FEATURED
PRODUCT:
MARCExplorer
MARCExplorer is the latest MARC retrieval
software created by MC˛ SYSTEMS. This useful tool utilizes
your Internet browser to search for MARC records by ISBN number at
not only the Library of Congress only catalog but many other online
library catalogs as well. For only $10.00 per month (one-year
service minimum required) you can add this service to your current
library management software tool box. When you no longer need the
utility you can cancel the service (after 1 year) and you no longer
have to pay for it. Simple, straightforward, no fine
print!
Auto Librarian V.4 users will then use MARC/AL
Interface Utility V.4 to convert the MARC records to Auto Librarian
book records and import these converted Auto Librarian book records
into Auto Librarian. MARCExplorer combined with MARC/AL Interface
Utility V.4 are a great pair of tools to get your libraries holdings
cataloged in no time at all. Add the MARC LOC utility for
those items without ISBN numbers and search the Library of Congress
for MARC records by title, author or subject. All three utilities
are specially priced as the MARC Trio.
Click on the following link for all of the details
and pricing or to apply for a MARCExplorer demo:
http://www.autolib.com/web5/Publisher Conversions/marcexpl.htm
TECH SUPPORT TIPS
Keep your databases healthy by
scanning and defragmenting hard drives and
reindexing the Auto Librarian™ databases weekly. Close Auto
Librarian™ before running the 3 operations above. Also run them if
you have a “bad shut down” or “freezing” of Windows when Auto
Librarian™ is open. If you have this situation you may get an error
upon entering Auto Librarian "Access disabled due to an earlier
index error". If this error appears close all programs and run
scandisk, defragment and reindex immediately.
It is crucial to
back up the Tables folder daily using
Microsoft backup (click My Computer, right click on the C drive,
Properties, Tools): Backup Now for hard drive backup.
Also in this location are Check Now for scanning the hard
drive and Defragment Now for defragmenting the hard drive.
When backing up your data using Microsoft Backup choose to backup
the Tables folder only (it is located in the Auto Librarian
folder). The Tables folder contains all of your current data.
The Tables folder is the folder which would need to be restored
should you encounter any hard drive problem or after uninstalling
and reinstalling Auto Librarian™ onto the hard drive from the
cdrom. When restoring be sure to overwrite all
files.
Remember to place an extra backup set of
disks off site for insurance purposes and replace it with new backup
disks periodically. This information will be quite valuable if
you need to produce a list of books in case of fire or flood.
We have had several Auto Librarian™ libraries which have been glad
to have a backup off site for this purpose.
Reindex is located in the Auto
Librarian 4 folder. Run the subverify and memoverify
utilities in the System folder (in the Auto Librarian 4 folder)
periodically in addition to and before reindex. Download latest
service pack if these two utilities are not in your system
folder.
You can backup easily on a zip drive
(available from MC˛ SYSTEMS), or on a thumb drive, by clicking on the Tables folder (Click
Start, Programs, Auto Librarian 4, Auto Librarian 4 folder, Tables
folder) click Edit, Copy. Put a zip disk in the zip drive. Click My
Computer, Click the Zip Drive icon and click Edit paste to the zip
drive. After the copy is finished right click on the Tables folder
(on the zip disk) and rename the folder to read Tables 113003
(for November 30, 2003) backup. Do this daily renaming for each
backup date. In this way several backups can be saved on one zip
disk. Keep several backups on hand from several different dates
giving you the option of restoring a previous date if
needed.
Windows XP/2000/NT users need to use
Barcode 39NT to print barcode labels in place of the
"onboard" Auto Librarian barcode program. Barcode
39NT is located in the System folder in the Auto Librarian
folder. If not located there download it from our website in
the Updates section: http://www.autolib.com/updates.
If you are unable to print reports
because the print icon is disabled (dimmed), and your printer is
connected and functioning in other programs, be sure that Report
Printing Capability is not checked in the Password User and
Access Form (located in the Utilities, Setup, Information Editor,
Password Selection (click Close). Click Accept Selections if
making a change and Close. Try printing the report
again.
Go to the first record when
searching by Title, Author, Subject and Callnum to see if there are
empty spaces before titles, authors and subjects which will keep
these headings from indexing properly. If so, edit the record(s) and
run Key Words Build when all records are edited. Edit borrower
records in the same way (searching by last name).
Remember if you don't find the
answer you need in the Getting Started Manual, the
Auto Librarian onboard Help file (click the Help file
folder tab or the F1 key at any location in Auto Librarian
for the Help file for that operation) or in the Support
portion of the website you can get an answer via email at:
techsupport@autolib.com
Please
take a moment to email any changes to your librarian's contact
information: librarian's name, phone, fax, street address, city,
state, 9 digit zipcode and email
address to sales@autolib.com
so that our customer database has the latest information for
your library.
