CCS News
APRIL 3, 2009
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Inactive Holds purging – This process is continuing and we are 1/3 finished. The holds purge is now a little more challenging as it is taking at least 4 hours to remove 300,000 inactive holds. This is the reason why the halt and run was needed on Monday morning. This doubles our previous time and so we will be purging less each day. Why does this happen? Sirsi did not quite know, but it seems to be related to the fact that more recent holds still have items attached. Older inactive holds may be for items that have been withdrawn and thus are purged from the database faster.
Testing – thank you for testing with us. It is very important that you test the normal functions as well as new features. We want to be sure the daily routine works well.
Options – the following options have been turned on in the TEST server:
Workflows – checkout/renew for full loan period if card is expiring sooner
Trap hold with first available copy
iBistro - there is a renew button in review my account. You can see the number of “unseen renewals” in iBistro
Family Card – This option is turned on for the system. But there is some configuration that needs to be done to turn this on for any individual library. If you are interested in testing this option, please let us know. We can also test this after our go live date.
Hold Wrapper printing – this is a new feature. It was available as soon as we installed the new release. You need to configure this much the same as configuring receipt printers. We are still trying to get the printers working at some libraries and at CCS with this feature.
Test Server Software Upgrade – Patch Cluster 3 has been installed on both the Test Unicorn Database server and the Test iBistro server.
April 12 – Easter Weekend – the computer room is closed and the libraries are closed. We are planning to reindex the database from closing on Saturday night through Sunday evening.
LIBRARY CLOSING:
Winnetka-Northfield will be closed until 1:00 PM on Friday, April 3, 2009 for a staff meeting. The library will open at 1:00 PM and remain open until 5:00 PM.
STAFF ABSENCES NEXT WEEK:
Roger Anderson, Bob Barth, Richard Shurman and Linda Zaleski will be in Dallas next Sunday through Wednesday for the Sirsidynix users conference.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None! (Executive Committee will meet 4/15 and ILL 4/16, a week later than usual in both cases.)
