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Highlights

There's been a LOT of changes the last few releases! Here's a video highlighting some of the major updates, in case you missed anything. (release video)

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Introducing the Weeding List by Title report! If you are looking to weed copies based on title data, you can now run this report to first identify titles that may need weeding, and from there choose the particular copies to weed. Select by genre, publication date, and more. See also the Weeding List by Copy report. (Alexandria Librarian only)



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Your Dashboard just got more useful! Now you can open up your User Settings and pick which Explore Pane you want to see on your Dashboard!

Important

If you self-host your data, call in to our Support Team at 1.800.347.4942 to be guided through updating to the latest version. 

Once you are on 22.12, you will be able to access updates via Admin once again. See the instructions in our Support Center for self-hosted updates.

New and Improved

Circulation
  • When printing HTML receipts and details from Circulation (when you don’t have a receipt printer), the print modal now opens on the current window instead of taking you to a new one. Once the receipt has printed you will be returned to your regular Circulation window.
Reports
  • The Available Copies report has a new format! Run the report with the Detailed format to see the number of copies checked out and Lost (image to the right). This improvement came from an idea from Loraine from South County HS, VA. Thanks, Loraine!
  • Textbook Tracker now has its own Account Introduction letter text and report, no longer shared with Alexandria Librarian, so you can say different things to your patrons.
Researcher
  • We added a new Preference for Scout. In Builder > Searching, you can choose to show the Copy Location from a title's first available copy (other copy's Copy Locations will not show). 
  • Scout's search result details now show the series volume! This will help users know which book is next or first in the series.


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Fixed

General
  • Particular browser extensions (notably EdPuzzle) were not playing well with the new Alexandria interfaces. We’ve made some changes so this should no longer be a problem!

Circulation
  • The Process Found Item dialog now defaults to forgiving or refunding lost item fines when the lost book is returned. This will make processing those items much easier.
  • You can once again run Textbook Tracker Patron History from Circulation.
Items
  • When modifying title call numbers while also viewing the copy call number, it used to appear as if the copy call number wasn’t updating (although it was). Now it looks right.
  • The Programs tab is now loading properly.
Reports
  • The Super Summary report now shows statistics from all sites, and the average year is more accurate.
  • Overdue Items or Unpaid Charges Information report selection for Active patrons won’t show Inactive patrons anymore.
  • The Top Borrowing Patrons report shows expected results when you limit it by a month.
  • The Textbooks Unpaid Charges Notice now shows cover art for Lost items.
  • The option to show or hide patron barcode went missing from the Loaned Items Notice report 2-per-page format. We’ve restored it, and also added it for the Letter format.
  • On the Patron Information report Detailed format, the Reading Level is now displaying as expected.
  • The Unpaid Charges Notice report now shows customized charge information.
  • The Patron Financials Brief report selection for a ‘Patrons with Balance of’ is now working as expected.
Operations
  • There were a few issues with viewing and downloading files from Operations (like Reports). Those are fixed!
  • Clicking the operations icon from Reports (etc) in Textbook Tracker is now taking you to the Textbook Tracker Operations (instead of Alexandria Librarian).
Preferences
  • You can set receipt preferences even if you are not licensed for the receipt printer.
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