FlexiSpell can help library patrons search for catalogue items. It allows Athenaeum Pro to accommodate common misspellings, synonyms or even related topics, if you choose.

Quick video showing how to bring in borrower images from a folder. The names of each image must match the borrower's bar code. So a borrower with a bar code of 10123 will have a matching image 10123.jpg

A screen-cast from Athenaeum Pro 8 days showing importing a folder of images into the catalogue. If you need to do this with Athenaeum Pro 2011 (which is often automatic, now), then this ability is still there.

Athenaeum Pro 8.5 - controlling issues using borrower levels. Levels are an arbitrary rating system (e.g. "age" or "school year") that can be used assist restricting issues to certain categories of borrower. The video also shows how you, as a library manager, can override levels if you need to.

Athenaeum Pro 2011 exposes more flexibility about how users can be configured to search either the titles or the copies tables in your catalogue. This silent video runs through your options

To find the most issued items for any period of time, search the issue history for that period and report by item/title

Should you have to import borrowers manually from a csv file, tab file or Excel spreadsheet, you can do this quickly. This video shows a simple update.

Processing lost items is easier, with the option of immediately archiving items as well as applying optional fees to borrowers