Heritage upgrade

Just to keep you up to date with the latest developments regarding the new incarnation of Heritage...

The new version/upgrade will be called Heritage Cirqa and here is the lastest from the ISOxford support website.

Heritage Cirqa represents the next generation of the Heritage library software and is due for general release early in 2012 (we anticipate that most existing users will wish to wait until the summer break before upgrading).

This version of the software has been designed to work in conjunction with an IIS Heritage service so that it can be accessed remotely from anywhere over the internet. It is based on standard Windows Internet technologies yet is still easily maintainable by library staff.

There is no need for any additional library staff training for those already familiar to Heritage as both the functionality and user interface will remain the same. Existing users can upgrade to it when they are ready and all new customers will receive it as a matter of course.

Adding staff

It has been decided that we will no longer be giving out staff library cards when they sign up to the LRC.  Most staff will be wearing their ID badges and we get to know many of them any way.

Staff will still need to be allocated a Reader ID and this can be done by typing the letter Y and tabbing out of the field to allow Heritage to allocate the next available number.

NB Don't forget that an expiry date needs to be entered and it has been decided that we will enter 31 December 2050.