IEEE Xplore down 02/02/2008 - RESCHEDULED

Just in from IEEE:

"We are writing to inform you that an upgrade of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is scheduled for Saturday, 2 February. During this deployment, the system will be unavailable for up to up to eight hours beginning at approximately 9:00 AM EST. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

As a result of this new release, the IEEE Xplore digital library will be
enhanced with:

Support of OpenURL images and custom text

Conference Proceedings weekly update alerts
- Enables a user to receive weekly update alerts for every conference title via either email or RSS whenever a new conference proceeding title is added to IEEE Xplore.

Scitopia.org search from the IEEE Xplore home page
- The IEEE Xplore home page will feature a quick search box enabling users to easily search scitopia.org, the free federated search portal to the digital libraries of leading science and technology societies.

Draft standards search
- Users will be able to limit their search to IEEE draft standards only from the Advanced Search page in IEEE Xplore.

This release is part of our ongoing effort to bring you the best IEEE Xplore experience possible and incorporates suggestions we have received from our many valued subscribers."

Resource listings offline, 1/04/08-1/05/08

The maintenance event announced by Rice IT will impact the library's resource listings Friday evening (January 4, 2008) through Saturday morning (January 5, 2008).

Resource listings on the library's website which will be unavailable during this period include:

• our lists of indices and databases, including our listings of electronic text databases
• our lists of reference sources (encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.)
• our lists of news sources
• our subject guides

Other affected materials include:

• the listings of books and periodicals proposed for transfer to the offsite housing facility (no lists are announced for their official 2 week review and feedback period)

Please note that most resources listed on the website are also cataloged in WebCat (which will be unaffected by the maintenance) - these WebCat resource listings all include links to the resources and are an alternate way to find and access resources. We apologize for the short notice and any inconvenience.