[Yale ArchivesSpace] YUL ArchivesSpace Production Instance Upgrade Scheduled for August 10-12

[Gorham, Matthew]

Dear Colleagues,

Beginning next Friday, August 10 at the close of business and running through the weekend, YUL's production instance of ArchivesSpace will be upgraded to version 2.4.1. Version 2.4.1 is a minor release with no major changes to the application, but it does include some important bug fixes, including improvements to search functionality in the Public User Interface (PUI) which are necessary to implement before the upcoming soft launch of Archives at Yale. Members of YAMS have tested all core functionality and workflows in the staff interface of version 2.4.1 and found no show-stopping bugs. Additionally, all software integrations with ArchivesSpace have been tested (including Aeon, Preservica, ICE, and the LSF location update tool), and all are working as expected. Yale's test instance of ArchivesSpace (http://testarchivesspace.library.yale.edu) has already been updated to version 2.4.1 if users would like to try it out.

The release notes for version 2.4.1, with full details about the release, can be read here: https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/v2.4.1

The detailed schedule for the upgrade is as follows. Please note the dates and times when PROD will not be available for staff use and plan your work accordingly:


  *   August 10, 5 pm - All work in ArchivesSpace PROD must cease.
  *   August 11-12 - Upgrade in progress. ArchivesSpace PROD will not be available for staff use.
  *   August 13, 8:30-10:30 am - YAMS members will perform quality control of the upgrade for approximately 2 hours. During this time, staff members may not log in to ArchivesSpace PROD. An all clear-message will be sent out to the Yale ArchivesSpace user listserv when it is safe for staff to resume working in ArchivesSpace.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

All my best,
Matthew (on behalf of the Yale Archival Management Systems Committee)

Matthew Gorham
Assistant Head of the Manuscript Unit for Processing
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
P.O. Box 208330
New Haven, CT 06520-8330
203.432.7364
matthew.gorham at yale.edu<mailto:matthew.gorham at yale.edu>
www.library.yale.edu/beinecke<http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke>

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