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Tip of the Week

Loaned items notice- how to

Are you looking for a way to notify parents about what items their kids are checking out? While there isn’t an automatic receipt sent out after item is checked out, you CAN set up the Loaned Items Notice to run daily and let parents know what their child checked out that day.

Add book conditioning to your library

Book Conditioning is a bit like air conditioning—it’s cool, but you want to make it energy-efficient. So how can you use Condition Codes? You may want to track the actual used condition of the book to see what books stand up to the most use.

Reports to make the EOY easier

Are things piling up before school is out for the summer? Wondering which reports you should run for help with your End-of-Year procedures? We got you covered. Even better, you can run the reports from our new reports beta!

End-of-year due date to-dos

We’ve got more End-of-Year tips for you! 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.

Letting go of legacy reports…

Lots of the reports (and labels and notices) in Alexandria say (Legacy) at the end, meaning… they are on the way out. But don’t worry! We have replacement reports for the legacy reports that are new and improved, and still perform the function of the legacy reports. Most of the time they are simplified or combined to be more efficient.