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OLD HOMEPAGE: OPALS - Screencasts

Information and Resources for School Librarians

Interlibrary Loan Screencasts

How to request an ILL

How to respond to an ILL request

How to add incoming ILLs (ILL temp record)

How to receive an ILL returned from another library

How to return an ILL to its home library

How to get ILL stats

How to tell if an ILL item has been lost

How to cancel a recent ILL request

Collection Development - Screencasts

How to analyze your collection using Follett Titlewave

How to analyze your collection using Perma-Bound

Inventory

Inventory helpful hints

How to load a txt file into inventory module

How to scan items for inventory using Notepad

How to scan items for inventory using ordinary things (Google Docs and a generic scanner)

OPALS Basics

Circulation Basics

Adding new users

Creating class lists

Changing user/item settings

Pay/waive features

How to put an item on reserve/hold

Tweaking System Preferences

How to change inactive status to active

How to use Quick Cat to add individual items to collection

How to add a holding to an existing record

More OPALS Screencasts

New! Student view: How to reserve an Item

Updated Self Reserve and Librarian Reserve

Quarantine Feature

What happens when quarantine expires?

Due date reassignment utility

What is "in processing"?

Adding a thumbnail image (cover) to a record

How to handle payment for lost item

How to issue a refund in OPALS

Create a temporary shelving location

How to properly delete items from collection

How to group edit users

Tabs and other homepage editing

Offline Circulation - Screencast

Offline circulation mode tutorial

Offline circulation mode link