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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:49:10 CST
From:         Beth Nicol <BNICOL@LIB.AUBURN.EDU>
Subject:      Programmer Sessions NUGM93 - Volunteers?
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Attention TECH's!

Barbara Baughman and I have been putting together the sessions for
NUGM93.  Following is our preliminary list of sessions.  We do need
feedback on other sessions or sessions that should be dropped.  The
newly proposed "communications track" is pretty lean so far, and we
especially need some input in that area.

As I will be out of the office beginning Friday, 18 December until
after New Years, Barbara has graciously consented to be the contact
person for the planning.  Her address is:

University of Texas at Dallas
(214) 690-2157
BAUGHMAN@UTDALLAS.EDU

I ask two things of you:  1) if you have other suggestions, please
forward them to Babs, and 2) if you would like to (or feel morally
compelled to) volunteer as either moderator or presenter for any
sessions, please contact Babs.

Session: Troubleshooting 5.1
There was a session like this after 5.0 was out, and it was
extremely helpful as a forum for TECH1's to voice problems they
were having and getting advise for all the TECH1's there and NSI
folks.  If you have installed 5.1:  do you think this will be
necessary/helpful?  Or is it so easy that we can skip it?

Session: Tuning CICS
Center the discussion this time on using the shutdown stats to tune
the LMS system.  Split into MVS & VSE (?)

Session: Managing the Patron Files
Explain how LB510 works, how it ties to online circulation, how it
interfaces with LB610.  ( A long session)

Session: Disaster Recovery
Key on planning for backup recovery & backup schedules.  Supplement
with a poster session.

Sessions: VSE SIG meeting
          SAS SIG meeting
          MVS SIG meeting

Session:CICS Debugging
An elementary view.  Give a long session to allow time for some in-
depth discussion of the basics and lots of questions.  I wasn't
able to attend this session last year.  Did you?  Was it helpful?

Session: Using Quick Reports
It would be nice to get some experience from sites who receive this
new product (if anyone actually receives it).

Session: Exploring the Mysteries of LB610
How it puts together reports, which fields are updated in the
patron, item, and action index, how it relates to online
operations.

Session: User Defined Exits
Where they are allowed, how to implement, other considerations. We
think this should be more oreiented toward how to implement User
Defined Exits, and possibly include a list of available user exits
and what to do with them.

Session: CICS Monitoring and Utilities
This was a terrific session last NUGM.  Doug Sinnot:  Are you
available for an encore performance?

Session: Tracing an L? transaction
For the past few years, the programmer track has had a session on
tracing a NOTIS transaction.  It seems we've been through LC and
LT.  How about a trace of an OPAC transaction?  And what about
Jerry Specht to do the explaining?

Session: VSAM Tuning
Concentrate on looking at the LISTVCAT for the files and tuning
from it.

Session: Troubleshooting for Beginners
This is a traditional session. It was very useful for me when I was
a beginner.

Session: Developing Local Documentation for JCL
Or 'What our Data Center Needs'.  Ideas on documenting for the data
center information about batch jobs and file recovery.  Supplement
with a poster session.

Session: Index File Structures
This has been repeated the last 2 NUGMS.  It doesn't really present
new information, but it's very useful information that NSI still
doesn't document. (File logic behind the compressed index files).

Session: Batch Job Scheduling
General Recommendations for batch jobs, statistical reports, when
to tell that a batch job really needs to be run (using LB305 to get
split count). Supplement with a poster session.

Session: Internet for Non-Internet & Beginners
This was an interesting topic at the last NUGM that I didn't get to
attend. Should it be repeated?

Session: How to get on NOTIS-L
How to get access to NOTIS-L if you don't already have it.

Session: Keeping track of local modifications

Session: User enhancements written in COBOL

Session: Principles of TCP/IP Networking

Session: Ask the Experts
A chance for new TECH1's to get some tips and ask questions of
experienced TECH1's.  Try to find panel members that could help
with communications, systems problems, setting up batch, disaster
recovery.  We had a request for a session geared to helping TECH1's
just getting started - and this is seemed a good way to do that.


Session: Task Management Techniques/Software (Project Management
Technologies) for technical support.

Session: LSYS/LMST and LCRFILE/LMS
Technical explanation of how LSYS controls access to particular
fields & why particular weird relationships exist...esp. item
record security...by NOTIS staff.  Also...architectural/functional
relationships of LMST/LSYS modules showing dependencies, sequence
of updating processes, pitfalls, hints, etc. in setting up
security.

Session: Issues unique to large sites
A long session.

Session: Modifying the tag table
How to do it (cookbook) and discuss the pitfalls/ramifications for
online system/merged headings index.

OK:  That's it so far.

Thanks for the overwhelming response I know we will get!


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