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:

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 […]