Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Due to server issues identified by the WISCAT and BadgerLink platform vendor, Auto-Graphics, the migration to Version 6 has been postponed. The migration has been rescheduled for the weekend of August 9-12. WISCAT and BadgerLink are now slated to go offline at 7pm on Friday, August 9th, and be back online at 7am on Monday morning, August 12th.
The WISCAT platform will see significant changes as part of this upgrade to Version 6. Training and documentation are being developed, and will be shared out during the May 14th WISCAT User Group Meeting. Library staff who work with the WISCAT platform should join the WISCAT/ILL listserv to be kept up to date with WISCAT changes and training by sending a blank email to join-illwiscatlist@lists.dpi.wi.gov.
All library-specific WISCAT URLs and authenticated BadgerLink resource links will be updated with new URLs as part of this migration. Auto-Graphics will provide a redirect of the previous URLs for up to 6 months.
Any library or school that places direct links to BadgerLink resources on a website, within a proxy, or another SSO application such as OpenAthens, will need to edit the URLs no later than early February 2020 in order to continue providing users access outside of the BadgerLink website. The new BadgerLink resource URLs are listed in the BadgerLink Resource URLs spreadsheet.
For reference the current BadgerLink authenticated URL structure is as follows:
https://www.wiscat.net/homepages/CustomerWide/ValidateGlobalIP.asp?cuid=stwi&lid=stwi&dataid=71&term=
The new BadgerLink URL structure will be formatted as:
https://www.wiscat.net/ext/validateglobal.php?cid=stwi&lid=stwi&dataid=71
The current WISCAT library-specific URL structure is as follows, where XXXX = your library’s WISCAT code:
https://wiscat.net/MVC?cid=stwi&lid=XXXX&reset=force
The new WISCAT library-specific URLs will be formatted as:
https://www.wiscat.net/home?cid=stwi&lid=XXXX
This upgrade will not affect functionality of any BadgerLink resources, however the WISCAT platform, which is also used for Super Search, will see new features and more modern styling. Additional details on these upgrades will be posted in the coming weeks.
To stay up to date with BadgerLink changes subscribe to the Badger Bulletin, and for additional help, contact BadgerLink or WISCAT staff.
Written by Elizabeth Neuman, Resources for Libraries & Lifelong Learning