The latest version of Horizon brings a small number of enhancements. Ones that you may notice include:

• Borrower name and amount due now shows in the current blocks window
• RDA controlled vocabulary lists for 336, 33, 338 and authority tags now included in the list of valid codes
• Before linking authorities, can now view titles associated with that entry.
• Printing purchase orders – can now include edition and publication information regardless of the labels in marc_usage
• Option to display email address in CKO window if wanted

There are others we’ll review to see if they are of use to us.

ITS have pushed out a large number of windows updates. These will likely slow your machine down and force a restart on Monday unless you install them earlier. You can do this via the Updates section of the Software Center

This (edited) note from ITS:

A large number of outstanding updates were released to all Windows 7 SOE & Windows 10 SOE PCs. If these have not already been installed, installation will be forced at 11pm this Friday 26th January.

In order to ensure Windows computers patch smoothly, we are recommending staff start installing updates and log out of their computers when they finish work for the week. If a computer is off or in sleep mode overnight, updates will be installed the next time the computer is powered on. A restart will be enforced during the update process.

We have been planning an Horizon upgrade for Wednesday morning but I hadn’t confirmed it because ITS have been busy with patching systems (Meltdown and Spectre for those of you who have been following this).

However, they have indicated we can go ahead with the upgrade.

I’m hoping that all RFID services will be fine from the start of the day, but you may find you cannot connect to Horizon immediately.

The changes should not be noticeable although the client has a new picture on it – ocean view with rocks rather than sky and grass.

Thanks, Peter

We wanted to put some publicity out about this in case you get queries from students or staff. University supplied machines should not be affected.

Many of our publishers are moving their journal hosting to a company called Atypon using a platform called Atypon Literatum. This includes Taylor & Francis, IEEE, and Wiley. A full list is available on the Atypon site.

This platform does not support old browsers. In particular Internet Explorer 10 and earlier will not work. If you are working with students or staff who report problems with some databases it would be worth checking how current their browser is.

I has been a slow process, but today Wendy Wu finished the process that Proquest began last year.

All EBL and Ebrary links will now redirect to Proquest Ebook Central – it is likely at some stage the links in our catalogue will be updated to point directly at Ebook Central.

On Thursday morning around 9 am there will be some interruption to our Catalogue (HIP) as its security settings are improved.

At around 8.45 am I will be restarting HIP which usually takes around 5 minutes.

Then for a short time after 9 am nobody will be able to login to ‘My Account’.

We suspect that Proquest/Ex Libris have made a change to the underlying coding with the unexpected consequence that the A-Z Journal list will not open in Chrome or Firefox.

We’ll report this but I don’t know how long it will take to fix.

Peter K

At the present staff and student cannot log in to the ZPortal used to request and manage interloans.

The problem is with an update being made to the UC Identity Management System and ITS have contacted OCLC for assistance in fixing the problem, but we  don’t know how long this will take.

This  is an invitation from the local NDF coordinator – the event is open to everyone.

The Canterbury / West Coast Regional Digital Forum is happening on 24 October 2017 at the Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre. The Regional Digital Forum is a meet up for those involved in any way with creating or using digital innovation within GLAM and Tech sectors. It is a chance to connect with people doing innovative projects within galleries, libraries, archives and museums and learn where our sector is heading as we face the digital future. It’s a free event and you can register here: https://goo.gl/Nm77ad

 What is it? 

 Our regions have many cultural institutions and individuals involved in wide range of digital activities, from digitising collections to using new technologies for public programming and many other things. Each year many of these assemble in Wellington for a national digital forum, but not everyone can get to this event. We still need input and colleagues to bounce ideas and problems off though, so a one day regional digital forum is great for you or for that someone on your staff who could benefit.

The forum is run as an unconference where we plan out sessions on the day. Bring your questions, suggestions, ideas for discussion topics and an open mind. You don’t need to be an expert but we want everybody to take part and contribute to the discussion.

Who is it for?

 Anyone who works anywhere in the GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums), anyone who produces digital media projects for this sector (web developers, app makers etc) or anyone with an interest in these areas.

 When is it?

24 October 2017 10am – 2.30pm

 Where is it?

Hao Room, Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre

 How much does is cost?

It’s FREE! But make sure you register for catering purposes.

 Where can I register?

https://goo.gl/Nm77ad

Looking forward to seeing you there. This invite list is by no means exhaustive so please forward to anyone else who may be interested.

Katherine Moody

NDF Regional Ambassador Canterbury

Yesterday we started noticing problems direct linking to Wiley articles. This continues today. I don’t know where the problem is but have reported it so hopefully we get a resolution fairly soon.

If you know the publication, try linking from our Catalogue records, as we can still connect to, and browse the Wiley site directly.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com