All OhioLINK systems will be offline on Saturday, October 3rd from approximately 4 a.m. to 8 p.m.

This will only affect services hosted at OhioLINK, such as the EJC, the central OhioLINK Catalog, and databases using an "ohiolink.edu" address. Databases hosted elsewhere, such as the CONSORT catalog, JSTOR, LexisNexis, the EBSCO databases, and ISI Web of Science should not be affected (although off-campus authentication for some of these databases may be down).

This Saturday, October 3rd, the Ohio State computing facility is fixing a major electrical problem from damage it sustained on June 26, 2009. They have been using a workaround since then but need a permanent fix and must install a new high-voltage electrical switch. Because of that, they will have the power off to the facility starting around 5:30 in the morning and lasting until around 8 p.m. in the evening.

Since this is the facility where all of OhioLINK's database systems are located, they will be forced to take their equipment off line starting around 4 a.m. Saturday. No backup generator power will be available during this time. OhioLINK  will bring its systems back online as soon as it is safe to do so after the work is completed.

CAVEAT: If it is raining that day, this electrical work cannot be completed so this will be canceled and the systems will remain up.

It is the understanding of OhioLINK that this is emergency repair work and has to be done now as opposed to putting it off until a less busy time.