CCS News August 8, 2014

CCS News
 
AUGUST 8, 2014
 
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Office Renovation Update:
We are happy to announce that the renovation in the computer room areas is nearly complete after the installation of new tile in the shipping/receiving and storage areas. Once all of our things are moved back, we can breathe a sigh of relief and get back to the “normal” duties at hand.

Network Redesign Update:
We are continuing to work with our consultant on the redesign of our network to ensure its efficiency and security. This redesign will include the move to our new AT&T fiber line, which has been installed but currently being configured for our environment by AT&T and ICN. A timeline for the changeover will be sent out after the configuration and evaluation are complete.

Platform Migration Schedule Reminder:
The migration to our new Workflows production server will occur next week.  Tim Hine from SirsiDynix is planning to start at 9:30pm central time on August 12th after all users have logged off of the system. We estimate that the platform migration will be completed by 11:30 pm on the 12th.  Once the migration is completed, Tim will email CCS to test the system and prepare to go live. There is no scheduled downtime during library hours for the migration.  We expect that the normal reports will be caught up by 9 am on the 13th.

Symphony SP5 Upgrade Reminder:
Please continue to test the new release so we can verify that things work as needed. Specifics about the client upgrade will be sent out to the Maintenance Coordinators group next week.

AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Two files from Marcive were loaded into our system this week. One contained 2630 updated authority records and the other contained 393 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:

Mon., 8/11, 1:00, CCS: Enterprise Implementation Task Force

Wed., 8/13, Ela: Catalogers