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October 30, 2007

MERLIN down Sunday, Nov. 4 from 12-6 AM

The MERLIN system is being upgraded this Sunday with some new disk arrays at the system office which will necessitate downtime in the maintenance window from midnight-6 AM on Nov. 4. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Scholars' Mine Search Enhancement

At approximately 5 PM on Tuesday, October 30, Scholars' Mine will see an update to the search capabilities of the system. This new search is powered by Google Mini, a search appliance housed at UMR's data center and will give more accurate searches and present results in an easy to read and intuitive interface. Comments about the new search can be sent to scholar@umr.edu.

October 17, 2007

Enhanced Access to NewspaperARCHIVE.com Now Available

Wilson Library has enhanced its access to NewspaperARCHIVE.com, which now includes historical newspapers from the state of Missouri. Library users can view, save, and print PDF images from these newspapers and from over 2,500 other US and international newspapers dating back to 1759.

Access to the database is restricted to recognized UMR IP addresses. To view the database, please visit http://access.newspaperarchive.com.

October 04, 2007

Scholars' Mine Server Maintenance, Thursday, October 4

UMR IT will be performing maintenance on the Documentum content servers from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Thursday, October 4, 2007. Students attempting to submit a thesis or dissertation into the Scholars’ Mine research repository will be unable to do so during the maintenance window.

The Documentum content servers are unavailable between midnight and 1 a.m. daily for backup procedures.

For more information, please contact the UMR IT Help Desk at (573) 341-HELP or submit an online Help Request at http://help.mst.edu