CCS News
JANUARY 11, 2008
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Recent projects completed – our installation of the latest patch for Workflows went well and Tuesday night and we were ready to roll by 8am. We also installed the new T1 at CCS headquarters on January 4 early in the morning and did some tweaking of our packet shaper at that time. It was good to have the extra bandwidth when Java clients were being downloaded. Thanks to Bob and Glenn for working on these projects.
Open position – Have you heard that Glenn will be leaving us on January 18 to go to Lake Villa?. We will miss him but wish him all the best! If you know of anyone that would be interested in applying for our open position please send the resume along to hr@ccs.nslsilus.org or directly to Linda or Bonnie.
Computer room work early on Wednesday January 23 – we have scheduled the morning of Wednesday January 23 for further work in the computer room. At that time we will be moving the SVA machine, Director’s Station machine and the iBistro machine into permanent cabinets. This work will begin very early and iBistro, SVA and Director’s Station will be brought down briefly sometime after 5:30am and should be up by 8am with Director Station coming up slightly later that morning. We will keep you posted on our progress. When SVA is scheduled to be down we route it to a message that says it is temporarily unavailable.
DATABASE SENT OFF FOR BATCHLOADING:
On January 10 we sent our bibliographic database out as part of the statewide batchload.
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that I have several important reminders I want to share with the CCS community? The first is aimed at the people who will be participating in the Sirsi Java training classes at Northbrook. To help these folks prepare for the Sirsi classes, I’ve scheduled three Java Essential Skills training sessions for attendees who have little or no experience with the Java client. The sessions are to be delivered as follows:
Northbrook Library - - Wednesday, January. 16th, 9:30 AM to noon
Des Plaines Library - - Friday, January 18th, from 9:30 AM to noon
Ela Library - - Tuesday, January 22nd, from 9:30 AM to noon
These sessions are intended for anyone registered for a Sirsi Java class who lacks the necessary basic skills to participate in the training, but others may “tentatively” sign up as well, if space permits. I encourage everyone who’d like to learn the basics of using the Java client to signup as soon as possible - with the understanding that those registered for a Sirsi Java training have first priority.
The second reminder concerns your library’s timetable for implementing the Java client. Not all libraries have indicated if a final decision has been made about whether they’ll be in Phase I (migrating during the first quarter of 2008), or Phase II (waiting until the third quarter of 2008 or later). If your library intends to implement during Phase I, you should be sending staff to the Sirsi Java classes that will be held at Northbrook in the next 4/5 weeks. Please contact me as soon as possible if you want to register anyone for a class, and also let me know when you plan to implement the new client. Here’s the schedule of Java classes Sirsi will be delivering at Northbrook.
For the week of January 28 to 31, 2008 (Monday to Thursday) the following sessions will be conducted in the Northbrook Library training room:
Cataloging - - Monday, January 28 (9:00 AM to 4:30 PM)
Circulation - - Tuesday, January 29 (9:00 AM to 4:30 PM)
Serials Part I - - Wednesday, January 30 (9:00 AM to 4:30 PM)
Serials Part II - - Thursday, January 31 (9:00 AM to 4:30 PM)
For the week of February 4 to 7, 2008 (Monday to Thursday) the following sessions will be conducted in the Northbrook Library training room.
Circulation - Monday, February 4 (9:00 AM to 4:30 PM)
Cataloging - Tuesday, February 5 (9:00 AM to 4:30 PM)
Acquisitions Part I - Wednesday, February 6 (9:00 AM to 4:30)
Acquisitions Part II - Thursday, February 7 (9:00 AM to 4:30 PM)
The final reminder is about following-up on Java printing issues. A number of libraries have been working with the Computer Room to deal with Java receipt printer problems and many have been resolved locally by library staff. But not everyone has taken the last step and told CCS how they ultimately corrected their problem. We’re trying to create a comprehensive database of known Java printing issues and how to fix them, but it’s not as complete as it should be, partly because of this lack of closure. If you’re successfully printing with Java, please notify the Computer Room of any fixes you developed when setting up your receipt printers.
Ken Victorson
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 1/16, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Wed., 1/16, 5-8 PM, McHenry: welcome reception for new Director Jim Scholtz
Thur., 1/17, 1:30, CCS: Federated Searching
Task Force
Fri., 1/18, 9:30, Prospect Heights:
Circulation Technical Group
Fri., 1/18, noon, Jameson’s: Technical
Group Chairs Lunch
(And perhaps a few of us will bump into each other at ALA Midwinter)
