ebrary currently unavailable: NOW FIXED

**ebrary have now resolved this issue. Apologies for the inconvenience this caused**

ebrary are currently having problems with their UK Federation authentication. They are looking into this as a matter of urgency but at the moment all e-books on this site are unavailable. We'll update this blog post as soon as we hear that the problem has been fixed.

E-books display in ebrary

Have you noticed that e-books haven't been loading fully when you've tried to access them on the ebrary platform?

In order to fix this, ebrary have suggested that you clear your browser cache and update Java: www.Java.com? You could also try a different web browser. 
If you continue to encounter problems, please contact us.

ebrary bookshelf items

The University has moved over to a new authentication system this term, and as a consequence of this, any items you may have saved in the bookshelf on the ebrary e-book platform have not been carried over to your new account.  The support team at ebrary are able to transfer these items over manually if you contact them at support@ebrary.com. They will need to know your Aston University network username as well as the username you see in the top right-hand corner of ebrary when you log in.

Ebrary e-books now available to download to your iPhone, iPod or iPad

Ebrary is a leading provider of e-books and has developed a new app for the iPad^®, iPhone^®, and iPod touch^®! The app is available on the App Store.

The free app provides you with the ability to access content on the ebrary platform, including their institution’s e-books from leading publishers.  Additionally, researchers can import their own personal research—outside of the ebrary platform—through the app itself!

Key features and benefits include:

• Online and offline reading
• Seamless downloading of full titles
• Simple and advanced search
• Multiple navigation controls
• Table of contents with relevancy rankings
• Copy and paste with automatic citation for offline documents
• Import and use documents from other sources
• Sign in with Facebook email and password
• Available in English and Spanish

 For further support and details of how to download and use the App please view the Ebrary Support pages

Changes to Ebrary authentication: Bookshelf information

Please note that the Ebrary e-books supplier will be moving to Shibboleth authentication on June 22nd. You should then use your Aston University username and password to access the database, as Athens passwords will no longer be recognised after this date.

If you have saved items to your personal bookshelf and wish to transfer them to your new log-in account please follow the instructions below:

1. Make sure that you save your Athens login in a safe place before the Shibboleth migration. This can be found by copying your login name as displayed in the banner. An example would be athens_1c5sdfghbhesd6.
2. After the Shibboleth migration date, log into ebrary again with your Shibboleth credentials. You will see a different login name.
3. Contact ebrary Customer Support via email with both login names support@ebrary.com
4. If you have any additional questions, please contact support@ebrary.com

These instructions can also be found under the Bookshelf Migration Button in the top right hand of the ebrary homepage screen.

If you have any concerns about this, please comment on this post or contact lis-enquiries@aston.ac.uk