[yul-naco] Fwd: Upcoming OCLC scheduled maintenance

[Manon Theroux]

Please note that we *can* use OCLC for NACO work 
on Friday; the maintenance won't kick in until 9pm.

-Manon

At 01:33 PM 3/19/2007, Patricia Thurston wrote:
>OCLC will be out for OCLC-NACO users this coming Friday-Sunday.
>
>Patricia
>
>
>>Sender: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST at loc.gov>
>>From: "Dean,Becky" <deanr at OCLC.ORG>
>>Subject: Upcoming OCLC scheduled maintenance
>>Comments: To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST at loc.gov>
>>To: PCCLIST at sun8.LOC.GOV
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>The capability to add and/or update authority 
>>records will be re-instated at approximately 9 p.m. EDT on March 25.
>>
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>During the outage, users will continue to be able to:
>>    * search and browse the LC Names and Subjects authority files,
>>    * search and browse the LC Names and Subjects history files,
>>    * create new authority records,
>>    * edit existing authority records,
>>    * lock existing authority records,
>>    * saving new and/or modified authority 
>> records to online and/or local files,
>>    * submit new and/or modified authority records for peer review,
>>    * control headings using existing records 
>> in the LC Names and/or Subjects authority files,
>>    * export authority records,
>>    * print authority records
>>
>>
>>
>>Should a user attempt to add and/or replace a 
>>master authority record during the outage, a 
>>message will be displayed to the user:
>>    * 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.  If the user attempts to add a record 
>> from either the online or local save file, 
>> other error messages may be presented.
>>    * Connexion browser will return the 
>> messages  "Add failed " or  "Replace failed " 
>> , depending on the action selected by the user.
>>Should any type of error message be returned, 
>>the user can choose to save the record to the 
>>online or local save file, or cancel changes.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>During the period of outage, a system alerts message will also be posted.
>>
>>
>>
>>Should you need additional information or 
>>assistance, please feel free to contact me directly.
>>
>>
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>--Becky Dean
>>
>>
>>
>>Phone: (800)848-5878, ext. 5144
>>
>>Email: deanr at oclc.org
>>
>>Fax: (614) 718-7362
>>
>>
>>
>>&
>>
>>
>>
>>Luanne Goodson, OCLC NACO Coordinator
>>
>>Quality Control Section; WorldCat Mgmt. Div.
>
>Patricia Thurston
>Assistant Head, Catalog & Metadata Services
>Team Leader, Slavic & East European Team
>Sterling Memorial Library
>Yale University
>
>Phone: (203) 432-8424
>Fax: (203) 432-7231
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>
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