VIVA Announcements

Use Data Updates, 5/29/12

May 29, 2012 on 3:07 pm | In Use Data Updates | No Comments

April use data has been added for:

Nature
OED/ORO
ProQuest Congressional
Science

Use Data Updates, 5/22/12

May 22, 2012 on 3:27 pm | In Use Data Updates | No Comments

April use data has been added for:

CIAO
DowJones Factiva
OVID

New ProQuest Migration & blackout date for legacy platform

May 22, 2012 on 9:36 am | In General, Training | No Comments

Many of you have already moved to the new ProQuest platform, but for those who haven’t yet — the time is coming SOON. From our standpoint, the ideal time frame is July 1- 7, 2012 (no later than July 15) so that all stats will appear on the new platform for FY13.

IMPORTANT: The old platform will not be available after August 21, 2012.

Here is some info that might help:

Preview the new platform at http://search.proquest.com.
Our training and transition manager is:
Beth A. Reiten
MLIS, Customer Education & Training Specialist, Eastern Region
ProQuest | 7500 Old Georgetown Rd. #1400 | Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
Office: +1 301 941 2509 | Mobile: +1 240 676 6102
beth.reiten@proquest.com

TRAINING: Beth has scheduled two special webinars for VIVA members:

Wednesday, May 30 2:00 – 3:00pm EDT
Monday, June 11 12:00 – 1:00pm EDT

The webinars can be found in the private VIVA “program” in WebEx at
https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/proquestmeetings/onstage/g.php?p=43&t=m
This is the only URL folks need to find and register for these webinars.

We encourage you to sign up for other training sessions that ProQuest offers, as appropriate. Check out the other training webinars at www.proquest.com/go/webinars and see the YouTube tutorials at www.proquest.com/go/platformvideos.

Managing Your Migration checklist: http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/checklist_np.pdf (It’s on the main Training Materials page (http://www.proquest.com/go/training) rather than on the Support Materials page in the Migration Support Center (http://www.proquest.com/go/migrationsupport) because it’s developed for one of the webinars, rather than part of the SwitchedOn packet.)

See the list of databases available on the new platform at www.proquest.com/go/dbsupported. Many, if not all, of your ProQuest databases may already be on the new platform or will be moving there.

Review the “Migration Tips and Tricks” article at www.proquest.com/go/migrationtips.

Use Data Updates, 5/17/12

May 17, 2012 on 1:59 pm | In Use Data Updates | No Comments

April use data has been added for:

BioOne
EBSCO
Gale
HighWire

VIVAlert: Serial Solutions scheduled downtime

May 15, 2012 on 10:01 am | In VIVAlert | No Comments

Ulrichsweb™, Ulrich’s™ Serials Analysis System, and Client Center will be unavailable on beginning Friday, May 18 at 2:00 PM. Service is scheduled to be restored by midnight.