New Library system - live!

Our new library system will be available to readers from 9am on Friday 22nd July.

SOLO http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now the library catalogue for printed and electronic materials. There's a link to a SOLO guide from the main SOLO screen and we have some brief printed guides in the Library. Library staff will of course be pleased to help you either in person or by phone or email.

If you have a Single Sign On, you will need to use this instead of your barcode number to renew books, place holds for items on loan or to request items from closed stacks. To access your record, Sign in at the top of the SOLO screen and select My Account. If you do not have a Single Sign On, use your barcode and associated password and sign in as a non Oxford member.

Library staff are now able to renew your books.

New library system

Unfortunately the introduction of the new library system has had to be delayed until 9am on Friday 22nd July.

Mechanisms put in place by Bodleian Libraries to assist readers with obtaining items from the stacks during this period will continue through this week.

Rewley House Continuing Education Library readers who have books due back this week will be unable to renew them. Library staff understand the situation, and there will be no problems with items becoming overdue. We regret the inconvenience caused.

For full information, please see the Bodleian Libraries website at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/notices/2011-4-5

System down time, 8th-18th July

OLIS will be shut down on Friday 8th July for the migration to the new system which will go live on Monday 18th July.

You are reminded that you will not be able to place stack requests after 5pm on Thursday 7th July. If you need an item which is not available elsewhere, please ask library staff or see the request form on http://bodleian.ox.ac.uk/.

During the down time:

• All libraries will remain open for their usual hours



• Access to e-resources will not be affected



• SOLO will be available (except for at least part of Sunday 17th July) to check locations and shelfmarks, but you will not be able to see copy availability
  


• Lending services will continue as normal, but you will not be able to reserve or renew books, or access your patron record
  

OLIS Password

If you are planning to visit a library duriing the downtime, you will still need your OLIS barcode and password to access library PCs and connect to the Bodleian Libraries wireless network. please note that library staff will be unable to reset your password during the down time. If you do not know it, please check with library staff this week. Hint: your default password is your date of birth, entered in the format 05jul2011

Gladstone Link open

The Gladstone Link opened today to readers with Bodleian access. It connects the Old Bodleian and the Radcliffe Camera, access is from either. It provides space for an additional 270,000 items which will be on open access. It also has additional working space, IT facilities and printer/copiers. More information can be found on http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/, the Bodleian Libraries website