Showing posts with label Ebook Library EBL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ebook Library EBL. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Ebook platform EBL will be unavailable tomorrow morning 16th September


We have been notified by ProQuest, the provider of the ebook database EBL (Ebook Library) that this database & its contents will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours tomorrow morning Wednesday 16th September from 6:00am AWST / 8:00am AEST until 9:00am AWST / 11:00am AEST.  This downtime is in preparation for the upcoming ProQuest Ebook Central launch, which will combine EBL and Ebrary into a single platform.
The downtime will also affect access to  ebooks on this platform listed in Summon and course materials on Blackboard.

If you are particularly interested in an ebook from EBL, we recommend downloading it to your home PC or mobile device prior to this outage to ensure you have continued access.  If you'd like to know more about downloading an ebook, the Library has created some quick getting started guides to help you, to access these click here

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Ebook Library (EBL) unavailable Thursday 2nd July

Greetings from the Library

We have received advice from the provider of the Ebook Library (EBL) database that this service will be unavailable Thursday (2nd July) for a period of approximately 6 hours from 5am to 11am WST / 7am to 1pm EST  to attend to some scheduled maintenance.

Please note, we have been advised that ebooks downloaded to personal devices prior to the maintenance window will remain accessible throughout this period.