CCS News
MARCH 23, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Backup time – we had a question about this earlier in the week. Full system backups commence every Saturday night about 6:30-7:00. They run throughout the night. During the initialization process the systems are interrupted for a few moments and usually come back up right away. In the recent past the system was down all night to perform backups – so we are really glad to be able to run our newer procedures.
BiblioCommons – The task force is busy at work again. CCS and BiblioCommons have exchanged initial specification documents for three of our enhancement requests and the task force is currently reviewing and commenting on the specs.
Spring Break – Bob will be away March 29,30 and April 1.
TWO WARS AND A RIVER, OR, SOME IMPORTANT SUBJECT HEADING CHANGES:
Some important subject headings changes occurred recently.
Our first war is : “ Iraq War, 2003-“. The updated heading is : “Iraq War, 2003-2011”. The change was that the ending year was added.
Our second war is : “United States – History—French and Indian War, 1755-1763.” The updated heading is: “United States – History—French and Indian War, 1754-1763.” The change is that the war started one year earlier than the old subject heading stated it had. In regards to this heading change, headings for battles from this war (for example, “Fort Necessity, Battle of, Pa., 1754”), had their references updated. Also history headings for states that were affected by the war were also updated (for example, “Virginia—History—French and Indian War, 1754-1763”).
As for the river - The old heading was: “Rio Grande”. The updated heading is: “Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)”. The heading for the valley was also updated from “Rio Grande Valley” to ”Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)”.
OTHER AUTHORITIES NEWS: This week, CCS loaded two more files that were obtained from Marcive. One contained 1659 updated authority records and the other contained 435 new authority records. The updated authority records contain heading changes, new death dates, and other information that will keep our database as up to date as possible. The 435 were authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
Virginia Seward
Authorities Librarian
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 3/28, 10:00, Niles: Governing Board
Thursday, March 15, 2012
MARCH 16, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Old Holds List - Lately one of the libraries noted that the old holds list includes suspended holds. If you need this adjusted, open a WonderDesk ticket.
Listserve Changes - Thanks to those who are now putting such requests through the WonderDesk. This means that all of our staff have access to the request and we can better check that your request was satisfied.
Network News - We have ascertained that the problems in the network were due to the addition of several dedicated lines that were not reflected in our packetshaper settings. We will be contacting libraries when we make adjustments to the configuration at our end.
Tues., 3/20, 9:30, Niles: Maintenance Coordinators
Wed., 3/21, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thur., 3/22, 9:30, Crystal Lake: PAS
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Old Holds List - Lately one of the libraries noted that the old holds list includes suspended holds. If you need this adjusted, open a WonderDesk ticket.
Listserve Changes - Thanks to those who are now putting such requests through the WonderDesk. This means that all of our staff have access to the request and we can better check that your request was satisfied.
Network News - We have ascertained that the problems in the network were due to the addition of several dedicated lines that were not reflected in our packetshaper settings. We will be contacting libraries when we make adjustments to the configuration at our end.
Tues., 3/20, 9:30, Niles: Maintenance Coordinators
Wed., 3/21, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
Thur., 3/22, 9:30, Crystal Lake: PAS
Thursday, March 8, 2012
CCS News
MARCH 9, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
BiblioCommons interruptions - Three libraries have reported temporary outages on BiblioCommons which last only a few minutes but have been noticed by a few patrons. If this happens in your library please contact the computer room – we need to report it to BiblioCommons right away. At the same time we may ask you to look at the “page source” from your browser and find the app server. It is about 10 lines down in the HTML. This will identify one of several servers that is being used. The outage may have to do with a particular server which is out.
New BiblioCommons release - On Thursday March 8 BiblioCommons installed a new release of the software. Details were posted on s-help earlier in the week and it is also in the FAQ section of the web site under BiblioCommons. As of this writing we are looking at some display problems that were reported in Advanced Search.
HIGHLAND PARK TEST DATA LOAD:
It is expected that the test load of Highland Park’s data will be completed on March 9. This only affects the test environment.
POLICY CHANGE REQUESTS:
Since I will be at PLA almost all of next week, it is especially timely to remind everyone that if you have Symphony policy change requests, please be sure to communicate them via WonderDesk instead of my personal e-mail where they’ll languish untended. Thanks! -- Richard Shurman
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None, but we’ll see some of you at PLA!
