Here’s a quick movie that shows you how to delete part of the issue history. This example shows how to delete the history prior to 1 January 2006.

This note is still relevant, so it’s worth linking to our old Athenaeum Notes archive document about importing Athenaeum Light 6 data into Athenaeum Light 7: Note 37 As always, if you get stuck, please contact support.

We have had a few questions asking about using the “integrated” MARC decoder in Athenaeum Pro 7.6 recently, so I’ve thrown together a quick movie of the process. It is a QuickTime Movie, so if your Windows computer does not have QuickTime installed, just go to the QuickTime web site and download the free software. If you […]

Two suppliers of images you may wish to consider are Curriculum Corporation SCISWeb and Syndetics. When you have an active account with either of these suppliers, you must add a URL formula for that supplier. Here are some example formulae you can use. Sorry if this looks a bit technical, all most libraries will need to do […]

You can, via a web page, upload your files to us if we need to see them. Click this link to go to the upload page. Here is a .pdf file that describes the process. uploading_files_to_swc.pdf

We had an interesting “while you are on the phone, can I ask you?” type problem from a Wellington school recently. The librarian described to me that when she tried to issue a particular book, Athenaeum Pro was giving the “not in catalogue” error, yet she could see the book in the catalogue. Not imagining things I happened […]

Instant Web Publishing A quick way to stop guests accessing Athenaeum Pro 7.5 and 7.6 via the web accounts is to simply change the passwords for those accounts and don’t tell anyone the new passwords! go to the Administration screen click the Accounts and passwords tab click the Reset Web account or Reset Guest Account buttons and enter the […]

Just a quick note for those who have recently updated to Athenaeum Pro 7.6. The MARC decoder was integrated recently, giving you the choice of using the stand-alone tool or the integrated MARC decoder. Documentation for the integrated MARC decoder starts on page 32 of the Pro 7.6 notes which can be downloaded from here: http://www.sumware.net/athdownloads/docs/athenaeumpro76notes.pdf

In late May 2007, an Athenaeum Pro problem and its cause was identified. The problem is that returning issued items using the “Issue” login account, apparently in certain network configurations, results in the history record to not be stored correctly and is eventually lost. That means that you can not analyse borrowings for items returned this […]

A bug in Athenaeum Pro 7.0 was recently found. Notification letters printed to reservers of items are addressed to the newest reserver of that item instead of the oldest reserver. I don’t have a fix for this yet, though it is pretty high up on the list of things. There is a work around. Simply try to issue […]