Respected Professionals:
Greetings from NewGenLib Open Source. We are happy to announce the release of Version 3.0.4 Release 1 Update 2. We thank the NGL Open Source Community of librarians for providing us their valuable feedback and suggestions. We dedicate this update to them as always.

What was the focus in this update?
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In this release NGL is bent and beaten for corporate libraries. Circulation, OPAC, End of day process and Technical Processing modules have been the primary focus

What's new in this update?
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1. Extending the usage of Sub locations: Sub locations are multiple locations of libraries. For example: A corporate might be having multiple libraries in City A, City B etc.. You can now assign sub locations for users and items (accession numbers) also. Items checked out in one sub location can be checked in another sub location. NGL reports gives a report of items of a sub location that are present in other sub locations. In OPAC, system displays the sub location of individual items

2. Apply changes to multiple accession numbers at update holdings: Earlier when you are modifying an accession number you can apply the changes to all accession numbers of that title. Now you can apply changes to a set of accession numbers instead of all accession numbers

3. Remarks field added to Circulation transaction: A remarks field is now added to Circulation transactions. This means during any circulation transaction you can add comments/remarks

4. You can now edit Check out date while checking out items.

5. Quick over ride facility to check out more items than loan limit: You can now check out more than loan limit to a patron. You only need to click a over ride button. However this functionality is only available to library staff provided the privileges are given to them

6. Renewals after due date: Does your library have a policy to allow renewals even after due date? If yes, then select the check box "Allow Renewals after Due Date" in General Setup Parameters. The System will allow you to renew items even after due date

7. Over ride over dues in "Report item lost" functionality: You can over ride overdue/fine during report loss of item functionality

8. Three new Circulation queries are added: In Queries -> Circulation, 3 new queries are added. The first one is "Reservation status of a Patron", this query shows the current reservations of a Patron. This query also displays the items held by other patrons and also the items present at circulation desk.
The second query is User Information which provides a comprehensive information about the User
The third query is Item information which provides comprehensive information about an Item (accession number)

9. Users can submit their photos while signing up: In the sign up functionality the users can now upload their photos.

10. Login Id and a flag for local database authentication(Specific for LDAP): Apart from Patron Id/User Id, the users can also login into their OPAC accounts using a Login Id. If you are using LDAP for authentication then system uses Login Id field for authentication. Not all of your users may have accounts in your LDAP server, if that's the case then for those users you can set the "local database authentication". If this is done then system check the local database only for authentication.

11. NGL Work Bench: NGL Work Bench now prints multiple Patron Id cards in a single A4 sheet. NGL Work Bench is now installed along with NGL main components

12. SIP2 Server is now multi-threaded: SIP2 server introduced in our earlier version is now upgraded to handle any number of clients through multi-threading

13. End of day process: The End of day process is now changed into a executable java archive application. This means that you can now add your End of day process to your Windows or Linux scheduler. And the End of day process get executed every day.

14. Now start your new arrivals Newsletter: The library can design a news arrivals newsletter. The newsletter generated is dispatched to all your users' email ids by the End of day process

15. Item batch update utility: Do you want to change the classification number, book number, shelving location, sub location, price, discount, department, vendor, barcode, material type of multiple accession numbers in a single go? Create a CSV file (Using Microsoft Excel or Open Office) and do changes in a single click

How to upgrade your NGL installation?
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If you are using an older version(3.X series) of NewGenLib including 3.0.4 R1, then instructions are available at http://www.verussolutions.biz/kb/upgradeTo304R1U2

How to install a new installation?
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If you are installing for the first time, please visit http://www.verussolutions.biz/kb/installationNew

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