CCS News
AUGUST 29, 2014
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
COMPUTER ROOM HOLIDAY STAFFING:
The computer room will be staffed on Sunday, (8/31) from 11:30AM to 5:00PM. CCS will be closed on Monday, (9/1) for the Labor Day holiday. All reports and notices will run as normal on both days.
BATTERY BACKUP TEST:
On Sunday, 9/7/2014, we will conduct a test of the emergency battery backup procedures here at CCS. During this test the server will be offline for 30 minutes between 9:30AM and 10:00AM. During those 30 minutes patrons will not be able to log in to BiblioCommons to view their account or place holds. On Tuesday, 9/2/2014, we will place a system wide message on BiblioCommons alerting the patrons of this outage during this test.
BRIEF SMS UPDATE:
As mentioned in previous updates, we do have a SMS solution set in place and it is currently undergoing heavy testing. We anticipate this being available for use within Enterprise at a library’s Soft Launch and/or Go Live date. An SMS update email will be sent out soon, after testing, containing the specifics of the SMS solution and how to move forward with implementing it in your Enterprise
Profile.
CCS CERTIFIED:
CCS is getting SSL certificates for both the ccslib.org and ccs.nsls.lib.il.us domains. The initial use of these certificates will be for the patron self-registration page for SMS, within Enterprise, to keep authentication and patron information secure to our servers. We are also planning on implementing the SSL certificates when we roll out the new CCS website.
PROPAY SETUP:
Setup is virtually complete in both WorkFlows & Enterprise for ProPay transactions, with the exception of 2 libraries that have yet to turn in the questionnaire. It should be ready for testing by Tuesday, (09/02). An email stating such will go out at that time. Instructions to libraries for setting up mag stripe card readers at work stations was sent out 8/28.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
This week, CCS sent a file of 7,295 bibliographic records to Marcive for authorities processing. 5,736 records were updated and returned to CCS, as well as 3,030 new authority records. All of these records were loaded into our system.
Next week, two more files from Marcive will be loaded into our system. One contains 3,474 updated authority records and the other contains 380 new authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
Virginia Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
BIBLIOCOMMONS LOGIN PROBLEM UPDATE:
The CCS staff and BiblioCommons are working on documenting the problems and remedial measures that bedeviled everyone for ten days. BiblioCommons is formulating a response to our questions about their initial explanation. When we have something definitive, we will email it. Again, our apologies for both the disruption and the dearth of communication.
HAPPY HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO ALL FROM THE CCS STAFF!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None!
