October 2005 Collection and retrieval of basic usage statistics has been added. See the development section to download the files and view the readme file. *Included in distributions dated Oct 2005 or later. 3M SIP is being looked at as a vendor independent patron authentication option. Check out the test program on the development section and let us know if it works with your ILS. August 2005 An installation script will guide you through much of the setup of the ISM configuration files. After installing the database and Web servers, the installation script will put things in the right place and help make sure you have all the pieces of the puzzle. See the installation how-to for more information. *Included in distributions dated Aug. 16 or later. April 2005 For Windows clients. Around the first of the year we developed a method to send a client a "You have x minutes remaining..." message. This used some Perl compiled into a binary on the client end to generate a Tk dialog box. It had some problems with earlier versions of Windows. We now use the Net::NetSend module and the Windows Popup message client to facilitate this. For Windows 95/98, there is a small program called 'mess95.exe' that replaces winpopup.exe, and works much nicer for these purposes. March 2005 For users of Innovative Interfaces Millennium, we can now utilize the Patron API to block logins based on any portion of the patron record. Tested modules include requiring a note field be set to show that minors have a signed form on file for Internet access, blocking based on a dollar amount owed threshold, or setting a filter flag automatically for juvenile users.