Hi,

I wanted to share that DePauw has decided to bypass the ExLibris Reserves module all together for our print/media reserve items. We were already using Blackboard for our e-Reserves, managed by our Circulation staff. We decided to take that one step further by adding links for the rest of the reserve items to the OPAC records. So, our patrons will see all items on reserve for the library, whether print, media or electronic in Blackboard.

We will still work with Aleph to add personal copies and to move owned items into Reserves. Rather than getting into too much detail, I thought we would share our procedures and attached them in a Word document. We think this will greatly reduce the time we spent managing reserves in the Reserves module due to the problems were were encountering. We have integrated MacroExpress into our process to make the process even more efficient. Plus, we will now get a comprehensive list of reserve items WITH course and instructor name for the first time since we have been with ExLibris.

I have also attached the Macros we are using as well. If you have any questions, please let us know.

- Sherri

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