Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Sat June 4th 12 am - noon - UNCG network, internet, voice services down

Hi all,

You should have gotten this email message from campus ITS. 

In case you didn't have time to read between the lines on this - campus web pages (including the library!!) will be unavailable from 12 am until noon on Saturday June 4th. 

Planned Downtime for All Campus Network, Internet and Voice Services | Saturday, June 4 | 12:0a.m. - 12:00 noon

 
Who: All users of campus network, internet and voice services

What: Planned downtime for all campus network, internet and voice services (including IP phones)

When: Saturday, June 4,12:01 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Why: Information Technology Services (ITS) will be replacing core data center infrastructure on Saturday, June 4, between 12:01 am and 12:30 noon.

During this downtime, major campus services — including UNCGenie, Banner, Canvas, UNCG websites, computer logins, internet access, and voice services* — will be unavailable. 

iSpartan email will continue to be available (from off campus) during this time.

Thank you for your patience as we perform this necessary upgrade to our equipment. If you have questions or need more information, please contact 6-TECH at (336) 256-TECH (8324) or 6-TECH@uncg.edu.

 

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

OCLC downtime June 4-5: Catalog, Journal List, Check for Full Text links

All OCLC services will be unavailable from 9:00 pm Saturday, 4 June 2016, to 12:00 pm (noon) Sunday, 5 June 2016, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) US (UTC -4).  The company is planning data storage migration.

These are some of the OCLC services at UNCG Libraries:
  • the library catalog and red search box
  • check for full text links from article databases out to journal subscriptions
  • the journal A to Z list
  • online book renewal