CCS News

MARCH 23, 2012

FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Backup time – we had a question about this earlier in the week. Full system backups commence every Saturday night about 6:30-7:00. They run throughout the night. During the initialization process the systems are interrupted for a few moments and usually come back up right away. In the recent past the system was down all night to perform backups – so we are really glad to be able to run our newer procedures.

BiblioCommons – The task force is busy at work again. CCS and BiblioCommons have exchanged initial specification documents for three of our enhancement requests and the task force is currently reviewing and commenting on the specs.

Spring Break – Bob will be away March 29,30 and April 1.

TWO WARS AND A RIVER, OR, SOME IMPORTANT SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES:
Some important subject headings changes occurred recently.

Our first war is : “ Iraq War, 2003-“. The updated heading is : “Iraq War, 2003-2011”. The change was that the ending year was added.

Our second war is : “United States – History—French and Indian War, 1755-1763.” The updated heading is: “United States – History—French and Indian War, 1754-1763.” The change is that the war started one year earlier than the old subject heading stated it had. In regards to this heading change, headings for battles from this war (for example, “Fort Necessity, Battle of, Pa., 1754”), had their references updated. Also history headings for states that were affected by the war were also updated (for example, “Virginia—History—French and Indian War, 1754-1763”).

As for the river - The old heading was: “Rio Grande”. The updated heading is: “Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)”. The heading for the valley was also updated from “Rio Grande Valley” to ”Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)”.

OTHER AUTHORITIES NEWS: This week, CCS loaded two more files that were obtained from Marcive. One contained 1659 updated authority records and the other contained 435 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 435 were authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.

Virginia Seward
Authorities Librarian

CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:

Wed., 3/28, 10:00, Niles: Governing Board