Resources

View MackinVIA Activity

As a MackinVIA™ Administrator, you can view the activity of your Backpacks and Resources. To view your MackinVIA activity, begin by logging into your administrator account at https://www.mackinvia.com/admin. To skip to a subsection of this topic, choose from the links below. Viewing Backpack Activity Viewing Resource Activity Navigating MackinVIA Activity Disable MackinVIA Activity Viewing Backpack…

Digital Migration Policy

MackinVIA is a complete digital resource management system designed to house, manage, and provide easy access to all your library’s digital resources. MackinVIA provides numerous advanced user tools including the ability to highlight, take notes, add a bookmark, and download titles for offline access. Users can also utilize the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and access citations within…

Editing Resources

Full Administrators can edit digital resources in MackinVIA. First, log into your MackinVIA Administrator account (https://www.mackinvia.com/Admin) with your Mackin.com email address and password. Choose Resources > All (make sure you select the correct VIA if there is more than one account). Click the Edit button displayed next to the title on the Resources screen. You can change almost all the data describing the resources, including the Prefix /…

Add New Resources

Print Topic As a MackinVIA Administrator, you can add new resources (ebooks, databases, etc.), LTI resources, and other digital content to MackinVIA. Adding resources gives you the power to make MackinVIA the sole access point for your school/library’s digital content. Once a resource has been added, your users will be able to search for and…

Activate or Deactivate Existing Resources

First, log into your MackinVIA Administrator account (https://www.mackinvia.com/Admin) with your Mackin.com email address and password. Choose Resources > All (make sure you select the correct VIA if there is more than one account). Activate the titles you want visible to your patrons. Deactivate the titles you want to hide (the label next to deactivated titles should read Inactive. If not, click the Active button…