The fastest way to duplicate an item many times might be Athenaeum Pro’s “periodical” function. While normally used for subscription item, here we are using it to create 60 copies of a resource book in the catalogue. Enter the core detail of the item in question (title, author, location, ISBN, subjects, notes, etc.), specify whether […]

Sometimes overlooked is Athenaeum Pro’s “Find and Replace” feature, which can update multiple records quickly and easily. Click the image to see a short, silent video highlights some of the differences. Watch in 480p quality or better.

Athenaeum Pro 2011 is flexible with the way you manage your subjects. It allows either freeform or strict adherence to your authority lists. Click the image to see a short, silent video highlights some of the differences. Watch in 480p quality or better.

Athenaeum Pro exposes more of its internals with respect to “Titles” and “Copies”. As an administrator, you work with individual copies of items or media. You can, however, configure Athenaeum Pro 2011 searchers to see only “Titles” when searching or the individual copies. Click the image to see a short, silent video highlights some of the […]

Athenaeum users who subscribe to Curriculum Corp’s SCIS service may have noticed that some of the recent changes implemented in SCISWeb have not flowed through to Athenaeum. For example, if you are using the SCISWeb OPAC, you may see a screen like the following: (don’t worry about the content, rather look at the amount of content) However, […]

One way of showing images for a book is to calculate a URL, using the book’s ISBN, that shows an image from the web. With the change to the ISBN formatting (where Athenaeum automatically adds the 13 digit code if you enter a 10 digit code), your formula will need to be modified slightly. Simply copy and […]

Athenaeum Pro can assist your library patrons when searching for items, by adding alternative spellings for commonly misspelled search terms. You can add alternatives on an as needed basis, where those alternatives are misspellings or even synonyms. Click the thumbnail image below for a short YouTube video showing how this works. Best watched at YouTube’s “480p” […]

As of 2007, ISBN codes were transitioned from 10 digit codes to 13 digit codes. If you are not familiar with the details, you can read about it here Library of Congress 13 digit ISBN or SCIS ISBN 13 FAQ Many cataloging services now return ISBNs in the 13 digit format. If you have items in your catalogue with […]

If you don’t have an automatic system for importing borrower photos, the please have a look at this video we did when Athenaeum Pro 8 was released. Best watched at YouTube’s “480p” setting.

When using custom web publishing and the Athenaeum Web templates, if your searches are returning a blank page, then php is likely running out of memory. Resolve this simply by having your IT support increase the memory allocated for a script to a larger value, by editing memory_limit in php.ini. For example: memory_limit = 128M […]