The new Google search appliance was successfully installed with a minimum of disruption. In the process of configuring the new appliance, we set the indexing to cover ALA wiki and blog content as well. Many thanks to the departing Jack Briody for his swift and precise work!

We will install the new Google search appliance today at around 11:30 a.m. CST. Search will be unavailable for a brief time as we bring the old appliance down and get the new one installed and configured. We don't expect this to take more than an hour. The website will continue to function; just search will be affected.

We apologize for the timing, but it's necessary to do this now for at least two reasons: we are experiencing some instability with the old box (which may be due to licensing issues) and Jack Briody's last day is tomorrow! Thanks for your patience.

Other priorities have pushed the installation of the new Google search appliance off to November. Urchin has been purchased and installed.

The replacement Google search appliance has arrived, and will be installed in October.