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12 November 2020
Content is subject to change until the official release on 21 November 2020.
Our recent updates have added cool new features like Copy List and an improved Remove Holds utility. Tell us how Alexandria is working for you!
Highlights
We've got improvements to accessibility, reports, utilities, and more!
Setup Preferences. Yep, we’ve made a few more changes as we prepare for the Makeover! The new Setup Preferences will contain Barcodes, Localization, and SIP2 preferences, as well as the following from Admin: Email, LDAP, and Checkpoint ILS.
Accessibility. The Researcher Hub, Scout, Status, and Slideshow are now WCAG AA-compliant! Read more about accessibility in Alexandria.
Advanced Report Selections. Circulation reports now allow you to get more specific with your patron policy selections. From the new dropdown menu for the selection, choose whether to select all policies, multiple policies, or all but certain policies. See our documentation on Advanced Selections for more information.
Important
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Mitinet to bring you BestMARC! This MARC data cleanup/supplementation service will take the form of two Alexandria utilities included in a paid add-on. It will be available soon, so keep an eye on future releases.
New & Improved
Circulation
- Fixed a scrolling issue with the Patron Details dialog.
Imports
- Updated imports to not change patron policies to the default if that field is blank in the import file.
- Corrected a bug that was causing imports to replace information in filled-out fields.
Patrons
- Changed the “Unknown” patron sex designation to “Unspecified.”
Preferences
- Expanded and fixed variable tag usage for Circulation letters and reports.
Reports
- Merged all of the Patron Notes reports into one.
- Corrected the Weeding List report to respect the Copies with a Condition of selection.
- Expanded the Title selection's character limit to 500 for Textbook Tracker Circulation reports.
- Updated Circulation reports to display the correct patron location/homeroom list depending on the current or specified site.
System
- Improved performance and reliability.
- Fixed browser error when adding new titles or copies.
- Corrected multiple database issues.
- Fixed a product code issue that was causing certain utilities and selections to not appear.
Textbooks
- Added the Change Patron 2nd Location and Move Patrons to Site utilities to Textbook Tracker.
Utilities
- Consolidated all three Replacement Cost utilities into one and added an extra option: Match to Purchase Cost.
- Corrected a few Textbook Tracker utilities that weren’t giving results (Remove Lost Copies, Remove Discarded Copies, Remove Archived Copies, and Declare Checked Out Copies Lost).
Self-Hosted Notice
If you self-host on a Mac, hold off updating your servers to macOS 10.15 Catalina. Alexandria will be 64-bit compatible in a future release. We highly recommend you consider Cloud Hosting.