Administration
Preparing for Library Closures in Aspen Discovery
Libraries sometimes have to close for different reasons. Here are the steps to prepare Aspen for a closure. Many of these steps are significantly more complicated for multi-branch or multi-library systems. We've attempted to note those areas below, ...
Global Settings in Aspen Discovery
These areas of Aspen Discovery may impact all libraries, even those with their own scoped catalogs: System Administration > Administration Users Anyone with the permission to “Administer Users” can add/delete users without restriction across ...
Make your "OPAC View" link in Koha work with Aspen
This is a little trick for libraries using Aspen as a discovery layer and Koha as a backend. In the Koha staff client you may be familiar with a button on the record detail page that says: “OPAC view: Open in a new window”. This whisks you away to ...
Password Reset via Email in Aspen Discovery and Koha
In order to enable the password reset prior to login you will want to enable the ability within Aspen under Primary Configuration. Open the library system you want this ability for and scroll down to ILS/Account integration. Within User Profile you ...
Accessibility Compliance for Aspen
Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA's goal is to comply with level 2.1 AA standards of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). While accessibility guidelines are meant to ensure equal access to online content, these standards actually benefit all ...
Aspen/Koha Glossary
Aspen Koha Description Materials request Purchase suggestion Allows patrons to request that the library purchase a title Freeze/unfreeze Suspend/unsuspend Temporary pause on a hold Patron types Patron categories Broad groupings of patrons (including ...