MARCH 9, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
BiblioCommons interruptions - Three libraries have reported temporary outages on BiblioCommons which last only a few minutes but have been noticed by a few patrons. If this happens in your library please contact the computer room – we need to report it to BiblioCommons right away. At the same time we may ask you to look at the “page source” from your browser and find the app server. It is about 10 lines down in the HTML. This will identify one of several servers that is being used. The outage may have to do with a particular server which is out.
New BiblioCommons release - On Thursday March 8 BiblioCommons installed a new release of the software. Details were posted on s-help earlier in the week and it is also in the FAQ section of the web site under BiblioCommons. As of this writing we are looking at some display problems that were reported in Advanced Search.
HIGHLAND PARK TEST DATA LOAD:
It is expected that the test load of Highland Park’s data will be completed on March 9. This only affects the test environment.
POLICY CHANGE REQUESTS:
Since I will be at PLA almost all of next week, it is especially timely to remind everyone that if you have Symphony policy change requests, please be sure to communicate them via WonderDesk instead of my personal e-mail where they’ll languish untended. Thanks! -- Richard Shurman
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None, but we’ll see some of you at PLA!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
CCS News
MARCH 2, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Network changes – we have completed the installation of our new switch that will accommodate our steady expansion of network connections.
BiblioCommons – we have had some correspondence from BiblioCommons about our needed enhancements. Thanks to those who have provided additional examples and clarifications to the BiblioCommons programming/design teams.
Thanks for involving the Computer Room – we continue to answer a myriad of questions about, SIP, Self-check, authentication, RFID etc. Thanks for communicating your needs and discussing new solutions with us. We are always happy to join you in phone calls with vendors or assist your research.
HIGHLAND PARK TEST LOAD:
Sirsi is loading Highland Park’s data onto the Test Server through March 9. Please avoid using the test system during that time, especially anything that would change data.
ORDERED HOLD FILL:
We have adjusted the Ordered Hold Fill policy (which checks your own library first, then the libraries before you on your delivery route, before checking the rest of CCS) to reflect last year’s route change for McHenry. Please let us know about any other route changes.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 3/7, 9:30, Glenview: Catalogers
Wed., 3/7, 9:30 (early start time!!), CCS: Executive Committee
Fri., 3/9, 9:30, Northbrook: Circulation
MARCH 2, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Network changes – we have completed the installation of our new switch that will accommodate our steady expansion of network connections.
BiblioCommons – we have had some correspondence from BiblioCommons about our needed enhancements. Thanks to those who have provided additional examples and clarifications to the BiblioCommons programming/design teams.
Thanks for involving the Computer Room – we continue to answer a myriad of questions about, SIP, Self-check, authentication, RFID etc. Thanks for communicating your needs and discussing new solutions with us. We are always happy to join you in phone calls with vendors or assist your research.
HIGHLAND PARK TEST LOAD:
Sirsi is loading Highland Park’s data onto the Test Server through March 9. Please avoid using the test system during that time, especially anything that would change data.
ORDERED HOLD FILL:
We have adjusted the Ordered Hold Fill policy (which checks your own library first, then the libraries before you on your delivery route, before checking the rest of CCS) to reflect last year’s route change for McHenry. Please let us know about any other route changes.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 3/7, 9:30, Glenview: Catalogers
Wed., 3/7, 9:30 (early start time!!), CCS: Executive Committee
Fri., 3/9, 9:30, Northbrook: Circulation
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
CCS News
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Network:
Work on the internal network at CCS will continue on Monday February 27. This should not affect the libraries.
Highland Park Test Load:
Next week Sirsi will load Highland Park data onto our Test Server. The library will go live on May 9.
CHANGE IN OPEN HOLDS PICK LIST COMPILATION TIME:
Beginning Monday 2/27 the Open Holds Pick List will compile at 4:00AM each day Monday-Sunday, instead of 9:15PM.
The report will continue to compile Monday-Friday at 12:30PM as usual.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Last week, on Thursday, Feb. 16th, CCS sent a group of bibliographic records to Marcive for authorities processing – 8361 bibliographic records were sent, and Marcive returned 2203 updated ones, as well as 3931 new authority records. Both the bibliographic records and the new authority records have been loaded into our system.
