This old time mainframe programmer doesn't envy those folks a 
bit.  Sounds as though they are chasing something deep.  They'll get 
it done ASAP!
Pat, K9JAUAt 04:11 PM 9/3/2015, you wrote:
>Holy crap. Prolonged ... outage? Holy ... moly. This isn't good. They
>really must fix things and I don't see the effort, not here and now.
>Beth
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>On 9/3/2015 1:48 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
> > This is from Blind Bargains.
> >
> > Keep reading below their post for more about other databases from
> > various announcements that I have received this week at work.
> >
> > K5XU
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > NLS BARD Service Remains Down, Part of Larger Library of Congress Outage
> >
> > The National Library Service's BARD application is continuing a
> > prolonged outage, caused by network infrastructure at the Library of
> > Congress. This is preventing users from downloading books or searching
> > content on the online service. According to the website FCW, the outage
> > occurred after an equipment failure after a regularly scheduled
> > maintenance on August 29 in the library's James Madison building. Other
> > services, such as the copyright registration system are also currently
> > inoperable.
> >
> > End of Blind Bargains report.
> >
> > On a different subject, several other federal databases, including
> > those at the FCC, are undergoing upgrades that will continue at least
> > through the weekend.
> >