Updates on electronic resources from the library of Nottingham Trent University
The problem preventing off-campus access to subscription databases on the Gale-Cengage platform (reported on 15 June) has now been resolved by the Gale-Cengage technical team.
Off-campus access is now available once again, with authentication by university username and password.
The databases accessible off-site once again are:
The library is working with the technical team at Gale Cengage to reinstate off-campus access to the databases on the Gale Cengage platform. On-campus access is working normally, but, at present, off-campus access requests, authenticated by university username and password, are failing to complete successfully. A further update will follow once on-campus access has been restored. Affected databases include:
A scheduled maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts platform is due from Monday 11 June 2018 – 05:00 to Wednesday 13 June – 22:00. The provider advises that the service may be unavailable during these times.
Please be advised that temporary maintenance to VLeBooks (www.vlebooks.com) will be carried out on Monday 4 June at 17:00. It is expected to last less than 30 minutes, during which time you will be unable to access the site.
A scheduled maintenance period for the Box of Broadcasts platform is due on Thursday 24 May 2018 between 07:00 and 09:00. The provider advises that the service may be at risk during these times.
Please be aware that maintenance work is planned for American Society Of Civil Engineers (ASCE) from 10:00 to 22:00 hours GMT on 22/05/2018
There might be disruption to the service between the time advised.
The Box of Broadcasts (BoB) streaming service, for terrestrial and freeview TV and BBC Radio, has given advance notice of an upcoming three-day downtime period: 11-13 June 2018. BoB advises as follows:
The BoB service will be unavailable between 11-13 June 2018. This is because the Eduserv datacentre in Swindon is closing imminently forcing us to relocate our BoB servers on 11 June 2018.
We are working very hard to minimise the impact of this move on BoB service delivery but it will be necessary to switch BoB off for up to 3 days whilst we move the equipment.
BoB will be switched off on the morning of 11 June 2018 and will be completely unavailable during this time. Forward scheduling on the EPG will be available up to 11 June and then will restart once the move is complete. Programmes broadcast during the down-period will be available retrospectively for most channels. Please note that off-air recordings can be ordered in advance during the down-time via TRILT and can be prioritised during this 3-day period.
If you have any questions about the above please contact bob@bufvc.ac.uk
Dawsonera have advised there may be an outage or interruption to their services on Sunday 13th May between the hours of 14:00 and 16:00 whilst they undertake routine maintenance.
Please be advised that temporary maintenance to VLeBooks (www.vlebooks.com) will be carried out on Thursday 10th May at 17:00. It is expected to last less than 30 minutes, during which time you will be unable to access the site.
BoB’s electronic programme guide (EPG) was restored yesterday evening. All functions are now operational again.
The earlier technical issue preventing off campus institutional sign in has now been fixed by the provider.
Off campus access using University username and password is now working again.
The streaming video service Box of Broadcasts (BoB) has just announced an issue with the Electronic Programming Guide (EPG).
They will update when the issue is resolved.
UPDATE, 15:20: BoB has announced there will be a brief downtime as they try to resolve this issue.
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