CCS News
AUGUST 13, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Testing RevD:
iBistro RevD is available for testing at http://64.107.155.153 .
Please send all correspondence concerning RevD through the WonderDesk.
Please be sure to test the Epay functionality, if applicable.
We are currently working on the following:
1. Novelist Select content.
2. Spell check/suggestions.
3. Enabling edit suspension dates in my account.
4. Enabling Renew Materials functionality in Review Account
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Last week, CCS sent a file of 5447 bibliographic records to Marcive for authorities processing. 1655 updated records were returned as well as a file of 3063 new authority records. All records have been reloaded into our system.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 8/19, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thursday, August 5, 2010
CCS News
AUGUST 6, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Good News –Bad News:
The good news is that the power outage that was scheduled by Com Ed last week never occurred. Bob, Rory and Frank took the servers down on Friday night in preparation for the power outage overnight. The next morning things were brought back on line, only to discover the work scheduled by Com Ed never took place. The bad news: as of this writing, the work has not been rescheduled by Com Ed, and no word yet on a future date or time. We will keep you posted, if and when this happens, but this is not under our control…
IMPENDING ABSENCE FOR ROGER ANDERSON:
CCS Database Manager Roger Anderson sent out the following email on August 4:
Dear Catalogers,
Just to keep you informed, and in case there might be some global change projects in your near future, I will be on a medical leave of absence starting August 25 and returning approximately six weeks later (October 6, the date of our next catalogers’ meeting). If it’s possible for you to anticipate that far in advance, please submit such global change requests soon so I can work on them. But rest assured that if you need something done during my absence that you could not plan ahead, we will make every possible effort to accommodate you.
Other than the false alarm about the power outage (thanks, ComEd), we’ve been testing BiblioCommons, rolling out a prototype of the nextGen version of iBistro (e-Library RevD), poring over the Unicorn Release 3.3.1 Release Notes to prepare for testing and presentations to the Technical Groups, keeping the office humming in Bonnie’s continued absence as she recovers on schedule (knock on wood) and working with other vacations, and preparing for Roger Anderson’s upcoming leave. We’ll keep this short this week and wish everyone a good what’s left of summer!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Tues., 8/10, 11:30, Jameson’s: Technical Group Chairs lunch
Wed., 8/11, 9:30, CCS: OPAC Review Task Force
Thur., 8/12, 9:30, Dundee: ILL
(Note: the 8/11 Executive Committee meeting is canceled per August tradition!)
AUGUST 6, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Good News –Bad News:
The good news is that the power outage that was scheduled by Com Ed last week never occurred. Bob, Rory and Frank took the servers down on Friday night in preparation for the power outage overnight. The next morning things were brought back on line, only to discover the work scheduled by Com Ed never took place. The bad news: as of this writing, the work has not been rescheduled by Com Ed, and no word yet on a future date or time. We will keep you posted, if and when this happens, but this is not under our control…
IMPENDING ABSENCE FOR ROGER ANDERSON:
CCS Database Manager Roger Anderson sent out the following email on August 4:
Dear Catalogers,
Just to keep you informed, and in case there might be some global change projects in your near future, I will be on a medical leave of absence starting August 25 and returning approximately six weeks later (October 6, the date of our next catalogers’ meeting). If it’s possible for you to anticipate that far in advance, please submit such global change requests soon so I can work on them. But rest assured that if you need something done during my absence that you could not plan ahead, we will make every possible effort to accommodate you.
Other than the false alarm about the power outage (thanks, ComEd), we’ve been testing BiblioCommons, rolling out a prototype of the nextGen version of iBistro (e-Library RevD), poring over the Unicorn Release 3.3.1 Release Notes to prepare for testing and presentations to the Technical Groups, keeping the office humming in Bonnie’s continued absence as she recovers on schedule (knock on wood) and working with other vacations, and preparing for Roger Anderson’s upcoming leave. We’ll keep this short this week and wish everyone a good what’s left of summer!
