Athens Maintenance 29/1/08 07:00-09:00

Hi Everyone,

We've just had this email about Athens maintenance which is due to be carried out on Tuesday 29/1/08. For the users this should only affect MyAthens. It shouldn't be a problem for those who are linking to a database from the eLibrary and using their Athens details to login.

Hope this is clear,

James.


Dear Customers,

Please be aware that Eduserv will be carrying out Scheduled Maintenance to the Athens service on Tuesday 29th January 2008 between 07:00 - 09:00 GMT. During this time there will be a break of up to an hour for the following services: • Athens administration interface.• Bulk upload service.• MyAthens.User authentications, the DSP administration interface, Athens self-registration schemes and access to all other Eduserv Athens web services will not be affected.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Eduserv Athens Service Desk.

Kind regards,


Rachel Cooper
Service Desk Analyst
Eduserv Athens

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.