The site you use to reset your university password is changing as of tomorrow, 22 December 2016.
The new service will be at https://password.beds.ac.uk
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Setting up Google Scholar to show links to UoB content
If you use Google Scholar on campus, you'll find it automatically links you to content you can access. You'll see a link "UoB access" whenever it has detected content UoB has purchased.
You can set it up to do this off campus as well,. Log in to Google, if you aren't already, and go to Scholar, then choose Settings from the top, and Library links. If University of Bedfordshire doesn't already appear, search for and select it.
You can set it up to do this off campus as well,. Log in to Google, if you aren't already, and go to Scholar, then choose Settings from the top, and Library links. If University of Bedfordshire doesn't already appear, search for and select it.
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Library system back up
The library system downtime is now completed, and services should be back to normal. If you notice anything odd, please let us know.
DISCOVER problem fixed
DISCOVER is working normally again. Please let us know if you have any further problems.
Monday, 19 December 2016
DISCOVER - "No results were found."
We're having a problem with DISCOVER returning no results to all searches.
We're working on a solution and hope to have it fixed as soon as possible.
We're working on a solution and hope to have it fixed as soon as possible.
Library system downtime 11am-3pm 20th December 2016
We will be upgrading the library system on 20th December 2016, beginning at 11am for up to 4 hours.
During this time there will be no access to:
During this time there will be no access to:
- library catalogue
- self-issue
- self-returns
- reservations
- renewals
- digital library resources via URLs which include "0-...beds.ac.uk"
Friday, 16 December 2016
Monday, 12 December 2016
ICT alert - systems at risk Wednesday 21st December to Thursday 22nd December
ICT are carrying out essential work on our central storage system which does not require shut down of our systems. We do not anticipate any unplanned downtime; however the following systems should be regarded as being at risk during this period.
What might be affected? And when?
All Staff and All Students
Why are we doing this?
As part of a rolling programme of maintenance and support, we are carrying out an essential upgrade to all storage systems.
What might be affected? And when?
- Email system: from 10:00 Wednesday 21st December and all day Thursday 22nd December.
- Other ICT Services, including: Finance Systems; Student Record Systems; Breo; S-Drive; U-Drive; Local-Drives, University Internet; Printing etc. : from 10:00 Wednesday 21st December and all day Thursday 22nd December.
- Library services including Library Catalogue, ebook / ejournal access, Digital resource access via UK management Access Federation, Self Service (book issue & return), Laptop loans: from 10:00 Wednesday 21st December and all day Thursday 22nd December.
- (Please note: ICT do not anticipate downtime on Friday 23rd December; however, these systems should be considered at risk).
All Staff and All Students
Why are we doing this?
As part of a rolling programme of maintenance and support, we are carrying out an essential upgrade to all storage systems.
Scheduled read-only time on the Taylor & Francis Online platform 13th & 14th December.
There will be scheduled development work on the Taylor & Francis Online
platform. During this time the site will be in read-only mode. You will still be able to download and read content but searching the site, viewing informational
pages, and other My Account functionality and purchasing options will be unavailable. This will take place from 11:30hrs on Tuesday 13th December until 14:00hrs on Wednesday 14th December (GMT).
This will affect all journals with tandfonline.com in the URL.
This will affect all journals with tandfonline.com in the URL.
Friday, 9 December 2016
Thursday, 1 December 2016
NewsBank special reports - December
NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They help you to quickly locate information while gaining better insight into current global issues and events.December Topics and Monthly Themes
U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2016
Year in Review - 2016
Issues in the News - Human Rights
History in the News - Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary
World Economics
Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
Natural Disasters
World Health
World Terrorism and Conflict
World Environment
World Politics and Government
NewsBank have produced a short video explaing how to access and use Special Reports.
Friday, 25 November 2016
ICT Alert – Postponed – Systems at risk Friday 25th November to Saturday 26th November
ICT would like to inform you that the essential planned
maintenance has been postponed until further notice.
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
ICT alert - no printing 15:30-18:00 Wednesday 23nd November
Please note the important information below regarding service downtime for essential maintenance and support for Student and Staff Printing.
What are we doing?
ICT are carrying out essential maintenance to prepare the print servers for the central Storage upgrade this Friday.
What will be affected? And when?
Student and staff printing will be unavailable between 15:30-18:00 on Wednesday 23nd November.
Who will this affect?
All Staff and all Students
Why are we doing this?
As part of a rolling programme of maintenance and support, we are carrying out an essential upgrade to all storage systems. In order to carry out this work the above maintenance needs to be completed.
Monday, 21 November 2016
ICT Alert – Systems at risk Friday 25th November to Saturday 26th November
What
are we doing?
ICT are carrying out essential work
on our central storage system which does not require shut down of our
systems. We do not anticipate any unplanned downtime; however the
following systems should be regarded as being at risk during this period.
What might be
affected? And when?
Email system: the afternoon of
Friday 25th November and all day Saturday 26th November.
Other ICT Services, including:
Finance Systems; Student Record Systems; Breo; S-Drive; U-Drive; Local-Drives,
University Internet; Printing etc. : the afternoon of Friday 25th
November and all day Saturday 26th November.
(Please
note: ICT do not anticipate downtime on Sunday 27th November;
however, these systems should be considered at risk).
Who will this
affect?
All Staff and All Students
Why are we doing
this?
As part of a rolling programme of
maintenance and support, we are carrying out an essential upgrade to all
storage systems.
Searching DISCOVER from Lrweb
Monday, 14 November 2016
Dawsonera ebooks are back - problem resolved
We are pleased to report that the problems accessing Dawsonera ebooks are now resolved.
Please let us know if you continue to have any problems.
Please let us know if you continue to have any problems.
Dawsonera ebooks unavailable
We are currently having a problem with login to Dawsonera ebooks. In this instance the problem is coming from our supplier, and they are working to resolve it as quickly as possible.
Ebooks from other providers are unaffected.
Ebooks from other providers are unaffected.
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Monday, 31 October 2016
Scopus will no longer support Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) beginning November 3, 2016
As of November 3 2016, Scopus will no longer support Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). In January 2016, Microsoft announced its official discontinuation of Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 (more information can be found on Microsoft’s support page).
In order to continue benefitting from Scopus’ new features and functionalities, we would like to recommend upgrading your browser to IE 11 or higher, use Google Chrome, or Firefox browsers.
Web of Science upgrade Sunday 6 November
Web of Science are releasing a new version (Web of
Science 5.23) on Sunday 6th November. They do not expect any outages or downtime, but you may experience slower-than-usual response times.
Maintenance
window = Sunday 6 November 12:00 GMT to Monday 7 November 00:00 GMT
Turnitin maintenance
There is Turnitin maintenance scheduled for this Saturday, 5 November 1pm – 6pm. Turnitin may be unavailable during this time.
Friday, 28 October 2016
NewsBank Special Reports
NewsBank’s Special Reports are news
articles, images, maps and other useful content
grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They help you to
quickly locate information while gaining better insight into current
global issues and events.
NewsBank have produced a short video explaing how to access and use Special Reports.
November Topics and Monthly Themes
U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2016
Indigenous People - Native American Indian Month
World Health - National Diabetes and Epilepsy Awareness Months
Military Life
World Terrorism and Conflict
NewsBank have produced a short video explaing how to access and use Special Reports.
November Topics and Monthly Themes
U.S. Presidential Campaign - 2016
Indigenous People - Native American Indian Month
World Health - National Diabetes and Epilepsy Awareness Months
Military Life
World Terrorism and Conflict
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