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Tues., 8/10, 11:30, Jameson’s: Technical Group Chairs lunch
Wed., 8/11, 9:30, CCS: OPAC Review Task Force
Thur., 8/12, 9:30, Dundee: ILL
(Note: the 8/11 Executive Committee meeting is canceled per August tradition!)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
CCS News
JULY 30, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Use Wonderdesk – It is always important to post your questions to the Wonderdesk – but it is REALLY important to do so during vacation season. That is so that others on the staff can see your request and respond. We don’t want an email to go unanswered because someone is on vacation.
Power Outage Planned – ComEd has told us that they plan a complete power outage in our area on Friday July 30 at 11pm through Saturday morning at 7am. We will shut down all production servers gracefully before the planned outage beginning at 9:15 pm. We will shut down test servers during the day late Friday afternoon.
Vacations – Linda will be away through August 12 and Bob will be away August 13-23.
SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES AND AUTHORITIES NEWS ON THE ROCKS:
For those who are interested in different kinds of rocks, LC has switched a group of subject headings so that they are now in direct order. What were subject headings such as “ Rocks, Igneous”, “Rocks, Sedimentary”, and “Rocks, Metamorphic” are now “Igneous rocks”, “Sedimentary rocks”, and “Metamorphic rocks”. All affected bibliographic records have been changed and there are references to point the catalog user to the appropriate term.
Also, CCS loaded 2 files from Marcive this week . One included 2280 updated authority records, and another with 528 new authority records that were needed, but were not available before.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Tues., 8/3, noon, Jameson’s: Continuing Education Steering Committee
Wed., 8/4, 9:30, Niles: Catalogers
JULY 30, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Use Wonderdesk – It is always important to post your questions to the Wonderdesk – but it is REALLY important to do so during vacation season. That is so that others on the staff can see your request and respond. We don’t want an email to go unanswered because someone is on vacation.
Power Outage Planned – ComEd has told us that they plan a complete power outage in our area on Friday July 30 at 11pm through Saturday morning at 7am. We will shut down all production servers gracefully before the planned outage beginning at 9:15 pm. We will shut down test servers during the day late Friday afternoon.
Vacations – Linda will be away through August 12 and Bob will be away August 13-23.
SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES AND AUTHORITIES NEWS ON THE ROCKS:
For those who are interested in different kinds of rocks, LC has switched a group of subject headings so that they are now in direct order. What were subject headings such as “ Rocks, Igneous”, “Rocks, Sedimentary”, and “Rocks, Metamorphic” are now “Igneous rocks”, “Sedimentary rocks”, and “Metamorphic rocks”. All affected bibliographic records have been changed and there are references to point the catalog user to the appropriate term.
Also, CCS loaded 2 files from Marcive this week . One included 2280 updated authority records, and another with 528 new authority records that were needed, but were not available before.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Tues., 8/3, noon, Jameson’s: Continuing Education Steering Committee
Wed., 8/4, 9:30, Niles: Catalogers
Thursday, July 22, 2010
CCS News
JULY 23, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
RBP Report –If you need the statistics that we post to NSLS monthly, the report that we send to them is available to each library at the first of each month. You will find it in your web reports under the link NSLS RBP.
Vacations – Linda will be away from the office July 30 through August 11. Bob will be away from the office August 13 through August 22.
NEW CCS WEB SITE GETS MAKEOVER:
If you have not checked by now, the CCSLIB.ORG website went through a makeover. The old template provided by our web hosting company had to be changed (due to image copyright infringement), and all our information has now been transferred over to the new template. Frank Correa believes most of the things from the previous version were carried over. During his absence some changes may have been made which carried over to the new site. There was also a lapse when the site could not be updated due to “End of Life” for the old template while Frank was away. Some agendas could not be posted because the site could not be updated. If something is not right, missing, or you have other suggestions, please send an email to Frank (fcorrea@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us). The new template also has some new features which we will be using in the future to meet our customer needs, including a feedback mechanism and a couple of more toys and whistles. Enjoy,….
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/28, 10:00. Lake Villa: Governing Board
Thur., 7/30, 9:30, Zion-Benton: Circulation
JULY 23, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
RBP Report –If you need the statistics that we post to NSLS monthly, the report that we send to them is available to each library at the first of each month. You will find it in your web reports under the link NSLS RBP.
Vacations – Linda will be away from the office July 30 through August 11. Bob will be away from the office August 13 through August 22.
NEW CCS WEB SITE GETS MAKEOVER:
If you have not checked by now, the CCSLIB.ORG website went through a makeover. The old template provided by our web hosting company had to be changed (due to image copyright infringement), and all our information has now been transferred over to the new template. Frank Correa believes most of the things from the previous version were carried over. During his absence some changes may have been made which carried over to the new site. There was also a lapse when the site could not be updated due to “End of Life” for the old template while Frank was away. Some agendas could not be posted because the site could not be updated. If something is not right, missing, or you have other suggestions, please send an email to Frank (fcorrea@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us). The new template also has some new features which we will be using in the future to meet our customer needs, including a feedback mechanism and a couple of more toys and whistles. Enjoy,….
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/28, 10:00. Lake Villa: Governing Board
Thur., 7/30, 9:30, Zion-Benton: Circulation
Thursday, July 15, 2010
CCS News
JULY 16, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Offline mode – we have had a few instances of down time requiring Offline lately. It is important if you are using the Symphony Offline mode that the following steps are checked. You want to be sure that transactions are going to be written to the correct file so that they will be downloaded to the main server when you come back up online.
Start Java Workflows in offline mode.
Click the ‘Offline’ wizards group in the toolbar.
Click the Offline Session under the Common Tasks group.
The last element displayed is the ‘Log:” file value.
This directory and file must be read/writable by the user that logs in to the PC. If it is not, the offline session will discard the transactions as they occur. It does *NOT* inform the user that transactions are *NOT* being spooled to the log file.
COOKING CHANGES AND OTHER AUTHORITIES NEWS:
All of the major changes concerning the subject heading change of “Cookery” to “Cooking” are finished. So from “Cookery, American” to “Cookery (Zucchini)” in our database, is now “Cooking, American” to “Cooking (Zucchini)”. There are many references to guide you to the correct form of the heading.
The main heading of “Cookery” is still in the progress of being split manually from “Cookery” to either “Cooking” or “Cookbooks”. Use “Cooking” for “works about all types of food preparation, including preparation of those foods that do not necessarily need to be heated. Works about collections of recipes are entered under Cookbooks”.
CCS also loaded a file into the system this week from Marcive with 1888 updated authority records in it. Previously, a file of 470 new authority records was loaded. Those were needed, but were not available before.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/21, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
JULY 16, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Offline mode – we have had a few instances of down time requiring Offline lately. It is important if you are using the Symphony Offline mode that the following steps are checked. You want to be sure that transactions are going to be written to the correct file so that they will be downloaded to the main server when you come back up online.
Start Java Workflows in offline mode.
Click the ‘Offline’ wizards group in the toolbar.
Click the Offline Session under the Common Tasks group.
The last element displayed is the ‘Log:” file value.
This directory and file must be read/writable by the user that logs in to the PC. If it is not, the offline session will discard the transactions as they occur. It does *NOT* inform the user that transactions are *NOT* being spooled to the log file.
COOKING CHANGES AND OTHER AUTHORITIES NEWS:
All of the major changes concerning the subject heading change of “Cookery” to “Cooking” are finished. So from “Cookery, American” to “Cookery (Zucchini)” in our database, is now “Cooking, American” to “Cooking (Zucchini)”. There are many references to guide you to the correct form of the heading.
The main heading of “Cookery” is still in the progress of being split manually from “Cookery” to either “Cooking” or “Cookbooks”. Use “Cooking” for “works about all types of food preparation, including preparation of those foods that do not necessarily need to be heated. Works about collections of recipes are entered under Cookbooks”.
CCS also loaded a file into the system this week from Marcive with 1888 updated authority records in it. Previously, a file of 470 new authority records was loaded. Those were needed, but were not available before.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/21, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thursday, July 8, 2010
CCS News
JULY 9, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Business as usual? - for the most part the Computer Room has been percolating along taking care of routine tasks which are never really routine. Some of the things we continue to work on are diagnosing holds anomalies or suspected anomalies, DNS improvements, turning our test server into Oracle/Unicode to reflect the production server, forays into the world of RevD for iBistro in preparation for the next release, keeping our air conditioning running well (a challenge in the summer months), preparing our machines for Bibliocommons testing, performing voodoo rituals to ward off power outages and filling in for absent staff members. We need to mention thanks to our experienced and capable staff of part timers who saw us through the power outage and have been dealing admirably with evening air conditioning situations over the past few weeks.
Sunday night staffing - Jim O'Day has completed his training and will be taking over the night operator shift on Sunday evening.
“COOKERY” TO “COOKING” COOKING SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES PROGRESS REPORT:
As promised, there were many subject heading changes in the CCS database this week and last week. This is because of the LC subject heading change of “Cookery” to “Cooking”. Most of these types of changes are done. Over 427 headings have been changed so far (or about 15,000 bibliographic records). Thank goodness our computer system can do the majority of changes by itself.
The main subject heading change revolves around the subject heading of “Cookery”. “Cookery” will be divided into “Cooking” and “Cookbooks”. Other headings like “Cookery, Chinese” and “Cookery (Nuts)” will become “Cooking, Chinese” or “Cooking (Nuts)”. There will be references sending the catalog user to the authorized form of the heading.
Since there is a split between “Cooking” and “Cookbooks”, many of those 2500 bib. records and others will have to be done manually. These manual changes will appear gradually over the next few weeks too.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/14, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 7/15, 9:30, Zion-Benton: PAS
JULY 9, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Business as usual? - for the most part the Computer Room has been percolating along taking care of routine tasks which are never really routine. Some of the things we continue to work on are diagnosing holds anomalies or suspected anomalies, DNS improvements, turning our test server into Oracle/Unicode to reflect the production server, forays into the world of RevD for iBistro in preparation for the next release, keeping our air conditioning running well (a challenge in the summer months), preparing our machines for Bibliocommons testing, performing voodoo rituals to ward off power outages and filling in for absent staff members. We need to mention thanks to our experienced and capable staff of part timers who saw us through the power outage and have been dealing admirably with evening air conditioning situations over the past few weeks.
Sunday night staffing - Jim O'Day has completed his training and will be taking over the night operator shift on Sunday evening.
“COOKERY” TO “COOKING” COOKING SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES PROGRESS REPORT:
As promised, there were many subject heading changes in the CCS database this week and last week. This is because of the LC subject heading change of “Cookery” to “Cooking”. Most of these types of changes are done. Over 427 headings have been changed so far (or about 15,000 bibliographic records). Thank goodness our computer system can do the majority of changes by itself.
The main subject heading change revolves around the subject heading of “Cookery”. “Cookery” will be divided into “Cooking” and “Cookbooks”. Other headings like “Cookery, Chinese” and “Cookery (Nuts)” will become “Cooking, Chinese” or “Cooking (Nuts)”. There will be references sending the catalog user to the authorized form of the heading.
