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ALEPH500 Documentation

Learn how documentation in ALEPH evolves with system updates. Discover specific goals and key resources to stay informed. Unleash the power of ALEPH with detailed guides in various formats.

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ALEPH500 Documentation

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  1. ALEPH500 Documentation

  2. Documentation • 14.2 Seminar • March 2001 Documentation

  3. Agenda • In this session we will show how changes between different versions are reflected in the documentation Documentation

  4. In the beginning… • …there were two types of ALEPH users Documentation

  5. Those who read the documentation… Documentation

  6. …and those who didn’t Documentation

  7. Ex Libris TechnicalWriters’ Motto: • Read the • Documentation! Documentation

  8. ALEPH Documentation Readership • Librarians (end-users) • System Librarians and / or System • Administrators (can change system • settings) • Internal (translators, distributors, • trainers, sales and marketing, etc.) Documentation

  9. ALEPH Documentation Readers’ Goals • Learn the ALEPH system • Work with ALEPH • Learn an ALEPH procedure • Keep up-to-date with ALEPH • changes Documentation

  10. ALEPH Documentation Team Goal • To write documentation that is: • Accurate • Comprehensive • User-friendly • Up-to-date • Easily accessible Documentation

  11. ALEPH Documentation • Release Notes • Web Guide • Online Help • Batch Services Help • Word Documents Documentation

  12. 1RELEASE NOTES Documentation

  13. Release Notes • If you want to find out what’s new in • a version, go straight to Release • Notes: Documentation

  14. Release Notes • The release notes contain all the changes that were made in each module and in ALEPH and ORACLE tables. • Documentation & Translation and Functionality release notes are organized by module. Documentation

  15. Staff Menu – Release Notes Documentation

  16. Release Notes Documentation

  17. Release Notes Documentation

  18. Release Notes • Based on rep-vers and • rep-changes • Constantly being updated • Includes current and all • previous versions Documentation

  19. Release Notes • Changes documented in release notes are incorporated into ”regular” documentation: • Web Guide • Online Help • Batch Services Help • Lists Documentation

  20. Release Notes • Changes documented in release notes are incorporated when “upgrading” documentation: • Lists • Implementation Notes Documentation

  21. 2WEB GUIDE Documentation

  22. Staff Menu – Web Guide Documentation

  23. Web Guide Main Menu Documentation

  24. Web Guide • The Web Guide is the primary • source of information for ALEPH • librarians Documentation

  25. 3ONLINE HELP Documentation

  26. Online Help • When reviewing a GUI module in a new version, it is helpful to use the online help to familiarize yourself with any features that you have not previously encountered. Documentation

  27. Online Help • To invoke online help: • Click the Help button on any window • Press the F1 key on a menu option • Select Help >Contents from the menu bar Documentation

  28. Online Help –Sample Page Documentation

  29. 4BATCH SERVICES HELP Documentation

  30. Staff Menu – Batch Services Documentation

  31. Batch Services Help • Every batch service contains a help section which is updated from version to version in the event of changes. Documentation

  32. Batch Services Help Documentation

  33. 5WORD DOCUMENTS Documentation

  34. Staff Menu – Documentation Documentation

  35. WORD Documents – Documentation Menu Documentation

  36. WORD Documents • Located on the ALEPH Staff • Menu / Documentation Menu and • saved in PDF: • Guides • Lists • How-tos Documentation

  37. Guides • A new guide, Customizing ALEPH Reports with Infomaker, reflects the changes in printing. Documentation

  38. Lists • All the lists are updated in 14.2. • The Implementation Notes reflect all the changes in tables. Documentation

  39. Lists Documentation

  40. How-tos • How-tos contain task-oriented instructions on a large number of different topics. For example, Apache server, catalog record loader, setting up libraries, and many more. Documentation

  41. Summary • Read Release Notes for details on all changes between releases. • Read the Web Guide for in-depth information on all ALEPH modules. • Read the Implementation Notes for concise listings of table changes. Documentation

  42. Documentation

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