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Call me paranoid, but I would want my own backup. Also, who is to say that the network backup will be anymore valid if someone has a search station open than yours would be? Elaine L. Elaine Willis, EdD Media Specialist Irwin County Middle/High School Ocilla, GA drewillis@planttel.net (home) ewillis@irwin.k12.ga.us (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madeline L Buchanan" <mlbuchanan1@HOME.COM> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:01 PM Subject: Backing up Athena circulation on a network > Last week my Athena was put on the network so that students could search the > library catalog in their classrooms (although as yet I have no computers on > the network that can be used as search stations, only old Windows 3.1 > computers with the cataloging backup on them -- have been promised computers > but haven't seen them yet.) Yesterday when I tried to do my circulation > backup, I got a error message saying that the backup couldn't be done if the > search module was open on a workstation. I called our network technicians > who said the entire system is backed up every night on tape and I shouldn't > have a problem but I can't stand not doing a backup myself. He told me that > I would have to make sure that Athena on all workstations was shut down in > order to do my own backup. It is interesting that all of the classrooms can > get the catalog but I have no computer in which I can teach the students how > to use it. > > I am afraid the network would go down and I wouldn't have a backup to use on > a stand-alone and hand key in on the network later. Our poor public library > circulation clerks were hand writing barcode numbers last weekend because of > network problems. Can I trust the network or should I still do my daily > backup of circulation and a cataloging backup whenever I change information > in the book database? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Madeline L. Buchanan, Library Media Specialist > W. J. Christian School (K-8) > Birmingham, Alabama 35206 > Phone (205) 838-7666 or 231-5277 > Fax (205) 231-5279 > mlbuchanan1@home.com > http://members.home.com/mlbuchanan1/ > http://www.wwisp.com/~wjcs/ > > "The imagination should be allowed a certain > amount of time to browse around." > --Thomas Merton > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= > All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. > To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: > listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST > 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. > For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ > Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml > See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: > http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=