[Yulcat-l] ExportQ records and MARS | Notice

[Jenn Nolte]

Hello colleagues-

I'm writing to update you on a situation that we (Production Systems 
and Catalog Management) have been dealing with for the last 3 weeks. 
As you know, every Sunday night PST sends records that staff members 
identify with the ExportQ client to the Backstage Library Works 
company (BSLW) for MARS authority control processing. For the last 3 
weeks, because of problems with BSLW's servers, PST has not been able 
to send the records as usual.

What does this mean? Well, if you've marked a record for MARS 
processing with the ExportQ client between Feb 4th and now, the 
ExportQ client will probably flash red and remind you not to edit 
that record when you bring it up. Since we haven't been able to 
reload the records for 3 weeks, that means there is a greater number 
of records that will be flashing red.

This update is just to let you know that PST and Catalog Management 
are tracking the situation, and that you may see a higher number of 
the "flashy" records because of this situation.

Eva Bolkovac from Catalog Management is in contact with BSLW, and 
they are working to resolve their server issues so that we can resume 
sending and re-loading our records like always.

If you have any questions, please contact Eva Bolkovac or 
prodsys at mailman.yale.edu

Thanks!

~Jenn Nolte
Applications Manager / Database Administrator
Production Systems Team
Integrated Systems & Programming
Integrated Library & Technology Services
Yale University Library
130 Wall Street
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
203 432-4878