HIT: Athena

[lorraine Knight <libconv@PRIMENET.COM>]

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:01:04 -0500
>From: Philip Stohrer <pstohrer@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu>
>Reply-To: pstohrer@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu
>To: lorraine Knight <libconv@primenet.com>
>Subject: Athena
>
>I have been using Athena for about two years after upgrading from MOLLI
>(Nichol's DOS product.)  It is used K-12 in Portage at 7 elementaries, 3
>middle schools and two high schools.  It is also used in a union catalog
>which is maintained by the cataloger.
>
>The feature I like best about Athena is the search interface.  It is
>easy enough for the early elementary students to use, but it also has
>the power of a multi-term boolean search for the high school students.
>The interface is also very intuitive (at least for the students, I'm
>still struggling with the teachers!)
>
>I have recently become the moderator for the Athena User Group.  If you
>client has any specific questions, or would like to direct general
>questions to a group of users, feel free to contact me and I will
>forward them to the group.
>
>--Phil
>--
>Philip Stohrer
>West Middle School
>Portage, Michigan
>pstohrer@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu   http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~pstohrer
>
>

>We are not in a union catalog situation.
>I just started w/Athena this fall and it is great--so easy to
>use and customer support is wonderful.  The only problem I have
>had is during the retro con they made a fair number of errors
>in the titles, spelling, format designation in the barcodes.
>However, they cheerfully and promptly corrected them.
>Good luck,
>Julia
>
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>
I am still on the old system, MOLLI, but I love it. I would like to go to
>ATHENA, but our BOCES is supporting Mandarin and in order to get state
>aide, we would have to go with that. So we are a lone duck out here. My
>first graders use it. I also, love it for the reserves the students can
>place on books, when the one they want is unavailable at the time. The
>technical service has always been helpful when I call, but i call very
>infrequently, the manual answers my questions & / or I have little need for
>their help!
>Good luck,
>If Athena is as good as Molli, you should really like it.
>Jackie Groves
>
>Jackie Groves
>Elem. Librarian
>Edward R. Andrews Elem. School
>Box 990
>Morrisville, NY 13408
>315-684-9288
>jgroves@mecs.moric.org
>
>
>I too am working with a client, assisting
>them in choosing software.  It is a school district who has no choice but
>to go with a union catalog.  When we talked with the Athena rep he was
>very vague about setting up a union catalog.  Said it was not his area of
>expertise.  He did mention the Albequerque School District had a union
>catalog.

Sally Martinus <martinus@wahoo.sjsu.edu>