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Library Service Downtimes

Below are details of planned service downtimes which may affect library services.

Current Issues:

Library systems scheduled maintenance Monday 3rd November that may impact services

When is it happening?
This work is scheduled to take place on Monday 3rd November from 9pm to 1.30 am the next morning 

Which services might be affected?

• Self-service kiosks and returns machines – which means some users will be unable to borrow or return items.
• Our online catalogue (Books+ / WorldCat Discovery), My Account and My Requests
• Interlending requests - users may not be able to make new requests

British Library Ethos database unavailable

As a result of the recent cyber attack on the British Library, the Ethos theses database is still unavailable. Therefore, links to this database from Books+ (WCD and Library Search (EDS), will not work or will give error messages. There is no estimated fix date yet.

Advice to users:

Try the following as alternative routes:

1. Check the institutional digital repository of the institution where the thesis was submitted 

Searching the holding institution's digital repository the institution can normally be identified from the detail record. For example in books+​

2. Check Open Access Theses and Dissertations https://oatd.org

3. Check Proquest

https://www.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/dissertations/fromDatabasesLayer?accountid=10637 NB. Sometimes this will link through to an institutional repository and sometimes to Ethos. If it is Ethos the link will not work. 

Any Questions? 

If you have any questions about the above or are experiencing other issues with any of our services please contact us.