OPAC
Catalogue will be down Saturday Night (for 2 hours)
Just a heads up… Due to systems maintenance, the public facing Library Catalogue will be unavailable for 2 hours (10:00 pm – midnight) on Saturday, September 30th. UBC IT notice here. Our Summon Discovery Service will be not be disrupted. So, you will be able to search for online resources.
Catalogue Down! : January, 29th
*They’re back, and all is right with the world!* Yikes! The Catalogue and InterLibrary Loans (and more) are down at the moment. Here is the official word: Voyager is currently unavailable. Systems staff are working to rectify the issue. We don’t have a ETA at this time of when Voyager will be available. This is […]
ejournals in the Library Catalogue: What the @#*%!
*UPDATE* eJournal records in the Library Catalogue displaying normally again. Apologies. ejournal records in the Library Catalogue are appearing as per this: … and worse, issn searches are probably returning no ejournal results. The problem is new ejournal records were loaded in the Catalogue, but indexing hasn’t happened yet… and won’t till this week end. […]
Print Journals & eJournals in the OPAC: a Change to Online Linking
As you may have noticed, there have been some changes in how the UBC Online Public Access Catalogue (the OPAC) looks. One change involves the addition of a blue “Action Box” on the right when you look at an item’s record. For print journals and ejournals this Action Box means the following: within print journal […]
eBooks via EZproxy: Work on Linking from Catalogue still In Process
As many patrons have discovered, some ebook links from the Catalogue work off-campus (via EZproxy) while others do not. Getting all the links to work is a priority, and it is expected links for ebooks will be updated for EZproxy access by the end of August. If you come across an ebook in the Catalogue […]
NetLibrary: Links to the eBook Hidden in New OPAC
In the new OPAC, links to ebooks are displayed in the “Action” box on the right and look like this: However, NetLibrary ebooks are not currently displaying this icon. To access the ebook, look in the “Action” box on the right and near or at the bottom click on the words “Bibliographic record display” or […]
MyiLibrary & UBC Wireless: *Reminder*
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. […]
UBC Catalogue & Related Services: Road Work *UPDATE*
UBC Catalogue & Voyager work has been 99% completed (a couple behind-the-scene issues to sort out). All should be working now. Previously… Here is the official word:”Library Catalogue Service Interruptions: Thurs, Jan 8 11:00PM – Mon, Jan 12. UBC Catalogue will undergo major maintenance updates starting on Thurs, Jan 9th at 11:00pm and ending on […]
EZproxy & Links to Print Journals **BACK UP**
The links are back and working from the A-Z ejournal list, the eLink menu, Catalogue Quick Search journal box, etc. EZ proxy is mostly working (see GMID posting). Previously… Folks, as you may have seen from the Library Home page: “Two Library servers will undergo maintenance on Wednesday, Dec 03 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. During […]