RLIN21: new interruptions; new client

[Patricia Thurston <patricia.thurston@YALE.EDU>]

Hello All.

The mandatory RLIN21 client upgrade is currently scheduled for this
Monday, (May 23rd). We can do our work using the old (current) client
until noon Monday. At noon, the old client is scheduled to cease
working. 

However, the new client will not be available until 1:00 p.m. our time.
Please do not download the new client yourself!!! Doing so could cause
many problems. Monday afternoon we hope to be able to access the new
client, download it, and test it. Then we will need to configure the new
client for the push out to all workstations. If everything goes according
to plan, and the new client actually works, we hope to have it out to
everyone by Tuesday morning. 

SUMMARY: Therefore, there will be no access to RLIN21 from noon,
Monday the 23rd, until Tuesday morning, the 24th. 

To quote from the Post-Migration Page
(
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=400):
"This new version of the client contains expanded help; allows
setting Saved status as the default for your record entry and update;
enables setting export profiles for automatic
export of any record created or updated; and supports NACO name
authority work."

NACO NOTE: Although the new version includes NACO work
functionality, no one will be able to create or update name authority
records until May 31st. 
Searching the name authority file will be possible through Friday, May
27th. 
There will be no access to Name Authority files from the evening of May
27th through the 30th. 

We sort of suspect there might be at least one more client update after
this one.

Patricia Thurston
Team Leader, Slavic & East European Cataloging
Assistant Head, Catalog Department
Sterling Memorial Library
Yale University

Phone: (203) 432-8424
Fax: (203) 432-7231