Thursday 20 July 2023

IEEE Xplore downtime 22nd July 2pm - 6pm

We've been told that on Saturday, 22 July, IEEE Xplore will undergo scheduled maintenance from 2pm  - 6pm (BST). During this time, there will be periods when the website will be unavailable. 




Monday 10 July 2023

POSTPONED - IT systems essential maintenance Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th August - disrupted access to Digital Library

Please be advised that this planned work has been postponed and will be rescheduled in due course (4/8/2023)



The university is planning IT maintenance on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th August. During this time, only Office 365, email and Microsoft Teams will run as usual - all other systems will be affected. This includes BREO, DISCOVER, and access to digital library resources such as ebooks and ejournals. 


What are ICT doing?
We are upgrading networking equipment in our core server and storage infrastructure. This will require a weekend shutdown of University hosted systems.

When will this be?
Downtime: Saturday 5th August 2023 all day from 8:00am
At risk: Sunday 6th August 2023 all day until 5:00 pm




Friday 7 July 2023

Library system maintenance 12th July 2023

We are going to be doing some work on the library system behind our library catalogue, book loans and renewals on Wednesday 12th July 2023 from 10.30am. Thursday 13th July will also be at risk.

During this time there will be no access to the library catalogue or to self issue/return/renewal of books.

Access to some digital library resources will be disrupted but DISCOVER and reading lists will not be affected and most digital library resources will be available via these routes.


Tuesday 4 July 2023

Most popular DISCOVER searches in June

Here's what everyone was searching for in DISCOVER last month:











(Who searches "discover" in DISCOVER? what are they hoping to find?)