CCS News
November 1, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Assumed Lost Report:
For those libraries that use the Assumed Lost report:
There is a bug in the Assumed Lost process that prevents patrons who are already in collections from being processed by the report. Once the patron is in collections, long overdue items not already billed will not be picked up by the process. Therefore, billable amounts for these long overdue items are not sent to Unique. Please have someone from your staff open a Wonderdesk ticket and request that the Assumed Lost Companion report be run for your library as a work around to the bug. Details about using the Companion report will be conveyed through the ticket.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
CCS has been keeping Marcive busy the last two week, or maybe it’s the other way around? Last week, CCS loaded a file of updated authority records (2476 of them, with 360 new matches). This week, CCS sent 9731 bibliographic records to Marcive for authorities processing, & 3203 were returned. They also sent 3404 new authority records. All new or updated records have been loaded into our system.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
NEW CCS STAFF MEMBER:
We are very pleased to announce that Jonathan Padilla will begin as CCS IT Systems Manager (following Linda Zaleski) on Monday, November 18.
Jonathan is still young by CCS standards, but has 14 years of experience in the library automation technology and consortia game, knows the turf well and has a broad range of technology and network skills. He began working part time at MAGIC in Geneva in 1998 while still in his teens, progressed to full time there, and has been at Clackamas County (Oregon) for the last roughly seven years. He has been doing network management and Symphony administration, including rolling out Enterprise this month for his consortium. He already has his sights set on our web site and encryption. He has gotten glowing reviews, and we welcome his knowledge, enthusiasm, understanding of the customer service environment in which we operate, and a fresh and contemporary viewpoint which we think will be of great value to CCS. He will be taking a little leave in early-mid December while his wife gives birth; we appreciate that his motivation to join us is sufficient to make the transition even at this complicated time in his family life. We look forward to his joining us with excitement as we move into our next phase.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 11/4, 2:00, CCS: Budget & Finance Committee
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
CCS News October 25, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
SMS Notification - In the coming weeks we will be talking with a Sirsi Technical Advisor about the steps necessary to bring SMS Patron Self-Registration to your patrons. At the Webmasters Meeting on October 30th, we will present an overview of the SMS Patron Self-Registration process and look for input from the group. The testing of SMS Notification is going well. Currently two libraries are in the testing stage. If your library would like to participate in the testing, please contact Frank (after November 1).
Network Changes - The network changes performed last Sunday went as planned. Thank you for your cooperation.
Staff Absence - Frank will be out of the office Monday, October 28 and will return to the office on Friday, November 1. Please use the Help Desk or call the Computer Room. Please do not leave a message on Frank's voice mail.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Two files from Marcive were loaded into our system this week. One contained 2,476 updated authority records and the other contained 360 new authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 10/30, 9:30, Glenview: Webmasters Discussion Group
SMS Notification - In the coming weeks we will be talking with a Sirsi Technical Advisor about the steps necessary to bring SMS Patron Self-Registration to your patrons. At the Webmasters Meeting on October 30th, we will present an overview of the SMS Patron Self-Registration process and look for input from the group. The testing of SMS Notification is going well. Currently two libraries are in the testing stage. If your library would like to participate in the testing, please contact Frank (after November 1).
Network Changes - The network changes performed last Sunday went as planned. Thank you for your cooperation.
Staff Absence - Frank will be out of the office Monday, October 28 and will return to the office on Friday, November 1. Please use the Help Desk or call the Computer Room. Please do not leave a message on Frank's voice mail.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Two files from Marcive were loaded into our system this week. One contained 2,476 updated authority records and the other contained 360 new authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 10/30, 9:30, Glenview: Webmasters Discussion Group
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
CCS News October 18, 2013
CCS News
OCTOBER 18, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Closed Dates for the 2013 Holiday period:
Jim sent out an email (on 10/15) to department heads requesting your closing times and days for the upcoming November, December, and January holidays. Please let us know your closing hours for those days before, or after the holiday as well. If you have not replied, please take a moment to reply to Jim’s email with this information.
Network Maintenance:
Reminder: on Sunday October 20th from 8:30 to 9:00 A.M., the system will be offline in order that we can replace a network switch here at CCS HQ. Both SVA and Workflows will be offline during this time. Patrons will be able to search BiblioCommons, but some functions will be limited since Login, Place Holds and My Account will not be accessible. We will put up the customary message prior to the event.
Director’s Station:
Earlier this week we had calls about Director’s Station connectivity. It turned out to be a few missingWindows Updates that caused the problem. The server was rebooted twice after the updates were finished being installed, and the server and connections seemed to be back to normal. FYI Director’s Station runs on Internet Explorer (IE) -7, and Mozilla/Firefox 3.6 browsers; anything newer than that will not behave or work properly.
OUT OF OFFICE:
CCS Administrator Richard Shurman will be out of the office Thur., Oct. 17 through Friday, October 25.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 10/23, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
OCTOBER 18, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Closed Dates for the 2013 Holiday period:
Jim sent out an email (on 10/15) to department heads requesting your closing times and days for the upcoming November, December, and January holidays. Please let us know your closing hours for those days before, or after the holiday as well. If you have not replied, please take a moment to reply to Jim’s email with this information.
Network Maintenance:
Reminder: on Sunday October 20th from 8:30 to 9:00 A.M., the system will be offline in order that we can replace a network switch here at CCS HQ. Both SVA and Workflows will be offline during this time. Patrons will be able to search BiblioCommons, but some functions will be limited since Login, Place Holds and My Account will not be accessible. We will put up the customary message prior to the event.
