CCS News
MAY 29, 2009
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Welcome to Symphony – With our latest upgrade we are now on SirsiDynix Symphony Release 3.2.1, Patch Cluster 4. Hopefully, by the time you read this all your client stations will be on the new release. Thanks for the many notes of encouragement that came to the computer room regarding this project. Finally, thanks for your patience on the day of the upgrade!
M5000 – We are preparing to cut our production workflows server over from a Sun 890 to a Sun M5000. The new server was installed last week and we are learning how to operate it and we are testing it. The Sirsi software will be installed soon, followed by some testing, including a timing test of how long our files will take to copy. We hope to switch machines the evening of June 10. This is a tentative date at this point.
Linda
SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES OF NOTE:
Last night in our CCS database, there were some subject heading changes that are important enough to report on. For those interested in Buddhist cave temples, use “Buddhist cave temples” instead of “Cave temples, Buddhist”.
On the lighter side, if one is interested in humor in business – use the subject heading of “Wit and humor in business” instead of “Humor in business”. This same type of change occurred also for advertising and education.
The biggest change is for headings that deal with workers from one country who work in another country. The former heading was “Alien labor” (and no, this wasn’t a heading about Martians coming to work on Earth), but now has been changed to “Foreign workers”. Similar headings like “Alien labor, Mexican” have been changed to “Foreign labor, Mexican”.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
EXPIRATION DATES FOR NON-CCS RECIPROCAL BORROWERS:
On May 28, the Governing Board approved setting the expiration dates for non-CCS reciprocal borrowers with Profiles PUBLIC or OUTOFSTATE to three years from the date of registration (this will come up automatically during data entry) or the expiration date assigned by the patron’s home library if it is readily available, e.g., on the card or provided if/when the CCS library registering the reciprocal borrower calls the home library to verify the patron’s good standing. Chicago patrons (Profile CPCPUBLIC) already have an automatic expiration date two years from registration into the CCS database.
This was done to address the disparity whereby non-CCS reciprocal borrowers were given borrowing privileges much more open-ended than most CCS libraries are with their resident patrons.
On May 28, CCS ran a report that set the expiration date for PUBLIC and OUTOFSTATE patrons of May 28, 2012 if there was not already a date in the user record.
If you have questions about this, please contact Richard Shurman at CCS (before the essay test at 8:30 AM Monday).
CONGRATULATIONS to newly elected CCS officers (effective July 1) Janet Van De Carr, Vice President/President-Elect; Jim Scholtz, Secretary; and Diane McNulty, Executive Committee Member-At-Large. Executive Committee holdovers include Scott Davis, President; Kim Martens, Past President; David Seleb, Treasurer; and Mary Johns, Member-At-Large.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., June 3, 9:30, NSLS: Catalogers
Thursday, May 21, 2009
CCS News
MAY 22, 2009
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Upgrade to 3.2.1 – At this moment all is ready for our upgrade to 3.2.1. In the libraries, your staff will be monitoring the System-status-l list for upgrade bulletins. The upgrade will commence at the close of the business day on Sunday. We will post a few progress reports throughout the day on Monday. On Monday night our overnights should be running in catch-up mode. On Tuesday we will start to post bulletins from the Computer Room at 6:30 am.
New Machine – A new 300 pound server has been installed in the computer room. This is truly what you call a BIG server. It is a Sun M5000 box. This will eventually be used to upgrade our existing 890 production Workflows server. By the way, this new server has no impact on our Memorial Day upgrade. It is due to Murphy’s Law that we are working on both of these projects at the same time.
AUTHORITIES UPDATE:
I loaded 1684 updated authority records this week that were sent from Marcive. Marcive also sent 397 new authority records that CCS needed, but that were not available before.
After next week’s system upgrade, more bibliographic records will be sent to Marcive for authorities processing.
--Virginia
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
The CCS staff wishes all a good holiday weekend and honors the memory of those who sacrificed for their country.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 5/27, 9:30, CCS: Acquisitions
Wed., 5/27, 10:00, NSLS: Governing Board
MAY 22, 2009
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Upgrade to 3.2.1 – At this moment all is ready for our upgrade to 3.2.1. In the libraries, your staff will be monitoring the System-status-l list for upgrade bulletins. The upgrade will commence at the close of the business day on Sunday. We will post a few progress reports throughout the day on Monday. On Monday night our overnights should be running in catch-up mode. On Tuesday we will start to post bulletins from the Computer Room at 6:30 am.
New Machine – A new 300 pound server has been installed in the computer room. This is truly what you call a BIG server. It is a Sun M5000 box. This will eventually be used to upgrade our existing 890 production Workflows server. By the way, this new server has no impact on our Memorial Day upgrade. It is due to Murphy’s Law that we are working on both of these projects at the same time.
