Some users had trouble logging in during the last three days. This was due to a configuration problem of the Proxy server which is handling authentification. The issue has been resolved now and all systems are back to normal. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Have a great weekend!
Author: PP
findit.lu available again
The eJournal functions have been completely restored, all systems work again.
Apologies for any inconvenience!
findit.lu partially unavailable
During last night, a crucial update of the eJournal part of findit.lu failed. It seems to be a serious issue which has been escalated to the software vendor. The software that failed is called SFX from ExLibris. The SFX team from ExLibris Hamburg is investigating with national library IT staff and trying to restore service as soon as possible.
What does it mean?
- The “eJournal” (“Périodiques”) search in findit.lu does not work.
- The “findit.lu” button in bibliographic databases (which takes you directly to an article) does not work.
- The pop-up window that indicates availability of an article or eJournal does not work.
The “databases” part of findit.lu works. The login and authentification system also works.
This means you can access eJournals through the publisher website, if you know the publisher. For example: all Elsevier journals can be accessed through their Sciencedirect portal, all Springer Journals can be accessed through Springerlink portal.
Any direct links you may have bookmarked to eJournals also continue to work.
Apologies for any convenience.
National library closed 24.-28.7. – Médiathèque stays open
Fermeture exceptionnelle de la Bibliothèque nationale pour cause de travaux
La Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg doit informer le public qu’elle est obligée de fermer son bâtiment central, 37, boulevard Roosevelt, à titre exceptionnel du mardi 24 juillet au samedi 28 juillet inclus pour cause de travaux. Cependant la médiathèque restera ouverte pendant cette période et les fonds de la Réserve précieuse seront consultables après rendez-vous préalable. Ces deux services seront accessibles par la cour de la BnL, rue Notre-Dame.
Les travaux ont pour objet des opérations de mise en conformité indispensables pour améliorer la protection des lecteurs et des personnels de la BnL en cas d’incendie. Il s’agit d’actualiser le système de sécurité de la BnL, dans la mesure du possible, dans l’attente de l’ouverture du nouveau bâtiment à Kirchberg.
L’ensemble des travaux s’étirera sur trois mois. Durant cette période, certaines collections seront temporairement bloquées. Un calendrier prévisionnel des travaux avec les effets escomptés sur le fonctionnement du service public de la BnL sera consultable via son site Internet www.bnl.lu. Celui-ci sera mis à jour si besoin.
Pour assouplir les effets des mesures d’actualisation du système incendie, le lecteur pourra, à partir de la date du 23 juillet 2012, emprunter 20 livres au lieu de 15 ouvrages jusqu’à maintenant. Par la présente, la Bibliothèque nationale invite tous les lecteurs à anticiper leurs consultations et emprunts.
La Bibliothèque nationale prendra toutes les mesures possibles pour ne pas gêner ses usagers. Avec l’aide de l’Administration des Bâtiments publics, elle fera en sorte que les opérations progresseront de façon rapide et discrète.
La Bibliothèque nationale s’excuse d’avance de la gêne occasionnée par les travaux programmés qui sont indépendants de sa volonté.
Communiqué par la Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg
Service Communication
christine.kremer@bnl.etat.lu
Tél. : +352 229755-226
Elsevier Sciencedirect and Scopus available again
Sciencedirect and Scopus are available again. The problem was a misconfigured IP address.
If you have unsuccessfully tried to login in the past hours and still have no access now, please use a different browser or alternatively it may help to clear cookies from “scival, elsevier, scopus and sciencedirect” domains. If you still cannot login, please contact us at help@findit.lu
Elsevier Sciencedirect and Scopus not available
Our Proxy server is not being authenticated correctly by Elsevier. We have contacted Elsevier and will blog as soon as the issue is resolved.
Currently, Elsevier products Sciencedirect and Scopus are not available.
Update: Electre de nouveau disponible
Update: Le lien vers Electre sur findit.lu est mis à jour et fonctionne de nouveau normalement.
Veuillez noter que le lien est limité à un seul accès en parallèle … avec toute la “publicité” au sujet d’Electre sur ce blog, il se peut donc très bien que l’accès soit déjà bloqué par un autre utilisateur!
Electre indisponible vendredi 06.07.2012
A partir de vendredi 6.7. matin, plusieurs systèmes d’authentification seront changés en cascade pour migrer electre.com vers un nouveau modèle d’authentification.
Des interruptions d’accès sont possible à partir de 7h00 pendant toute la journée.
Avec nos excuses pour tout inconvénient.
New Mega Index available: Primo Central
Try out the “Primo Central” Mega Index, select it and execute a query:
Primo Central is the next step in scholarly discovery tools: A single index which includes several hundred million references, abstracts and article full-text from a very large selection of publishers. Previously, only federated search allowed a simultaneous search of publications from different publishers. This functionality is called “Metasearch” in findit.lu (a guide is available). Additionally, you can save such a selection of resources for future searches in a “Quickset” (guide) and, building on that, even have findit.lu execute specific queries in these Quicksets as repeated “alerts” (guide).
While we will not abandon these features, there are some limitations in the concept of “Metasearch”. The most obvious is speed: the results can only be displayed once the slowest publisher has delivered. The second limitation is managing the result list, which can easily contain thousands of hits from different publishers. It is impossible, again for speed reasons, to download them all into findit.lu and then index them locally to allow for easy browsing, for instance by author, publication year, etc. Currently, findit.lu supports 30 to 50 results from each publisher, additional results are loaded on demand.
The new “Primo Central” mega index is a big step to solve these problems. It is an index that is pre-compiled fromreferences, abstracts and article full-text from a very large selection of publishers, overall it indexes sveral hundred million articles. This index is searchable in just one query, lightning fast and offers pre-compiled browsing of the results with facets, such as in the example screenshot below, a search for “service innovation”.
The current release is out of beta, fully functional, but not integrated yet with our subscriptions or print holdings. Stay tuned!
OECD iLibrary Youtube channel launched
The OECD iLibrary has launched a YouTube channel with several thematic videos, highlighting key reports from each OECD iLibrary theme. Below is a short video on the “Employment” theme:
The whole playlist contains seven videos on different themes.
The OECD iLibrary is groundbreaking in its inclusion of interactive statistics modules and data downloads straight from its reports, in various formats. Please check their english quick guide (pdf) or have a look at all the available user guides, including many different languages.
The OECD iLibrary is available via Consortium Luxembourg’s findit.lu portal. It is one of 38 databases available under the letter “O” in the databases list.
Connect directly via this link: OECD iLibrary. (Valid library card from the National library or University of Luxembourg required, more info under Help)