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June 2005:
Surpass Releases Fifth Generation Library Automation
Software
Enhanced centralization features debut as Surpass
Centriva
Surpass Generation 5 provides powerful new and
enhanced features in an easy-to-use, updated
interface librarians will love. Though Surpass has
always included centralization capabilities,
Generation 5 also presents its greatly enhanced
centralization product under the new name Surpass
Centriva. Centriva is ideal for multi-branch public
libraries and for entire school districts wishing to
run a single centralized system with web-based
catalog access.
Centriva is built on the powerful features and
easy-to-use interface of four generations of
existing software. “Rather than starting from
scratch, we have expanded already mature and stable
Surpass,” said Jarrett Volzer, President of Sales
and Marketing. “Users choosing Surpass Centriva
benefit from years of refining and streamlining
centralization capabilities.”
One goal for Surpass Centriva was to provide
individual libraries in a centralized system local
control without sacrificing the benefits of
centralization. Multi-site locations desiring to
operate from a single, combined database can
centralize with Centriva and still choose to allow
the highest level of local library control.
“Individual libraries in a district have
site-specific needs we don’t think should have to be
sacrificed to centralize,” Volzer explained. “With
Centriva, you can either set rules and settings
centrally or easily allow individual libraries to
customize them.”
Surpass Centriva is largely web based to provide the
low maintenance technicians demand from centralized
software systems. The web-based catalog does not
require installation on individual computers
throughout a system or district.
To offer the speed, flexibility, and customization
capabilities not possible with web-based
circulation, Surpass has chosen to retain a desktop
client at the circulation desk.
“Surpass Centriva is the ideal solution for
districts with technicians that need a
low-maintenance system but whose librarians are not
willing to forego the efficiency of desktop client
circulation,” Volzer explained. “The ease of use and
speed of a desktop client simply cannot be matched.”
With the release of Surpass Generation 5, users
benefit from the insight of library professionals
around the world. All Surpass products are largely
built and enhanced as a result of feedback and
suggestions from Surpass users.
“Customers post ideas and suggestions to a ‘wish
list,’ which directs product development,” Volzer
shared. “We realize the professionals who use the
software know their needs better than anyone, and we
listen. Customers are delighted to see the inclusion
of features they requested.”
Surpass Centriva’s unique user interface allows
users to actually design their own data entry and
editing screens, so they can display exactly the
information they need to see for a given task. Other
benefits include automatic AACR2 MARC punctuation,
customized cataloging templates, patron written book
reviews and more.
Surpass is already receiving customer praise for the
just-released upgrade. “We’ve been using the new
features, and are impressed with the changes,” said
Amy Marler of Atlanta in an e-mail to Surpass
Software. “The speed of reports is amazing! Surpass
has done an outstanding job developing Generation 5
and supporting it.”
Try Surpass products free by downloading them at
www.SurpassSoftware.com or calling 706-625-5399 to
request CDs. Surpass customers with a current
support contract may download the upgrade free at
www.SurpassSupport.com.
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