[Yulcat-l] FW: Possible Government Shutdown October 1st/Catalogers Desktop & ClassWeb

[Arakawa, Steven]

FYI. 
RDA Toolkit is not affected; it appears that the LC/PCC policy statements are still available; possibly ALA has them copied to its own site. 

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




-----Original Message-----
From: Cataloger's Desktop Forum [mailto:DESKTOP at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV] On Behalf Of Johnson, Bruce
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 3:00 PM
To: DESKTOP at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV
Subject: [Desktop] Possible Government Shutdown October 1st

In the event of a Government shutdown, the Library of Congress will be temporarily closed beginning Tuesday, October 1, until further notice. During this period, the Library will be unable to respond to any communications received. Classification Web and Cataloger's Desktop will continue to be available, but should any technical difficulties arise during the closure no customer service or technical support can be provided.  We anticipate the MARC Distribution Services (MDS) will have files available for the short term but contain fewer records than normal. We will be unable to process orders for print products. We apologize for the inconvenience.


Bruce Chr. Johnson
The Library of Congress
Policy & Standards Division
Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA

bjoh at loc.gov<mailto:bjoh at loc.gov>
www.loc.gov<http://www.loc.gov/>
202.707.1652 (voice)
202.707.6629 (fax)