Alexandria Reviews in April 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

Software helps school library to function.

For most checking out and inventory purposes, Alexandria Library Automation Software works great. I wish it were easier to change book information (such as call numbers) in large batches. I also wish the system Alexandria uses to search for book information when entering new books was inclusive of more publishers.

Mostly good with some glitches!

I have been using Alexandria for 10 years now. Recently we upgraded to the all web based version. I feel that it isn't as easily used as in the past; however, Alexandria is great with support and has taken some of our suggestions in the past and implemented them.

Mixed blessings

There are many kid-friendly and librarian-friendly features in the Alexandria product we use! However, there are, as elsewhere stated, too many distracting choices for my students, and too many repeated actions required of me in cataloging and circulation. My work environment prevents me from using the tech support, which is a bummer; at least the COMPanion online reference has been helpful to an extent.

Alexandria Automated Services

It has been my experience over the past 10 years that Alexandria is a very reliable system. Your tech support folks are super helpful and always wiling to troubleshoot when I have problems. There are so many aspects to Alexandria that even after using it for 10 years I feel I am just scratching the surface of all that it offers.

Easy to maintain

I have been using Alexandria for 15 years now. It took my county a long time to upgrade to the online version, but I am glad we did. It makes cataloguing and upkeep much easier. I have had minimal problems with the system through the years. It is sometimes difficult to locate and format the reports exactly as I want them. However, I have never been completely unable to figure things out. Customer service is usually friendly and helpful (luckily, I have not had to call often). They have been ...

pretty good company

I do like Alexandria but I find that when the company does,"updates" to make things "better" for us,,, it usually isn't. I never know what is changing until I'm trying to do something and It won't do it... I'm not very tech savvy so I have to get a tech person..... I hate that we used to get a books picture when we entered it in computer and now I have to go find it on another site and drag it over. But all in all I do like the way the Alex program works.

Relatively easy and works well

I inherited my library system, and have upgraded some of the features to make it better suited to my students' needs. Overall, I think it is very easy to use, once you learn it. Some of the features (i.e. reports, utilities, etc) require no learning curve, while others you need to think like a programmer to get it do do what you want. I like the web interface availability, though some features are only available through a data station and not through the interface. There are some things I ...

School Library Circulation

I have always been able to use Alexandria with ease. Every once in a while, when I search a book in the catalog, the book does not come up. However, this is an item that I am positive we have in the collection. The search could be improved upon. Overall, I am happy with the product.

uploading info

The only real issue is how we upload our student information into your system. This may actually not be an issue on your end but on ours. It is a difficult process to download our student information from Powerschool, to upload it into your software. I have not tried to do some things with the upgrade we now have, but in the past, I had issues with getting statistics on student usage. Last school year, I wanted the stats for 2 years on how many books some of my students check out. I did ...

Alexandria is great!

The customer service representatives are very knowledgable and are always available to answer any questions I have. There are reports for everything I need. This library automation software makes my job so much easier.