CCS News
MARCH 12, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Oracle/Unicode and Symphny Bridge – You should all have the week of April 19 on your calendar as the week we will be converting the database and using the bridge. For those interested we have run the test dataload and then restored the database (twice) and ran the load again. Practice makes perfect. During the course of our test we found some steps that had to be added to the process or corrected, but now our tests are looking good. We will still need to rerun a test bibliographic conversion and another index rebuild, and test key reports.
Email Server – We are in the process of replacing our email server. The hardware has been installed and work will soon commence to transfer the system to the new hardware. We will keep you posted as we cut over to the new server, but we do not anticipate any significant interruption to emails and email notices.
DIRECTOR’S STATION STATUS:
It has now been two weeks since we had accurate data to support Director’s Station. Sirsi tells us that we have a unique problem whereby the data only updates a month at a time, and has assigned this to Engineering. We have seen assurances of activity but no apparent progress, and have requested both daily updates and a pro-rated refund of our annual subscription. We share your frustration about an unacceptable situation and apologize for the disruption of service.
REMINDER ABOUT MAINTENANCE COORDINATORS’ MEETING NEXT TUESDAY: YOU CAN GO VIRTUAL!
The Maintenance Coordinators meeting on Tuesday, March 16 will be both in person at NSLS and virtual via GoToMeeting. If you need the link, please contact Frank Correa at CCS.
LEXILE NUMBER STATUS:
We have our Lexile Number and related data back from Marcive (approximately an 8% hit rate). The next step is to test the script that Roger Anderson and Joel Hahn have developed, then load the data into our existing bib records during a window in the testing and preparation for the Oracle/Unicode transition the week of April 19. When the data is loaded, it will be viewable but not yet searchable; that will come when we re-index the database as part of the Oracle/Unicode project. Joel Hahn has developed a nice Lexile Number search tool as part of the iBistro PowerSearch screen.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 3/15, 1:30, CCS: SILLRAP
Tues., 9:30, NSLS (and virtual; see above): Maintenance Coordinators
Wed., 3/17, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
