Hi Everyone, For those of you who may be scheduled for our Notification services in the next couple of weeks or may be sending new bibliographic records for our Current Cataloging service, we wanted to remind you that we will be receiving fewer updated authorities from LC during that time. Many of you have probably already seen the announcement from Cataloging Distribution Service News & Announcements, but for your courtesy we repeat it here. Thanks! Judy Archer Backstage Authority Control Project Manager ************************************************************* From: Cataloging Distribution Service News and Announcements -- NOT a discussion list [mailto:CDSNEWS@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV] On Behalf Of Johnson, Bruce Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 12:28 PM To: CDSNEWS@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV Subject: [CDSNews] LC ILS Upgrade Impact on MDS Library of Congress News from CDS LC ILS Upgrade Impact on MDS The Library of Congress will upgrade its Integrated Library System (ILS) starting February 14, 2014. The ILS upgrade process is expected to take approximately one week. During the upgrade process, the creation, updating and importing of bibliographic and authority cataloging records into the LC production database will cease. Consequently very few cataloging records will be available for distribution via the daily and weekly MARC Distribution Services (MDS) during the upgrade time. Specific impacts on MDS subscribers include: * Daily distribution processing for MDS products will end on Friday, February 14. Normal daily distribution is expected to resume on Monday, February 24. * Weekly distribution processing for MDS products (Issue 07) will take place on Friday, February 14 instead of Tuesday, February 18; however, this distribution will remain on the server for automated or manual downloading. The file will contain records created or modified after the previous distribution on Tuesday, February 11, through the close of business on Thursday, February 13; therefore this issue will contain a smaller number of records. The normal weekly distribution cycle is expected to resume on Tuesday, February 25, again with fewer records. Questions regarding the availability of MDS files during the LC ILS upgrade can be directed to: Loche McLean Policy and Standards Division Email: lmcl@loc.gov February 4, 2014 Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service Washington, DC 20541-4910, USA Email: cdsinfo@loc.gov Phone: (202) 707-6100, Fax: (202) 707-1334 http://www.loc.gov/cds