CCS News
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
NOTICES – Notices were changed this week so that the Zip Code is in compliance with US postal regulations.
CLOSED DATES – the table of closed dates where items should not become due has been updated. Be sure to check your holiday dates in the Symphony policy tables.
ANNIVERSARY – We congratulate Bob Barth on 25 years with CCS. We have been fortunate to have his consistent, patient and ever-so-knowledgeable expertise through these many years from the early days of Geac/CLSI and Symphony to the present.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
This week was a busy week of loading Marcive files. Two files were loaded into our system . One contained 4891 updated authority records and the other contained 307 new authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
In the file of updated authority records, there was a large number of heading changes that can be attributed to RDA (the new cataloging rules that more and more bibliographic & authority records are using).
So, what does this mean to your catalog? You’ll be seeing a lot more headings like “Harris, Andy (Writer on food and travel)” or “Russell, Vince (Comic artist)” that include parenthesis with author descriptions in it. Headings that used to include titles of nobility and rank are not going to be included now, so the English poet and novelist, Sir Walter Scott, his new heading is “Scott, Walter, 1771-1832” (don’t worry, there are references that will get you from the old heading to the new one). Another big heading change which shows that ranks are not used, but relationships like “Jr.” can be used now. It’s for the science fiction author, L. E. Modesitt – his new heading is “Modesitt, L. E., Jr., 1943-“
Once the software catches up to RDA, you will also be seeing public notes that will give a short biographical note or a short corporate history. Here’s one that was added for Jack Benny - “Jack Benny (1894-1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor.”
As for recent subject heading changes? “Voodooism” is now “Vodou”.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Thur., 12/6, 9:30, CCS: Long Range Planning
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
CCS News November 23, 2012
CCS News
NOVEMBER 23, 2012
All we have this week is holiday wishes and next week’s meeting schedule. We wish everyone a joyous Thanksgiving!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 11/28, 10:00, Fremont: Governing Board
NOVEMBER 23, 2012
All we have this week is holiday wishes and next week’s meeting schedule. We wish everyone a joyous Thanksgiving!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 11/28, 10:00, Fremont: Governing Board
Thursday, November 15, 2012
CCS News November 16, 2012
CCS News
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Staff – If you are waiting for action from Frank that others cannot take care of, Frank will return from a week of training on November 19. Linda will be away all week the week of November 19. The Computer Room will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and we will operate during our normal hours for the remainder of the busy weekend.
Maintenance - On Sunday Nov 18 the system will be down from 7am until 10am in order to build an item index. This will help us to enable a new system feature to enhance item housekeeping. During that time when Workflows is not available BiblioCommons functions will be limited to bibliographic searching. (We have a message in place.) SVA will not be available, and SIP authentication will not work until the system is back again at 10 am.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL FROM THE CCS STAFF!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 11/21, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Staff – If you are waiting for action from Frank that others cannot take care of, Frank will return from a week of training on November 19. Linda will be away all week the week of November 19. The Computer Room will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and we will operate during our normal hours for the remainder of the busy weekend.
Maintenance - On Sunday Nov 18 the system will be down from 7am until 10am in order to build an item index. This will help us to enable a new system feature to enhance item housekeeping. During that time when Workflows is not available BiblioCommons functions will be limited to bibliographic searching. (We have a message in place.) SVA will not be available, and SIP authentication will not work until the system is back again at 10 am.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL FROM THE CCS STAFF!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 11/21, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
CCS News November 9, 2012
CCS News
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Closed dates – we have sent, via the Circulation Heads list, our annual message requesting your list of closed dates. Libraries were asked to respond by November 15.
Upgrade – we are two weeks into the upgrade and things are going well. During the week, the On Demand Pick List and Onshelf Holds Wizard were enabled on the production server.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 11/14, 9:30, Ela: Catalogers (Workshop)
Wed., 11/14, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 11/15, 9:30, Evanston: PAS
Thur., 11/15, 9:30, CCS: Acquisitions
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Closed dates – we have sent, via the Circulation Heads list, our annual message requesting your list of closed dates. Libraries were asked to respond by November 15.
Upgrade – we are two weeks into the upgrade and things are going well. During the week, the On Demand Pick List and Onshelf Holds Wizard were enabled on the production server.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 11/14, 9:30, Ela: Catalogers (Workshop)
Wed., 11/14, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 11/15, 9:30, Evanston: PAS
Thur., 11/15, 9:30, CCS: Acquisitions
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