The Libraries IT Division is planning to upgrade Sierra to Release 5.1 (from 4.2) on Tuesday, May 5 beginning at 5 pm. This will require approximately two – three hours of downtime for both Sierra and the library catalog. We chose that time because it is during the normal Information Technology maintenance period and the number of people affected by the downtime will be diminished.
We are expecting this upgrade will resolve several issues that are outstanding. Innovative has made a webinar available to everyone (no login required) that describes the updates to Sierra in Release 5.1. You can also view other webinars from Innovative, including one outlining the Sierra Product Roadmaps Update
While we upgrade the system we don’t expect the system to be down for more than three hours, but we will send out an update should that time be extended for any reason.
If have any problems following the upgrade, please report them to Hub (go.osu.edu/hub).
