June 29, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Boopsie - Lately many libraries have asked about connection to our SIP server. If you are using Boopsie and you do not intend to use Self-Check, you do not need SIP. We are always grateful when you contact us about your plans and we are happy to discuss connectivity requirements for Boopsie or other products.
DUNDEE:
The Dundee Township Public Library District will officially change its name to The Fox River Valley Public Library District on July 1st. The current building at 555 Barrington Avenue has been designated The Dundee Library. The branch, which will be located in the Randall Oaks Recreation Center in West Dundee, has been designated The Randall Oaks Branch Library. It is due to open in late August, 2012.
We will be changing our email addresses, website address and some phone numbers in the very near future. We'll let you all know as that happens.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None!
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
CCS News June 22, 2012
CCS News
JUNE 22, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Symphony Release Notes - Release notes for Release 3.4 (including 3.4.1 and Service Pack 1) have been posted to our web site. You can find them at ccslib.org in the Members Only section under the Sirsi Documentation. You will find that these aren’t as voluminous as previous Release Notes, so they’ll be less daunting. We’ll convey the highlights during the coming couple months, before we test and load 3.4.1 (tentatively Tues. 9/25 for the Production installation), but there are only after fifty total pages of enhancements listed (plus a lot of bug fixes), so we encourage each library to take a look and perhaps download these three documents. When the notes for Service Pack 2 are posted by Sirsi, we’ll add them to our web site.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
This week, CCS loaded two more files that were obtained from Marcive. One contained 1487 updated authority records and the other contained 306 new authority records. The updated authority records contain heading changes, new death dates, and other information that will keep our database as up to date as possible. The 306 (or “the new matches”) were authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None! (But please note that the Sept. 18 Maintenance Coordinators meeting has been moved to the 11th, still at Prospect Heights.)
JUNE 22, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Symphony Release Notes - Release notes for Release 3.4 (including 3.4.1 and Service Pack 1) have been posted to our web site. You can find them at ccslib.org in the Members Only section under the Sirsi Documentation. You will find that these aren’t as voluminous as previous Release Notes, so they’ll be less daunting. We’ll convey the highlights during the coming couple months, before we test and load 3.4.1 (tentatively Tues. 9/25 for the Production installation), but there are only after fifty total pages of enhancements listed (plus a lot of bug fixes), so we encourage each library to take a look and perhaps download these three documents. When the notes for Service Pack 2 are posted by Sirsi, we’ll add them to our web site.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
This week, CCS loaded two more files that were obtained from Marcive. One contained 1487 updated authority records and the other contained 306 new authority records. The updated authority records contain heading changes, new death dates, and other information that will keep our database as up to date as possible. The 306 (or “the new matches”) were authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None! (But please note that the Sept. 18 Maintenance Coordinators meeting has been moved to the 11th, still at Prospect Heights.)
Thursday, June 14, 2012
CCS News June 15, 2012
CCS News
JUNE 15, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Staff schedules - It is that time of year again when planning projects please keep in mind that your favorite computer room staffer might be away. This is all the more reason to post problems in the WonderDesk where we can all see them. Emergencies will be dealt with immediately – less critical problems may wait until the best person to deal with them returns. Frank is returning on June 18, Bob will be away June 15-25, June 29-July 8. Linda will be at ALA June 21-26 and away June 29- July 2. During the coming weeks, Frank will be away July 9-13 and possibly training July 16-20. We will let you know about more dates coming up later in the summer.
HIGHLAND PARK DE-DUPING PROJECT AND ILL STATUS:
We still expect to see the bib record de-duping project completed by noon this Sunday and will keep everyone apprised of our status Sunday morning. Since some duplicates will inevitably slip through the cracks, stay tuned for guidance from Roger Anderson about handling them.
When the de-duping project is done and Highland Park has completed a patron cleanup project involving Profiles for about 3,000 reciprocal borrowers, a date will be set after which they will fill holds for all CCS libraries.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Tues., 6/19, 9:30, Crystal Lake: Maintenance Coordinators
Wed., 6/20, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
and we’ll look forward to seeing some of you at ALA!
