” The 2022 Modern Library Awards (MLAs) is proud to announce its review scores from participating companies in this special supplement to Library Products & Services News. The MLAs are an unbia...
OPALS Updates – November 2020 Your OPALS support team continues to make and release incremental updates to your library automation system. Instead of releasing updates every four months, we are...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/11/24/opals-updates-november-2020/
Resources & Technology for “The New Normal” “Librarians, OPALS Advisory Board members and support staff collaborated to author and assemble the information in this booklet. In “normal” ...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/09/27/school-library-services-guide-opals-updates/
OPALS Self Service Requests – Curbside – Classroom Delivery Service September 18, 2020 OPALS self-service reserve application has been used by public and academic libraries for over ten years...
Returned Resources Quarantine Management Application Revised September 14, 2020 This is a series of screen captures encapsulating OPALS this application.. “Circulation -> “Returns” screen. ...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/09/27/returned-resources-quarantine-management-application/
School Library Services Guide: FACTS, CHALLENGES & PROCEDURES FOR “NEW NORMAL” SERVICES OPALS Community | COVID-19 Guide | September 2020 Preface – 2020 “The New Normal” Librarians, OPA...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/09/27/facts-challenges-procedures-for-new-normal-services/
OPALS Newsletter Summer Updates July 2020 Although much of our world has paused, due to the COVID-19 virus, librarians in our community have been working to bring learning and reading resources t...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/07/10/our-summer-newsletter-has-arrived/
OPALS “Items on Loan Report” lists library resources that are on loan but not actually overdue. These lists are used to know what is actually on loan for a variety of reasons. N.B. You can pr...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/04/24/items-on-loan-report-email-option-april-2020/
ave a new tutorial on adding video clips to the OPALS homepage:
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/04/07/adding-video-clips-to-the-opals-homepage/
Although your library building is closed, here is a utility that will help you prepare for reopening. By reassigning pre-closing loan transaction due dates you will not have to worry that your s...
You can find our video on adding z39.50 resources here: https://youtu.be/YCa4WMjwObk We also have an updated document on additional resources here: https://help.opalsinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/03/11/adding-z39-50-resources-march-tip-of-the-month/
Open-source Automated Library System
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2020/01/21/updates-newsletter-fall-2019-winter-2020/
Did you know?? We have a YouTube site that is posted to regularly with helpful tricks, tips, and how to videos of making the best of the latest update! We have organized these links in our OPALS ...
Progress Report This report lists developments & updates released from summer 2018 – to late summer 2019. Approximately 70% of the 2018 proposed updates survey (based on advisory board members�...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2019/12/31/2018-2019-progress/
Winter 2018 – Communication OPALS community news Return to print Last year OPALS developers added over 130 updates and new features to the system. Often, when we meet librarians at regional u...
https://help.opalsinfo.net/blog/2018/12/31/2018-tips-and-tricks/