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Surpass Software announces special pricing for small libraries on Library Automation software bundle. Surpass Software is bundling Surpass Central with Surpass Safari and offering them at a reduced price to libraries with 5,000 or fewer volumes. The bundle will sell for just $995, so a small library can now have a fully automated system with both circulation and catalog for under $1,000. This represents significant savings over the regular $1,750 cost of these programs. The programs are only limited in the size of the collection they will handle and are otherwise fully functional. [Full Announcement].

Surpass Software's Web Safari gives library patrons Internet access to catalog and personal account information. Surpass Software recently released Web Safari, the Web-based catalog for users of Surpass library automation software. With Web Safari, patrons can access the library''s holdings from any PC, Macintosh, or other computer connected to the Internet and running a standard Web browser. [Full Announcement].

Surpass Software releases Central 2.0 library automation software. Surpass Software released Surpass Central 2.0, an upgrade to the core module of the Surpass line of library automation products. New features include special features for Accelerated Reader users, importing student photos from Lifetouch Administrator''s CD, and customized patron fields that can trigger alert tones and dialog boxes. [Full Announcement].

Surpass Central library automation software publishes reports and notices to the worldwide web and saves to Excel and other popular formats.. Surpass Central library automation software publishes reports and notices to the worldwide Web. Users of the Surpass library automation suite of applications can now publish reports to the web or save reports in other standard formats. With the release of Surpass Central version 1.07, the core component of Surpass, users will find that all report screens now have an "export" button to choose to save the report in HTML for publishing to the web. To make long reports more manageable, Surpass Central will create a series of web pages with automatic links for navigation between pages. [Full Announcement].

Distribution and development officially join to form unified company, Surpass Software. The Humphress Group of Windermere, Florida, and Precision Computer Service of Calhoun, Georgia have officially joined forces to do business as a unified company, Surpass Software. [Full Announcement].