Sagebrush Corp. has announced the release of Athena v8.1, its PC-based automated library system. The new release integrates Z39.50 search facilities, ranks search results by relevance, stores patron email addresses, prints patron circulation summaries, and improves backup. Also included is visual searching, an interface that helps younger patrons explore library resources with colorful icons.
Athena is not entirely Windows-based. Its acquisitions and serials control modules, which are used by less than 1 percent of the customers, are DOS-based. Athena is marketed to all types of libraries, but school libraries represent more than 85 percent of the installed sites.
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