Overdue items from 2013-2014 school year + Patron Fines

Hopefully you've had some time to deal with overdue items from last year. If not, the end of September is a good time to tackle them. Find help here: http://www.monroe2boces.org/SLS.cfm?subpage=2582

One way is to find the patron in Circulation>Checkout

1. Open up their record in circulation by clicking on the blue ID number
2. Click the Lost icon
3. When you click the lost button, a box appears stating “The copy will be marked as lost. Student Name will be charged a fine of $.$$. If you do not want to assess a fine, set the fine amount to zero."  If you do not want to charge anything and CLEAR the fine, enter 0.00 in the box.
4. Click OK
5. The book is now listed as lost. The book is no longer checked out to the patron, it remains on the patron's record as lost with no fine.

Friday Fun X2 4 U

BEDS

This is a repost...that time of year is upon us.

The Basic Educational Data System (BEDS), created by the New York State Education Department (SED) Information Center on Education, contains statistical data on the pupils, staff, and facilities of every local school district, school building, and intermediate district (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services--BOCES) in New York. Librarians provide administrators with information. Watch the video to see how easy it is!

Friday FUN: Let's go shopping!

"Old or new, all with fascinating stories, the bookstores below serve as historic sites, sanctuaries, salons of culture and must-visit entries in any travel itinerary." from CNN's slideshow feature earlier this week.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/23/travel/worlds-coolest-bookstores/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

SWITCH!

Oh, the joy and convenience of digital resources!  Oh, the pain when they don’t work!!

Unfortunately it is not unusual to be successfully reading your eBook or database article one day and unable to continue the next because it won’t open or display correctly—same computer, same browser, same everything! When this happens the most likely culprit is that your browser was updated overnight and is now incompatible with the online app that your eBook provider or database uses.  Chrome automatically pushes out updates to their software and depending on your district’s setting, Internet Explorer can, too. Once this happens it may take days before the digital resource provider realizes their app is no longer working correctly in that browser and reconfigures it to work again.

In the meantime your best defense is to simply switch browsers and try the app again.  If you are in IE, switch to Chrome.  If you are in Chrome, switch to IE.  It is annoying but usually a quick resolution to an immediate problem—especially when you have a classroom of students waiting!

 

Book Covers in Circulation YaY or Nay?

If you'd like to NOT see book covers in circulation, Go to Back Office>Site Configuration and open the Circulation sub tab. Uncheck the boxes circled in blue in the picture and Save. Some remove the pictures from Check In so more books will be listed.

Five Systems

How's Five Systems treating you? It underwent a major upgrade over the summer. Please inform us if any problems - we are helping the developer troubleshoot ongoing issues and fix things. Some have had difficulty logging in. Others have noticed missing records that should be visible. Your input helps make Five Systems a valuable tool. Thanks!