Library Systems Update 29th June 2009

1. Hardware – the 4 servers in the Systems Office have all been moved to IT services now and are working successfully there, including the extra telephone lines for the automated renewals service. We have some data on them that we want to transfer to a more modern database, probably MySql and this will be [...]

Library systems report 5th March 2009

1. Talis. Problems with access to My Account in OPAC  have been investigated and substantial  improvements made. There is another update waiting to be installed which will also help.   OPAC PCs in the Main and site libraries are finally being replaced, and we are using a new browser set up  with Opera in kiosk [...]

Library Systems 27/01/2009

1. Talis. Intermittent problems with access to My  Account in OPAC  – being investigated by Talis.  No obvious cause of problems identified yet.   Prism – Debbie and I attended Prism 3 day last week. Useful to see the range of options available. We have been sent some preliminary trial designs for the Manchester version [...]

Library Systems Report 04/12/2008

1. Talis hardware replacement completed as scheduled. A few problem areas, notably Talis List didn’t have the right port open – took a long time to track down. Also telephone renewals didn’t get set up straight away.   The  JRUL group of Talis users has met twice and seems a useful group.   I attended [...]

Library Systems report to IS group meeting Oct 2008

Library systems report 27th October 2008 1. Talis hardware replacement set for Wednesday of this week. Will be a few hours downtime while data files etc are transferred to the new machine. A JRUL group of Talis users has been established – first meeting today Mon Nov 27th – regional user meeting in Birmingham. 2. [...]

Library systems report 16th September 2008

1. Talis hardware replacement program is on course – the hardware has arrived and is being set up by staff at Talis remotely this week. We have some testing to start eg user names and user configurations and also need the official test plan and drop out documents in place. Installation of the Sybase and [...]

Start of academic year arrangements

I went to a meeting of the ‘Start of Year’ project last Wednesday, ie planning for the start of the next academic session in September. These are my brief notes on the most interesting things (to me) covered. Registration will be on-line as much as possible. New students will be sent instructions and encouraged to [...]