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Advance FAQ Update
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gordon thomas)
Tue Apr 11 10:42:49 1995
From: gordon thomas <gathomas@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 95 10:42:01 -700
To: ad-lib@MIT.EDU
The Advance Training Page's FAQ has recently been updated with two
new questions. The new questions are listed below; be sure
to check out the entire FAQ at "http://macfadden.MIT.EDU:9500/advance/faq/"
And keep those questions coming.
-Gordon gathomas@mit.edu
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> 6. What is a B.Index?
>
> The B.Index is the master index for Advance. It's the mechanism that
> indicates which MARC tags and subfields in the bibliographic record
> are indexed for searching. It defines which MARC fields are retrieved
> for each kind of search in the cataloging and OPAC functions. (For
> user-friendly versions of these definitions, see the list of MARC
> fields searched by Advance.) The B.Index also defines which MARC tags
> are subject to authority control.
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> 7. When will Advance be live?
>
> Here is a tentative timetable of Advance events in the near future,
> culminating in its going live:
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> May 8-13: Last week of cataloging on OCLC using current Geac 8000
> procedures.
>
> May 19/20: Last bibliographic loads and GO CIRC on Geac 8000. Last
> Marcive update.
>
> May 22: Shipment of bibliographic file to Toronto for Advance
> processing.
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> May 26: Last Circulation day on Geac 8000.
>
> Memorial Day weekend: Final 8000 processing: Acquisitions financial
> year end closing; Circ notices, patron purge, etc.
>
> May 29: Start Advance Circulation backup, send final GMA files to
> Toronto.
>
> ?????: Receipt from Toronto of 2nd GMA data.
>
> ?????: Testing and verifying 2nd GMA conversions.
>
> June 15: GOING LIVE ON ADVANCE!
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