This week, CCS loaded two more files that were obtained from Marcive. One contained 1526 updated authority records and the other contained 371 new authority records. The updated authority records contain heading changes, new death dates, and other information that will keep our database as up to date as possible. The 371 were authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
A MAJOR SUBJECT HEADING CHANGE:
The subject heading for “General educational developments tests” has been changed to a shorter form of “GED tests”. There are references that will guide catalog users to the correct form.
LIBRARY CLOSING:
Wilmette will be closed Friday, February 24.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 2/27, noon, Jameson’s: Technical Group Chairs Lunch
Tues., 2/28, 1:30, CCS: Budget & Finance Committee
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Network:
Work on the internal network at CCS will continue on Monday February 27. This should not affect the libraries.
Highland Park Test Load:
Next week Sirsi will load Highland Park data onto our Test Server. The library will go live on May 9.
CHANGE IN OPEN HOLDS PICK LIST COMPILATION TIME:
Beginning Monday 2/27 the Open Holds Pick List will compile at 4:00AM each day Monday-Sunday, instead of 9:15PM.
The report will continue to compile Monday-Friday at 12:30PM as usual.
AUTHORITIES NEWS:
Last week, on Thursday, Feb. 16th, CCS sent a group of bibliographic records to Marcive for authorities processing – 8361 bibliographic records were sent, and Marcive returned 2203 updated ones, as well as 3931 new authority records. Both the bibliographic records and the new authority records have been loaded into our system.
This week, CCS loaded two more files that were obtained from Marcive. One contained 1526 updated authority records and the other contained 371 new authority records. The updated authority records contain heading changes, new death dates, and other information that will keep our database as up to date as possible. The 371 were authority records that were needed in our database, but were not available before this time.
Virginia R. Seward
CCS Authorities Librarian
A MAJOR SUBJECT HEADING CHANGE:
The subject heading for “General educational developments tests” has been changed to a shorter form of “GED tests”. There are references that will guide catalog users to the correct form.
LIBRARY CLOSING:
Wilmette will be closed Friday, February 24.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
Mon., 2/27, noon, Jameson’s: Technical Group Chairs Lunch
Tues., 2/28, 1:30, CCS: Budget & Finance Committee
Thursday, February 16, 2012
CCS News
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Network Switch - Monday morning we will be installing a new network switch to expand our current infrastructure. No disturbance to the network is expected and libraries will not be affected.
Client downloads - As we continue our investigations into the problem with downloading upgraded Workflows clients, we have asked all libraries to respond with recollections from the day in question. It is very important that each library responds to Frank’s inquiry posted to the Maintenance Coordinators list. Lately we discovered that not all libraries experienced difficulties and so we need to compare data from libraries to identify patterns.
LIBRARY CLOSING:
Wilmette will be closed all day on Friday, February 24.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None!
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Network Switch - Monday morning we will be installing a new network switch to expand our current infrastructure. No disturbance to the network is expected and libraries will not be affected.
Client downloads - As we continue our investigations into the problem with downloading upgraded Workflows clients, we have asked all libraries to respond with recollections from the day in question. It is very important that each library responds to Frank’s inquiry posted to the Maintenance Coordinators list. Lately we discovered that not all libraries experienced difficulties and so we need to compare data from libraries to identify patterns.
LIBRARY CLOSING:
Wilmette will be closed all day on Friday, February 24.
CCS MEETINGS NEXT WEEK:
None!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
CCS News
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Switch upgrade- During the month of February we will be installing a new network switch to expand capabilities here are CCS. This will only affect the workstations here at CCS HQ and will have no impact on the outside network.
Packet shaper reconfiguration – Also during the next few weeks we will be making adjustments in our packet shaping appliance to assist with the bandwidth bottlenecks experienced during client download time. Stay tuned for progress reports.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 2/15, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM:
Switch upgrade- During the month of February we will be installing a new network switch to expand capabilities here are CCS. This will only affect the workstations here at CCS HQ and will have no impact on the outside network.
Packet shaper reconfiguration – Also during the next few weeks we will be making adjustments in our packet shaping appliance to assist with the bandwidth bottlenecks experienced during client download time. Stay tuned for progress reports.
CCS MEETING NEXT WEEK:
Wed., 2/15, 9:30, CCS: SCRAP
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