The sites you are licensed for show up automatically; there is no need to add or remove sites manually. Please contact our Sales Team if you would like to add additional sites. When a database has more sites than is allowed by the current registration, the excess sites will be hidden from the Site Picker displayed at login. |
Sites Management is where you configure your single site or each of the sites in your Centralized Catalog. Only operators with District or Library Administrator security levels can configure site information; however, any operator with the appropriate Security Group and Site Access settings can select the site in the dropdown menus found in Patrons Management, Textbooks Management, and other places within the program. Valid and available sites are always pulled from here.
It's important that you add site information such as a site contact and email so that patrons can receive relevant email notices.
What is the difference between a Union Site Record and a Site Code? (Centralized Catalog)If you manage multiple collections in a Centralized Catalog environment, a site Code is embedded in Patron and Item records to allow an operator to quickly differentiate data belonging to one collection over another. All Centralized Catalogs have a Union Site Record within the list of Site Codes when logging into Alexandria or Textbook Tracker as administrator. A Union Site Record is a special purpose site that does not operate like a normal site. Any items assigned to it may only be checked out by System Patrons (Barcodes 1-100). It is used by Alexandria and Textbook Tracker in two ways:
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The site at the top of the Site Records List is your union site record. If you have a single site license, this will be your only site record.
Search. If you have a lot of sites to sort through, you can search for specific site codes.
Lock/Unlock. Click the padlock to unlock the record for editing.
Actions.
Site names are determined by your registration and cannot be changed manually. Please contact the COMPanion Sales department at (800)-347-6439 if you need to change your site names.
This is used to tag various record types, including Patrons and Items. Other areas affected by the Site ID Code include Orders, Budgets, Vendors, Subscriptions, Routes, Maps, and Bulletins.
Site ID Codes are used in several ways:
The Site ID Code cannot use any special characters.
Site Notice
Any text you enter in this field will be displayed when you click on the Site Information link in your Alexandria Researcher and the topnav Site Info in Librarian. Describe your library hours (e.g. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday) with any combination of numbers and hours. Other information like special hours or holidays can also be included. If you decide to leave this field blank, the text “Library Hours Not Specified” will appear in the Site Information section of Researcher.