Planned system maintenance - Saturday 21st February 2015

The Library system will be unavailable between 20:00 on 21st February and 02:00 on 22nd February due to planned maintenance.

During this time you will not be able to:

Log in to your Library Record

Renew any items on your Library Record

Search the catalogue and place reservations

You will still be able to:

Search Library SmartSearch

Access electronic resources

Use your LibGuides

The maintenance should be completed by the time the Library opens on Sunday 22nd February and all normal out of hours services should be available.  If you experience any problems please let us know by emailing library@aston.ac.uk

Advance notice: Library systems downtime due to system upgrade on Monday 30th June 2014

The Library will be upgrading its Library Management System on Monday 30th June 2014, starting at 16:00.  The process is expected to be completed by 10:00am on Tuesday 1st July 2014.

During this period you will still be able to:

• Issue and return books using one of the self  service machines
• Use Library SmartSearch to look for resources and access electronic content

You will not be able to:

• Pay your fines
• Renew your books
• Access or check your Library record
• Check the availability of books

You will also not be able to borrow self service laptops between 13:00 on Monday 30th June 2014 and 10:00 on Tuesday 1st July 2014.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and if you have any queries please contact us by emailing library@aston.ac.uk

Advanced Warning: Planned maintenance for Library System and potential down time on 29th March 2014

We have been advised by our Systems supplier that they will be performing maintenance at their data centre between 00:00 and 05:00 on 29th March 2014.  During this time there may be a period of 15 minutes when our Library System is unavailable for accessing your Library record or using the self service facilities.

Please bear this in mind if you need to renew your books or borrow items during this maintenance window.

If you have any queries please contact library@aston.ac.uk

Library system problems now resolved

The Library system problems have now been resolved so you should be able to log-in to your Library Record and borrow, return and renew books as normal.

If you still have any queries or problems, then please do get in touch.
You can email: library@aston.ac.uk

Thank you for your patience and apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Library system problems

Dear students and staff

We are experiencing some problems with the Library system which is affecting:

• access to Library Records for some students
• issue and return of books  
• renewal of books

Please bear with us whilst we try and resolve the problems.

Regards
Library Public Services Team

Library System - now up and running

The Library System upgrade was successful.  you should now be able to

• Search Library SmartSearch to find books and journal articles and see whether items in the library are available for loan or not. 
• Access your Library Record to renew books, pay fines and so on. 
• Borrow a Laptop from either the Help Desk or the self-service laptop cabinets. 
• Issue or return books in the library, using the self-service machines. 

27th August 2013 – Library System Unavailable

The Library system will be unavailable on 27th August 2013 due to a scheduled maintenance upgrade.  It will not be possible to check book availability, reserve or renew books during this period. 

It should still be possible to use Library SmartSearch to access databases, electronic journals and ebooks during this time. 

We apologise for any inconvenience.