CCS News
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Battery replacement - Our network will be down from ½ hour to 1 hour the morning on February 15. This is to replace a battery on one of our units. The outage will occur at 7:30am. We will let you know when the work is complete but you might want to reschedule your “early bird” tech services staff accordingly.
BiblioCommons – our soft launches continue to take place. At present Northbrook and Round Lake have launched BiblioCommons to the public. Many libraries will follow in February and March.
Another light week... stay warm!!!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 2/16, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thursday, February 3, 2011
CCS News
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Storm of 2011 - We all managed through the great storm of 2011. We are please to say that all systems ran well while we were absent from the computer room Tuesday night through Wednesday night. Our Webley system worked well and we were able to monitor the power situation remotely.
WonderDesk – Reminding you that all issues needing action on our part need to be reported through the WonderDesk.
And that’s it for this week, short and maybe even sweet. One to remember for sure, thankfully not for reasons related to CCS!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 2/7, 1:30, CCS: BiblioCommons Task Force (please check status before attending; we may cancel!)
Wed., 2/9, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 2/10, 9:30, Northbrook: ILL
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Storm of 2011 - We all managed through the great storm of 2011. We are please to say that all systems ran well while we were absent from the computer room Tuesday night through Wednesday night. Our Webley system worked well and we were able to monitor the power situation remotely.
WonderDesk – Reminding you that all issues needing action on our part need to be reported through the WonderDesk.
And that’s it for this week, short and maybe even sweet. One to remember for sure, thankfully not for reasons related to CCS!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 2/7, 1:30, CCS: BiblioCommons Task Force (please check status before attending; we may cancel!)
Wed., 2/9, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 2/10, 9:30, Northbrook: ILL
Friday, January 28, 2011
CCS News
JANUARY 28, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
BiblioCommons – a good deal of energy is being spent on making sure all computer room staff are trained and ready to help you with BiblioCommons. Please help us by ensuring that all problems with BiblioCommons are logged to the WonderDesk. If they come through a private email the might get lost. We process about 200 emails each every day – but the WonderDesk incidents are reviewed regularly even if we don’t get to them all. All WonderDesk incidents must have complete particulars about a problem. Patron barcode, item barcode, item ISBN, browser and library’s interface used and exact steps that got you to the problem are needed. Thanks!
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Earlier this week, CCS loaded 2 files that were obtained from Marcive. One file contained 2230 updated authority records and the other file contained 394 authority records that were needed, but not available until now. What does this all mean to the CCS database? An up to date database that includes all available individual death dates, current references, and subject headings.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
THANKS to Amy Holcomb, Juli Janovicz and Eric Robbins for excellent jobs doing their parts of the BiblioCommons training!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 2/2, 9:30, Ela: Catalogers
JANUARY 28, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
BiblioCommons – a good deal of energy is being spent on making sure all computer room staff are trained and ready to help you with BiblioCommons. Please help us by ensuring that all problems with BiblioCommons are logged to the WonderDesk. If they come through a private email the might get lost. We process about 200 emails each every day – but the WonderDesk incidents are reviewed regularly even if we don’t get to them all. All WonderDesk incidents must have complete particulars about a problem. Patron barcode, item barcode, item ISBN, browser and library’s interface used and exact steps that got you to the problem are needed. Thanks!
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Earlier this week, CCS loaded 2 files that were obtained from Marcive. One file contained 2230 updated authority records and the other file contained 394 authority records that were needed, but not available until now. What does this all mean to the CCS database? An up to date database that includes all available individual death dates, current references, and subject headings.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
THANKS to Amy Holcomb, Juli Janovicz and Eric Robbins for excellent jobs doing their parts of the BiblioCommons training!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 2/2, 9:30, Ela: Catalogers
Thursday, January 20, 2011
CCS News
January 21, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
3.3.1 Delay – you might have seen this on the listserv. Due to a bug found in the indexes, our upgrade to 3.3.1 will be delayed until May, so please stay tuned to listservs for exact plans. This will have no adverse on our BiblioCommons rollouts early in spring. In fact, staying on the old release helps to ensure stability for our introduction of BiblioCommons as we have been testing the 3.2.1 connection for some time.
BiblioCommons News - significant progress has been made. We have seen BiblioCommons improve our faceting for adult/juv/teen materials, Overdrive consortia are now being accessed properly, and our registration problems have been fixed. There are still some problems correcting a birth year that has been incorrectly set and in the next build at the end of the month the hold queue position should be turned off. As you roll out BiblioCommons, please remember to log any issues to the WonderDesk and we will work with BiblioCommons to remedy the situation.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 1/26, 10:00, Crystal Lake: Regular And Annual Governing Board Meetings
Thur., 1/27, 9:30-noon and 1-3:30, Glenview: BiblioCommons Training (you must be registered; classes are full!)
January 21, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
3.3.1 Delay – you might have seen this on the listserv. Due to a bug found in the indexes, our upgrade to 3.3.1 will be delayed until May, so please stay tuned to listservs for exact plans. This will have no adverse on our BiblioCommons rollouts early in spring. In fact, staying on the old release helps to ensure stability for our introduction of BiblioCommons as we have been testing the 3.2.1 connection for some time.
BiblioCommons News - significant progress has been made. We have seen BiblioCommons improve our faceting for adult/juv/teen materials, Overdrive consortia are now being accessed properly, and our registration problems have been fixed. There are still some problems correcting a birth year that has been incorrectly set and in the next build at the end of the month the hold queue position should be turned off. As you roll out BiblioCommons, please remember to log any issues to the WonderDesk and we will work with BiblioCommons to remedy the situation.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 1/26, 10:00, Crystal Lake: Regular And Annual Governing Board Meetings
Thur., 1/27, 9:30-noon and 1-3:30, Glenview: BiblioCommons Training (you must be registered; classes are full!)
