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Possible Government Shutdown October 1st

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Rachel Wheeler

On Friday, the Library of Congress Twitter account posted the following two feeds:lc_shutdown_twitter_feed

We’re all thinking of our colleagues affected by the stress of this potential shutdown. If the shutdown does happen, what LC websites will be affected for catalogers? Let’s start with what’s NOT affected:

  • Classification Web
  • Cataloger’s Desktop

Bruce Johnson (LC’s Policy & Standards Division) distributed an email today on the two resources and reports, “… but should any technical difficulties arise during the closure no customer service or technical support can be provided.”

So what is affected? The LC Twitter feed reports following LC sites will be down:

  • THOMAS
  • Authority Catalog
  • Online Bibliographic Catalog

We suspect all the thesauri (such as TGM) and the Linked Data Service will be affected. This has folks discussing the feasibility of relying on linked data versus having local files.

LC Name Authority File maintenance may remain in limbo without that maintenance process running. (i.e., name authority work done via the NACO program).

Again, we’re all thinking of our library colleagues and hope a quick resolution is in the works.

Posted on October 1, 2013October 1, 2013 by Author Rachel Wheeler Posted in Categories Metadata in the News | Tagged: Tags Library of Congress | 3 Comments on Possible Government Shutdown October 1st

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