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General Interest

Restricted Access on Buchtel Commons near Bierce Library

Traffic running east-west on Buchtel Commons near Bierce Library has been reduced to pedestrian only due to the Vault Replacement Project currently underway. Temporary fencing has been installed at the perimeter of the site. Physical Facilities requests that all regular campus vehicles and deliveries use alternate routes as needed during the project duration.

Access to Bierce Library’s main entrance including the accessible ramp will be maintained. Thank you for your cooperation.

If you have any questions, please contact Vince Jansen at extension 2359 or the Physical Facilities Service Center at extension 7415.

ProQuest maintenance 7/9/16

ProQuest platform maintenance – Saturday, July 9 10pm-12am

The ProQuest platform (search.proquest.com) will not be available for two hours on Saturday 7/9 from 10pm-12am for scheduled maintenance. During this time, users navigating to ProQuest platform databases will be re-directed to a webpage explaining the scheduled maintenance.

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Electronic Services Research & Learning Services

OhioLINK services & possible browser errors

OH-TECH has informed OhioLINK that on Tuesday, May 31, between 9am and 11am, they will be updating the load balancers for all their services (which includes OhioLINK services). There will be no downtime as part of this maintenance.

However, as part of this, OH-TECH will be disallowing certain types of connections from outdated browsers. Users with outdated browsers may see errors.

OH-TECH has verified that the following browser versions will continue to access all services without error after the change.

Google Chrome: v 51, 50, 49
Mozilla Firefox: v 46, 45, 44
Apple Safari: v 9, 8, 7
Microsoft Internet Explorer: v 11, 10, 9

Other browsers may also continue to function, but this is what has been tested.

EBSCOHost Service Issue

EBSCO Support reports that some customers are receiving a 404 error when accessing EBSCOhost resources. EBSCO engineering teams are working on the issue and EBSCO Support will provide an update when more information is available.

EBSCO Systems Alerts: http://support.ebsco.com/support_news/alerts/

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General Interest

C. Blake McDowell Law Center and Law Library Renovation

The Law Center is undergoing a complete renovation.  The renovations began on the 1st floor of the Law Center in December,  and then beginning the week of May 2, the construction crew moved on to the 2nd and 3rd floors of the building where the Law Library is located.  In preparation for the renovation, in mid-April the majority of the Law Library collection was packed and placed in storage.  Last week a small portion of the collection and the Law Library staff moved to Room 322 of Central Hower.   The law faculty have also moved to the 3rd floor of Central Hower and in the fall a number of the law classes will be held at Central Hower.

The Law Library will continue to provide services at the Law Center and at Central Hower.  The library collection at the Law Center consists of course materials and study aids for use by law students.  The Law Library will have a reference librarian available at the Law Center during the Law Library’s service hours, and the Law Library will continue to have computers available for community patrons at the Law Center.  Over the past several years the Law Library has greatly reduced the size of its print collection.  Generally community patrons come to the Law Library to use databases rather than the print collection.

The Law Library’s Central Hower collection is comprised of non-circulating materials, including the reference collection, Ohio materials, and a select number of treatises. The reference librarian at the Law Center will direct patrons to the collection at Central Hower when appropriate. Library Systems will update Sierra to reflect the status and location of the Law Library materials during the renovation.    The Law Library’s About the Library libguide contains information about the Law Library during the renovation process and will be updated as changes occur.

Posted on behalf of Kyle Passmore, Deputy Law Librarian

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Electronic Services UAL Access Services Committee UAL Technical Services Committee

New Sierra Temporary Fixed-field Codes

I’ve recently created new temporary item location, status, and imessage codes to be used during the Law Library move and renovation.  The new codes,  how they will be used, and how they will display in the UAL Catalog can found at:

https://sps.uakron.edu/sites/UL/depts/es/Shared%20Documents/Projects/Law%20Move%20and%20Renovation/system-changes-law-renovation04122016.docx

These codes are only to be used for Law items being moved or put into storage during the Law School and Law Library renovation.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Dean's Office General Interest

Travel Funds Frozen Through June 2016

Except for travel that has already been approved and regular business travel for OhioLINK, travel funds are now frozen through the end of the fiscal year (June).

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Dean's Office General Interest

Webinar: Reimagining the Academic Library April 21

We’ll be streaming the ACRL Choice webinar titled “REIMAGINING THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY” on April 21, 2016 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET in Bierce 274.  Mark your calendar if you are interested in attending- thanks!

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General Interest Professional Development

Ohio Library Support Staff Institute

The Ohio Library Support Staff Institute (OLSSI) for 2016 is scheduled for July 24-26 at Ohio Northern University. Their scholarship contest is currently under way, with applications due by 5:00 pm on April 15th. Early bird registration ends April 30th.

Portable Projectors Available to Borrow!

I would like to remind everyone that there are 2 projectors available to check out for library staff and faculty in Bierce 374 (anyone in systems would be happy to show you where they’re located). Both projectors are small which makes them extremely portable and they are also easy to use. The case carrying the projector will have everything needed for set up and the models we have are a Dell M110 and an Optoma PK301.

If you’re interested in using one of these projectors simply go to systems and fill out the check-out sheet. Once you’re done using the projector make sure everything is put back in its case (an inventory is included) and return to systems. If you have any questions about using one of these projectors please let me know.