After a polite requested we received today, we have added, to Athenaeum Pro 8.6 a tab in the check borrower screen that also shows current reserves for the checked borrower. Contact us if you would like to get this upgrade.

This video demonstrates generating a report of the most issued items for any period of time. In the Issue History, find the items for the period in question, then generate the item/title report. The report defaults to reporting the individual items (or copies). Holding the SHIFT key when selecting the report will summarise by titles (where each […]

This quick video shows how you can process lost items in Athenaeum Pro 8.6, optionally sending the item immediately to the archive and optionally adding a fee to the borrower. The fee is calculated as the base fee + replacement cost (or a combination), according to your preferences.

The documentation for the newly released Athenaeum Pro web templates is now available. If you are exploring your web publishing options and would like to know more, please send an e-mail to support@sumware.co.nz requesting same and we will send by return e-mail.

For schools running Kamar and Athenaeum, please double check this updated note: http://sumware.net/athenaeum/athnotes/?p=103

For Athenaeum schools running both the “library” and “resource” versions of Athenaeum Pro 8.5**, we have made available a revised utility that synchronises borrowers between the two modules. Each Athenaeum site can customise the function of the utility. There are two ways to run this utility - manually or scheduled on your FileMaker Server. You choose the […]

Here’s a very short movie showing how to perform a custom find in the Athenaeum Pro circulation (using FileMaker Pro version 10). As always, you can start, stop and replay the movie at any time. […]

To remove a name from the reserve list in the Athenaeum Catalogue, please click the little cross to the right of the name and then confirm the delete when prompted. You can also remove reserves from the borrower’s detail screen and the reserve list in a similar manner.

Here’s a silent movie showing how to set up a FileMaker Server script to synchronise borrowers and photos within Athenaeum Pro and Resource. Click the thumbnail to get started.

Here’s a narrated movie showing how Borrower Levels stored with borrower types and individual items work together to assist you restricting certain kinds of issues. Click the image to open the video in YouTube in HD (you can change the settings if your internet connection isn’t fast enough). Or click this link for an alternative site.