A new INFOhio Software Distribution has been made available to all DASites. It is release 20030207 and it is a full INFOhio release. This release also includes MultiLIS patches and revisions to LIS_MGR:LIS_SERVERS.COM. Since NWOCA has had customizations made to their LIS_SERVERS.COM by Sirsi, the NWOCA staff should contact INFOhio Tech Support before applying this release.

To apply the release you need to login from a fully privileged account and: 

  1. $ SET DEFAULT INFOHIO_ROOT:[000000] 
  2. $ SET PROCESS/PRIVILEGES=ALL 
  3. $ @INFOHIO_ROOT:[UTILITIES]INSTALL 20030207

  4. This will break apart the release saveset, update many of your INFOHIO_ROOT directories and create the release subdirectory. 
  5. $ @INFOHIO_ROOT:[UTILITIES]BUILD 20030207

  6. This will link all the new programs and copy them into the INFOHIO_ROOT:[SYSTEM] directory. 
  7. Proceed with the Web2 20030207 Installation and Wcirc Installation
  8. When convenient, stop and start the Orbix Server.  Instructions can be found on page 38 of the Web2 System Manager documentation. This must be completed before starting the Wcirc server.

Enhancements in this release:

  • MultiLIS Patch P020911 has been included. 

  • The following files in the MultiLIS:[EXE] directory will be affected
    • LISLIST.EXE
    • OSHTOHIOCUS.EXE
  • Cat/Cat Jr.
    • Wsearch no longer displays the 450 tag cross referenced authorities when doing an authority search. This reduces the "blind leads" in the authority results screen by about 90%. However, not displaying these cross references may also result in some searches not being redirected to actual titles.
    • Wcirc is the new MultiLIS module providing circulation information to Web2. Please see the Web2 Installation Instruction (20030207) and Wcirc Intallation Instructions for more information
  • INFOhio_Root:[System]
    Bug fixes and minor enhancements have been made to the patron update procedures, barcode procedures, and LoadMARC.
  • INFOhio_Root:[Utilities]:
    • The utility CADM_DUP_Single_Branch.com will allow the DASite staff to extract entries for a particular branch from a CADM_DUP report.
    • The utility Last_Weeks_Loans.com can be used to generate a list of loans made at a specified branch 7 days ago (a parameter can be used to indicate the number of days desired).  A district requested this so they could quickly determine which items were overdue each day.  We have placed this in the scheduler to run daily.  The results are e-mailed to everyone specified in the INFOhio_Root:[Site_Specific]UC_OCLC_Mail.Dat file.
  • Report enhancements
    Title LIS_LIS: Enhancement
    Item Barcodes Currently in Use BAR_ITEM_BARCODES_USED.CMD New report of Item Barcode Ranges currently in use. This report is helpful in determining what ranges might be available for new vendors or when generating dumb item barcodes
    Patron Barcodes Currently in Use BAR_PATRON_BARCODES_USED.CMD New report of Patron Barcode Ranges currently in use. This report is helpful in determining what ranges might be available when generating dumb patron barcodes
    Incomplete Records CADM_BIBS.CMD Added prompt "Enter a Document Type to EXCLUDE" so users can exclude document types like EQUIP from their cleanup reports
    Age of Collection (Summary) CAST_AGE.CMD Adjusted procedure to properly account for publication dates before 1900
    Age of Collection (Title list) CAT_AGE.CMD If "@" is specified for the ending publication date, the current year is assumed.  Previously, the year "9999" was assumed which produced erroneous results when titles are distributed in the year prior to publication.
    New Titles Cataloged CAT_NEW.CMD Titles without related items will be included in the report only if "@" is specified for both the General Location Code and the Collection Code.
    OCLC Request Report CAT_OCLC.CMD Provided option to sort by Date bib. record was created rather than always sorting by Title.  When cleaning up records, sorting by date will allow the user to identify the outstanding OCLC requests that are the oldest.  The date cataloged is also included on the report.
    Items That Have Not Circulated Since
    (I neglected to include this report in my original release notes - updated on 20-MAR-2003)
    CAT_UNUSED.CMD New report of items that have not had an update to their status since a specified date.  This same information can be generated via the shelf list report, but users found the instructions too confusing, so this variation of the shelf list report was created to help lead the users as they clean up records in preparation for a transition to Unicorn.
    Holds CIRC_HOLDS.CMD Added options to sort report by title and by queue order.
    N/A (Used by DASite staff during Phase 2 of the Database Cleanup) CLEAN_440.CMD
    CLEAN_490.CMD
    CLEAN_526.CMD
    CLEAN_586.CMD
    CLEAN_590.CMD
    CLEAN_690.CMD
    CLEAN_ITEM_NOTES.CMD
    CLEAN_ITEM_STATUS_NOTES.CMD
    CLEAN_LOCAL_CHARACTER.CMD
    CLEAN_SUBJ.CMD
    CLEAN_VOLUME.CMD
    These reports can be useful for the DASite staff as they proceed with Phase 2 of the database cleanup.
    Patron List PAT_LIST.CMD Added prompts for general location code,  creation date, grade, room range, teacher.  and sort options.
    N/A (Used by DASite staff only to populate password field for MORE) POPULATE_PASSWORD.CMD Added additional options of "5. Use the last 4 characters of Telephone 2" and "6. Just generate list of patrons without passwords"
    N/A (Used by command procedure to generate files for the attendance module) UDMS_PATRON.CMD Truncated fields to appropriate lengths to prevent problems in the Attendance module.
    Incomplete / Questionable Items CADM_ITEMS.CMD These reports previously had the item number ranges or patron barcode number ranges (1x to 15999999x) hardcoded.  They will now prompt for the appropriate range to comply with the LISLIST procedure provided by Sirsi.
    Item Statistics/Value CAST_ITEMS.CMD
    N/A (Not on report menus) CAST_VALUE.CMD
    List of Interbranch Transfer Items CIRC_IBTRANS.CMD
    Items On Reserve CIRC_RESERV.CMD
    N/A (Not on report menus) NOLOC.CMD
    N/A (Not on report menus) NO_COLLCODE.CMD

