Thanks for the clarification Chris. Sorry about the false alarm. I was confused. I thought that both BARD and the NLS website would change at the same time.
Paulette -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Skarstad via Talk Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 6:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT, Important new BARD information Hi. According to information I received yesterday, the only website receiving a facelift this weekend is the website specificly for the NLS itself. that being http://loc.gov/nls The BARD website, which is located at http://nlsbard.loc.gov will be staying the same at least for the immediate future. There are plans to upgrade it before the end of the year though, and i'm sure announcements about that are in the works. Since the Library of congress also owns BARD, there might be slight outtages over the weekend while they get the new nls website operational. So if BARD doesn't work, give it a try later on and it should work. I just figured i'd clarify that for anyone who might be interested. On 7/9/2017 4:36 PM, Paulette Vickery via Talk wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I don't know why I didn't receive this information from my state NLS > library. It was sent to me from another list. However, I tried the new > website and it says that the site is not found. Plus, the old BARD website > still works. So, go figure. I think that somebody's right hand doesn't know > what the left hand is doing. But here is the letter anyway. > > > > Paulette > > > > From: NLS Documents for Network Librarians > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nls-reports-admin > > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 12:11 PM > > > > To: > > > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > > Subject: Operations Alert 17-45 (New website launch) > > > > > > > > NLS Operations Alert No. 17-45 > > > > > > > > DATE : July 7, 2017 > > > > TO : Network Libraries > > > > FROM : David Pelizzari, Acting > > > > Head, Publications and Media > > > > SUBJECT : New website launch > > > > > > > > The new NLS website is currently scheduled to go live at the longstanding > NLS URL of www.loc.gov/nls<http://www.loc.gov/nls> > > > > this coming Sunday, July 9th. There will be no change to the URL for the > homepage. Your bookmarks to the longstanding NLS URL for the homepage will > still function correctly and take you to the new site. The longstanding URL > for BARD login will also remain exactly the same. No changes have been made > to BARD or the NLS catalog. The site has also undergone repeated > accessibility and screen reader testing here at NLS and out in the field. > > > > > > > > Please be aware of the following issues and activities during the switchover > period of three days, from Sunday the 9th through Tuesday the 11th. > > > > > > > > 1. The old website-the one we're all familiar with-will continue to exist > through October (at least) and our patrons can continue to use it while they > gradually become familiar with the new site. > > > > Its URL, however, will change: the old site will no longer be at > www.loc.gov/nls<http://www.loc.gov/nls>, but rather at > www.loc.gov/nlsold<http://www.loc.gov/nlsold>. There will be a prominent > link on the homepage of the new website-on the left-hand side, under the box > of "Quick Links"-so that patrons can jump back to the homepage of the old > website if they wish to. > > > > If they are on the old site, there will be an equally prominent link so they > can jump to the new site. > > > > > > > > 2. On the new website, the "Search" field at the right top edge will be > optimized only once the switch of URLs is made on Sunday and Monday. For > that reason, it may be a couple days before it is fully functioning. > Patrons can use built-in navigation on the new site to find what they are > looking for during this brief period. We appreciate your patience during > the time required for the "Search" to become fully optimized for searching > the new site. > > > > > > > > 3. During the same three-day period, for the most visited areas of our > website, we will be embedding new internal URLs and redirected URLs so that > patrons can easily find what they are looking for. Again, we appreciate > your patience as this process is completed. > > > > > > > > 4. We will be grateful for your feedback about any issues you encounter, or > suggestions you can make. 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