CCS News
DECEMBER 19, 2008
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
System slowness - We have been on the phone quite a bit with Sirsi regarding the slowness. On Monday December 22 we will need to turn system logging on This will be done between 7:15 and 8am on Monday morning with Sirsi’s assistance. It will require a very short time of system interruption while we reboot.
Sirsi has advised that they have never seen this cause difficulty or slowdowns; however, we want you to be informed just in case. We will be in the computer room, so please call us to assist in case there are any difficulties at all. Sirsi will also be monitoring with us starting at that time and will watch with us through Tuesday morning when we will turn the logging off between 7:30 and 8:00 am again. Usually we don’t do these things on Mondays but in this case it is important to get the measure as soon as possible, and it will also give us some circulation statistics for when book drops are being emptied.
Holiday hours – the computer room will adjourn for the Christmas holiday beginning at 1:15 pm on Dec 24. This will accommodate the libraries that are open that day. The computer room will be closed on Dec 25.
The computer room will be closed starting at 5:15 on New Years Eve and will be closed all day News Years Day. Your favorite Computer Room staffer will be taking some time off over the holidays – so it might help you to know that generally speaking Frank will be gone Dec 19-25, Linda will be gone Dec 23-28, Willie will be gone Dec 26,29,31,Jan 2 and Bob will be gone Dec 29-Jan 3.
Snow plans –It is a good time to let everyone know what our plan is in case of snow. When it is fairly certain that incapacitating snow is on the way we will turn our regular support line to roll over to our cell phones before we leave the office. We will monitor the systems from home.. If a snowstorm surprises us and we are unable to get into the office – you can still always still reach us on the emergency number which is 866-537-2406 during regular support hours. This number is also given on general mailbox greeting when we are not in the office for some reason.
Bottom line: Our support number 847-342-5303 is ALWAYS a good way to reach us.
CARY TO RESUME HOLDS: Cary will accept holds from other libraries again as of January 6.
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that several new Java users have asked why they can’t open more than one window in WorkFlows? The fact is, you can have multiple windows open in Java, but you can’t tell they’re open by looking at the screen unless you’ve activated the Window option on the Menu Toolbar. This option is not available when Java is initially installed on a PC and must be turned on manually by the user. (Under the Preferences menu, go to Desktop/Desktop Setup. Place a checkmark in the box at the bottom of the screen labeled “Multiple windows mode” and restart WorkFlows.) Once activated, the Window heading is added to the Menu Toolbar and when multiple windows are open it provides four ways to view them. (Tile, Cascade, Horizontal, and Vertical).
In addition to making different views available, the Window option turns on a useful keyboard command (Ctrl+F6) that allows you to switch between open Java windows the same way you use Alt+Tab to switch from one open application to another on your PC’s desktop. Fans of keyboard shortcuts may be familiar with the Alt+Tab key combination to move between several open Microsoft desktop applications without using the mouse. The Java shortcut works basically the same as Alt+Tab does in MS Windows. If you have more than one Java window open, press and hold down the Ctrl key and then press the F6 key to move backward from the currently open window to the previous open window. If you have more than two WorkFlows windows open, it will continue to backtrack through the windows in the order you opened them until you reach the first window in that session. Once you’re back to the original window, typing Ctrl+F6 again will take you back to the last window opened and start the process all over again. And there’s another good reason for implementing the Window menu option. It’s a work-around for the annoying Java error message: “There are open wizards that require attention. Please close the wizards.” Once you add Window to the Menu Toolbar, you’ll stop seeing that particular Java error. Ken Victorson
NO CCS NEWS TILL JANUARY 9:
We’ll take a holiday break and skip the next two weeks of this bulletin. Happy holidays to all from the CCS staff!
CCS MEETINGS THE NEXT THREE WEEKS:
Wed., 1/7, 2 PM, Ela: Long Range Planning Committee
Fri., 1/9, NSLS: Circulation
