Media Flex is the parent company of Open-source Automated Library System. In the ONC BOCES region 25 school libraries use OPALS. Instructions below were created and shared by Media Flex.
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA
Setting Up Circulation Parameters Policies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlyNPpVTER8&index=7&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA
Printing Student/User Barcodes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NPx8HBDeM&t=12s
Adding a Student, Teacher, User to OPALS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsfguDqwcMY&index=2&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA
Creating a Bibliography In OPALS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsfguDqwcMY&index=2&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA
Adding Library Personnel to OPALS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzwMPUHSxL4&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=7
Reader Ratings/Book Reviews in OPALS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Ua5Sq8qoc&index=8&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA
Deleting Items via Hitlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J5PwKNuHMk&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=24
Running Overdues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwLWJjbSJeQ&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=6
Adding Cover Images to Items In OPALS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5-66QKGanM&t=21s
Importing/Cataloging OPALS eBooks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVbOiVkAE8E&t=151s
Using the MARC Editor to Catalog Items
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Wrfe_k7dI&t=67s
Cataloging and z-import:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omRqqzLh-oA&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=23
Printing Barcode and Spine Labels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQsJfRQuBV0&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=21
Merging Bibliographic/MARC Records and Associated Holdings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hZ0Js-8Dw&index=17&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA
Adding Additional Copies/Holdings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrK0Mybu6IY&index=5&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA
Barcode Range and Assignment Table Tool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ulfKIK8Fc&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=24
Importing Vendor MARC Record Files:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jZi2Z47LmQ
Adding A User (Teacher, Student, etc.) to OPALS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsfguDqwcMY
Creating Topic Walls in OPALS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9k10YXZBUA&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=26
Pt 1 Editing Home Page:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps4N5q4JY8k&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=19
Pt 2 Editing the Home Page:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0lxyjYrvl0&index=16&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA
Creation and Using Hitlists in OPALS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1nseReIlI&list=UUZOfbAtq3UECt9sUl02E1RA&index=11