized that series went in the 400/490 fields, instead of the 830 tag like they’re supposed to? This only happens with certain vendors, but don’t get spooked! We’ve go a utility to solve it–the Fix Series utility.
Let’s go through how to make a MARC record template step-by-step.
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!
Using interest terms in Items provides a way to group items into custom categories and searchable groups, so you can target a specific grade or range of grades. Then, using a search string of the interest term makes the associated items easily searchable by term in Researcher!
Miss Honey wants to help teachers create saved lists in Researcher with books their students can choose from for class reading. Let’s walk through how she (and you!) can create saved lists, then make them into explore panes so they are easy for students to find!
Miss Honey and her staff are having a back-to-school book fair, and are looking for a way to get the word out to patrons, teachers, and parents. What better way than by building a Bulletin Board in Alexandria!
Now that September is here and we’re officially settling into our back to school routines, let’s review some of our favorite beginning-of-year tips.
The beginning of a new school year is a great time to refresh and expand your knowledge of how to utilize Alexandria, and there’s no better way than with your very own virtual librarian!
Miss Honey wants to set up kiosks for patrons using the library’s Chromebooks. With kiosks, patrons can use Search, Self-Service, and Activity, without being able to do anything else on that device.