Aleph 18 Update Systems

The ALEPH documentation can be found at: http://www.mnpals.org/aleph/syslibs/systems.html

Download ALEPH Software

http://www.mnpals.org - Support Center - Download ALEPH 18
This download will work with Windows XP/2000 and Windows Vista.

Server Name Changes

Old names = lute.msus.edu and harp.msus.edu
New names = dev18.mnpals.net and aleph.mnpals.net

*Notify Firewall Administrator

Your PC Settings

Setup information was e-mailed Friday, Jan 25th.
Rosie Mock at MSU, Mankato and Dan worked through a process to retain your pc's .ini and .dat settings from the ver17 program.

ALEPHCOM.INI

BccAddress= (Sytems Libriarian General P.9)
Emailing of notices will now be able to send a copy elsewhere.

PrintdAutoActivate=(Y,N) (Sytems Libriarian General P.16)
PrintdAutoDeactivate=(Y,N)
Automatically turn Print Daemon on or off when opening or closing ALEPH.

[VersionControl] (Sytems Libriarian General P.8)
RunAtStartup=(Y,N)
We have configured the program to automatically perform a "Version Check" at startup.

STAFF PERMISSIONS

Configure ILL Unit (Staff User's Guide - Staff Privileges P.10)
Added features of a second page. Identify staff member, expire or block staff.
- (Staff User's Guide - Staff Privileges P.11) or (Release Notes - Staff Privileges P.5)
"Staff Reports" are a new menu selection found under Services.
- You can list Privileges by sections for a staff member.
- You can review a staff user's catalog level, circ level or function proxy.

ILL

Staff Permissions under XXX40 will need to be reviewed. Remember, it's easier to "allow all"
and take away the various levels of access to XXX40.

CIRCULATION

Under "Loan", there is a new way of configuring Library Hours vs modifying tab17

E-MAIL

Plain text XSL templates no longer need to be explicitly defined as plain-<template name>.xsl files;

If no plain text template exists, one will be built on the fly when an e-mail is sent.

If you do use plain text XSL, “##” can now be used in the XSL templates to indicate a 'new line'