[Yulcat-l] Cataloger's Desktop system maintenance

[Steven Arakawa]

If you use Cataloger's Desktop, read the following. I've just checked with 
Ernie & it is OK to follow the procedure recommended by Bruce Johnson 
before you leave on Friday.

--Steven Arakawa


Date:         Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:22:30 -0500
Reply-To: "Cataloger's Desktop Forum" <DESKTOP at loc.gov>
Sender: "Cataloger's Desktop Forum" <DESKTOP at loc.gov>
From: Bruce C Johnson <bjoh at loc.gov>
Subject: IMPORTANT: Cataloger's Desktop system maintenance
Comments: To: desktop at loc.gov
To: DESKTOP at sun8.LOC.GOV
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** High Priority **

Colleagues:

    We have been notified by our contractor that the connection by which 
Cataloger's Desktop is attached to the internet will experience a major 
upgrade.  As you know, we have been working with our contractor to improve 
system response time and overall speed, and this upgrade should both 
improve speed as well as overall system capacity.  Internet techies often 
refer to this as "broadening the pipe" through which data passes.

    The upgrade will take place at approximately midnight on Friday night / 
Saturday morning Eastern standard time (GMT -5).  CDS staff and our 
contractor's staff will be monitoring the switch, and should there be any 
problems the internet connection will be switched back to the current 
architecture.

    In order for your computer to access Cataloger's Desktop through the 
new internet connection, it will be necessary for you to re-boot your 
computer after the enhancement is installed.  Unless your institution has 
other protocals about re-booting workstations, please consider turning off 
your computer on Friday when you leave work and turn it back on when you 
return to work (which for most of us will be Monday morning).  If your 
institution's IT department prefers that users not turn off their machines, 
please remember to re-boot on Monday morning.

    Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.  Thank you 
very much for your continued support.

Bruce


Bruce Chr. Johnson
President-Elect, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services 
(ALCTS)
a division of the American Library Association

and

Library of Congress
Cataloging Distribution Service
Washington, DC 20540-4911 USA

202-707-1652 (voice)  bjoh at loc.gov
202-707-3959 (fax)

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Steven Arakawa
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog Dept. Sterling Memorial Library. Yale University.
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu