CCS News
JULY 26, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Enterprise Trial - The test Enterprise interface is available to all CCS libraries for the next two weeks. We would also like participants to share informal feedback. Before you begin:
1. Only library staff may use – no patron use!
2. The database is our TEST server database and is current as of May 2013. Any newer items or patron activity would not be reflected.
3. To sign on just use a patron barcode and the patron PIN from Workflows.
4. This is Enterprise only. The add-on system, EResource Central to manage digital resources, is not part of this trial.
Here are the links to the Enterprise trial. There are three interfaces. They are for Winnetka at http://ccsp43.sirsi.net/client/wnk, Evanston at http://ccsp43.sirsi.net/client/evk and Northbrook at http://ccsp43.sirsi.net/client/nbk. Also here is the link for the survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V7RJJZH.
5. Please use IE as your browser; we are working out wrinkles with Firefox.
Email Registration Form - On August 1st a new Patron Email Registration form will be deployed. The appearance and functionality of the form is not changing. However, the new form does provide library Webmasters access to the form’s CSS, which enables them to customize the form, making it look and feel more like the library’s own website, if they so choose. You need to do nothing to begin using the new form on August 1st. A separate email to the webmasters will go out next week with details on how to access the CSS.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
This week CCS loaded 2 files from Marcive. One file included 2764 updated authority records and the other included 282 new authority records that our database needed, but which were not available before.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Tues., 7/30, 1:30, CCS: BiblioCommons/Enterprise Task Force
Thur., 8/1, noon, Jameson’s: Technical Group Chairs lunch
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
CCS News July 19, 2013
CCS News
JULY 19, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Graduated Unfilled Holds – this is a reminder that the process to move old unfilled holds (over 90 days old) from a local hold to a system hold will commence on Tuesday July 23. The process will run weekly.
Stay tuned for announcements about staff access to a demo version of Enterprise and our texting testing.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/24, 10:00, Glenview: Governing Board
Thur., 7/25, 9:30, Fox River Valley: PAS
JULY 19, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Graduated Unfilled Holds – this is a reminder that the process to move old unfilled holds (over 90 days old) from a local hold to a system hold will commence on Tuesday July 23. The process will run weekly.
Stay tuned for announcements about staff access to a demo version of Enterprise and our texting testing.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/24, 10:00, Glenview: Governing Board
Thur., 7/25, 9:30, Fox River Valley: PAS
Thursday, July 11, 2013
CCS News July 12, 2013
CCS News
JULY 12, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Graduated holds – We have been testing, testing, testing and refining. The scripts to promote unfilled holds that are 90 days old from GROUP to SYSTEM will begin to be run for all libraries on Tuesday July 23. Watch the listservs for more details about the process and status. We thank Joel Hahn for his efforts and thanks to Niles for testing the process for several weeks.
Texting – Texting will be rolled out at Wilmette beginning July 15. We will keep you posted for availability at other libraries.
Closed dates - have you checked your closed dates when items are not due? Be sure they are correct for the Labor Day holiday. Check them on the CCS Web site (or contact the computer room staff if you forgot how to do this.)
SIP – Many member libraries have seen great things at ALA that you may wish to implement in the future. Please CONTACT US FIRST if you are thinking of a new product requiring connection to the ILS. We strongly encourage that you deal with only certified vendors. We can assist uncertified vendors to be in touch with SirsiDynix about certification to test and see if they can safely connect to the system. For those of you who think of us first when implementing a new vendor, we appreciate these communications. It simplifies troubleshooting and general upkeep and minimizes the Blame Game between vendors.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/17, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Wed., 7/17, 9:30, Northbrook: CCS Webmasters
Fri., 7/19, 9:30, Fox River Valley: Circulation
(Note: the PAS meeting is a week later than usual, on July 19, also at FRV.)
JULY 12, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Graduated holds – We have been testing, testing, testing and refining. The scripts to promote unfilled holds that are 90 days old from GROUP to SYSTEM will begin to be run for all libraries on Tuesday July 23. Watch the listservs for more details about the process and status. We thank Joel Hahn for his efforts and thanks to Niles for testing the process for several weeks.
Texting – Texting will be rolled out at Wilmette beginning July 15. We will keep you posted for availability at other libraries.
Closed dates - have you checked your closed dates when items are not due? Be sure they are correct for the Labor Day holiday. Check them on the CCS Web site (or contact the computer room staff if you forgot how to do this.)
SIP – Many member libraries have seen great things at ALA that you may wish to implement in the future. Please CONTACT US FIRST if you are thinking of a new product requiring connection to the ILS. We strongly encourage that you deal with only certified vendors. We can assist uncertified vendors to be in touch with SirsiDynix about certification to test and see if they can safely connect to the system. For those of you who think of us first when implementing a new vendor, we appreciate these communications. It simplifies troubleshooting and general upkeep and minimizes the Blame Game between vendors.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/17, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Wed., 7/17, 9:30, Northbrook: CCS Webmasters
Fri., 7/19, 9:30, Fox River Valley: Circulation
(Note: the PAS meeting is a week later than usual, on July 19, also at FRV.)
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
CCS News July 5, 2013
CCS News
JULY 5, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Closed Dates – the next big holiday is Labor Day. Be sure that your closed dates when items should not become due are correct. Please open a Wonder Desk ticket if changes are needed.
Record Locking Problems – the problems that we experienced with Workflows on Tuesday were repaired by SirsiDynix by making adjustments to our configuration. The process we call ADUTEXT, which indexes records overnight, now runs faster.
Director’s Station – as of this writing Director’s Station seems to be working well again. Earlier today (July 3) it was giving a cryptic message “Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation”. A reboot of the system repaired the situation.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
This week CCS loaded 2 files from Marcive. One file included 4720 updated authority records and the other included 349 new authority records that our database needed, but were not available before.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
PLEASE SHARE YOUR ALA GLEANINGS: Did you see, hear or otherwise learn of any useful information or just juicy gossip at ALA? If you have something you’d like to share which could help others in CCS, we’d love to run it in next week’s CCS News. If so, please e-mail it to Richard Shurman before next Thursday, July 11. Thanks!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 7/8, 2:00, CCS: BiblioCommons/Enterprise Task Force
Wed., 7/10, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
JULY 5, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Closed Dates – the next big holiday is Labor Day. Be sure that your closed dates when items should not become due are correct. Please open a Wonder Desk ticket if changes are needed.
Record Locking Problems – the problems that we experienced with Workflows on Tuesday were repaired by SirsiDynix by making adjustments to our configuration. The process we call ADUTEXT, which indexes records overnight, now runs faster.
Director’s Station – as of this writing Director’s Station seems to be working well again. Earlier today (July 3) it was giving a cryptic message “Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation”. A reboot of the system repaired the situation.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
This week CCS loaded 2 files from Marcive. One file included 4720 updated authority records and the other included 349 new authority records that our database needed, but were not available before.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
PLEASE SHARE YOUR ALA GLEANINGS: Did you see, hear or otherwise learn of any useful information or just juicy gossip at ALA? If you have something you’d like to share which could help others in CCS, we’d love to run it in next week’s CCS News. If so, please e-mail it to Richard Shurman before next Thursday, July 11. Thanks!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 7/8, 2:00, CCS: BiblioCommons/Enterprise Task Force
Wed., 7/10, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
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