Library Systems Outage, January 3, 2015

On Saturday, 3 January 2015, our service provider, OCLC, has scheduled a technology upgrade to support system performance and reliability. During this upgrade, all OCLC services will be unavailable from 11pm, Friday, to 2pm, Saturday (approximately 15 hours). Many library services will be unavailable during this time, including WorldCat and Illiad. Most library research databases, however, will be available. We apologize for any inconvenience this outage may cause. Please contact askus@macalester.edu if you have any questions.

Access Library Resources While On Winter Break!

Use library resources away from campus? No problem.

Current faculty, staff and students can access Library Research Databases, Macalester WorldCat Local and most other resources from anywhere with internet access.

Use Links on Library Website

Be sure to go through the Library Website to ensure full Macalester privileges. You will be prompted to enter your Macalester username and password and then you are good to go!

Reference Librarians Also Available

Reference librarians will be available throughout break to answer questions and provide research assistance. Contact us via email or chat (if chat is active) - a librarian will respond.

Enjoy the winter break!

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All Library Systems Restored

We are happy to report that all of our library systems are back up after our service provider encountered problems this morning.

We apologize for any inconvenience this morning's outage may have caused. Please contact the service desk if you have any questions.

Library Systems Unavailable

Our service provider is currently experiencing problems resulting in several of our library systems being down including our Macalester WorldCat online catalog and the ILLiad (ILL) systems.

We are working with OCLC, our service provider, to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Library staff are available to assist you with your research needs. Please contact the service desk if you have any questions.

Library Systems Partially Restored

We are happy to report that several of our library systems are back up after our service provider encountered problems this morning. Both the Macalester WorldCat online catalog and the ILLiad interlibrary loan system are now available.

We are working with OCLC, our service provider, to resolve all issues as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Library staff are available to assist you with your research needs. Please contact the service desk if you have any questions.

Library Systems Currently Unavailable

Our service provider is currently experiencing problems resulting in several of our library systems being down including our Macalester WorldCat online catalog and the ILLiad (ILL) systems.

We are working with OCLC, our service provider, to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Library staff are available to assist you with your research needs. Please contact the service desk if you have any questions.