Off campus access to Duke University press online journals restored

The technical team at Duke University press online have applied a fix which has resolved the off campus sign in access issues we were experiencing over the last few days.

Access to full text articles within our subscription are now re-enabled via the institutional log in.

 

Westlaw’s International Materials: intermittent access issues

There is currently an ongoing issue when trying to access International Materials from within the Westlaw UK database both on and off campus.

Some users may get the following message when trying to access: “All available seats are currently in use…”

As this is an intermittent problem, further attempts to access may be successful.

The library is currently awaiting a reply from the database provider about this issue.

Westlaw access error message

Box of Broadcasts: radio clip feature error

The ‘clip’ feature on the Box of Broadcast platform (which provides access to recordings of free-to-air radio and television programmes for the education sector) is currently not available for radio content (TV content is unaffected). ‘Clipping’ allows a pertinent section of a longer recording to be highlighted and given its own deep-link URL.

When attempting to play a saved ‘clip’ from a radio broadcast, the following on-screen error appears:

The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

Box of Broadcast - radio - clip - initial error message

When the page is refreshed, as advised, the following on-screen error displays: “HLS playlist request error at: [URL]”

Box of Broadcast - radio - clip - reload error message

The Box of Broadcast support team advise that a solution to this issue is being treated as a priority, but no resolution date has yet been confirmed.

In the meantime, it remains possible to link to a (whole) radio broadcast, and advise listeners of the relevant start and end times of the recommended segment of the programme.