For the last 3 years-or-so the LibraryBurner folder that sits on the desktop of the Vera Bracken Library's patron computers will soon become defunct. There are two principle reasons for this: (a) the Phoenix server that it sits on is dying and a replacement is not expected in the immediate future, and (b) students will have personal storage space on the network that can be accessed via personal computer logins - this negates the need for the temporary storage that LibraryBurner offers.
With personal logins, the need for the generic logins that are currently being used by students and community members is also at an end. This means that the logins that are currently used (i.e., dropin_XX, libinet_XX, and reference_XX) will be gone. Library management is coordinating with Computer Services to determine how community patrons will be served under the new scheme.
Other network storage folders that are used by staff will be unaffected. So the Relais application that is housed on a network folder will be untouched. The latter is the biggest relief for myself - I was not looking forward to having to reinstall Relais and I am sure the ILL staff was not keen on retesting the configuration.
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