This Is Only a Test. Sort of.
Remember the last iBorrow build that came out? Or have you successfully suppressed the memory? I think it lived for two days, before we had SirsiDynix pull it off the server. So, we have a new, and–we hope–better plan for this next build: a test drive in our own environment. Here’s how it will work.
About 8 p.m. on Friday, June 29, SirsiDynix will load the new build on the server. Matt and I will test drive it over the weekend, using requests we are creating now, and see if we can break it. If it survives our testing, it gets to stay on the server, and you will see the new build load on your PC on Monday morning, July 2. If we find any significant problems, we’ll have SirsiDynix pull it off the server and put the current build back.
We chose to do this on a weekend, because we think there’s not much ILL work going on then. If you tend to work in the SirsiDynix URSA client on Saturday or Sunday, you have two choices. (1) Take the weekend off. (2) Put on your crash helmet, grab a note pad, and join us in the testing. If you want to ‘play’, please let us know by phone or Email, so we’ll know you’re out there. And we’ll be interested in all the gory details of any errors you encounter.
As a “safety feature”, all patron requests made in the Portals this weekend will go to Mediated Borrowing. Matt and I will push those on to where they should go on Sunday, whether the new build passes or fails.
If you come across any odd requests in the client between now and the weekend, look at them closely. They may be one of our test requests. Some have notes in the notes field. And some will have borrowers with suspicious names, such as Frodo Baggins or Tom Slick. Please leave them where you find them.
Questions? You know who to call.