By irobb on March 11, 2009
Do + = ? Not necessarily. The official word from Ovid is: “While Safari normally works with Ovid it is not supported. We do not test our application against the Safari browser and don’t guarantee that it will work.” And their view on browser requirements can be seen at OvidSP Configuration We have tested Apple’s […]
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By irobb on March 9, 2009
All SAGE sites & ejournals seem to be up and running. Previously… Some ejournals are back online, others are not. Sorry, it seems very hit and miss at the moment. Stay tuned. Previously… Mondays! Arrrg. The SAGE ejournal platform seems to be down now. Stay tuned.
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By irobb on March 6, 2009
Informaworld is back, but very slow. Previously… Monday’s here, Informaworld is not. Stay tuned. Previously… Taylor & Francis Informaworld (slow at the best of times) is down as of Friday at 6:00 pm. I’ll check again Monday to see if it’s back. Sun NOT websites this weekend.
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By irobb on March 5, 2009
To quote: “We need to upgrade the operating system on our central storage array this weekend. The work is scheduled to begin at 10pm on Sunday March 8 and end by 1pm on Monday March 9. Because so many Scholars Portal services make use of the storage array, we need to schedule downtime for the […]
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By irobb on March 3, 2009
For wireless / laptop users, MyiLibrary will ask for a login and password if you try to link to a title from the OPAC, unless you connect via VPN. To avoid this, you need to connect to VPN after you log onto the UBC wireless network but before clicking the link from the OPAC record. […]
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By irobb on March 2, 2009
CWI is back in action. Previously… Contemporary Women’s Issues database (from Gale / RDS) does not recognize us. I have contacted Gale. Stay tuned.
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By irobb on February 26, 2009
www.agu.org and all its web pages are back. Previously… The wheel-o-death, she spins and spins. All American Geophysical Union ( www.agu.org ) journal sites are down. Stay tuned for their return.
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By irobb on February 17, 2009
Turns out some adjustments are possible. Health Reference Center and the Alexander Street Press sites should be displaying correctly on the Guest Machines now. Previously… A patron on a “Guest” work station in a branch complains that something is wrong with the Gale database they are looking at. You look and see boxes and red […]
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By irobb on February 9, 2009
They’re back! Previously… According to David Winter: “Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan ordering is not available at the moment due to a server problem in Ottawa. We are waiting to hear from Ottawa as to how long we will be down.”
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By irobb on January 27, 2009
Ovid is now connecting from all machines that it should connect from now. Some hospital branches had problems as well, but word has come in that they are OK now [except for RSVPN issues, see above]. Direct as many positive thoughts as possible towards Ovid’s Texas server. Previously… Certain staff work stations at Woodward cannot […]
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