CCS News

JUNE 12, 2009

FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
UPGRADE! - As you know the computer room has been nearly entirely focused on the machine upgrade for the last few days, actually weeks. We are looking forward to this fast new machine that is now nicknamed Mach5000. This is of course a team effort with lots of planning and preparation with our team at Sirsi and finally culminating in the “all night vigil”, with many trips to the computer room throughout by CCS staff and Sirsi. We have Bob Barth to thank for once again working with the Sirsi engineers and pulling us through the night, and Frank to thank for extra trips in to ensure all was well. The CCS Team was here early to test too. As you read this, we probably still need to catch up on a little sleep after the all night ordeal, so if you catch anyone nodding off at their desks, please be aware that we hope to get back to normal next week.

Linda

(P.S. Your Editor also wishes to commend the Computer Room staff, and the project team at Sirsi, for extraordinary diligence!)

SUBJECT HEADING NEWS:
The major change this week involves the subject heading of “College catalogs”. The heading has been changed to “Universities and colleges – Curricula—Catalogs”. All 31 records were just changed.

The other changes this week involve more Buddhist headings. The Library of Congress must be switching all those types of headings so that they are in direct order. So this week, headings like “Medicine, Buddhist” and “Gods, Buddhist” were changed to “Buddhist medicine” and “Buddhist gods”.

Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian

CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:

Tues., 6/16, 9:30, NSLS: Maintenance Coordinators

Wed., 6/17, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP