By irobb on October 24, 2008
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 the moment. Stay tuned.
Previously…
Sadly, MyiLibrary doesn’t seem to recognize our Rewriting Proxy Server (RSVPN). We are working to solve the problem. If someone needs to use a proxy and they plan to access MyiLibrary, please advise them to set up VPN. All instructions are here on our Remote Access page.
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By irobb on October 10, 2008
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
UBC has many of these journals in print, but not all, and not near to the extent available through this portal. Please check it out.
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By irobb on October 10, 2008
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 smaller number of results) seems to be OK. If the database gets worse, please email us at lib-ejhelp@interchange.ubc.ca.
Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. Please stay tuned.
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By irobb on October 7, 2008
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
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By irobb on October 6, 2008
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.
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By madgett on October 1, 2008
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 the SAGE Journals Online and CSA Illumina platforms.
Our CRKN contract with SAGE is currently in negotiation with the publisher and options for access to all SAGE journal content are being explored.
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By irobb on September 30, 2008
On Sunday, October 05 we will be performing SFX server maintenance from 8:00am-11:00am.
UBC eLink will be unavailable during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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By irobb on September 30, 2008
The cheque really was in the mail. Ulrich’s Periodical Directory is back.
If you experience any further problems with the site, please email us.
(previous message)
A scary message, but a solution is at hand. We did pay our bill on time and access should resume shortly.
Sorry for any inconvenience. Please stay tuned.
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By irobb on September 29, 2008
Update: October 1st – 9:20am
Access has been restored. Please report continuing problems to eResources help.
September 30th – 1:30pm
Contact has been made with GMID. The glitch is at their end, and many libraries are experiencing the same problem as us. They expect the problem to be fixed tomorrow morning. Watch for an update.
(original message)
Searching and some browsing in GMID results in an error message. A request for help has been sent to their Support staff.
Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. Please stay tuned.
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By dwwest on September 26, 2008
This ongoing project involves work in the Law Library to reclassify materials from the Moys Classification Scheme to the Library of Congress Classification Scheme. The Law Stacks location is complete; a major milestone. Now work is being done on the Law Statutes location.
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