CCS News November 22, 2013

CCS News
 
NOVEMBER 22, 2013

FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:

Closed Dates:
Jim O’Day has entered our libraries’ closed dates for 2014, with all the information that was sent. If you did not send in your closed dates, please make sure you contact Jim ASAP so he can update your calendar in time for due dates when you are closed.


CCSLIB.ORG website password change:
We will be changing the password to the restricted part of the CCS web site on Tuesday morning. Frank has received 19 of the libraries’ designated contacts who will receive the login/password. This will be a process that will happen every 3 months. Email was sent a couple of weeks ago, and a reminder was sent yesterday.  If you have not responded to Frank yet, please do so ASAP. 


We Welcome Jonathan Padilla:
We are happy to have Jonathan Padilla on board as the new IT Systems Manager. He started this Monday. He is looking forward to working with all the CCS members and visiting libraries, and has already expressed a lot of good ideas for our infrastructure.

GOOD WISHES TO ROGER ANDERSON:
After over twenty-five years creating and defining the position of CCS Database Manager, Roger Anderson will retire at the end of the year.  We wish him the greatest retirement ever; he’s earned it.  Meanwhile, we will be recruiting for a replacement.  Pending our running an ad, if you are interested, please email rshurman@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us for more information.           

NO CCS NEWS NEXT WEEK:
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no issue of this bulletin next week.

FIFTY YEARS AGO:
It’s hard to believe that fifty years have passed since the tragic Presidential assassination that changed so many basic assumptions about our country as well as the course of history.  A brief pause to mourn and reflect seems fitting, as does an affirmation of the idealism which we can never allow to be eradicated.

CCS MEETINGS THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:

Wed., 12/4, 10:00, Crystal Lake: Governing Board

Fri., 12/6, 10:00. CCS: Continuing Education Steering Committee