One of our Lexwin customers tells me that Amazon will allow users to earn a sales commission if a purchase is made through an "associates" link. We have by...
The previous post on Lex1 showed how the link from Display screen ISBN to Amazon entry should work. However Lexwin must know how to link to your browser, and...
One of the little known features of Lexwin is the ability to search unindexed fields. You now can do this without having to understand the special search...
Since February 2008 (Version 1.04.351 and on) Lexwin has had the capability of searching major libraries on the Internet using what is known as Z39.50 access....
One of the little known features of Lexwin is the ability to search unindexed fields. You now can do this without having to understand the special search...
We had a question as to how the browser could be set within Lexwin. You need to access a browser, either because you want access to our online help, or you...
The MARC 856 field is used to insert and access URLs into MARC records. Text is entered which is hyperlinked to the specified URL. Getting 856 fields to link....
We had a question as to how the browser could be set within Lexwin. You need to access a browser, either because you want access to our online help, or you...
Below is a set of instructions as to how you can end an inventory done by range ie "from all number--to call number" and start again inventorying all items,...
January 25, 2011 Find LexWin 1.05.20 as an automatic beta update. Anyone having problems in these areas should update. Click on Help--Check for updates in...
Question: How do you generate multiple holdings in Lexwin without entering each item and its barcode separately. Keywords: automatic number generator, text...
A question arose as to how to complete an inventory when the system shows "duplicate barcodes." I have answered the questions in such a way that it may assist...
If you are using Lexwin on Windows7 you many not notice anything unusual but we have found one area (at least) of incompatibility. See below for an explanation...
If you have a relatively new version of Lexwin you can catalogue within Lexwin using source records from major collections (such as the library of congress),...
One of our customers has reported that items are mysteriously going missing in Lexwin. This is a difficult issue to troubleshoot since there are so many ways...
If you are using Lexwin Beta version 1.05.30 through 1.05.37 you will eventually find some records going missing, only to return mysteriously. Enter Lexwin...
The information below is from a blogsite http://lexelibrarian.blogspot.com/ We are starting to market a growing "reviewed website" database for public library...
Have had a question about Lex running over the web. There is a sister program for Lexwin called Lexweb. Your database resides on our server, and a command in...
Antother of today's questions relates to circulation of periodicals. 1. Cataloguing of Periodicals Library's receive so many periodical issues, its not very...
We don't recommend the Beta version from the downloads page for the faint of heart. However for those who have program backups, and like to experiment there...
Up until this fall I have been a college librarian, but have retired. That leaves more time for Lex Systems and consultancy. If you would like a visit or...
Cataloguers and researchers are almost always aware that they can search the Library of Congress to obtain MARC records for most books. We should also be...
Occasionally a reason comes up that by itself may be a good reason to update. I believe we have such a reason today. Those with the basic version (1.05.40 or...
The downloadable Beta version <%20http://www.lex.sk.ca/lwupb.exe> of Lexwin has a dramatic new capability for structuring bibliographies. If you want to try...
I have updated an earlier post to retract the suggestion that you update by using our website. Generally you should update using "Help-Check for updates" from...
One of our Lex librarians has expressed an interest in having CIRC staff be able to view Lexwin circ.log (View--Log files--Circ Log). This enables tracking of...
Topics: 1. Default browser in Lexwin 2. Lexwin and access to website URLs 1. Default browser in Lexwin Lexwin uses the same browser as any program in Windows...
Here are some Instructions for technical support person if you need to relocate Lexwin and databases to a network location, or new network location We are...
We all pay casual interest to backing up data that is important to us, with your library database the need is greater. Some of the pitfalls we face are: 1....
