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EZproxy

EZproxy Outage Later Today (May 28th): Upgrade

By madgett on May 28, 2012

**UPDATE: All went well last night. No reported problems. (knock on wood)** Just a heads up that EZproxy (which many people use for off-campus access to Library resources) will be down at 6:00 pm today for an upgrade. Down-time expected to be brief. If you experience EZproxy problems after, say, 6:30 pm, please report them […]

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RefWorks & EZproxy: A Solution Seems to be Working

By madgett on May 11, 2012

Thank you for your patience while we worked on the recent problem with RefWorks & EZproxy. A fix was initiated yesterday, and so far it’s looking good. Thanks Joerg & the LSIT crew! Please try the following if you are off campus and want to access your RefWorks Account: clear the cache & cookies from […]

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EZproxy Down for One Hour Monday

By madgett on February 10, 2012

Monday, February 13th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., EZproxy will be down for maintenance. What does this mean? 1) off-campus access must be via myVPN 2) some sites will become inaccessible: ebrary, MyiLibrary, EBL (eBook Library) and any others that require EZproxy Sorry for the inconvenience.

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EZproxy Upgrade on Wednesday, January 25th: Down 5:00 – 7:00pm

EZproxy Upgrade on Wednesday, January 25th: Down 5:00 – 7:00pm

By madgett on January 23, 2012

EZproxy will be down from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on this Wednesday (January 25th.). What does that mean? For off-campus access you will need to set up and use myVPN For resources that must use EZproxy (like ebrary, eBook Library and MyiLibrary), there will be no access till after 7:00 pm. Sorry for the temporary inconvenience.

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EZproxy Down Time: How it may affect you

By irobb on February 3, 2010

*UPDATE* – EZproxy update a success. All should be working better than before. You saw the banner on the Library Home page that reads: EZproxy Unavailable – Thursday, Feb 4th, 2:00PM – 6:00PM But what does that mean to you? If you are trying to connect to a subscribed eresource from off campus, Proxy will […]

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EZproxy Server: *Back Up*

By admin on August 28, 2009

EZProxy service is back.  Friday’s problems now resolved. — We’re having problems with our ezproxy server.  Systems staff are investigating and we hope access will be restored as quickly as possible. In the meantime, resources authenticated via EZProxy are unavailable.   We apologize especially for the inconvenience to our Books 24×7 and Euromonitor (GMID) database users.

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Books 24×7: Slight Glitch in Connecting

By irobb on June 19, 2009

**UPDATE** Problem resolved. Connection now goes from EZproxy into Books 24×7 site on 1st attempt. Now go read Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X for Dummies. If you have tried to connect to a Books 24×7 title lately, you may have noticed a small glitch. On the first attempt through EZproxy (where you enter your […]

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EZproxy & PIN Changes

By irobb on March 17, 2009

Previously, there was a 30 minute gap between the time a patron changed their PIN number and when the change was updated on EZproxy. The time gap is now 15 minutes. So, the MOST a patron will need to wait after changing their PIN until they can use, say, our old friend GMID is 15 […]

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EZproxy SERVER: *BACK UP*

By irobb on March 9, 2009

EZProxy is back. Previously… EZProxy has fallen victim to the Monday blahs and is currently not working. We hope to have it re-booted soon. Resources authenticated via EZProxy (like our good friend GMID) are unavailable. Stay tuned.

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EZproxy Changes: New Server/New Login Screen

By irobb on February 6, 2009

As you have probably noticed, EZproxy has had a shake up. You may have become aware of the changes after you hit a “Click Here” for passwords or authentication and received an error message. Or a database became temporarily unavailable. Or you were surprised (and frustrated) by the new green & gold “EZproxy Login” page. […]

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