Friday, January 14, 2011
JANUARY 14, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
What is Unfuddle? - “Unfuddle” is the name given to the incident tracking system used at BiblioCommons. When you report a problem with BiblioCommons to the CCS Wonderdesk we might respond with a message that we reported the issue to BiblioCommons in Unfuddle (or UF or BC)# 12345. We keep track of all requests in our tracking system and theirs until the issue is resolved. Please be sure all incidents contain complete information. If you are reporting an issue regarding content please include the ISBN of the title in question.
Release 3.3.1 – Please stay tuned to the listservs for news about our upgrade. The planned date at this time is after closing the evening of February 1. During the evaluation phase we were advised that a [lengthy] index rebuild will need to take place after the upgrade. We are working on figuring out the timing of all the processes.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 1/19, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thur., 1/20, 9:30, Niles: PAS
Fri., 1/21, 9:30, Glenview: Circulation
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
What is Unfuddle? - “Unfuddle” is the name given to the incident tracking system used at BiblioCommons. When you report a problem with BiblioCommons to the CCS Wonderdesk we might respond with a message that we reported the issue to BiblioCommons in Unfuddle (or UF or BC)# 12345. We keep track of all requests in our tracking system and theirs until the issue is resolved. Please be sure all incidents contain complete information. If you are reporting an issue regarding content please include the ISBN of the title in question.
Release 3.3.1 – Please stay tuned to the listservs for news about our upgrade. The planned date at this time is after closing the evening of February 1. During the evaluation phase we were advised that a [lengthy] index rebuild will need to take place after the upgrade. We are working on figuring out the timing of all the processes.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 1/19, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thur., 1/20, 9:30, Niles: PAS
Fri., 1/21, 9:30, Glenview: Circulation
Thursday, January 6, 2011
CCS News
JANUARY 7, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Firewall Cleanup: As mentioned at the last two Maintenance Coordinators meetings, I have begun the task of cleaning up the firewall. This week Zion-Benton was updated, with no problems encountered as of this post. I will send you an email the day before I make the change just so you can be aware of it and in case of any problems with connections to the servers arise. Please make sure you reply by the end of the day, when I send an email about the change, to make sure I know you are aware, and also know if you will be at the library the next day when the change takes effect. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me (Frank Correa) ASAP.
Mega Printers:
We don’t have Mega Ball, but we still have two ‘Mega Printers”. This may be your last chance to see if your library is in need of any Line Matrix Printers, (800 LPM ). We still have 2 available for any CCS library that may need them. Please let someone in the computer room know if you are still interested, or send me (Frank) an email. The 2 printers are Genicom 4840e models.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None, but we hope to see some of you at ALA Midwinter! Remember, the Circ meeting will be Jan. 21 at Glenview.
JANUARY 7, 2011
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Firewall Cleanup: As mentioned at the last two Maintenance Coordinators meetings, I have begun the task of cleaning up the firewall. This week Zion-Benton was updated, with no problems encountered as of this post. I will send you an email the day before I make the change just so you can be aware of it and in case of any problems with connections to the servers arise. Please make sure you reply by the end of the day, when I send an email about the change, to make sure I know you are aware, and also know if you will be at the library the next day when the change takes effect. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me (Frank Correa) ASAP.
Mega Printers:
We don’t have Mega Ball, but we still have two ‘Mega Printers”. This may be your last chance to see if your library is in need of any Line Matrix Printers, (800 LPM ). We still have 2 available for any CCS library that may need them. Please let someone in the computer room know if you are still interested, or send me (Frank) an email. The 2 printers are Genicom 4840e models.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None, but we hope to see some of you at ALA Midwinter! Remember, the Circ meeting will be Jan. 21 at Glenview.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
CCS News
December 24, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Holiday Hours – The computer room will be staffed normal hours during the end of year holidays with the following exceptions: We will be closed December 25 and January 1. We will close early on December 24 at 1 pm and will close on December 31 at 5 pm. Our special hours are always posted on the WonderDesk.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Earlier this week, CCS loaded 2 files that were obtained from Marcive. One file contained 2441 updated authority records and the other file contained 463 authority records that were needed, but not available until now. What does this all mean to the CCS database? An up to date database that includes all available individual death dates, current references, and subject headings.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
NO CCS NEWS NEXT WEEK:
This esteemed bulletin will take a holiday break next week and return January 7.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WISHES FOR A GREAT YEAR AHEAD TO ALL FROM THE CCS STAFF!
CCS MEETINGS THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:
Wed., 1/5, 9:30, CCS: Executive Committee
Wed., 1/5, noon, Jameson’s: Continuing Education Steering Committee
Wed., 1/5, 2:00, CCS: BiblioCommons Task Force
December 24, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Holiday Hours – The computer room will be staffed normal hours during the end of year holidays with the following exceptions: We will be closed December 25 and January 1. We will close early on December 24 at 1 pm and will close on December 31 at 5 pm. Our special hours are always posted on the WonderDesk.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Earlier this week, CCS loaded 2 files that were obtained from Marcive. One file contained 2441 updated authority records and the other file contained 463 authority records that were needed, but not available until now. What does this all mean to the CCS database? An up to date database that includes all available individual death dates, current references, and subject headings.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
NO CCS NEWS NEXT WEEK:
This esteemed bulletin will take a holiday break next week and return January 7.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WISHES FOR A GREAT YEAR AHEAD TO ALL FROM THE CCS STAFF!
CCS MEETINGS THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:
Wed., 1/5, 9:30, CCS: Executive Committee
Wed., 1/5, noon, Jameson’s: Continuing Education Steering Committee
Wed., 1/5, 2:00, CCS: BiblioCommons Task Force
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