RSVPN and **UPDATE**
The plot thickens… RSVPN will connect to a MyiLibrary search page from UBC Library’s MyiLibrary information page, but will not connect to anything useful from the OPAC. In other words, via RSVPN you can get into MyiLibrary from our info page and search for a title, but you cannot go directly to that title at […]
eResources introduces Persée
Persée “is a program which was created for the digital publication of scientific journals in the field of the humanities. The entire printed collection of journals is digitized and published online through a portal which offers access to the collections as well as advanced functionalities which facilitate and enhance use of the portal’s resources.” –website […]
Global Market Information Database – minor ongoing problems
When doing a Text Search using a very broad term (Panama, for example) with the Statistics box ticked, a very large number of results are returned. This then leads into an error at GMID which says the data may be corrupted. Techs at GMID are working on it. Using narrower search terms (which bring a […]
ebrary Scheduled Maintenance
TONIGHT, October 7th “We are sending you a friendly reminder regarding our monthly maintenance window. ebrary will be performing monthly system maintenance on the first Tuesday of each month, from 8:00PM to 10:00PM US Pacific Time. During this period, the ebrary service may be unavailable.” — ebrary Customer Service
MetaLib Down [ *UPDATE* IT’S BACK UP]
MetaLib is working again this morning (07oc2008). (prev. message) “There is a major problem with Metalib right now.” — to quote the Systems person. But ExLibris is working on a solution. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please stay tuned.
SAGE Journals – full archive not available
Our access to SAGE Journals content has recently changed. Until recently, we enjoyed access to the complete backfile for all SAGE journal titles. This has now been restricted to start with access from 1999. We continue to have access to the complete backfile for all titles that are part of the Full-Text Collections on both […]