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You cannot duplicate or add additional sites with a single site license. You must be registered for multiple sites in order to use Centralized Catalog—a special configuration of Alexandria. Please contact COMPanion’s sales department at (800)-347-6439 if you would like to upgrade to a Centralized Catalog license and increase your site limit. |
What is Site Management?If you manage a single site collection, you will only ever have information for your one site in the Sites management window; we call this the Union Site Record. However, Alexandria also has the ability to mange multiple collections stored within a single database; we call this a Centralized Catalog. In a Centralized Catalog environment, an operator must be able The sites you are licensed for show up automatically; there is no need to add or remove sites manually. Please contact our Sales Team if you would like to add additional sites. When a database has more sites than is allowed by the current registration, the excess sites will be hidden from the Site Picker displayed at login. |
Sites Management is where you configure your single site or each of the sites in your Centralized Catalog. Only operators with District or Library Administrator security levels can configure site information; however, any operator with the appropriate Security Group and Site Access settings can select the site in the dropdown menus found in Patrons Management, Textbooks Management, and other places within the program. Valid and available sites are always pulled from here. It's important that you add site information such as a site contact and email so that patrons can receive relevant email notices.  Image Added
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What is the difference between a Union Site Record and a Site Code? (Centralized Catalog)If you manage multiple collections in a Centralized Catalog environment, a site Code is embedded in Patron and Item records to allow an operator to quickly differentiate data belonging to one collection over another. |
In order to achieve this, our software embeds Patron and Item records with something we call a Site Code. All Centralized Catalogs have a Union Site Record within the list of Site Codes when logging into Alexandria |
as administrator. Typically the Union Site Record will be labeled as the school or district name that was registered with Alexandria. Difference Between a Union Site Record & a Site CodeThis information is only applicable to organizations who utilize a Centralized Catalog for Alexandria. If you are on a single site license then your site is the Union Site Recordor Textbook Tracker as administrator. A Union Site Record is a special purpose site |
, it that does not operate like a normal site. |
It will not appear as a selection in Reseacher and any Any items assigned to it may only be checked out by System Patrons (Barcodes 1-100). It is used by Alexandria and Textbook Tracker in two ways: - As a place to assign Patron or Items records that do not have a designated site.
- Defining Preference default settings; when a new site is created the Preference settings from the Union Site are copied to the new site.
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Site ID Codes are used by Alexandria in several ways: - To identify the collection for which a copy belongs.
- To identify the site for which a patron belongs.
- To determine whether a book-droppped copy was returned to the correct location or if it needs to be placed in transit and returned to the owning library.
- To determine copy availability at particular locations when placing holds and reservations.
- To filter a patron's Researcher search results to display only a particular collection (or group of collections) for which they are interested.
- Other areas affected by Sites management include Subscriptions, Routes, Maps, and Bulletins.
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| The site at the top of the Site Records List is your union site record. If you have a single site license, this will be your only site record.  Image Added Search. If you have a lot of sites to sort through, you can search for specific site codes.
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- Site Record Counts. This report runs a quick list of all of your sites with some basic record numbers. Note that this report does NOT run through Operations and it does NOT generate a pdf. The report opens in a new html tab with html output.
- Refresh registration. Click here to refresh your licenses/registration. If any sites are incorrectly registered, you will need to Re-Register site before refreshing your license.
- Re-register site. Update registration information for any incorrectly registered site.
- Remove site. Permanently delete the selected site.
- Site Identifiers. This option is only used by Alexandria customer support.
Current Site RecordSite NameSite names are determined by your registration and cannot be changed manually. Please contact the COMPanion Sales department at (800)-347-6439 if you need to change your site names. Site CodeThis is used to tag various record types, including Patrons and Items. Other areas affected by the Site ID Code include Orders, Budgets, Vendors, Subscriptions, Routes, Maps, and Bulletins Sites Management InterfaceIf you manage a single site collection, you will only ever have information for your one site in Sites Management, referred to as the Union Site Record. However, Alexandria also has the ability to mange multiple collections stored within a single database called a Centralized Catalog. In a Centralized Catalog environment, an operator must be able to quickly differentiate data belonging to one collection over another. To achieve this, our software embeds Patron and Item records with a Site Code. All Centralized Catalogs have a Union Site Record within the list of Site Codes when logging into Alexandria as administrator. Typically, the Union Site Record will be labeled as the school or district name that was registered with Alexandria. | Expand |
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| This information is only applicable to organizations who utilize a Centralized Catalog for Alexandria and/or Textbook Tracker. If you are on a single site license then your site is the Union Site Record. A Union Site Record is a special purpose site, it does not operate like a normal site. It will not appear as a selection in Reseacher and any items assigned to it may only be checked out by System Patrons (Barcodes 1-100). It is used by Alexandria in two ways: As a place to assign Patron or Items records that do not have a designated site.Defining Preference default settings; when a new site is created the Preference settings from the Union Site are copied to the new site. Site ID Codes are used in several ways: - To identify the collection for which a copy belongs.
- To identify the site for which a patron belongs.
- To determine whether a book-droppped copy was returned to the correct location or if it needs to be placed in transit and returned to the owning library.
