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Service Note

Melissa Norris — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:08:45 +0000

Please Note: We will be performing routine maintenance on the library servers Tuesday, December 18 beginning at 5pm. During the upload, the Libraries websites, e-reserves and certain databases will be unavailable for a short time.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Melissa Norris — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:42:15 +0000

Please Note: UC Libraries will be closed Monday, January 16, Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday, except for the Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am-5pm. Check the particular library website or library location for exceptions or changes to the listed hours.

Service Note: Internet Service Interruptions Sept. 2-4

Melissa Norris — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:16:12 +0000

To meet the university’s needs for increased Internet bandwidth, UCIT will perform an upgrade to the Cincinnati Education Research Fiber-loop (CERF) ring during Labor Day weekend. The CERF ring is the backbone providing Internet and Internet2 connectivity for UC, Xavier, and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. The upgrade will begin at 6:00 p.m., Friday, September 2 and is expected to be complete by 1:00 a.m. Sunday, September 4. Users should expect intermittent service interruption to the Internet during this window, however there is a possibility for intermittent Internet outages during the entire maintenance period.

The maintenance will begin at one node and move around the ring until complete. The expected window of maintenance for the main campus UC node is anticipated to go from 10:00 p.m., Friday, September 2 until 2:00 a.m. Saturday, September 3.

The university’s private network that links to Veterans, Children’s and UC Health hospitals will also be unavailable during the maintenance window for the main campus UC node. Separately, the estimated timing for the UC Reading node (formerly Genome Research Institute) is from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 3. During the maintenance window every effort will be taken to minimize service interruptions and impact to end-users.

After this upgrade is complete, we will have more flexibility to increase the amount of bandwidth we purchase in the future. Increasing our bandwidth will reduce slowness in our Internet connection during peak hours, and will provide better performance for those wishing to use high demand multi-media tools (such as Blackboard and video streaming).

Want to Know the Latest in Library News?

Melissa Norris — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:43:26 +0000

Read Source, the UC Libraries newsletter for faculty, students, staff, and friends.

This volume celebrates the 10th anniversary of our newsletter. To mark this important milestone, the cover has been redesigned to bring more attention to the cover image. And what a perfect image to highlight this issue than that of our grand, new sculpture found in Langsam Library – Triceracopter.

The latest issue includes the introduction of the UC Libraries Mobile Site, Documenting the Life of Theodore M. Berry, the acquisition of two important African-American newspapers: the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Courier and the UC Libraries’ Quality Service Award and Priscilla Neill Library Leadership Award winners.

Source is available in print around the various libraries and online.

Notice Anything Different about the Site?

Melissa Norris — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:18:09 +0000

The UC Libraries website has been updated to incorporate the new UC header with links to other UC sites including “About UC,” “Admissions,” and “Health.”

In addition, we have added a powerful new search tool, Summon, to the website. From a single search box located prominently on the Articles & More tab on the homepage, Summon provides easy and fast discovery of relevant information from the UC Libraries collections on any topic. It is the place to start research in journal and newspaper articles, books, government documents, maps, music recordings, videos, digital collections, and more.

Summon is still growing and in development as features continue to improve and content is added regularly. User feedback is welcomed and can be sent via an online form at http://www.libraries.uc.edu/information/contact/feedback.html.

More information about Summon is available online at http://www.libraries.uc.edu/help/th/summonfaq.html.

Summon will replace the previous federated search tool, OneSearch, which will be deleted from the Libraries website on May 1.