At approximately 12:00 p.m. EST on February 21, 2024, AAAS began to receive notifications from our clients that attempts to access journal content via OpenAthens or Shibboleth resulted in an “Internal Server Error.” After consulting with both OpenAthens and our platform provider, it was determined that the issue is with the Science.org platform, and not with OpenAthens and Shibboleth itself.

We are working directly with Atypon to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. During this time, we recommend accessing your institutional subscriptions to Science journals via IP authentication or VPN/proxy server.

We appreciate your patience and will let you know once the problem is resolved.

Regards,

AAAS Institutional Licensing Customer Service

scienceonline@aaas.org

Standards New Zealand’s website has encountered a technical issue which is preventing access to some joint Australian and New Zealand standards (AS/NZS) and New Zealand standards (NZS).

We have identified the issue and are working with our technology vendors to resolve this matter as a high priority.

How can you access standards you need?

Our customer service team are working hard to manually provide access to the standards you need in the meantime.

If you urgently need access to a standard that is not available, please contact enquiries@standards.govt.nz with your name, organisation, contact details and the specific standards you require.

Urgent requests for PDFs received Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm will be processed within four hours after which the document(s) requested should be available through your download link or online library.  Please do not send multiple requests during the four hours as this might delay our response.

Working towards a solution

We continue to work with our vendors to implement a solution as soon as possible. We will provide further updates on our website here: https://www.standards.govt.nz/home/access-to-pdfs/

PressReader – a poweful resource for libraries of all types

PressReader brings the largest selection of global publications from trusted sources to public, academic and government libraries — all on a single digital platform.

The date and time that was originally advertised was Friday April 7 2023, at 11:00 am, but one of our fabulous EPIC members has quite rightly pointed out that April 7 is actually Good Friday.

PressReader have now rescheduled the webinar for Thursday April 6 2023, at 11:00 am.

The access link to attend the session is still exactly the same: https://pressreader.zoom.us/my/jamespressreader to find out how PressReader can help libraries of all types serve the needs of their diverse patrons, from students looking to support their research with up-to-date information or public-library users eager for the latest news, sports or entertainment headlines.

For any questions, contact PressReader at libraries@pressreader.com

Please note that the Standards NZ website has been unavailable from 9:00 am today while urgent technical maintenance is carried out.

ETV has their first (free) professional development workshop for the year tomorrow (Thursday).

This workshop is designed to engage complete beginners. ETV platform has over 150,000 videos to explore so learning how to effectively search, favourite, store and request videos is a must.

If you have new staff or staff that need an ETV refresher, please share this link with them https://zoom.us/j/99987410664

The workshop starts at 3.30 pm and will run for no longer than 45mins.

The same Zoom link will be used for each monthly session. Same time, same place and a different topic every month.

Just let you know that I am having a long leave for Japan from tomorrow. My return is 11^th March 2019.

Thanks very much for everyone supporting and covering me up. I will try to make the most of my leave. I am planning to get a part-time job in Japan, do trips, meet friends, and go for lots of shopping!!

I know it is too early to say this but have a happy Christmas to you all and see you guys next year!

Ngā mihi, Mariko

Just a reminder, please note the Interloans services is “freely available to current students and staff for UC study, research or teaching“, not for personal use/interests –like novels, travel guides, cook books… unless they need it for research!