OhioLINK: Saturday, 11/29

Don't forget, as previously reported, database access on Saturday, Novemer 29th, will be offline most of the day:

Just a reminder as everyone goes off for your Thanksgiving holiday, all of OhioLINK central systems will be offline on Saturday, November 29, from 7 a.m. to hopefully no later than 4 p.m. This includes the central web server, the EJC, the EBC, the Central Catalog, the DMC and DRC, ETD, and the OSearch Databases. If you have direct links to databases at vendor sites such as EBSCO or OCLC, you should still be able to access those sites. - Anita Cook, OhioLINK

Extended Library Hours Are Here!

Beginning Sunday, November 23, the library begins extended hours and will remain open until 2:00 a.m. on the following days to provide study space for interested students.

Open until 2:00 a.m.

Week of November 24th:
Sunday & Monday, 7:45 am to 2:00 am

Week of November 30th:
Sunday through Thursday, 7:45 am to 2:00 am

Week of December 7th:
Sunday thorough Wednesday, 7:45 am to 2:00 am

Please note that reference assistance will not be available during these hours. Extended hours do not apply to the Instructional Resource Center.

AU Library wishes everyone success on the end of year studies and exams.

Library Notices Go Green!

AU Library is joining the campus-wide effort to conserve resources and Go Green. Beginning December 1, the Library will send notices by e-mail only.

Here are four ways to keep track of what you have checked out of the Library:

1. Look for the due date stamped on each item you have checked out. If you renew an item, write the new due date on your date due slip.
2. Check your AU e-mail account for library notices. If you rely primarily on a different e-mail account, set your AU account to forward messages automatically.
3. Check your library record online! On the library web site choose “My Library Account” from Quick Links.
4. Call or visit the library and ask us to check your account. We are always happy to assist you renewing items and determining when they are due.
   

Knowing when materials are due is your responsibility. Thanks for helping us Go Green.

OhioLINK Service

If you are noticing issues with using the OhioLINK catalog and/or accessing the OhioLINK web site, please see the following:

"We are having problems with our SAN (storage array network) and it has caused two machines to go offline, the central web server and the MetaLib machine. We are assessing the problem and hope it will be fixed within the hour."

AnitaOhioLINK

Thank you for your patience.

11/20/08 Update:
Systems were back online at 9:30 pm.

Database Issues

Off campus database authentication issues have been resolved!

Thank you for your patience.

Please feel free to contact the library if you have any problems accessing databases from off campus.

Off Campus Database Use

We are still experiencing problems with access to library databases from off-campus. This appears to be a server issue; IT is aware of the problem and working to rectify access.

If you are working from off campus, we recommend you access databases through OhioLINK:

• OhioLINK
• OhioLINK Databases
• OhioLINK Databases by Subject
• OhioLINK Quick Search

Off Campus Database Use

Off campus database authentication issues have been resolved!

Please feel free to contact the library if you continue to have problems logging in from off campus.

Off Campus Database Use

We are currently experiences problems with access to library databases from off-campus. This appears to be a server issue; IT is aware of the problem and working to rectify access.

If you are working from off campus, we recommend you access databases through OhioLINK:

• OhioLINK
• OhioLINK Databases
• OhioLINK Databases by Subject
• OhioLINK Quick Search

OhioLINK Service: November 29th

Please keep the following in mind for Saturday, November 29th. Due to Thanksgiving break, AU Library will be closed during this time.

Anita Cook: OhioLINK

We will be moving all of the central site hardware to the OSU Computing Center power (with backup generator -- something we have never had) on November 29th, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. To give the electricians the most time to work on this and to prevent any possible mishaps, we have decided to take all the systems offline while this is happening. This includes the Central Catalog, the central web server, central databases, EJC, and EBC. If you have direct links to services outside of OhioLINK such as Ebsco, these should work. OLINKS and the RAVE urls will also not be working.

We will begin the work around 7 a.m. and it should be completed no later than 4 p.m. and possibly earlier.

Ashland University Library will be open regular hours Sunday, November 30th for anyone needing assistance with database research and usage.

New Library Web Site

The new library web site was successfully launched this morning! Many thanks to Shelly Shaver, Ashland University web master, for making this process a wonderfully seamless transition.

At this time we are working on updating library templates for existing external server applications such as LibGuides (banner links do not work), ERes (old library header still exists), and Journals A to Z. Each application works, but there are a few issues with links returning to the new library web site.

Thank you for your patience as these problems are rectified.

New Library Web Site

The new library web site will launch today between 9:00 am and noon. Please note that the Library catalog will not be affected. If access to the catalog from the library web site is interrupted while the change-over is in process, please note the following direct links:

• AU Library Catalog
• Electronic Reserves
• Journals A to Z
• Subject LibGuides

We do not anticipate any interruption in service; however, if you have problems accessing databases and/or the library catalog from the web site, please use the OhioLINK web site.

• OhioLINK Databases
• OhioLINK Catalog
• OhioLINK Quick Search

Thank you for your patience. We are looking forward to presenting our new streamlined library web site to the university community.

News: Library Web site

This week Ashland University Library will launch its new web site. Although the address/URL remains the same, links to individual library pages may have changed as we have reorganized the page to make finding information simpler.

If you find broken links on your personal web pages, online course documents or Angel course management pages please feel free contact Diane Schrecker, library web administrator at dschreck@ashland.edu for help locating and linking to your favorite pages.