The Bulletin Board Management window allows you to create virtual boards where you may post and share public bulletins. Both boards and bulletins can be created from any Alexandria Librarian—just as long as you have the proper Security credentials.

You can create notices for your library, student-based clubs, upcoming school events, and more. Bulletins can contain images, text, and outside links. You can even attach links to Alexandria reports generated from Operations Management; instead of posting a Patron Overdue List to your library wall, you could provide a link in a special bulletin.

Both the boards and the bulletins they contain can be configured individually to only appear visible during specified date ranges, they can be assigned an automatic expiration date, or they can remain posted for an indefinite length of time. If you find that some of your bulletins and/or boards are not visible to the public and appear as red in the Bulletin Boards list, check to see that they've been assigned an appropriate date range

Your patrons can view public bulletins from the Alexandria Researcher or by typing the IP address (or domain name), port number, and (optional) serial number of your Data Station followed by “/bulletins” in their browser's Address field; also, individual boards may be bookmarked or linked to directly.

Navigation

The Bulletin Board Management window consists of two distinct areas:

• The left-hand side of the Bulletin Board Management window belongs to the Bulletin Boards pane—which is essentially a list containing the names of your current boards and their associated bulletins. Selecting (highlighting) a bulletin or a board from this list will display the contents of the record in the right-hand side of the window.
• The larger, right-hand portion of the Bulletin Board Management window consists of the Boards/Bulletins pane where the contents of the selected bulletin or board record are displayed—in full—allowing you to modify their information or remove them completely.