Web service at risk Tuesday 23rd September

In order to improve the resilience of the University web service, it is necessary to upgrade various parts of the hardware upon which the service is based.

The upgrades are scheduled to take place in several phases and during each of these phases some, or all, of the University Web Service will be unavailable.

The third phase of this is scheduled to take place between 08:30 and 09:30 (UK time) on Tuesday 23rd September during which time the whole University Web Service must be considered to be at risk, although it is hoped to be able to keep the majority of the service available throughout this period.

Web service at risk Thursday 18th September

In order to improve the resilience of the University web service, it is necessary to upgrade various parts of the hardware upon which the service is based.

The upgrades are scheduled to take place in several phases and during each of these phases some, or all, of the University Web Service will be unavailable.

The second phase of this is scheduled to take place between 08:30 and 09:30 (UK time) on Thursday 18th September during which time the whole University Web Service must be considered to be at risk, although it is hoped to be able to keep the majority of the service available throughout this period.

Major Network Disruption Thursday 4th September

Owing to an urgent software upgrade to two core routers, there will be network downtime between 07:30 and 08:00 [UK time] on Thursday 4th September.

All network services should be considered at risk during this period, including logging into the portal and accessing electronic resources.

SFX link resolver now working again

Problems with the SFX link resolver

We have just been made aware that the SFX server is down; this means you may have difficulties accessing the full text of journal articles via Metalib as find it @ liverpool links will not work.

It is still possible to access electronic journals via the Library catalogue. Remember to login to the portal first, then select Search Library catalogue for ejournal titles and search for the journal title you are looking for. Access the journal via the link at the top of the catalogue record and then navigate your way to the volume and issue that you need.

When the SFX server is back up and running, another announcement will be posted.

Library catalogue now available

Following the work on Thursday and Friday last week to move the Library catalogue to a new server, the catalogue is now available again.