Since there is a split between “Cooking” and “Cookbooks”, many of those 2500 bib. records and others will have to be done manually. These manual changes will appear gradually over the next few weeks too.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/14, 10:00, CCS: Executive Committee
Thur., 7/15, 9:30, Zion-Benton: PAS
Thursday, July 1, 2010
CCS News
JULY 2, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Call First – If you are thinking of implementing a new service that requires authentication or otherwise must interface with the Symphony System we want to be sure that you are working with a certified SirsiDynix vendor. Call us if you want to verify the status of any vendor. We want to be reasonably certain that the systems will work well together before you purchase and SirsiDynix will help us with certified vendors. Otherwise, difficulties, delays and/or additional costs may result.
Hours Over July 4th Holiday – The Computer Room will be closed on Sunday July 4. We will be staffed the normal hours on Friday, Saturday and Monday to accommodate libraries that are open. We are still operating without Frank Correa who has been out ill and is expected back in mid-July.
“COOKERY” TO “COOKING” SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES PROGRESS REPORT:
As promised, there will be many subject heading changes in the CCS database this week and next. This is because of the LC subject heading change of “Cookery” to “Cooking.” These types of changes have begun. Over 179 headings have been changed so far this week (or about 7000 bibliographic records). Over the next week, the rest of the changes will occur. In total, there’s over 400 headings to change, and over 15,000 bibliographic records are involved. Thank goodness our computer system can do the majority of changes by itself.
The main subject heading change revolves around the subject heading of “Cookery”. “Cookery” will be divided into “Cooking” and “Cookbooks.” Other headings like “Cookery, Chinese” and “Cookery (Nuts)” will become “Cooking, Chinese” or “Cooking (Nuts).” There will be references sending the catalog user to the authorized form of the heading.
Since there is a split between “Cooking” and “Cookbooks,” many of those 2500 bib. records will have to be done manually. These manual changes will appear gradually over the next few weeks too.
BONNIE OWENS UPDATE:
Bonnie will be out two more months. We are in daily contact and happy to relay good wishes.
WE WISH EVERYONE AN ENJOYABLE AND RELAXING HOLIDAY WEEKEND!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/7, 9:30, CCS: OPAC Review Task Force
JULY 2, 2010
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Call First – If you are thinking of implementing a new service that requires authentication or otherwise must interface with the Symphony System we want to be sure that you are working with a certified SirsiDynix vendor. Call us if you want to verify the status of any vendor. We want to be reasonably certain that the systems will work well together before you purchase and SirsiDynix will help us with certified vendors. Otherwise, difficulties, delays and/or additional costs may result.
Hours Over July 4th Holiday – The Computer Room will be closed on Sunday July 4. We will be staffed the normal hours on Friday, Saturday and Monday to accommodate libraries that are open. We are still operating without Frank Correa who has been out ill and is expected back in mid-July.
“COOKERY” TO “COOKING” SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES PROGRESS REPORT:
As promised, there will be many subject heading changes in the CCS database this week and next. This is because of the LC subject heading change of “Cookery” to “Cooking.” These types of changes have begun. Over 179 headings have been changed so far this week (or about 7000 bibliographic records). Over the next week, the rest of the changes will occur. In total, there’s over 400 headings to change, and over 15,000 bibliographic records are involved. Thank goodness our computer system can do the majority of changes by itself.
The main subject heading change revolves around the subject heading of “Cookery”. “Cookery” will be divided into “Cooking” and “Cookbooks.” Other headings like “Cookery, Chinese” and “Cookery (Nuts)” will become “Cooking, Chinese” or “Cooking (Nuts).” There will be references sending the catalog user to the authorized form of the heading.
Since there is a split between “Cooking” and “Cookbooks,” many of those 2500 bib. records will have to be done manually. These manual changes will appear gradually over the next few weeks too.
BONNIE OWENS UPDATE:
Bonnie will be out two more months. We are in daily contact and happy to relay good wishes.
WE WISH EVERYONE AN ENJOYABLE AND RELAXING HOLIDAY WEEKEND!
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 7/7, 9:30, CCS: OPAC Review Task Force
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