This is a good time to get one of those jobs to do, done...so can anyone help please - once reading lists have been created under tools/management, how can we share these with our users? Thank you
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Hi Val,
You need to assign the reading lists to the users you want to have access to them.
In Management - Tools - Reading Lists select the reading list you want to share. Click on 'Edit'. If you have set it as an 'Individual' reading list, click on the tab that says 'Target', and then click on the button that says 'Add' to choose the borrowers you want to send it to. If you've chosen Year Group, you'll be able to choose individual year groups, or all year groups using the same process. You also have the option to do the same for Tutor Groups, and subjects (although I haven't tried that).
Your borrowers will then be able to see the reading lists that have been assigned to them when they log in to their accounts by selecting the 'Reading List' tab on their home page.
Hope this helps!
Hi Val, I have just tried copying and pasting the URL of one of my reading lists and then clicking on that. This doesn't work. You have to be logged in to the system, it seems, to look at reading lists. If you want to recommend students look at a booklist on social media, you need to tell them to log in to the system. If a book list is targeted at them, they will be able to see it. If you go to Management - Tools - Reading lists, highlight a reading list and click Edit you can choose the type of library user to target and it can be certain groups or individuals.
If you go to Help at the menu at the top of the screen and search for 'creating a reading list' and 'viewing a reading list' it gives more information. It's a shame there isn't a way to export reading lists.
Perhaps someone else has some ideas ...