Using Location Changer in the IShare Environment

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Using Location Changer in the I-Share
Environment

• ICAT Forum, November 13, 2007
• Casey Sutherland, CARLI Office

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Installation Instructions

• Detailed, step-by-step instructions for
  installing the Location Changer program have been
  added to the Installing and Configuring Gary
  Strawns Software in I-Share Libraries document
  on the CARLI website
• http//www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/I-Share/se
  cure/execute/strawn/strawn_install.pdf
• The program itself, as well as Mr. Strawns
  documentation for it, is also available from the
  CARLI website
• http//www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/I-Share/se
  cure/execute.html

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Installation Instructions (cont.)

• As with other Strawn utilities, the PC must be
  configured for ODBC to use Location Changer.
• If you have successfully run Access reports
  against your Voyager database on the PC, you
  already have ODBC configured on that workstation.
• If you have successfully run Catalogers Toolkit
  (CTKV), Correction Review, and/or Correction
  Receiver on the PC, you already have ODBC
  configured on that workstation.
• Details about the ODBC requirement are in the
  Installing document.

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Installation Instructions (cont.)

• If you have never installed any Strawn program in
  your library, you must follow the installation
  instructions carefully!
• It is do-able, it just takes a little while to
  get there!
• If you arent familiar with the steps involved in
  installing software on a PC, you may need to get
  help from whoever does PC support at your
  institution.
• The Installing document also includes required
  configuration settings for using the Strawn
  programs in the I-Share environment.
• There are also many optional configuration
  settings at the discretion of the library/user.
• The CARLI website also has links to Mr. Strawns
  documentation that can be very useful for
  decisions on optional configuration settings.

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Installation Instructions (cont.)

• If you are installing Location Changer and you
  already have Catalogers Toolkit (CTKV) and/or
  Correction Receiver installed on the same PC, you
  must re-install the current version(s) of CTKV
  and/or Correction Receiver already on the
  workstation when you install Location Changer.
• These programs share DLL files, and if they are
  out of synch between the different utilities, one
  or more of the programs may become
  non-functional.
• CARLI staff verify compatibility between the
  different program versions before they are posted
  to the CARLI website.
• If in doubt, re-install all three programs with
  current versions from the CARLI website.
• Re-installation/upgrading to a newer version is
  much easier than the initial installation!

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Using Location Changer in I-Share Libraries

• Read CARLIs Getting Started Using Gary Strawns
  Software in I-Share Libraries, available from
• http//www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/I-Share/se
  cure/execute/ strawn/StartStrawn.pdf
• Read Mr. Strawns documentation entitled The
  Vger location change program, available from
• http//www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/I-Share/se
  cure/execute/strawn/VgerLocChange.pdf

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Using Location Changer in I-Share Libraries
(cont.)

• The CARLI Office STRONGLY recommends the
  following
• When using Big Batches, run a preview/test of
  EACH job, and review the log file before
  proceeding with a production run.
• Location Changer will sometimes make changes to
  targeted or linked records, other than the
  specified changes in the job.
• Usually, these will be the right thing to do, but
  the only way to know for sure before the changes
  are made is to review the log file for each
  preview/test run.
• If the supplemental changes are not desirable,
  you can remove the specific records from the
  input file before performing a production run.
• When using Big Batches, supply a file of record
  IDs (via Access query results) instead of
  allowing Location Changer to select the records
  to be changed.
• Processing a file of record IDs is much faster
  than Location Changers select functionality.
• In CARLI testing, Location Changers select
  functionality occasionally targeted records for
  change that were not appropriate to the task at
  hand.

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Getting Help with Location Changer

• Contact the CARLI Office
• support_at_carli.illinois.edu
• Please send questions about Location Changer to
  CARLI Support, rather than directly to Mr.
  Strawn.
• We want Mr. Strawn to be able to spend his
  valuable time developing his utilities, rather
  than fielding questions about them that CARLI
  staff may be able to answer.
• If we cant answer your questions, we will
  forward them to Mr. Strawn on your behalf.
• Thank You!