New search tool now live

Discover, our new resource search tool, is now live:

• Seamless linking to ebooks
• Finds more than books
• Easy linking to full text journals

Any questions, come along to one of our drop-in sessions:

• 6 November at 1.30pm
• 14 November at 9.45am
• 16 November at 2.30pm

Library catalogue downtime 20 May

Please be aware that our WorldCat Local catalogue will be down for approx. 2 hours between 7am-1pm on Sunday. The old catalogue will still be available.

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This downtime is for essential upgrades that, among other things, will improve searching and display of online journals.

Library catalogue downtime Sunday 4 March

Please be aware that our WorldCat Local catalogue will be down for approx. 2 hours between 7am-1pm on Sunday for further essential maintenance. The old catalogue will still be available, and you can link to this through the Library web pages.

Interruption to self-service, Tuesday night

Our library system will be down for approx. 1 hour from 11pm on Tuesday 28th Feb, for essential maintenance.

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Due to the time this work is taking place, the only services that will be affected are the self-service machines and the online catalogue. You will not be able to return or renew items during this period, and you will also not be able to place holds or get availability information.

We expect that all services will come back online following the maintenance. Occasionally, however, the self-service machines need to be restarted - if this is the case, we will restart them in the morning.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Library catalogue downtime Sunday 26th Feb

Please be aware that our WorldCat Local catalogue will be down for approx. 2 hours between 7am-1pm on Sunday. The old catalogue will still be available.

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This downtime is for essential upgrades that, among other things, will improve display of titles and text in languages that do not use the Roman alphabet.

We've simplified the catalogue search box

We have now removed the Catalogue/Catalogue Plus options from the search form on the library home page, and moved to a single, unified search.

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We made this decision for two reasons. We have had feedback that the purpose of these options isn't clear to users, and it is potentially causing confusion. Also, the ordering of search results in WorldCat Local has improved to the point where there no longer such a need for the separate search options.

Searching from off-campus will also work in the same way as on-campus searches. We believe that recent improvements mean that there is now little purpose in logging in before running the search, as users will be taken to a log-in box when trying to access any resources that need authentication. Please do let us know if you encounter any problems arising from this, though.

We will make the change on Wednesday afternoon. We do not expect any disruption to service.

Potential problems placing holds through WorldCatLocal

Following the recent changes to the library system it may not be possible in some cases to place holds on books via the catalogue. If you experience a problem, try searching for the item you require in the old catalogue and place a hold from there. The problem will be rectified next week following a full return to work. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.

WorldCat library catalogue downtime 20th November

The WorldCat online catalogue will be upgraded on Sunday 20th November, between 6am and 1pm. The old catalogue will still be available at this time.

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This work was originally due to take place on 13th November, but has been pushed back by a week. The upgrade will improve functionality in a number of areas, including A-Z searching of journal titles, navigation (using the back button to return to search results will no longer clear filters you've applied), and linking of online resources.

We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause, but hope that the results will be something that we can all share and enjoy.

Problem with the library catalogue RESOLVED

OCLC have informed us that the problems with the Worldcat catalogue are now resolved.
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WorldCat maintenance - July 10th

We have been informed by OCLC that several of their services, including the WorldCat online catalogue, will be down for scheduled maintenance between 6am and 11am British Summer Time, and there is a possibility that service will not be restored until 4pm.

The old library catalogue will not be affected by this maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

--Further details from OCLC--
On Sunday, July 10, 2011 there will be scheduled service downtime for several OCLC services(see list further below) from 1:00 am until at least 6:00 am and possibly as late as 11:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern time. This temporary service interruption is required so we can upgrade storage systems and capacity for all OCLC services.

This event is part of ongoing upgrades that OCLC undertakes in order to improve services for all member libraries. We are working to minimize outages in the future, and upgrades such as this will help us provide better, more robust services going forward. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes to your library.

Possible catalogue disruption 27 Feb 2011, 5am-4pm

On Sunday, February 27 there will be a scheduled service downtime for a number of OCLC services from 4:00 am until at least 11:00 am and, at most, 4:00 pm GMT. This may lead to some disruption of library catalogue services. OCLC need to take the following services off-line in order to upgrade the storage systems and capacity for all OCLC services. During this time, the following services will be unavailable:

• ArchiveGrid
• Connexion
• Cover art display in WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local
• Digital Archive
• FirstSearch
• FTP services
• OCLC Usage Statistics
• WebDewey
• WorldCat Collection Analysis
• WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway
• WorldCat Identities
• WorldCat Resource Sharing
• WorldCat Selection
• xISSN and xISBN

However, the old library catalogue, accessible from the library homepage, should still be operational throughout.

RESOLVED: Library catalogue problems, 30.09.10

We are currently experiencing problems with the library catalogue.

If you are having difficulty searching for items, please contact us or come to the Information and Help Desk on the first floor of the Fountains Learning Centre.

We are working to resolve these issues, and will post an update here when we have one.

14.07.10 Library system - scheduled maintenance

On Wednesday July 14 2010 we will be performing maintenance and upgrades to our library system. We anticipate that this work will take no more than one day to complete, and will commence Wednesday morning. The system should come back online by Thursday July 15 2010.

During this time we will be issuing and returning items manually and the self-issue and self-returns points will not be working. Information Desk queries about locating items in the library will take longer to complete, and we will also be unable to answer queries on the Issue Desk about fines, overdue books or renewals.

We thank you for your patience.

Library catalogue unavailable.

The library catalogue is currently unavailable due to technical problems. We will remedy this situation as soon as possible.

Apologies for any inconvenience.