Catalog Downtime, part 2

On Friday, July 26 at 6pm, the library catalog will go offline for 2-4 hours for a bug fix related to our recent upgrade. 

Here's how this will effect the user experience:

• The classic catalog at http://library2.mtsu.edu will be completely offline.
• The Search box on the library homepage will let you search for books, and it will show location information, but it won't show whether the item is here or checked out. 
• Some ebooks and online videos may be inaccessible through the Search box during this time. See our Ebooks page and Media Resources page for alternate access.
• You will not be able to login to your Library Account during this time to pay fines, renew books, or look up checked out items.

The Library will close at 6 p.m. before the catalog goes offline, and when we reopen at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, everything should be back to normal. We apologize for any disruption to your research activity.

If you have any questions, contact a librarian.

Library Orientation for Grad Students

The James E. Walker Library will offer a "Library Orientation for Graduate Students" workshop on Thursday, August 22 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. in Meeting Place 4 (on the 4th floor near Special Collections). This workshop will cover library basics for graduate students in all disciplines, including information on:

• Online periodical indexes
• Circulation and interlibrary loan
• EndNote Web citation management tool
• Personal graduate student carrels
• Library assistance and help

Librarian liaisons will also be on hand to give short library tours.
No registration is necessary. Contact Jason Vance (Jason.Vance@mtsu.edu) or Kristen West (K.West@mtsu.edu) for more information.

Catalog downtime, July 18

What: Catalog offline
When: July 18: 10:00am-2:30pm
So what? locating books and other library items will be a little trickier during this time


On July 18 we are making some upgrades on the back-end of our catalog, so the catalog will be down from 10am-2:30pm. Here's how this will effect the user experience:

• The classic catalog at http://library2.mtsu.edu will be completely offline.
• The Search box on the library homepage will let you search for books, but no location information will be displayed
• You will not be able to login to your Library Account during this time to pay fines, renew books, or look up checked out items.

If you can't wait until the system comes back up, here's what you can do during this time.

• You will be able to check out books at the Circulation desk.
• Looking for a book? Visit the Reference desk on the library first floor, and we may be able to approximate location information for an item held in the library.
• If you need to pay a fine or fee, you can go directly to the fee payment site, but you must already know the exact amount of your fine. Library staff will not be able to look it up during this time.

We expect this upgrade to go quickly and smoothly, and that we will be back in business by 2:30 pm on the 18th. If you have any questions, contact a librarian.