Director’s Station:
Earlier this week we had calls about Director’s Station connectivity. It turned out to be a few missingWindows Updates that caused the problem. The server was rebooted twice after the updates were finished being installed, and the server and connections seemed to be back to normal. FYI Director’s Station runs on Internet Explorer (IE) -7, and Mozilla/Firefox 3.6 browsers; anything newer than that will not behave or work properly.
OUT OF OFFICE:
CCS Administrator Richard Shurman will be out of the office Thur., Oct. 17 through Friday, October 25.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 10/23, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thursday, October 10, 2013
CCS News October 11, 2013
CCS News
OCTOBER 11, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Mid-Day Pick list: The cause is not yet known why the Mid-Day Pick List fails every so often, but one possibility is that libraries who use the On-Demand Pick List Wizard are accessing it while the Mid-Day is running.
We are asking that libraries who use the On-Demand Pick List Wizard refrain from accessing it between 12:30 and 1:15 in the afternoon.
Weeding of Reports:
We will be weeding out some reports in the upcoming weeks. Bob will contact the libraries before any weeding process begins to make sure the reports that will be affected will be OK to remove. It’s part of our normal housekeeping of the server which we often do from time to time. More to come in the coming weeks.
Computer Room renovation:
In the coming weeks we will be remodeling our Server Room, and Computer Room area. Please be sure to use the CCS Help Desk so we don’t miss anything in case we are away from our work areas.
BiblioCommons:
A release went through this week that now fixes the bug that was preventing libraries from featuring only CCS user-generated content content on the Recent Activity page.
If you look at Lake Villa's page now, you'll see that only CCS reviews, lists, ratings, etc...are displayed and promoted: http://lakevilla.bibliocommons.com/dashboard/index
We encourage all libraries to promote the CCS content on this page rather than all the BiblioCommons content.
Network Maintenance:
Reminder, on Sunday October 20th from 8:30 to 9:00 A.M., the system will be offline in order that we can replace a network switch here at CCS HQ. Both SVA and Workflows will be offline during this time. Patrons will be able to search BiblioCommons but some functions will be limited as Login, Place Holds and My Account will not be accessible. We will put up the customary message prior to the event.
LIBRARY CLOSING:
Glencoe will be closed Friday, October 11 for an In-Service Day.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None!
OCTOBER 11, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Mid-Day Pick list: The cause is not yet known why the Mid-Day Pick List fails every so often, but one possibility is that libraries who use the On-Demand Pick List Wizard are accessing it while the Mid-Day is running.
We are asking that libraries who use the On-Demand Pick List Wizard refrain from accessing it between 12:30 and 1:15 in the afternoon.
Weeding of Reports:
We will be weeding out some reports in the upcoming weeks. Bob will contact the libraries before any weeding process begins to make sure the reports that will be affected will be OK to remove. It’s part of our normal housekeeping of the server which we often do from time to time. More to come in the coming weeks.
Computer Room renovation:
In the coming weeks we will be remodeling our Server Room, and Computer Room area. Please be sure to use the CCS Help Desk so we don’t miss anything in case we are away from our work areas.
BiblioCommons:
A release went through this week that now fixes the bug that was preventing libraries from featuring only CCS user-generated content content on the Recent Activity page.
If you look at Lake Villa's page now, you'll see that only CCS reviews, lists, ratings, etc...are displayed and promoted: http://lakevilla.bibliocommons.com/dashboard/index
We encourage all libraries to promote the CCS content on this page rather than all the BiblioCommons content.
Network Maintenance:
Reminder, on Sunday October 20th from 8:30 to 9:00 A.M., the system will be offline in order that we can replace a network switch here at CCS HQ. Both SVA and Workflows will be offline during this time. Patrons will be able to search BiblioCommons but some functions will be limited as Login, Place Holds and My Account will not be accessible. We will put up the customary message prior to the event.
LIBRARY CLOSING:
Glencoe will be closed Friday, October 11 for an In-Service Day.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
CCS News October 4, 2013
CCS News
OCTOBER 4, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Network Maintenance - On Sunday October 20th from 8:30 to 9:00 A.M., the system will be offline in order that we can replace a network switch here at CCS HQ. Both SVA and Workflows will be offline during this time. Patrons will be able to search BiblioCommons but functions will be limited as Login, Place Holds and My Account will not be accessible. We will put up the customary message prior to the event.
RECEPTION FOR LINDA ZALESKI:
On Friday, October 11, between 2 and 5 P.M., CCS will host a casual reception (light refreshments) to give Linda’s many fans a chance to convey the good wishes and appreciation for her we all share in person.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 10/7, 2:00, CCS: BiblioCommons/Enterprise Task Force
Wed., 10/9, 9:30, Algonguin: Catalogers
Wed., 10/9, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 10/10, 9:30, McHenry: ILL
Fri., 10/11, 2:00-5:00, CCS: reception for Linda Zaleski
OCTOBER 4, 2013
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Network Maintenance - On Sunday October 20th from 8:30 to 9:00 A.M., the system will be offline in order that we can replace a network switch here at CCS HQ. Both SVA and Workflows will be offline during this time. Patrons will be able to search BiblioCommons but functions will be limited as Login, Place Holds and My Account will not be accessible. We will put up the customary message prior to the event.
RECEPTION FOR LINDA ZALESKI:
On Friday, October 11, between 2 and 5 P.M., CCS will host a casual reception (light refreshments) to give Linda’s many fans a chance to convey the good wishes and appreciation for her we all share in person.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 10/7, 2:00, CCS: BiblioCommons/Enterprise Task Force
Wed., 10/9, 9:30, Algonguin: Catalogers
Wed., 10/9, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 10/10, 9:30, McHenry: ILL
Fri., 10/11, 2:00-5:00, CCS: reception for Linda Zaleski
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