- To determine copy availability at particular locations when placing holds and reservations.
- To filter a patron's Researcher search results to display only a particular collection (or group of collections) for which they are interested.
Other areas affected by Sites management include Subscriptions, Routes, Maps, and Bulletins.Sites Management is where you configure or create the Site ID Codes and provide information pertaining to either your single school or each of the individual schools in your Centralized Catalog. You can view, modify, add, and remove site information by using the current record fields and the commands in the Actions menu. By default, only operators with District or Library Administrator security levels can configure site information; however, any operator with the appropriate Security Group and Site Access settings can select the site in the Site dropdown menus found in Patrons Management, Items Management, and other places within the program. Valid and available sites are always pulled from here. Your initial (or single) site record, including the default library name and address, is set by your registration information. Your address, city, state, postal code, country, telephone, and fax data is used for return addresses on patron notices, for information shown on Researcher Workstations, and is included in emails sent to COMPanion's Customer Support team. This address information will also be used as defaults when creating a new patron if no city, state, postal code, or country information is specified. Image Removed The Sites management window consists of a similar two-panel layout found in many of Alexandria’s main management windows. - Site Records List. The left-hand side of the Sites management window belongs to the Site Records List, used for selecting the site you wish to modify and other related tools. This section is only appears for Centralized Catalog catalogs.
- Current Site Record pane. The larger, right-hand portion of the Sites management window consists of the Current Site Record pane where the currently selected site record is displayed, in full, along with associated tools in the Actions menu that help perform operations on said record.
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| In a Centralized Catalog, the Site Records list, where all of the sites in your union are listed, is on the left-hand side of the window. The site in bold at the top of the Site Records List is your union site record. If you have a single site license, this will be your only site record. If you have a lot of sites to scroll through, use the filter bar at the top of the pane to search for a specific site. Select a site here to view the site data in the Current Record pane to the right. To add a new site record, click  Image Removed at the bottom of the list. | Note |
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You cannot duplicate an existing site or add any additional sites with a single site license. Please contact COMPanion's Sales Department at (800)-347-6439 if you would like to upgrade to a Centralized Catalog and increase your site limit. |
The Site ID Code cannot use any special characters. Site Notice Any text you enter in this field will be displayed when you click on the Site Information link in your Alexandria Researcher and the topnav Site Info in Librarian. Describe your library hours (e.g. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday) with any combination of numbers and hours. Other information like special hours or holidays can also be included. If you decide to leave this field blank, the text “Library Hours Not Specified” will appear in the Site Information section of Researcher. | | Content Block |
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| Current Record PaneThe right section of Sites Management is dedicated to the current site record, which displays full details for the site selected from the Site Records List pane on the left. Image Removed Lock/Unlock. Click the padlock to unlock the record for editing. Image Removed Actions - Remove Site. Permanently delete the selected site.
- Site Record Counts. View site record data. Example
Image Removed Operations Management. Go to Operations Management to view and download your finished reports. Image Removed Support. Having trouble? This will open support documentation for this topic in another tab. Site Record SettingsAdministrator NameThe site - Enter the name of the current site's administrator or head librarian here. This name will be added to the bottom of form letters.
Enter the site address, city, state, postal code, and country for the library. This data is used for return addresses on patron notices, for information shown on the Researcher Workstation, and is included in emails sent to COMPanion's Customer Support team. It is also used as the default information when creating a new patron who doesn't have city, state, postal code, or country information specified. Site ID CodeThis is used to tag various record types, including Patrons and Items. Other areas affected by the Site ID Code include Orders, Budgets, Vendors, Subscriptions, Routes, Maps, and Bulletins. Site NameEnter the name of your site (e.g. COMPanion Demonstration Library). The union site name is registration-controlled and can not be changed; Please contact the COMPanion Sales department at (800)-347-6439 if you need to change your union site name Administrator Title- Contact Title. The site administrator's title. For example, Librarian, Director of Media, Library Specialist, or Teacher. This title can also be included on form letters.
TelephoneProvide the telephone number for the site's main desk or office. Email- Email. This is the site's email address, which is used as the return mail address for overdue notices and other email messages sent by Alexandria. To guarantee that your email notifications are being sent, please check the list of requirements located under your Email settings. You must enter a valid email address to use most email services, including COMPanion's Customer Support services.
Fax- Phone / Fax. Provide the telephone number for the site's main desk or office. If applicable, enter the site's fax number.
Researcher NoticeAny text you enter in this field will be displayed when you click on the Site Information link in your Alexandria Researcher. Describe your library hours (e.g. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday) with any combination of numbers and hours. If you decide to leave this field blank, the text “Library Hours Not Specified” will appear in the Site Information section of your Researcher Workstation. Notes- Address. Enter the site address, city, state, postal code, and country for the library. This data is used for return addresses on patron notices, for information shown on the Researcher Workstation, and is included in emails sent to COMPanion's Customer Support team. It is also used as the default information when creating a new patron who doesn't have city, state, postal code, or country information specified.
- Site Record Notes. An optional notes field where you can provide any supplementary information about your managed sites.
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