Adding or Editing Closed Dates
A step by step guide to adding closed holidays and recurring closed days, as well as system messages for delayed opening.
Assigning Administrator Permissions to Staff
Step by step instructions for creating new Aspen Admin accounts.
Creating New Menu Links
A step by step guide to creating new menu links in the top menu bar or the hamburger menu.
Library Hours
A step by step guide to adding or updating library hours.
System Messages
A step by step guide to creating system messages through both Library Settings and Local Catalog Enrichment.
Catalog/Grouped Works: Author Authorities
This handout covers the creation of new author authorities to aid with the creation of grouped works.
Catalog/Grouped Works: Grouped Work Display
Grouped Work Display settings can be used to adjust the way that grouped works and search results display. This handout arranges those settings in easier to use ways to help help increase the discoverability of the settings you need.
Data Sources For Display Fields
This handout provides documentation of the sources for each field that might potentially be displayed on a record.
Default Book Covers
This handout contains a set of guides walking through how to view/change the colors for Aspen's Default Book Covers, and also how to set the default cover to an image.
Grouping and Ungrouping Titles in Aspen
An introduction to Aspen's Grouped Works and step by step instructions on how to group and ungroup titles.
Side Loading Basics
Sideloading, or adding MARC records directly into Aspen can be used to increase the discoverability of your digital content subscriptions and other extra resources. This handout covers the basics of creating and managing Aspen side loads.