RESOLVED: Problems with off campus access for e-books and e-journals

RESOLVED: As of 10.00, 30 July 2010, the issues with off-campus access have been resolved. If you continue to experience difficulty with access to electronic resources, please contact libraryqueries@yorksj.ac.uk or telephone the information desk on (01904) 876698 during our opening hours. Please be prepared to tell us which resource you are trying to access and the error message you are receiving.

Previous information:

Eduserv have reported that there is an issue currently affecting all Athens services. This will mean that you may find it difficult to access electronic resources when not at the University. At present we do not know when this problem will be resolved, but will let you know as soon as we hear anything.

In the meantime, please keep trying the electronic resources at regular intervals. We apologise for any inconvenience.

UPDATE 30 July 2010, 09.00: Eduserv report that the service is now intermittently available. You can check the current status of the Athens services at http://status.openathens.net/. If the service is showing as available and you are still unable to access electronic resources, please contact libraryqueries@yorksj.ac.uk or telephone the information desk on (01904) 876698 during our opening hours. Please be prepared to tell us which resource you are trying to access and the error message you are receiving.

British Library "Driving UK research" copyright report

The British Library have produced a report on how the UK research community would like to see copyright law change to allow better research. The full report can be found at
http://www.bl.uk/ip/pdf/drivingukresearch.pdf.

Stuart

Athens Maintenance 13 July 2010

Please be aware that scheduled maintenance will be taking place on the 13th July 2010 to the following services:

- OpenAthens MD Single Sign-On service
- OpenAthens Account Administration website
- OpenAthens DSP Administration website
- MyAthens user portal
- MyAthens self-registration services
- Customised self-registration services

There is a possibility that you may experience difficulty accessing resources using Athens authentication.

Please see http://status.openathens.net for more information.