Europa World Plus Athens Access

Hi Everyone,

We are currently having problems accessing the Europa World Plus resource via Athens.

I've sent an email to the suppliers, so I hope they will resolve this for us.

Until this is resolved users will either have to access the resource on-campus or using the webcache or thin client if they are off-campus.

Thanks,

James.

Athens Login: Sheffield Hallam Message

Hi Everyone,

Several people have reported the following message (Take me to the Sheffield Hallam University login page) when they try to login to our e-resources via Athens. It appears there was a mix-up with the IP addresses that they held for Coventry and for Sheffield Hallam. After several emails to the Eduserv helpdesk they have informed me that the problem has been resolved.

If anyone sees this message again, could you please let me know about it, as I will need to get back in contact with the helpdesk.

Thanks,

James.

Athens Bookmarks

Hi Everyone,

A few people have asked me if we are going to print off any more Athens bookmarks to give out at the enquiry desk. Whenever I get asked about Athens I show the students the Athens section of the eLibrary gatefold guide as this shows them how to create their Athens details. Hopefully other parts of the guide will also be useful for them, so I think we should just give out the eLibrary guide in these cases.

If anyone feels strongly that we should have an Athens guide, please let me know. Otherwise please give the students an eLibrary guide.

Many thanks,

James.

Coventry University Athens Email

Hi Everyone,

The email address for users to contact when they have problems with Athens has changed to athens.its@coventry.ac.uk, so please give this out to users needing help with passwords, etc.

The old address (athens.csv@coventry.ac.uk) should still work, but please try to use the new address from now on, in case the old one is deactivated completely.

Thanks,

James.

Changes to My Athens

Hi Everyone,

Please see the information below about changes to the MyAthens interface...

Thanks,

James.

New MyAthens portal
MyAthens has been given a portal style that provides users with more information on the homepage. The information is now placed in panels that users can move on the screen, minimize or close, so that they can customize their homepage.
In order to minimize the impact on users and administrators, we have released the new interface as a beta version in parallel with the current MyAthens for a period of four weeks until 10 September 2007. We hope that this approach will make the transition easier for both users and administrators by allowing users to familiarise themselves with the new interface whilst retaining access to the old one for a while.For the next two weeks, users will be presented with the current MyAthens interface by default but will be able to click on a 'Try the new beta version of MyAthens' link to view and use the new interface. Users can go back to the current interface if they wish with a warning that the old interface is being phased out in early September.On 28 August, we will switch the interfaces to present the new MyAthens portal as the default, with a link to the old MyAthens. This will remain in place for two weeks with a warning that the old interface will disappear on 10 September 2007.From 10 September the new MyAthens portal will be the only available interface and no longer a beta version.

Athens Terms & Conditions

Hi All,

I've received the following message from Eduserv about the Athens Terms & Conditions. I'm just passing it on for info:

"Following a review of our Athens Terms and Conditions to reflect the usage of the Federation Gateways and Eduserv’s liabilities after July 2008 with regard to direct contracts with organisations, please be advised that we will be updating the online versions on Tuesday 31st July 2007.
1. Users
All Athens users will be required to click the 'Accept' link for the amended user Terms and Conditions before being permitted to access Athens protected resources. This will be a ‘one-off’ exercise for individual account holders until the Terms and Conditions are amended again. "

Thanks,

James.