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Introduction

Welcome, welcome! This video series will get you acquainted with Alexandria's interfaces and capabilities. Feel free to follow along in our Basic Training Guide as well.

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Access and Navigation (2:55)

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Help and Support (2:47)

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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)

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Circulation Controls (1:16)

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Locating a Patron or Item (1:48)

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Circulation Modes (1:53)

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Renewing Items (1:45)

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Charges and Payments (2:06)

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Holds and Reservations (2:22)

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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)

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Adding New Items (2:21)

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Adding Item Copies (1:44)

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eBook Items (1:20)

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Importing Items (2:51)

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Removing Items (2:12)

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Item Pictures (1:37)

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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)

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Adding Patrons (1:59)

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Importing Patrons (2:10)

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Modifying Patrons (1:14)

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Removing Patrons (2:29)

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Patron Pictures (2:10)

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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)

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Reports (1:45)

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Saving and Scheduling (Part 1) (1:44)

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Saving and Scheduling (Part 2) (2:13)

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Utilities (2:09)

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Preferences

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

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Preferences Welcome (1:07)

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Patron Preferences (2:46)

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Item Preferences (1:55)

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Circulation Preferences (1:42)

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Z39.50 Preferences (2:05)

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Security Preferences (2:52)

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Policies Overview (1:05)

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Patron Policies (2:32)

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Item Policies (2:16)

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Policy Exceptions (2:01)

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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)

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Search Interface (1:59)

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Scout Interface (1:45)

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Explore Interface (1:21)

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Bulletins Interface (1:10)

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Slideshow (1:34)

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Patron Status (1:41)

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Researcher for Patrons

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Patron-Facing Search (2:17)

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Patron-Facing Performing a Search (1:34)

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Patron-Facing Holds and Reservations (1:58)

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

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Patron-Facing Tags and Reviews (1:26)

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Patron-Facing Scout (1:12)

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Patron-Facing Scout Tools (1:24)

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Patron-Facing Scout Holds (0:57)

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Patron-Facing Status (1:31)

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Patron-Facing Status Specifics (1:42)

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