AUTHORITIES UPDATE:
I loaded 1684 updated authority records this week that were sent from Marcive. Marcive also sent 397 new authority records that CCS needed, but that were not available before.
After next week’s system upgrade, more bibliographic records will be sent to Marcive for authorities processing.
--Virginia
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
The CCS staff wishes all a good holiday weekend and honors the memory of those who sacrificed for their country.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 5/27, 9:30, CCS: Acquisitions
Wed., 5/27, 10:00, NSLS: Governing Board
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
CCS News
MAY 15, 2009
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Upgrade to Symphony – Memorial Day. We thank you for your nice messages and kind words of support about the schedule change for this upgrade. Stay tuned to the s-help list for all information regarding the upgrade. We plan to begin the upgrade when all libraries close on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend (May 24). We plan to have the systems operational by the time you come in the following Tuesday. Be sure you know how to use your offline procedures, just in case they are needed.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 5/20, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Wed., 5/20, 9:30, Schaumburg: ILUUG
Thur., 5/21, 9:30, NSLS: PAS
MAY 15, 2009
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Upgrade to Symphony – Memorial Day. We thank you for your nice messages and kind words of support about the schedule change for this upgrade. Stay tuned to the s-help list for all information regarding the upgrade. We plan to begin the upgrade when all libraries close on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend (May 24). We plan to have the systems operational by the time you come in the following Tuesday. Be sure you know how to use your offline procedures, just in case they are needed.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 5/20, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Wed., 5/20, 9:30, Schaumburg: ILUUG
Thur., 5/21, 9:30, NSLS: PAS
Thursday, May 7, 2009
CCS News
MAY 8, 2009
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Upgrade to Symphony 3.2.1 – We have changed the date of the upgrade to occur beginning the evening of Sunday, May 24. We will be processing the upgrade while libraries are closed for Memorial Day,
New machine – We will be getting a replacement to our 890 Production Server in the coming weeks. We will keep you posted on the schedule for this project. At the moment the computer room is being prepared for the new electrical requirements.
Tipping Point – We will be adding a network appliance called Tipping Point to further fortify the network from unwanted traffic. When we implement the appliance, the network will be interrupted very briefly. This will occur either early in the morning before 8 A.M. or after library closing at night. We will keep you posted on the date and time when the network will be interrupted. We expect to do this sometime after our upgrade to 3.2.1.
Epay – As soon as the upgrade is in place, we will make ePay/Sirsi integration available. A memo will appear shortly.
SUBJECT HEADING NEWS:
For those interested in Buddhist art, use “Buddhist art” now as a subject heading, instead of “Art, Buddhist”. The same type of change also occurred Wednesday night with the subject headings of “Zen art”, “Zen arts”, and “Buddhist arts” .
Also congratulations go to Niles and Des Plaines, for submitting 3 subject heading proposals that were approved by LC this week. “Cumulative songs”, “Cumulative tales”, and “Guitar Hero (Game))” are now newly approved subject headings.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 5/11, 1:30, Park Ridge: OPAC Review Task Force
Wed., 5/13, 2 P.M., CCS: Executive Committee
MAY 8, 2009
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Upgrade to Symphony 3.2.1 – We have changed the date of the upgrade to occur beginning the evening of Sunday, May 24. We will be processing the upgrade while libraries are closed for Memorial Day,
New machine – We will be getting a replacement to our 890 Production Server in the coming weeks. We will keep you posted on the schedule for this project. At the moment the computer room is being prepared for the new electrical requirements.
Tipping Point – We will be adding a network appliance called Tipping Point to further fortify the network from unwanted traffic. When we implement the appliance, the network will be interrupted very briefly. This will occur either early in the morning before 8 A.M. or after library closing at night. We will keep you posted on the date and time when the network will be interrupted. We expect to do this sometime after our upgrade to 3.2.1.
Epay – As soon as the upgrade is in place, we will make ePay/Sirsi integration available. A memo will appear shortly.
SUBJECT HEADING NEWS:
For those interested in Buddhist art, use “Buddhist art” now as a subject heading, instead of “Art, Buddhist”. The same type of change also occurred Wednesday night with the subject headings of “Zen art”, “Zen arts”, and “Buddhist arts” .
Also congratulations go to Niles and Des Plaines, for submitting 3 subject heading proposals that were approved by LC this week. “Cumulative songs”, “Cumulative tales”, and “Guitar Hero (Game))” are now newly approved subject headings.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 5/11, 1:30, Park Ridge: OPAC Review Task Force
Wed., 5/13, 2 P.M., CCS: Executive Committee
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