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.

Athenaeum is a FileMaker based family of products. FileMaker Inc. have published a compatibility chart for all versions of FileMaker Pro back to version 1, which appeared in 1985.* Support article 4701 We are posting this link here as a reference, for your information. the list does not include FileMaker Pro’s predecessor, the DOS program called Nutshell!

Standard Schedules Kamar installations using Athenaeum should instantiate at least the following two schedules on the Kamar server: These scripts should run daily after the “Kamar - Daily” script completes (allows 20 or 30 minutes). Server Script - Athenaeum can be found in the Kamar “Globals_” file (it is easiest to duplicate the Kamar Server daily script and […]

The list of changes for Athenaeum Pro 8.5 included in the 25 November 2009 update are below. All Athenaeum Pro 8.5 users should apply this update. Contact SumWare Consulting for details. Change & Fix list: The Annual $ Summary has been re-written for a massive increase in speed and a more clearly worded report. Items in the […]

It is a simple matter to export your catalogue information to an Excel spreadsheet. First, find the items you wish to export. In Athenaeum Pro 8.5, you can click the Print button at the top of the list view and then click the Excel button: This will export the following fields: bar code, title, location, call number, dewey, […]