ITTS Update

It's time for another database purge for Collage. Most of you will remember we did this a few months ago, and it significantly improved the performance of Collage, especially at deploy time. What this does is remove versions of assets older than 6 months, along with collateral information about properties, metadata, etc. It does not remove any current, approved assets, or the only existing version of any asset (whether approved or not), even if they are older than 6 months.

The purge process is very server-intensive, so everyone will essentially be locked out of Collage for the duration of the process. The last time we did this, it took 39 hours to complete. We don't know for certain it will take that long this time, but please plan to be out of Collage for most of the weekend.

We want to get on a regular schedule of trimming the database monthly, and February 1 seems as good a time as any to get started. Please check in all your assets and log off Collage by 4:30 p.m. CST, Friday, February 1. We'll send another message out when the purge is complete (probably some time Sunday afternoon).

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Rob
ALA Web Development Manager
800-545-2433 x 3272

Sorry for the short notice, but we need to install an upgrade to Collage this afternoon. Serena says this upgrade cures a number of the ills we've been experiencing lately.

Upgrading has been pretty painless in the past, so we shouldn't be down for more than an hour. Please check in all your assets and log out by 3:00 CST today. We'll let you know when it's safe to go back in. Thanks.

Rob

Update: Everything appears to have gone smoothly, and the system was back up and running as of 5:30 p.m. CST this afternoon. If you encounter any problems, please let us know.

Over the past few days, we have taken four new sections live in Collage. They are:

• Association for Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA)
• Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange Round Table (CLENERT)
• Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)
• Library Support Staff Interests Round Table (LSSIRT)

Thanks to all the staffs and content managers of these units for their hard work and patience!

Rob

An update from Rob Carlson:

Please join me in welcoming RUSA, YALSA, and the International Relations Office to the Live-in-Collage club! The pace of conversions is picking up as the larger units go live, so look for more go-live announcements in the near future.

For the record, content for the following units is now being managed in Collage:

American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
ALA Library
American Libraries Online
Association of Special and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
CHOICE Magazine
I Love Libraries
International Relations Office
Library & Information Technology Association (LITA)
OLA (Office for Library Advocacy)
Public Library Association (PLA)
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Washington Office