CrossSearching Emerald via eLibrary

Hi Everyone,

An email has been sent to the MetaLib discussion list to say that the new Emerald interface has some interoperability problems with MetaLib . This means that we have had to switch off crosssearching of Emerald. We will switch it back on as soon as Ex Libris have resolved the problem.

Thanks,

James.

MyiLibrary Browse Warning

Hi Everyone,

Please be aware of the following in case you get any enquiries from MyiLibrary users about this.

Sharon had a recent query from a student who recieved the following warning when she was skimming through a book in MyiLibrary:

Sharon was able to replicate this warning by skimming through the same title herself and confirms that she didn't copy or print anything.

I queried this with our MyiLibrary contact and they informed me that there is a 'flow regulator' which exists as part of the Digital Rights Management System. Apparently this is set at 10 pages per minute and will trigger this warning if a user flicks through a publication quite quickly.

I pointed out that the warning was triggered when nothing untoward was happening (no printing or copying). Although they took this point on board MyiLibrary tell me that the system is set up like this to prevent 'print spiders' from going through a title and printing large amounts of it. Also, it is possible that a user could skim through a title and save each page to a memory stick to print later, and MyiLibrary wouldn't be able to detect this.

So, the response is that the warning will have to stay, but they will review the wording. They did point out that although it would be normal for a user to flick through a print book, they don't necessarily need to do this with an e-book, as they have the option to keyword search, so if we get users reporting these warnings, we probably need to advise them of this.

Hopefully this shouldn't happen too often and users do get 3 warnings before they are locked out of MyiLibrary.

Thanks,

James.

Law Encyclopedias

The loose-leaf encyclopedias that have been kept in the 2nd floor office will go out onto the shelves next week with the exception of:

Encyclopedia of Consumer Law

We will be monitoring usage of this one title over next year. It will be in the 2nd floor office on my desk.

I’ve cancelled lots of loose-leaf encyclopedias and I’ve put stickers on them all to say when they have been last updated. Bibs will make the necessary adjustments on Aleph.

Sue

Sue White's hours

Hi,

My new hours are:

Mon 8.30am to 1pm
Tues 8.30am to 12.30pm (because the law dept insist my surgery is from 11.30 to 12.30)
Wed 8.30am to 5pm (1 hour lunch)
Thurs 8.30am to 4pm (1 hour lunch) = 22.5hours

Let me know if you experience problems because of this change…

New hours start 31st March

Sue White