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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please excuse cross-postings. This message was sent to multiple email lists.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi, all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are currently experiencing a temporary disruption to our controlled heading updating service. Users may notice that changes made to authorized headings in authority records are not automatically
reflected in linked bibliographic records at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What's happening:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Our updating service has been temporarily disabled while we process a large-scale reload of 12 million authority records. To ensure system efficiency, we are working to identify and prioritize only those records that require updates to controlled headings,
rather than processing the entire dataset.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Impact:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Changes to authority records will not automatically update linked bibliographic records<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Exported bibliographic records may contain outdated heading information<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Manual verification of headings may be necessary for critical records<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Current status:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Our technical team is actively working on this issue. We do not have a definitive timeline for resolution at this time, but we will provide updates as they become available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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