Frequently Asked Questions

You probably used a quick report last time! 

If you turn on Automatically Retrieve Cover Art During Idle Periods in 

Alexandria will search for cover art based off of ISBNs and add it as it's found. You may also want to check the ISBN of items without cover art to ensure they're accurate.

Title Assistant uses Z39.50 servers to search for items, so you may need to add more. Check out the 

page for a list of resources you can use to bolster your Z39.50 list in Alexandria. You'll also find instructions on adding servers, creating sets, and more.

is a newer standard in which mediums are stored in the 336, 337, and 338 fields and have three components separated by dashes, such as text-unmediated-volume (this one is equivalent to book). Since this medium format is a little harder for patrons to understand, you can 

Note that Alexandria prioritizes RDA mediums over General Material Designation (GMD) mediums, so you'll need to 

if you want the GMD mediums to show instead. (GMD mediums are stored in the 254_h field and enclosed in brackets, such as [book]).

If you have overlapping call numbers in 

Alexandria will display a duplicate title or a duplicate copy. If the copies can be modified but were not intentionally added, this may be from an import running too many times and adding a new copy each time.