JUNE 15, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Staff schedules - It is that time of year again when planning projects please keep in mind that your favorite computer room staffer might be away. This is all the more reason to post problems in the WonderDesk where we can all see them. Emergencies will be dealt with immediately – less critical problems may wait until the best person to deal with them returns. Frank is returning on June 18, Bob will be away June 15-25, June 29-July 8. Linda will be at ALA June 21-26 and away June 29- July 2. During the coming weeks, Frank will be away July 9-13 and possibly training July 16-20. We will let you know about more dates coming up later in the summer.
HIGHLAND PARK DE-DUPING PROJECT AND ILL STATUS:
We still expect to see the bib record de-duping project completed by noon this Sunday and will keep everyone apprised of our status Sunday morning. Since some duplicates will inevitably slip through the cracks, stay tuned for guidance from Roger Anderson about handling them.
When the de-duping project is done and Highland Park has completed a patron cleanup project involving Profiles for about 3,000 reciprocal borrowers, a date will be set after which they will fill holds for all CCS libraries.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Tues., 6/19, 9:30, Crystal Lake: Maintenance Coordinators
Wed., 6/20, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
and we’ll look forward to seeing some of you at ALA!
Thursday, June 7, 2012
CCS News June 8, 2012
CCS News
JUNE 8, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Fremont – last week we reported that Fremont (MUK) was open on Summer Sundays. They are actually closed on Summer Sundays . The library notified us we had made a mistake on the list. We apologize.
HIGHLAND PARK DE-DUPING PROJECT AND ILL:
After a round on the Test Server and careful scrutiny of the reports and results, next week will bring the intensive culmination of the Highland Park de-duping project. Roger Anderson sent a memo and the project schedule via e-mail to the Catalogers. Here’s the short general version: Catalogers will have some restrictions on activities next week but will be able to do the lion’s share of what they usually do. Thursday through Saturday Sirsi will make the changes to merge the duplicate bib records; during that time there may be some error messages during searches involving bib records that have been merged. Saturday night 6/16 into Sunday 6/17 we will do a backup and rebuild the indexes. (We will put a message up on BiblioCommons indicating the limitations of searching.) We anticipate that by noon Sunday, searching will be normal; however, Catalogers should continue to follow the restrictions until we have had a chance to review the situation, probably Monday, June 18.
When the de-duping is finished (except for some almost certain manual cleanup), we will determine when Highland Park is ready to start filling ILL for other CCS libraries. Meanwhile, please remind your staff NOT to override the block against holds on Highland Park items; they’re still seeing some holds from other libraries on their Pick List on a regular basis.
What passes for normalcy hereabouts isn’t far off; thanks for riding the wave with us!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 6/13, 10, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 6/14, 9:30, Fremont: ILL
JUNE 8, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Fremont – last week we reported that Fremont (MUK) was open on Summer Sundays. They are actually closed on Summer Sundays . The library notified us we had made a mistake on the list. We apologize.
HIGHLAND PARK DE-DUPING PROJECT AND ILL:
After a round on the Test Server and careful scrutiny of the reports and results, next week will bring the intensive culmination of the Highland Park de-duping project. Roger Anderson sent a memo and the project schedule via e-mail to the Catalogers. Here’s the short general version: Catalogers will have some restrictions on activities next week but will be able to do the lion’s share of what they usually do. Thursday through Saturday Sirsi will make the changes to merge the duplicate bib records; during that time there may be some error messages during searches involving bib records that have been merged. Saturday night 6/16 into Sunday 6/17 we will do a backup and rebuild the indexes. (We will put a message up on BiblioCommons indicating the limitations of searching.) We anticipate that by noon Sunday, searching will be normal; however, Catalogers should continue to follow the restrictions until we have had a chance to review the situation, probably Monday, June 18.
When the de-duping is finished (except for some almost certain manual cleanup), we will determine when Highland Park is ready to start filling ILL for other CCS libraries. Meanwhile, please remind your staff NOT to override the block against holds on Highland Park items; they’re still seeing some holds from other libraries on their Pick List on a regular basis.
What passes for normalcy hereabouts isn’t far off; thanks for riding the wave with us!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 6/13, 10, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 6/14, 9:30, Fremont: ILL
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