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Alexandria v5.5.2 Released!

2006-08-28T09:41:00.003-06:00

For Immediate Release
COMPANION RELEASES ALEXANDRIA® V5.5.2

SALT LAKE CITY, UT, July 21, 2006—
COMPanion Corporation announced Friday, July 21, 2006, the release of Alexandria v5.5.2, which includes many enhanced and performance enhancements designed to improve stability and ease of use in Alexandria v5.5.2. The following are a selection of the benefits:

MARC Search
Use 5.5.2's new Z39.50 MARC Search to locate more complete records, update your brief records or use it to copy catalog new items into your system.

Patron Information Exchange
Schedule importing and exporting updates of patron information shared with your school administration software. Eliminate the time, money and hassle of configuring SIF or manually updating patron records.

Super Summary 2
Make your own version of the Super Summary. Specify the information columns to display and the row breakdowns to be used. Create and save as many versions as your need.

…and many more benefits!

ABOUT ALEXANDRIA
Alexandria, known for its ease of use and exceptional 24/7/365 technical support, is a library automation system used in thousands of libraries worldwide since 1988—from single libraries to school districts of 350+. Alexandria saves precious time and resources with its ability to efficiently manage today's libraries, making the jobs of administrators, technology coordinators, and librarians easier and less costly. Most importantly, Alexandria promotes student achievement in ways that other library management systems are not able. Alexandria may be configured as a Client/Server model for optimal networking speed and functionality, or as a complete Web-based configuration for ease and convenience. Alexandria offers the best cross-platform and/or Web-based library automation solution for the latest operating systems including Windows XP and Macintosh OS X.

ABOUT COMPANION CORP.
COMPanion Corporation, headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, is the developer of Alexandria Library Automation. COMPanion’s suite of 100% cross-platform products include Alexandria; Textbook Tracker, a textbook management tool for schools; eLunchroom, a point-of-sale K-12 cafeteria management tool; and SmartMARC, an efficient MARC cataloging tool. For over 17 years, COMPanion has established itself as a leader in the K-12 education market.

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Contact:
Darren Dibb
COMPanion Corporation
801-365-0520
ddibb@goalexandria.com

Alexandria 5.5.1.1 Released

2006-04-17T17:06:00.000-06:00

Alexandria 5.5.1.1 Released

Alexandria 5.5.1.1 is a maintenance release with many minor enhancements and changes. Over 100 changes have been made. Alexandria is now built as a universal binary application which runs natively on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macintosh computers. All users with machines meeting the minimum system requirements should upgrade to this version.

Alexandria's Hardware Recommendations

Update to Alexandria 5.5.1.1 now!

In other update news, check back this week for Textbook Tracker 3.2!

Alexandria's Tip of the Week - open for questions and comments

2006-03-09T12:27:00.000-07:00

In an effort to hear more feedback from our customers, we have begun posting the Alexandria Tip of the Week on the Alexandria forums, as well as the normal spot on the website. The purpose for this is to enable users to ask questions and make comments, which will be answered by our knowledgable in-house librarians. Take a look!
Alexandria Subforum: Alexandria Tips

Thank you,
Melody Sheya
Web Mistress
Marketing
msheya@companioncorp.com

COMPanion's Forums

2006-02-22T13:47:00.000-07:00

Did you know that COMPanion has added public forums to their websites? It is a place where we hope you as librarians and customers can come together and form a community; and now for a limited time, if you register an account on the goalexandria.com forums and make 10 posts we'll send you a free Alexandria t-shirt!

Register Here!

Our other forums:

Textbook Tracker's Forums
eLunchroom's Forums
SmartMARC's Forums
COMPanion's Forums

In other news, SmartMARC v6.0.0 has been released! You can download the new version at www.smartmarc.com

Melody Sheya
Web Mistress
msheya@companioncorp.com

Happy New Year from COMPanion Corp.!

2006-01-05T11:33:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the new year! The following is a list of tradeshows COMPanion will be attending in early 2006.

January 2006
1/20/06-1/23/06 ALA Midwinter 2006 San Antonio, TX
February 2006
02/07/06-02/10/06 TCEA 2006 Austin, TX
02/13/06-02/15/06 Ohio School Net 2006 Columbus, OH
02/24/06-02/25/06 AASA 2006
March 2006
03/22/06-03/24/06 FETC 2006 Orlando, FL

Don't forget: The Alexandria Tip of the Week is updated weekly! There was a short break for Christmas and New Year's, but check back every week for new Tips written by our in-house librarians.

Alexandria Tip of the Week

Thanks,
Melody Sheya
Web Mistress
msheya@companioncorp.com

Tip of the Week for November 14th

2005-11-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

This week's Tip of the Week is Finding a Patron by First Name.

Thanks,
Melody Sheya
Web Mistress
msheya@companioncorp.com

Welcome to COMPanion Corp's Blog

2005-11-14T10:53:00.000-07:00

Welcome to COMPanion's blog! Here you will find updates, news, and event notifications, no matter how big or how small!

Goings on in November:

Tradeshows COMPanion will be at:
11/17/05-11/19/05 CSLA Ontario, CA

11/29/05-12/01/05 TETC 2005 Nashville, TN

11/29/05-11/30/05 Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference 2005 Nashua, NH

Textbook Tracker v.3.10 Released on November 7, 2005. Read the Press Release and update now!

Alexandria's Tip of the week for November 7, 2005: Refunding Money from the Circulation Window

Did you know that COMPanion has a forum for each of their websites?

Alexandria Forums
Textbook Tracker Forums
eLunchroom Forums
SmartMARC Forums

Do you have suggestions or ideas for COMPanion? Let us know!

Melody Sheya
Web Mistress
msheya@companioncorp.com