Overview

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Alexandria Basics

About Us (1:24)

Welcome to our guided tour of Alexandria library automation. In this segment I will go over the qualifications of our company, and the extra benefits we offer.

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Setup Options (2:26)

Your setup, your way. Cloud-Hosted, Centralized Catalog, Distributed Union, Alexandria Controller, and Self-Hosted options.

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The Patron Experience (2:03)

Alexandria’s Researcher is a beautiful suite of interfaces that benefit patrons of all ages. UPDATED: Self-Service and Scout. NEW: Browse.

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Build and Explore (1:28)

Alexandria lets you create the best experience for your patrons. With Explore Builder, you can tailor-fit your searches to your patrons’ needs.

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Bulletin Boards (2:01)

Involve your teachers and students with Bulletin Boards to make your library the center of activity.

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Circulation (2:41)

Librarians spend a lot of time with their library software; which is why we’ve combined advanced technology with a beautiful and innovative user interface, to give you the best possible experience. UPDATED: Circulation, Reservations, and Patron Status.

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Record Management (2:15)

It’s easy and fast to manage your item and patron records in Alexandria. 

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Reporting and Data Manipulation (1:54)

Alexandria’s reports are easy to set up, and any report can be scheduled to run automatically–whenever and however often you need it to. UPDATED: Copies Labels Reports and Item Imports.

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Inventory (1:29)

It’s time to do inventory—let’s get started... UPDATED: Inventory Options. 

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Conclusion (1:10) 

Librarians are important. Our goal is to enable you to do as much as you can for your library and your patrons. (See our current Alexandria Requirements.)

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Alexandria University

Access and Navigation (2:55)

Help and Support (2:47)

Librarian

Librarian is the management side of Alexandria where librarians and staff can check out books, manage patron and item records, customize settings and preferences, run reports, and much more.

 Circulation

Perform general library activities such as issuing books, placing hold requests and reservations, processing fees, fines, payments, and renewing books in Circulation.

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Circulation Welcome (1:55)

Circulation Controls (1:16)

Locating a Patron or Item (1:48)

Circulation Modes (1:53)

Renewing Items (1:45)

Charges and Payments (2:06)

Holds and Reservations (2:22)

 Items Management

Create, view, modify, or remove records that contain information on all assets that circulate (books, magazines, audio, video, media) in your library within Items Management.

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Items Welcome (2:02)

Adding New Items (2:21)

Adding Item Copies (1:44)

eBook Items (1:20)

Importing Items (2:51)

Removing Items (2:12)

Item Pictures (1:37)

 Patrons Management

Create, view, modify, or remove records that contain information about the users (i.e. patrons and operators) at your site/school/library within Patrons Management.

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Patrons Welcome (1:46)

Adding Patrons (1:59)

Importing Patrons (2:10)

Modifying Patrons (1:14)

Removing Patrons (2:29)

Patron Pictures (2:10)

 Tools

In Tools, you'll find convenient shortcuts to various tools that help you run reports, do inventory, customize bulletins, and more.

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Tools Intro (1:20)

Reports (1:45)

Saving and Scheduling (Part 1) (1:44)

Saving and Scheduling (Part 2) (2:13)

Utilities (2:09)

 Preferences

Configure global settings that customize Alexandria according to your library's needs in Preferences.

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Preferences Welcome (1:07)

Patron Preferences (2:46)

Item Preferences (1:55)

Circulation Preferences (1:42)

Z39.50 Preferences (2:05)

Security Preferences (2:52)

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Policies Overview (1:05)

Patron Policies (2:32)

Item Policies (2:16)

Policy Exceptions (2:01)

 Researcher

Researcher is the patron-facing side of Alexandria that contains various search interfaces, virtual bulletin boards, and customizable links.

Researcher for Librarians

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Researcher Overview (1:05)

Search Interface (1:59)

Scout Interface (1:45)

Explore Interface (1:21)

Bulletins Interface (1:10)

Slideshow (1:34)

Patron Status (1:41)

Researcher for Patrons

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Patron-Facing Search (2:17)

Patron-Facing Performing a Search (1:34)

Patron-Facing Holds and Reservations (1:58)

Patron-Facing Lists and Sharing Results (1:56)

Patron-Facing Tags and Reviews (1:26)

Patron-Facing Scout (1:12)

Patron-Facing Scout Tools (1:24)

Patron-Facing Scout Holds (0:57)

Patron-Facing Status (1:31)

Patron-Facing Status Specifics (1:42)