Monthly Archives: April 2009

Slow connection to full text in SuperSearch

Some of our full text access has been affected by problems with the crossref.org server recently. The crossref service allows publishers to use DOI linking from one article directly to another. Unfortunately the crossref server which supports this service has been very slow to respond lately, resulting in network timeouts or very lengthy delays when linking [...]

Incorrect overdue emails

Some staff and students received a strange overdue email on Friday/Saturday last week, for fines or overdue items accrued in 2008.
Please note that this is neither an email from a hacker, nor is it a valid statement of overdues/fines.
Last week the Library implemented changes to the Library Catalogue to allow renewals of overdue material, but [...]

Extend your loan even if the book is overdue

From this Easter break (April 9th 2009), the University Library is trialling a new self service option for library patrons. You can now extend the due date(renew) of your overdue library books, as long as :
•    the item is a 28-day or 90-day loan.
•    the item is less than 7 days overdue.
•    you [...]

Ejournals in the catalogue

Our tests were very successful so we began loading ejournal and database records into the catalogue last week. We now have over 8,400 ejournal titles added from thirteen database sources and expect to add more than 50,000 ejournal titles from over 300 sources by the time this project enters its maintenance phase in July 2009.
When [...]

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