    In addition, the following IFDs have been adjusted so the default item number range or patron number range reflects @ - @ rather than the typical 1X - 14999999X.  Again, this is to comply with the LISLIST procedure provided by Sirsi. NOTE:  Normally, we would not distribut

    AJODOC.IFD
    AVISBILR1.IFD
    AVISBILR1PX.IFD
    BARCODEPX.IFD
    CADM_INUSE.IFD
    CADM_ITEMS.IFD
    CAST_ITEMS.IFD
    CAST_VALUE.IFD
    CAT_SHELF.IFD
    CAT_UNUSED.IFD
    CIRC_ACTIVE.IFD
    CIRC_DESK.IFD
    CIRC_HOLDS.IFD
    CIRC_IBTRANS.IFD
    CIRC_NOTICE.IFD
    CIRC_NOTICES.IFD
    CIRC_OVERDUE.IFD
    CIRC_OVERDUES.IFD
    CIRC_OVERDUE_ALL.IFD
    CIRC_RECEIPTS.IFD
    CIRC_RESERV.IFD
    CIRC_TEMPLOC.IFD
    CIRC_TRACED.IFD
    CIST_LOC.IFD
    INTROUCOAP.IFD
    INTROUCOPX.IFD
    INTROUNMPX.IFD
    ITEM_BARCODES.IFD
    MARK_ITEM_BARCODES.IFD
    MARK_SPINELABEL.IFD

    NO_COLLCODE.IFD
    PAT_LANGE_PHOTO.IFD
    PAT_LIST.IFD
    PAT_NEW.IFD
    PAT_STAT.IFD
    PRETACTIAP.IFD
    PRETACTIPX.IFD
    P_AMEND.IFD
    P_AMENDA.IFD
    P_HOLDS.IFD
    P_MEMBER.IFD
    P_MEMBERA.IFD
    P_RETARDAP.IFD
    P_RETARDPX.IFD
    P_STATYP.IFD
    P_STATYPA.IFD
    P_USANOM.IFD
    P_USANOMA.IFD
    P_USATYP.IFD
    P_USATYPA.IFD
    RESER_DATPX.IFD
    RESER_TIT.IFD
    RESER_TITA.IFD
    RESER_USGAP.IFD
    RESER_USGPX.IFD
    SPINELABEL.IFD
    STALPHA.IFD
    STALPHAA.IFD
    STATAGE.IFD
     

    STATAGEA.IFD
    STATBIENS.IFD
    STATDEW.IFD
    STATDEWA.IFD
    STATHEB.IFD
    STATHRS.IFD
    STATHRSA.IFD
    STATLAN.IFD
    STATLANA.IFD
    STATLIB.IFD
    STATLIBA.IFD
    STATLOC.IFD
    STATLOCA.IFD
    STATLOCGLO.IFD
    STATMENAB.IFD
    STATMENABA.IFD
    STAUSA.IFD
    STAUSAA.IFD
    STNUMER.IFD
    STNUMERA.IFD
    STPRETLC.IFD
    STPRETLCA.IFD
    STPRETQU.IFD
    STPRETQUA.IFD
    SUSPANCI.IFD
    SUSPCOMP.IFD
    SUSPCOUR.IFD
    USAGER.IFD
    USAGERA.IFD