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From the PCC list. "subject to modification"<br><br>
--Steven<br><br>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007
09:50:59 -0500<br>
Reply-To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST@loc.gov><br>
Sender: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST@loc.gov><br>
From: "Dean,Becky" <deanr@OCLC.ORG><br>
Subject: OFFICIAL: Upcoming scheduled maintenance<br>
Comments: To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
<PCCLIST@loc.gov><br>
To: PCCLIST@sun8.LOC.GOV<br>
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This message is to alert OCLC users of planned system maintenance over
the days March 23-25, 2007, which will impact all OCLC-NACO
users.<font color="#000080"> <br><br>
</font> <br><br>
The current plan, which is subject to modification, is to disable the
ability for NACO users to add and/or update authority records using the
OCLC Connexion interfaces starting at approximately 9 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time (EDT) on March 23. <br><br>
The capability to add and/or update authority records will be re-instated
at approximately 9 p.m. EDT on March 25.<br><br>
<br><br>
During that time, OCLC will also suspend the loading of distributed
authority records from the Library of Congress, but will continue to
retrieve contribution files.<br><br>
<br><br>
During the outage, users will continue to be able to:
<ul>
<li>search and browse the LC Names and Subjects authority files,
<li>search and browse the LC Names and Subjects history files,
<li>create new authority records,
<li>edit existing authority records,
<li>lock existing authority records,
<li>saving new and/or modified authority records to online and/or local
files,
<li>submit new and/or modified authority records for peer review,
<li>control headings using existing records in the LC Names and/or
Subjects authority files,<font color="#000080"> </font>
<li>export authority records,<font color="#000080"> </font>
<li>print authority records
</ul><font color="#000080"><br>
</font> <br><br>
Should a user attempt to add and/or replace a master authority record
during the outage, a message will be displayed to the user:
<ul>
<li>Connexion client (1.60 or 1.70) will return the message "An
error has occurred…" if either the Add record or Replace record is
invoked,<font color="#000080"> </font>
<li>Connexion browser will return the messages "Add failed
" or "Replace failed " , depending on the action
selected by the user.
</ul>Should this error be returned, the user can choose to save the
record to the online or local save file, or cancel changes.
<br><br>
<br><br>
<font color="#000080"> <br><br>
</font>As plans for this scheduled maintenance continue to evolve,
updates will be posted to various listservs including OCLC-Cat. <br><br>
<br><br>
During the period of outage, a system alerts message will be posted as
well. <br><br>
<br><br>
Should you need additional information or assistance, please feel free to
contact me directly. <br><br>
<br><br>
Thank you,<br><br>
--Becky Dean<br><br>
<br><br>
Phone: (800)848-5878, ext. 5144<br><br>
Email: deanr@oclc.org<br><br>
Fax: (614) 718-7362 <br><br>
<br><br>
& <br><br>
<br><br>
Luanne Goodson, OCLC NACO Coordinator<br><br>
Quality Control Section; WorldCat Mgmt. Div.<br><br>
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Steven Arakawa <br>
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation<br>
Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University<br>
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 <br>
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa@yale.edu<br>
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